Movie Studio 13 - such a disappointment for one reason only. The new toolbars have rendered it a such pain to use. Clearly the programmers have done very little actual video editing. Or is it the fault of some marketing person.
I actually like the bigger buttons. They were too small before on a big screen. They dont need to be quite as big as they are now but never mind that. The problem is there aren't enough and that would be ok if the toolbar was customisable. Notably absent is 'RIpple' and 'Ignore Grouping' which are essential for any kind of efficient editing.. Yes you can get to them through a Config button that gives you a menu. How silly! A toolbar is for buttons not menus. And you can use control keys but there is no display showing the state of those buttons. Ironically Simple mode does have a Ripple button.
Likewise the selection tool is very useful but no button. You can still get to it with the 'D' key though or menu clicks. How inefficient is that.
Also I have my preview monitor on a second screen and now I dont have the navigation buttons that used to be under the timeline.
So much for my rant - question is - is there any evidence that they listen to pleas from users? Should I wait or request a refund and go back to 12?
Its a sad day when they take perfectly good features away. Funny the publicity didnt mention that.
On the up side I like the CTRL to dock function.
I actually like the bigger buttons. They were too small before on a big screen. They dont need to be quite as big as they are now but never mind that. The problem is there aren't enough and that would be ok if the toolbar was customisable. Notably absent is 'RIpple' and 'Ignore Grouping' which are essential for any kind of efficient editing.. Yes you can get to them through a Config button that gives you a menu. How silly! A toolbar is for buttons not menus. And you can use control keys but there is no display showing the state of those buttons. Ironically Simple mode does have a Ripple button.
Likewise the selection tool is very useful but no button. You can still get to it with the 'D' key though or menu clicks. How inefficient is that.
Also I have my preview monitor on a second screen and now I dont have the navigation buttons that used to be under the timeline.
So much for my rant - question is - is there any evidence that they listen to pleas from users? Should I wait or request a refund and go back to 12?
Its a sad day when they take perfectly good features away. Funny the publicity didnt mention that.
On the up side I like the CTRL to dock function.