New Balance dialog & background sound automatically with Audio Ducking
New Effects and features for breakthrough creativity
New Easy freeze frame
Enhanced performance and XAVC S support
Everything in Pro, PLUS 10 premium video FX apps
The ultimate in video-editing software
Corel VideoStudio Ultimate X8 combines the streamlined editing tools and creative power of the Pro version with 10 premium special effects apps to help you make your most ambitious projects a reality. New Audio Ducking automatically detects audio and narration to keep foreground and background sound balanced. Helpful features make it easier to manage clips, combine projects and re-use custom filters and transitions. Get creative with new overlay objects, Video Masking, Freeze Frame and bonus effects from NewBlue. With proven 64-bit performance and support for multiple formats, including new XAVC S, VideoStudio Ultimate X8 makes it fast and fun to create movies you’ll love to share.
Top reasons to love the new VideoStudio Ultimate X8
Enhanced! 10 Premium FX apps Only the Ultimate Edition includes a special FX collection, valued at $500 USD, with popular apps from industry leaders NewBlue, proDAD and Boris.
Along with hundreds of effects, transitions, titles and filters, you get more than 100 preset motion effects, video stabilization and rolling-shutter correction, lens correction, onscreen handwriting effects, and animated pen effects.
NEW! Clearer audio Balance dialog and narration with background sound for high-quality audio. With Audio Ducking, VideoStudio Ultimate X8 detects audio or narration, and automatically lowers the volume of background sound. Adjust the Ducking Level and Sensitivity if you wish for even more control.
NEW! Smart features make projects easier Easily keep track of the clips you've used in your video. Thumbnails in the Library show a check mark when the clip has been used to help you avoid reusing the same footage. Reuse your existing video projects thanks to Multiple Projects Editing. Easily save and reuse your customized Filters or Transitions in future projects.
NEW! More music options Add music with the included ScoreFitter library of royalty-free sounds and songs—they even automatically adjust to fit the length of your movies.
Capture the mood of your movie with the perfect soundtrack. Get 17 royalty-free music tracks from Triple Scoop Music.
ENHANCED! Screen Capture Record directly from your screen to add custom content to presentations, demos or training videos. With enhanced Screen Capture, you can easily capture both system audio and microphone sound. Snap View Capture works in Windows 8 to let you record Windows apps in action.
What's New
Get the most powerful VideoStudio Ultimate ever
Smart features do more for you
Work faster and focus on the creative parts of your project thanks to new time-saving features. Get pro-quality audio with Audio Ducking, which automatically adjusts background sound to keep dialog or narration clear. Plus, it’s much easier to keep track of the clips you’ve used, re-use clips from other projects, and save and re-use custom Filters and Transitions.
New creative possibilities
Enhance your video with the refined effects in VideoStudio Pro X8. Get more control over how overlays blend with the background, create interesting effects with Video Masking and Freeze Frame. Convert titles to Alpha Channel files for professional results. Plus, get over 100 presets in 10 plugins from NewBlue.
Faster and more compatible
VideoStudio Pro X8 builds on its proven 64-bit performance with improvements in playback and rendering. Plus, 4K hardware acceleration delivers over 400% faster 4K and HD rendering than the previous version when using the latest Intel 5th generation chips. New XAVC S support means you can keep pace with the latest standard for video cameras for truly stunning movies.
Features
Get the time-saving tools and new creative features in VideoStudio Pro X8, plus the Ultimate Edition Special FX Pack.
ENHANCED! Add hundreds of dollars worth of professional-quality special effects applications from proven industry leaders. Imagine the high-quality effects you can add to your projects for only a few dollars more than the price of VideoStudio Pro X8.
Special Effects app: proDAD Adorage Starter Pack Get creative with over 150 effects and transitions that help you create high-quality trailers, transitions, credits and more.
NewBlue FX Essentials IV Solve everyday production problems and boost creativity with dozens of image-enhancing presets. Turn day into night, create reflections, touch up skin and more.
Special effects app: proDAD Mercalli SE Get video stabilization capabilities that ensure rock-steady video, no matter how fast the action. Rolling-shutter compensation removes wobble and skew caused when panning.
Special effects app: NewBlue FX Motion Effects This popular plugin helps you achieve professional results with more than 100 presets in 10 incredibly efficient tools.
Special effects app: proDAD VitaScene LE Bring style and truly stunning transitions and effects to your productions with proDAD VitaScene, including more than 100 broadcast-quality fully customizable professional effects, filters, and image enhancements.
Special effects app: proDAD Handscript Animation Say goodbye to complicated keyframing and title animation. proDAD Handscript Animation instantly turns your titles into realistic, near-magical onscreen handwriting!
Special effects app: Boris Graffiti 6 This amazing array of broadcast-quality titles and graphics capabilities lets you easily make sophisticated title animations, such as type on text, text on a path, jitter, and randomization.
Special effects app: NewBlue FX ColorFast Get the color you want no matter what the condition of your original video. This integrated plug-in streamlines color correction and color grading in one simple workflow.
Special effects app: proDAD RotoPen Animated pen effects let you draw on maps, illustrate with light or video, or apply animated pen effects to any path.
Special effects app: NewBlue Background Generator Easily magnify and alter an image from your video into a beautiful backdrop, complete with a perpetual panning motion. Adjust magnify, sharpness, color and more to suit your needs.
System Requirements
Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz
Processor or AMD Dual Core
2.0 GHz Processor (Intel
Core i5 or i7 Processor, or
AMD Phenom II X6 or X8
Processor recommended)
Microsoft Windows 8, Windows
7, Windows Vista or Windows
XP with latest service packs
installed (32-bit or 64-bit
editions)
2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM or
higher and 1 GB of VRAM or
higher recommended)
1024 x 768 screen resolution
Windows-compatible sound
card*
Windows-compatible DVD-ROM
drive for program
installation/Windows-compatible
DVD burner for DVD output*
(Windows-compatible Blu-ray
Disc™ burner for Blu-ray
Disc and DVD output
recommended)
*Blu-ray authoring requires a
plugin that can be purchased
from within VideoStudio.
For editing of 3D and
full HD video, Corel
recommends an Intel Core i7 or
AMD Phenom II X8 processor with
Windows 7 or Windows 8 64-bit
operating system and minimum 4
GB of RAM. For editing of 4K
video, a 4th generation Intel
Core i7 processor is highly
recommended.
Supported input/output devices
iPhone, iPad, iPod Classic
with video, iPod touch, Sony
PSP, Windows and Android
smartphones
Cameras and camcorders that
record to internal memory,
memory card, DVD disc or
hard drive
USB capture devices, PC
cameras, webcams
IEEE 1394/FireWire cards for
use with DV, D8, or HDV
camcorders
USB Video Class (UVC) DV
Support for OHCI-Compliant
IEEE-1394
Analog capture cards for
analog camcorders (VFW and
WDM support for Windows XP
and Broadcast
Driver Architecture support
for Windows Vista and
Windows 7
Analog and digital TV
capture device (Broadcast
Driver Architecture support)
Windows-compatible Blu-ray
Disc, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW,
DVD-RAM and CD-R/RW drives
Digital Single-Lens Reflex
(SLR) cameras for stop
motion: EOS-1D Mark III,
EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1Ds Mark
III, EOS 1D X, EOS-1D C, EOS
5D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark III,
EOS 6D, EOS 7D, EOS 40D, EOS
50D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS
450D/Rebel XSi, EOS
500D/Rebel T1i, EOS
550D/Rebel T2i, EOS
600D/Rebel T3i, EOS
650D/Rebel T4i, EOS
1000D/Rebel XS, EOS
1100D/Rebel T3, EOS M