August 29th, 2006
With a slick new look and a greatly reduced price tag of around half the old price, everything about the new Xpress seems to say ‘trimmed of fat’ and ‘contemporary’. So with the market approach turning a new leaf, does the product follow suit?
October 29th, 2008
There’s a massive raft of new features and free templates and plug-ins, but some of the major ones fall down by appearing in their natural state (ie not as a native part of the Pinnacle software) so you have a new learning curve for every one. If you’re taking the step up to editing video for HD however, it’s a good choice.
April 1st, 2004
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of those funny technologies … a fantastic idea but not half as useful as you think it’s going to be, a bit like digital TV or Matrix sequels.
July 17th, 2007
Aside from cosmetic streamlining, nothing sweeping has changed inside each application, and the only real improvement that makes Creative Suite 3 worth buying is the fact that everything now comes in the one box.
March 1st, 2008
As a graphic artist, music mixing or composing might be an area you’re just starting to dabble in. If you’ve installed iLife and played with GarageBand, you’re in a good position to move up to Logic Studio.
July 20th, 2009
You can buy language pakcs for your particular industry containing words common to your professional field, but the speech engine does a great job training itself to terms you use often that aren’t in the dictionary. It also comes with a headset and microphone that plug straight into you PC’s microphone jack so there’s nothing more to buy.