The software captures from MiniDV and HDV camcorders, TV signals, webcams, microphones, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and AVCHD camcorders. When the software detects an input, the icon lights up and it’s ready to record. The interface is simple, there’s a handy record button and a pie chart showing the amount of drive space available. Seeing the available length of a video capture at seven days, or the microphone audio capture at 40 days is pretty cool all by itself. The editing area is composed of three main areas: the library, preview pane and timeline. Captured clips and imported files appear in the library pane. The timeline has tracks for video, audio, effects, titles, and voice-overs. This keeps all the files separate and easily modifiable. Each track can also be locked, resized or temporarily turned off. As with the capturing menu, there aren’t a zillion buttons crowding every toolbar and window. It’s easy to split, unlink, modify, trim or even keyframe effects and changes in opacity.īy selecting a video clip, a few extra buttons appear above the timeline, showing what functions are available to perform with it. Under the Effect Room tab, there are more than 100 different effects to enhance footage from blurs, tiles and even crazier stuff. The next tab is the PiP Objects Room with a fair amount of graphic elements to place over video footage. There’s also the Particle Room tab to add particle effects, from falling flower petals to snowflakes.