In our Video Cut test, we compare the programs Pinnacle Studio 18, Corel VideoStudio X7, MAGIX VideoDeluxe 2017, CyberLink PowerDirector 13 and Serif MoviePlus X6.
Pinnacle Studio 18 Ultimate - the flagship
Make great movies on your PC - with the tested video editing programs, you direct the director, make the scenes together, subdue sound and provide filters with great effects. Modern PCs with a lot of work and hard disk space, with a good monitor and graphics card are the most important basis for working effectively with a semiprofessional video cut solution.
Corel VideoStudio X7 Ultimate - the Preishit
The programs tested offer many features, professional effects, and media content that you can use to create movies like Hollywood. The software cuts, arranges and supports the films with comments and sounder effects. With audio and video effects you can edit the films and alienate them. The movies can be exported to social networks, stored in different formats, or burned to DVDs or Blu-rays.
MAGIX Video Deluxe 2017 Premium - the turbocharger
Pinnacle Studio was up to version 15 a video editing program for beginners. With version 16, which was completely reprogrammed, the software got into the top class. The program interface version 18 is like. It also imports older version 15 projects. This is achieved by a convenient media management, which organizes the content-based and folder-based media together with an evaluation function. Folders can be watched by Watchfolder and automatically add their contents to the media management.
CyberLink PowerDirector 13 Ultimate Suite - free to upgrade
Restrict the number of monitored folders as this feature is processor-intensive and memory-intensive. The number of video and audio tracks is unlimited. You edit SD, HD and 4K / UltraHD format movies, produce 2D or 3D movies, and get a wealth of effects that you will hardly need in practice. Most effects can be edited in detail. Movies can be used in Dolby Digital 2.0 or Dolby Digital 5.1.
Lesetipp: Copy Blu-rays to disk
The program offers functions for the direct recording of screen contents and sound output. You can optionally install the cutting solution on a desktop PC or laptop and a 32-bit or 64-bit Windows operating system, with the 64-bit variant providing better performance. A mobile application is available for the iPad.
If you need a cost-effective yet powerful video editing program, it is recommended to use VideoStudio X7 Ultimate. The program is easy to use and offers professional add-ons via the plugins proDAD Mercalli SE, ProDAD Handscript Animation, proDAD RotoPen, proDAD Vitascene V2 LE. You can create attractive and animated titles with Boris Graffiti 6. Separate NewBlue plugins are used for color optimization and for adding camera movements, wiping and movement effects. They produce movies in SD, HD and 4K format with Dolby Digital 5.1. Motion tracking lets you track moving objects and pinpoint the movements of graphics and titles.
Graphical objects are moved by motion paths in combination with picture-in-picture effects. The included Flashanimationen with transparent areas combine with your own footage. In addition to the complex editor, FastClick gives you a compact application to build and distribute videos and slide shows through templates. You can use the ScreenCap tool to draw animated screens. The number of video tracks is limited to 21, the audio tracks to 4. Although you do not get a mobile app to the program, you can install it on your PC and laptop without problems.
The video editing solution MAGIX Video Deluxe is available as a pure 64-bit solution and is speed-optimized accordingly. A 32-bit solution is not part of the program package. If you work with Windows in the 32-bit variant, the program is not installable. Alternatively, use the Plus program package. In the 64-bit version, the program is particularly convincing in the processing of the time-critical functions. It produces SD, HD and 4K movies with Dolby Digital 5.1 to a maximum of 99 audio and video tracks. In addition to a variety of professional effects, advanced tools (such as Photo Manager) and advanced third-party plug-ins are available (NewBlue Titler EX, Red Giant Retrograde, Red Giant Chromatic Glow, Red Giant Knoll LightFactory)
In addition to this, you can create dynamic titles and spans, trim films to old, add colored light effects to titles or surfaces, or add high-quality light reflections. MAGIX offers mobile apps for Windows RT (ARM), Android and Windows 8.x (Intel). The program can only be installed on a single device (PC or laptop). The license must also be activated. A parallel installation on desktop PC and laptop is not possible. You can transfer the active license between devices, but at most once per month.
The CyberLink PowerDirector 13 Ultimate Suite combines the 32- and 64-bit video editing program with two powerful add-on programs. The AudioDirector gives you a comfortable tool for professional audio processing. Soundtracks are ported on the other side as required. The program call can be carried out comfortably via the video cut program. The ColorDirector software is linked to the video editing program and allows a professional color adjustment of elements that are located on the video tracks.
Lesetipp: Digitize VHS, Hi-8, MC, LP and more
Serif MoviePlus X6 - Program without plugin interface
With additional tools, you can edit sound files and sound tracks (WaveEditor), simulate up to four different simultaneous camera shots (Multicam Designer), even create slides and transitions (transition designers), or your own topics and templates (theme designer). For one year, you get 20 GB of free cloud storage. This is where you place (packed) projects and videos.
If the effects already provided are impressive after the initial installation, you will be able to access countless additional effects and evaluated media content online. Sophisticated functions for content analysis, picture-in-picture functions and particle effects are outstanding. The program supports SD, HD and 4K movies with Dolby Digital 5.1 / 7.1. Mobile apps are available for Android and Windows 8 (Intel).
Video editing software: The test candidates in the overview
Serif MoviePlus X6 is only available in the standard version as well as a 32-bit program variant. The application offers the basic functions for video editing, is cost-effective, but is not functional enough to the other programs listed here. The processing speed can not compete with the 64-bit applications. Movies are created exclusively in SD or HD formats. The format 4K is generally not supported. The sound also shows weaknesses. Sound is generated exclusively in Dolby Digital 2.0.
For this, an unlimited number of groupable audio and video tracks can be created. Processing is fast, but the program interface looks deprecated. Even the effects themselves are notable, but can not compete with professional effects that make third-party plugins available. The connection of third-party plugins is not supported. The program is also available on older Windows systems and is also available in a stripped form as a free application (Starter Edition). Serif does not currently comment on a further development and points out that this depends on the response of the users - especially in the forum.
All tested video editing programs do their job and offer more features than you will surely use. However, all applications are not crash-free, especially if the processed source material has errors or unsupported formats. Be sure to install all updates regularly. Even rendering and creating DVDs and blurays is still critical, despite all speed optimization, against older program versions. No program offers all functions, effects and tools.
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Conclusion
Lesetipp: TV as a PC monitor
Each program has its own special features, which are also desirable in the other applications. Pinnacle is a test winner with a very attractive program interface, which offers many and complex functions as well as huge media collections. For all applications, you would like a variety of free resources, as offered by Cyberlink online. Magix shines with its solution with very fast processing functions. Corel convinces at a low price with outstanding special functions and gets the prize. Serif offers all the important functions, but should be extended by a plugin interface.
Compared to the previous versions, all video editing programs were extended and optimized very well. If you already work with a previous version, you will very easily switch to the respective successor. All vendors offer several versions with different features, as well as free 30-day test versions (without extensions).
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