ArcSoft ShowBiz

Pros

• Quickly add videos and images from multiple sources
• Effects can be applied and adjusts in real time
• Anti-shake and de-noise options help clean up less-than-professional grade recordings

Cons

• UI can be overwhelming at first due to the many options
• It can be hard to preview some of the output functions such as 3D before finalizing file

ShowBiz 5 is an excellent program for helping you create your own movies, edit them together and even publish them to Social Media or a physical disc.

Creating professional-grade movies at home used to be almost impossible without complicated software and training. Transitions, effects, text and other things that add polish to a final product were often difficult to create for the average PC user.

ShowBiz 5 does a great job in making all these required elements available in a way that is intuitive and exciting. The application has integrated editing tools, allowing you to quickly move between different kinds of modifications in real time. This helps you make minor adjustments while reviewing your final product.

With frame-level granularity, you can add effects, adjust colors, add text bars or titles with the greatest of ease. You can rotate and flip video and image resources easily and even add anti-shaking tool – something rarely seen in free programs – to stabilize a shaky video recording.

ShowBiz 5 does not disappoint in the sound editing department either. You can easily layer multiple sources over the original recording to put in background music, sound effects or narration. One common problem with non-professional recording equipment, such as smartphones, is that the audio recording tends to pick up wind, background noise or a general hiss that detracts from the quality of the final product. ShowBiz 6 has a de-noise option to identify the background tones that are consistent in a video clip and eliminate them. This makes your final product look and sound great even if it was not recorded in the best of circumstances.

Adding content from multiple sources is as easy as dragging and dropping the files into a project. When you’ve completed your masterpiece, you can very easily publish it to various websites or simple create a file to share manually. The ability to create DVD/Blue-ray Disc formats is also handy for taking your project to the next level. You can even create 3D-ready movies for use on modern 3D televisions and even set up Picture-In-Picture composition. ShowBiz 5 is a truly comprehensive application that can help you produce whatever you can imagine.

Pros

• Quickly add videos and images from multiple sources
• Effects can be applied and adjusts in real time
• Anti-shake and de-noise options help clean up less-than-professional grade recordings

Cons

• UI can be overwhelming at first due to the many options
• It can be hard to preview some of the output functions such as 3D before finalizing file