Very easy, making it perfect for a beginner to learn editing, a hobbyist to put together basic stories, or a YouTuber to set up their channel. The bottom line? Movie Studio 13 is … easy. And effects are a simple matter of drag and drop with a very simple slider-based interface for setting up exactly how you want the effect to look.

Hovering over each transition in the bin shows you a preview of what to expect before transitions are placed. Effects and transitions are also really easy to pick up. Audio mixing is easy with the track sliders embedded into the left side of the audio tracks.

The video tracks offer filmstrip-style views of your clips, making navigation in your timeline very easy. The timeline (as with everything else in the software) is easy to navigate, and offers separate tracks for music and normal audio. There's even a 'Show Me How' button on the top menu bar which walks you through a basic project showing you everything you need to know to start editing in about 15 minutes.Ĭlose up of the ÃÂShow Me HowÃÂ interactive guide.If you've already done some editing in the past, the 'Show Me How' button also shows you around the interface so you can quickly and easily see where all of the controls are for you to jump into editing. A program window, timeline, and bin to choose your footage, effects, and transitions. At first glance, you can see everything, right where it should be.

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