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Sonic DVDit Pro 6
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Sonic Solutions DVDit Pro 6 has something to offer nearly every class of user. Those moving up from consumer tools will find the program easy to learn and more flexible and powerful than their current tools. And those who've worked with other prosumer-level products will find DVDit much easier to use, and quickly realize that the capabilities enabled by the bundled eDVD are essential to producing compelling, competitive DVDs. All users will value the stability that DVDit brings to bear, and appreciate the newly redesigned interface, which is as intuitive as any we've seen for DVD authoring.
PRICE: 1390
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Sonic Solutions DVDit Pro 6 has something to offer nearly every class of user. Those stepping up from consumer programs like Adobe Premiere Elements, Pinnacle Studio, and Ulead MovieFactory will find the program easy to learn and more flexible and powerful than their current tools.
If you're also considering or currently using prosumer tools like Adobe Encore or Sony DVD Architect, you'll find DVDit much easier to use and will quickly realize that the capabilities enabled by the bundled eDVD are essential to producing compelling, competitive DVDs. Sure, you can buy eDVD standalone for $200, but that reduces DVDit's purchase price to under $200-almost a no-brainer.
All users, however, will value the stability that DVDit brings to bear. We tested the program on an absolutely toxic computer, with virtually every Windows editor and authoring program known to humankind installed, and authored one of the most complex for-profit DVDs I've attempted, a collection of the videos produced during the ongoing four-part "Battle of the Software NLEs" video editor review, which included 39 videos, 13 slide shows, and one playlist. This DVD included MPEG-2, AVI, and MOV videos encoded by all five editors, a complete recipe for disaster with most authoring programs.
If you've worked with content creation software long enough, there comes a time in every complicated project when you think to yourself, "Gripes, I hope this freakin' thing works." And work DVDit did, first time, every time, which is enough to earn it a permanent place on my hard drive.
To be fair and balanced, the story isn't all roses. DVDit has some feature...