Software

Software can help turn your raw footage into a well-polished video. Whether you're looking for storyboarding software, sound and video editing software, special effects plug-ins or DVD authoring software, our reviews can help you find exactly what you need. Download our list of Software manufacturers.

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Animation & Motion Graphics Buyer’s Guide

Jordan Claverie - Fri, 07/05/2013 - 10:33am

Look at the news, sports or most any commercial and you’re seeing them: flying logos, animated shapes and eye-catching lower thirds appearing and vanishing. They convey information, beef up production value and create professional presentations. So why not put them to work for you?
Intensify Your Video with Sound Effects and Music

Great video is just the beginning of a well produced project. Well placed sound effects and music can help provide context for your scene, and give your character's action more meaning. In this segment, we walk through the process of adding sound effects and music to help intensify a scene.
Audio Editing Software Buy Guide

tkohfeld - Wed, 06/05/2013 - 3:48pm

Audio editing software is crucial for just about any video creator today. Video editing software may include some basic audio editing capability, audio editing software provides edits, mixing, cleanup and effects in one simple interface.
WeVideo Internet Editing Software

Jordan Claverie - Wed, 06/05/2013 - 9:17am

For easy-to-use, cloud-based, individual or group video editing, be sure to check out WeVideo Lite – it’s free!
Build an Open with Graphics, Cameras and Expressions

Go behind the scenes as we break down how the opens for our latest Videomaker web videos were created with Adobe After Effects. From start to finish, we show you how we built a basic two dimensional graphic title, and then used camera movement and expressions to take it into the third dimension.
Technicolor Announces Color Assist 1.5 for Adobe After Effects

Luis Maymi - May 12th, 2013

Technicolor announced the latest version of Color Assist, a video color correction and grading software package. Key improvements of version 1.5 include compatibility with Adobe After Effects and support AVCHD video and still images.
Adobe Drops Creative Suite--Former CS Products Now Subscription Only

Jackson Wong - May 06th, 2013

All you that talk about "CS6" or Premiere, listen up. Adobe announced that they will not continue to develop their Creative Suite. No CS7, no giant package of production software. However Adobe would only be making enemies if we stopped now, their solution is Adobe Creative Cloud, established in 2012. Adobe MAX is the creativity conference taking place May 4-8, 2013 in Los Angeles and the center of this massive initiative.
Editing Tip: Streamline your audio editing using premiere and audition

A quick video tip on streamlining your audio editing workflow using integration between Adobe Premiere and Audition.
So that's what the timeline search box is for!

Greg Olson - April 29th, 2013

As a long time After Effects user, I still find myself discovering new features nearly every day. Many times I'll be watching some type of training video, and while the main concept of the video is the primary reason for watching, I'm always looking out for ways to speed up my editing process.
Nero Editing Software Review

Jordan Claverie - Tue, 04/23/2013 - 12:53pm

The Nero 12 suite of media applications can be a useful addition to your toolbox, to use as core tools for key tasks and to have on hand when you need a special job done easily and cleanly.