Roxio Creator 2010 By John Virata Roxio Creator 2010 is a jack of all trades suite of media creation, archiving, and management tools all hooked in via a single launch point. The Swiss army style software has been around for many years, and seems to be one of the last integrated suites of its kind standing. ...Read More »

Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac By John Virata When was the last time you turned on your VHS player? That long ago? Well join the club. As old VHS, 8mm, and other analog video tape join the Betamax, the question that remains is how do you archive all those tapes for future viewing? For Windows users, solutions such as Honestech's VHS to DVD 3.0 Deluxe have been around for a while. Mac users have also had some solutions, but not to the extent that Windows users have. ...Read More »

AstoundStereo By Joshua Virata AstoundStereo is designed to improve the audio from any application on a Mac or Windows. In a way AstoundStereo uses its own set of equalizers and filters to turn relatively flat stereo channels into a dynamic stereo surround-like sound. ...Read More »

Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 By John Virata Welcome to the new age of video capture. With that comes new tools for video editing. One of those tools is Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 for Windows. The application, now in version 5 but called 7.0, is a consumer level video editing tool that has embraced some of the latest consumer video capture devices, as well as the output mediums that many people view video, including YouTube. The big news with version 7.0 is its support for AVCHD and JVC TOD files. ...Read More »

Serif MoviePlus X3 By John Virata Back in the early 1990s, digital video was postage stamp sized, and for consumers, there wasn't really any good software that could easily edit video. This was coupled with the fact that most computers ran on 64MB of memory, and a 2GB hard disk drive fast enough to handle video cost $4000. Fast forward to today and both Windows and Macintosh-based computers include video editing software as a "module" of the operating system, 500GB hard drives can be had for around $100, and most computers ship with 2GB RAM standard. ...Read More »

Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate By John Virata Pinnacle Systems has released version 12 of its class leading Studio entry level video editing software. It is available in three versions; Pinnacle Studio version 12, Pinnacle Studio version 12 Plus, and Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate. When the company released the first versions of its application in the 1990s, editing video on a computer was still a rough experience. The computers were not readily up to task, extra hard disk space and memory was very expensive, and the Windows operating system that Studio ran on was prone to crashing, freezing, and locking up. ...Read More »

DOOZLA fun drawing By Ko Maruyama There are plenty of options for digital illustration on the Mac, some are too cheap, some are too expensive, and some - like Doozla are just right. When it comes down to illustration with your kids, if you're like me - you go for crayons and pencils. But if you want to give them a fun way to draw on the computer, take a look at Doozla from makers of ComicLife. ...Read More »

Lasting Impressions' Memory Mixer By Kelley Kuhlman Memory Mixer Scrapbooking Software from Lasting Impressions is more than just digital scrapbooking software. Extensive capabilities enable you to do more with your digital and printable scrapbook pages than just create single page layouts. With this program you are able to create albums, whic can be hundreds of pages, you can import pages from other albums, as well as import pages from other Memory Mixer albums. ...Read More »

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Ultimate By Heath McKnight Pinnacle`s Studio MovieBox Ultimate is the perfect hardware and software combination for Windows users looking to get a lot of bang for their buck. The hardware/software solution combines a capture box, non-linear editor (NLE), web video encoder, and DVD creator. Editing with Studio 11 is a breeze, plus there`s a green screen to do chroma key work, all for only $149.99. All I can say is, where was this when I was 13 and starting to make movies? ...Read More »

Stomp your video into submission By Michael Smith Stomp is a video compression program, that allows you with a few click, to turn a large video file into a more managable one. It was created by Neil Clayton, who also created iShowU, which is a video screen-capture program. ...Read More »