Corel Photo & Video Pro X3 Bundle [Old Version]

Okay so I have a fairly up to date system with an AMD Phenom X2 processor, 4gigs of ram, a sapphire 512 MB HD 4850 graphics card, windows 7 64bit and all the bells and whistles you can get for a fast and reliable PC and I have to say that when I saw this product online, I thought the price was great. So I purchased it. I love the photo editing but however, when I tried the Video software I was a bit disappointed. First of all, the photo software is quite fascinating. It's a great product to edit photos and make slide shows. Second, I was not too satisfied on how the editing process worked for the Video pro. It got a little frustrating to use as far as shortcuts go. Also it would freeze or maybe crash at some point or another.Pros: Great photo editing softwareCons: Video editing is a pain and it's like you get what you pay for. Though the templates and new blue effects are quite decent but that's about it.

After trying a different software package for high definition video editing and finding it to be an exercise in futility (I won't give the name, but it rhymes with TowerDirector), I had high hopes for this one because I have liked other Corel products. Unfortunately, it crashes like a mother, much like the aforementioned, unnamed software. I can only edit about one or two minutes of video, then it crashes and I have to close it and re-open it to begin again. Luckily, I can tell when it is about to crash (it starts acting funny) and I can usually save it so I don't lose anything. When I finally finish editing my video, I will still have to add transitions and menus. After that, I'll pray I can get it to burn to a blu-ray. Because I'm being optimistic in my hopes for success, I give this product two stars. If I can burn successfully, I will be back here to up the star rating to 5. If I find myself unable to create a finished product, I'll be back to take away a star (after my hysterical sobs of frustration subside). But seriously, I really don't think editing and burning high definition video can be done with any consistent success using any computer currently for sale to the public with software that can only promise to do so. If anyone knows of something that actually works, please let me know.

I have worked with the previous trial version and the X3 is much faster. It is a complex piece of software and some learning curve is unavoidable. You can do as little or as much your creative talents allows you too. I did have some problems with the video editing when the "canned" version had overlapped transitions I did not insert. I cannot tell if was the software or the good ol Microsoft windows problem but the corrected video rendered to where I wanted quickly. For the photo part of the bundle, it is amazing the number of file formats it can handle. I had some old Commodore Amiga (IFF) files which loaded and edited nicely.More then likely Corel would come up with X4 but I fail as yet to see what further improvement can be made. This software will last you quite a while. I did not work with the Blue Ray part as I am not yet set for it. Although it is the hand behind the brush that creates a masterpiece, never the less X3 is a top of the line brush. I did not like the must have help menu being on line. Hopefully some free upgrade will be forthcoming on that feature.

This is one of the best photo editors I have had the pleasure of working with. For the novice photographer this is one of the best photo editors ever made, as a professional photographer I do most of my editing with this software it is usually faster and easier than with my very expensive adobe suite online subscriptions. (The newer adobe suites are vastly superior and as expected cost a small fortune for the annual subscription)Cautionary note though if you open too many photographs at one time I have experienced instability in the program, I usually keep my photo count to under 15 open in the editor at any one time.

Photoshop comes with additional toys like Project Creator--cards, calendars, collages & photo books that can all be uploaded to Facebook, Flickr, etc.--& Paint, a very cool program that allows you to turn your photos into "paintings."TONS of options in the video software! So far it's not freezing, which seems to be a major complaint, but I haven't tried making any movies yet because I seem to be stuck in a perpetual download of updates, & additions...be VERY CAREFUL what you click on as it will start an avalanche of downloads with even MORE content--I'm thrilled to have so many choices, but didn't expect to spend all day downloading--at some point I want to start playing with my new software!

I still use a photo editing product, MGI Photosuite 4, that is probably 10 years old. Corel purchased MGI years ago but never incorporated some of my favorite features until version X3.My favorite feature is the warp brush, which I use to take off a few pound from my photos. I use the clone tool and background removal a lot also.Since my old MGI software no longer worked with Windows Vista and now Windows 7, this is a welcome addition. To run my MGI software, I have to use Windows XP emulation. Now I don't have to.

This probably is great photo software. But reading the box, I declined to keep. Just too much that I would never use. For the real photo buff..it probably would be just your cup of tea. I don't have the time to learn how to do a lot of the things offered, nor will I ever want to learn how to do so. Returned only because it was more than I would need to print simple photos or make a DVD with my photos.

Bought Video Pro X3 with Photo Pro X3 to upgrade an older version of Photo Pro X. The Photo Pro X3 is a great upgrade to Ver X and I am very pleased with it.The Video Pro X3 software I found was not as full featured and easy to use as my older Roxio Creator 2009 software. This software would not burn disks with my HP DVD lightscribe drive even though the drive worked fine with all the other programs on my computer. There was no fix or help available from Corel for the problem and a request for help went unanswered. My computer exceeded all the hardware specifications listed for this product.I have removed Video Pro X3 from my computer and do not recommend this product.