Cinemasphyxia.com - New Video Editor, This Week's Update

[Nyghtfall]

I'm too excited not to post about this on the only three fetish boards I frequent - Fetnoir, FF, and PKF - so feel free to read on.

I’ve been using Pinnacle Studio Ultimate for over 10 years now. Unfortunately, as new versions have come out in recent years, new bugs have found their way in. Some of have been patched. One particularly annoying bug, discovered in version 18, and which no one has been able to duplicate consistently enough for Pinnacle to patch, randomly crashes the app regardless of what stage of any project you’re on. When Pinnacle released version 19 last year, I thought the problem might finally be solved, only to discover that support for the file type used by my video recording software had been removed, thus preventing me from editing clips. Consequently, I’ve been relegated to version 18 and dealing with random crashes while Pinnacle continues releasing new versions.

My frustration came to a head this week when Pinnacle Studio crashed five times while I was trying to edit this week’s clip. I thought, if my site is going to be a lifelong hobby, I have got to find better software. After spending the last few days with a trial copy, I am very excited to write that I have. Last night, I switched to Corel VideoStudio x10 Ultimate for $100, and it is fucking amazing! The interface is so much more refined, and the editing functions are more visually intuitive. I especially love its multi-trim editor. My only minor criticism is that the default duration for transitions can’t be set to anything less than 1 second. Thankfully, manual adjustments are a breeze.

It feels really fucking great having a clean, well-designed, stable new editor. I’m optimistic about the site’s future, and looking forward to keeping it updated for years to come. Incidentally, I recently canceled my two-year old membership with Adobe Photoshop CC and switched to Corel PaintShop Pro x9 Ultimate for use with my 3D art, so it’s also nice having creative tools from the same brand supporting both of my hobbies. :)

Passengers is my first edit using VideoStudio. Enjoy!