Best Products of the Year (page 5)

Sony Vegas 7 + DVD Architect $699

Sony Vegas has always been a valuable tool for video editing hobbyist and professionals, balancing a straight forward user interface with powerful editing performance at a fairly low price. Vegas 7 with DVD Architect improves compatibility with high definition playback and incorporates a completely customizable workspace. With powerful editing capabilities and a feature rich DVD authoring application, Vegas 7 + DVD Architect is a wonderful solution for advanced users.

Adobe Encore 2.0 $349

When it's time to really mash things up, fulfill those "DVD extras" dreams or copy encrypting your worldwide release, Adobe Encore 2.0 proves to be a valuable asset for any DVD authoring guru. The 2.0 version update gives users increased stability and more flexibility. That's something professionals need 24 hours a day. Meanwhile, the program's logical timeline interface helps keep the learning curve lower than one would expect from such a powerful application.

Congratulations to this year's winners and the respective product teams who brought them to life. As always, there were so many great products to consider, test, compare and jealously fight over. In the end, we are proud to give this group our seal of approval and we look forward to seeing their successors in our office. To learn more about these products and all the others that caught our eye throughout the year, make sure to read our entire set of Test Bench reviews in every issue.

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