Ulead Announced the Industry's First AVCHD Editing Software

It was a long time coming, but Corel has announced Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus – billed as the “industry’s first” AVCHD editing software.
Designed for consumer use on Windows PCs, VideoStudio 11 Plus can capture video from the new crop of AVCHD camcorders (both hard drive and disc-based) and allows real-time editing without quality loss. Finished projects or folders can be burned to HD DVD-R/RW or standard DVD discs.

The software offers enhanced DV-to-DVD Wizard and Movie Wizard features; title/subtitle and overlay tools; and a variety of quick-fix solutions for common video problems-like automatic color/tone correction. It is certified to work with Windows Vista and can produce video, slideshows, and DVDs with Dolby Digital sound.

VideoStudio 11 also offers an MPEG Optimizer that helps users select the best MPEG settings for rendering video when combining clips in multiple formats. It analyzes the bit rate of all clips on the timeline and then suggests encoding settings for the best quality and speed.

Users can also safely pause rendering when they need to do something that requires more PC resources. Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator Technology converts two-channel stereo sound to Dolby Digital 5.1.

Corel said VideoStudio 11 supports all popular formats, including standard and HD video, images, and audio. Video can be captured from virtually any source, including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, hard-drive camcorders (MOD file format), USB camcorder devices, mobile phones, set-top DVD recorders, digital and analog TV tuners, VCRs and webcams.

Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus is priced at $129.99. For more information, visit http://www.ulead.com.