ArcSoft ShowBiz

With so many services out there for videos from Vine and Twitter to DailyMotion and YouTube, creating videos has never been a more popular genre, and a program like ArcSoft ShowBiz is designed specifically to help you edit movies and release them via social media.

An Overview of ArcSoft ShowBiz

Making videos and uploading them to places like YouTube isn't always as easy as you may think. Sure, if you just want to sit in front of a camera and give an unedited storytime type of video, then all you have to worry about is rendering and uploading the file. However, if you plan to have edits, cuts, transitions, music, graphics, etc, then what you're going to need is a software package that can help you edit all of this stuff together and render it in an HD format that's copacetic with social media sites. This is where a program like ArcSoft ShowBiz might just be worth its weight in gold. Unlike very expensive programs out there like Adobe Premier and Sony Vegas, this program is available for a fraction of the cost. While you will need to get the paid version in order to use every function, it doesn't cost anywhere near as much as those other programs.

Another way ShowBiz stands out from its competition is in its ease of use. Although it has every bit the numerous features of very expensive packages, its layout and interface is much more like a Windows Live Movie Maker, so you're getting a very intuitive, easy to use program that won't require you taking weeks worth of tutorials to properly operate it. It's also relatively small in size and light on power, so the only time you'll notice any lagging down of your PC is perhaps when you're working up the final HD render of the video.

Features of ArcSoft ShowBiz

Upon downloading this particular program, the first thing you're probably going to notice is that the program is rife with features. You'll find dozens of transitions, dozens of effects, tons of audio options, and everything will be laid out in a straightforward, intuitive way, so you won't have to go searching around with nameless symbols like some other big editing programs on the market. ShowBiz was designed to create professional grade movies with an amateur level understanding of editing. Needless to say, it's not every day that one can find a program like this.

Basically, this is a frame-by-frame editor, meaning that you can add effects, adjust hue and shading, place your text, speed up or slow down, and tinker with your audio in each frame you have. And the size/length of the frame depends on what you want to trim and what you want to leave alone. This also means great compartmentalization, so an audio effect you layer doesn't affect your entire video but rather just the frame you select. Then once everything is combined seamlessly, the results end up looking very professional.

Pros and Cons of ArcSoft ShowBiz

Pros

• Intuitive interface
• Tons of effects and tools
• Easy learning curve
• Very quick to use

Cons

• Render might cause PC to lag
• Free trial version offers very little