Where VideoStudio Ultimate does beat Premiere Pro is in features aimed specifically at newcomers. It is catching up, though, with more pro-level features, such as advanced masking and 360 degree video editing added in recent updates. In general, the depth of VideoStudio’s features tend to place it at a halfway point between beginner-oriented software such as Premiere Elements and high-end professional apps such as Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. VideoStudio’s color grading tools have improved significantly with recent updates (Image credit: Corel) It doesn’t have the depth of customisation that Premiere Pro’s tools do, but is now one step closer. VideoStudio’s features tend to be more basic, though its colour tools have seen a big improvement in recent updates you can now colour grade your clips using highlights/midtones/shadows wheels, tone curves, and hue/saturation/lightness tuning, or choose from 34 preset lookup tables (LUTs). For all effects within Premiere Pro, you can also adjust values over the course of a clip using keyframes.

Taking colour grading as an example, its powerful Lumetri Color panel allows you to use RGB curves, shadows/midtones/highlights wheels, various scopes and waveforms, customisable preset looks, and more for fine control over the look of your image. Premiere Pro’s many advanced features enable precise control of all elements of your edit.

Working with it is a sleek and intuitive process, though it isn’t as good at working with multiple layers of video as Premiere Pro. The Edit tab, where you’ll spend most of your time, is similar to Premiere’s, but simpler – timeline all along the bottom library, preview, and options panels across the top. VideoStudio Ultimate (opens in new tab)’s three main tabs are Capture, in which you import your footage, Edit, in which all editing is done, and Share, for exporting videos and uploading finished videos.

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