Think Different, Do Smarter, Work for Joy

Today I decided to change the name of this blog. Something is changing but I think if you care about Ulead then you will know what is going to happen soon.

These days I was thinking about redesigning my blog, not just the style but also the content. I have some plans to do but I'm a little busy now. However, I will try to write regularly here.

Some old Uleaders might still remember the working attitude "Work Hard, Work Smart" from the founder, Way-Zen Chen. But now I have my own working attitude as "Think Different, Do Smarter, Work for Joy", and I think the most important part should be "Work for Joy". Without joy, work would be just boring. I think I'm lucky because I still have joys in my work. And I wish you readers would also have joys in your works.

Since my last post, Ulead had released the 1st official service pack for MediaStudio Pro 8. If you are interested, go ahead and try it.

FIFA World Cup Germany now is going on and will have its final winner in a few days. I did not notice this soccer game until I watched Italian versus Australia. Now I'm crazy about this game. I'm sorry to know that Germany just lose the semi-final and got the 3rd position. I'm sorry not just because we have a subsidiary in Germany but also I voted for Germany as the winner of FIFA WCG in the "Guess the Winner" game in Taiwan (that means now I lose a chance to win a Sony VAIO. What a pity). Now the Portugal vs France semi-final is going on and I wish the Portugal team could win because they have a good and interesting coach, but who knows? I might be wrong again. Anyway, in a few hours we will know who is the one to compete with the Italian team in the final game.

Few hours later it would be a big day to Ulead, just wish everything can go well.

Oh yes, several days ago, Eric Chen, the product marketing manager of DVD MovieFactory, have discussed with me about the possibilities to hold some activities on my blog to send out some free copies of DVD MovieFactory 5, the first consumer HD/BD authoring software. If you wish to know the details then you can keep an eye on my blog.

And, the author of a great book, Getting Results with MediaStudio Pro 8.0, now is cutting the price of the book down to clear his stock. I think the price is affordable to someone who wants to try video editing. It's not only useful for MSP users, but also useful for video-graphers because it covered most topics on video editing from beginners to professionals and has some excellent tutorials for readers. If you wish to know video editing, I think this book is a must buy.

Wish you all have a nice day, and so does Ulead.

Something New in Ulead Today - DVD MovieFactory, VideoStudio and MediaStudio Pro

Today I just got the box of Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 from Eric Chen, the Product Marketing Manager of DVDMF. I know some people wish to see the box version of DVDMF5 in these days, so I will put some pictures here.

The front side of the boxThe back side of the box
The Blu-ray notice and the tech support card
The user manual
According to Eric, Blu-ray is still supported in this version. However, at this time it can only offer to burn a Blu-ray data disk because the Blu-ray spec for video is not finalized yet. I think it's no doubt that DVDMF 5 is still the first consumer software that offers both Blu-ray and HD DVD burning. When the Blu-ray video spec is been finalized, I believe Ulead will release the Blu-ray video burning pack ASAP.

Paper to introduce digital media and Ulead products
The installation disk

This box is a small size one for selling in Costco and some shopping malls. For selling DVDMF 5 in computer stores there will be a regular size for the box. Soon you will see the box to be available in the store in U.S. and some other regions.

I had took some pictures of the regular size box of DVDMF 5, but I left them in my office PC so I cannot post now. Maybe I will update them to this post later on Monday.

OK, now for the second news.


After a few days waiting, today Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus box version is been shipped in U.S. and in European. Now you can put your order to Ulead Mall to buy a box of UVS 10 Plus now. :) If you have any opinions or ideas on this, you can post to Ulead VideoStudio forum.


The 3rd news is, we have released the first Service Pack Preview of Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 today. You can download the release note for complete information on the features and updates included in the service pack. If any feedbacks or opinions, you are welcomed to post to Ulead MediaStudio Pro forum or send them to the service pack feedback page.

However, this download is only a preview, check the Disclaimer before you install it. The real service pack will be released a few weeks later.

Wish you would enjoy with these new releases.

Ulead VideoStudio 10 now is available

Ulead VideoStudio 10 now is available on Ulead website. If you are interested, check the product page.

UVS 10 supports High Definition video editing and supports true Dolby Digital 5.1 editing. For more detailed information on UVS 10 features, check the features page.

In most video editors you will be limited by only one UI layout to edit your video. Sometimes it's not convenient for users to use the interface. For example, a left hand user might not feel comfortable when the editing options are been listed on the right side of the interface. In this version of UVS, you can have some freedoms to set the UI layout.

Layout settings in Ulead VideoStudio 10

As you can see there are 4 UI layouts you can set in UVS 10. After you set it, the UI layout will be like the followings.

UI Layout 1

UI Layout 2

UI Layout 3 (it's the default UI layout)

Layout 4

Although it's a minor change, but I think it improves the usability of the interface for some people. :)

In this new version Ulead has improved the rendering performance to be much faster. If you are using a dual core CPU then you might be glad to know that UVS 10 runs faster on dual core. You can see the benchmark chart of UVS 10 with different Intel CPUs as following.



The burning module of UVS 10 is coming from the newly released Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5, so UVS 10 also supports to burn video files as VCD, DVD (both single and double layer) and HD DVD.

I know some of you come to my blog because you wish to find a pirate copy of UVS 10 by using Google or MSN Search (yes, I can see where you are and what search keyword you used in Google or MSN Search by using some blog tool). However, if you think UVS 10 is good, please be good to be a legal user because we engineers make a living by selling the products we made.

Thanks for your co-operation, and wish you would like this new UVS version.

Enjoy!

First HD DVD disk authored by Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5.0 user

A user of Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 called WiFi-Spy had released a HD DVD demo disk image file in March 30th to let anyone who may interests to test the disk on their HD DVD players. WiFi-Spy claimed he shot the content in the International Consumer Electronics Show 2006 with a High-Definition camcorder, Sony HDR-HC1 and is eager to know if anyone can play the HD DVD demo disk on a real HD DVD player. Soon, a Japanese user found the disk image file and gave it a try on the newly released Toshiba HD DVD player HD-XA1 yesterday and he has found the HD DVD demo disk can be played very well.

The Japanese user has burned the HD DVD disk on a DVD-R and play the disk successfully on his new Toshiba HD DVD player. He has recorded the playing as an video and you can check the video in his blog.

I think it's a good news to Ulead and the HD world because now users can use DVD MovieFactory to author their home-made videos as HD DVDs and play them on a real HD DVD player!

At the present time, there is still no other consumer HD DVD authoring programs available and Ulead is the company that can say we have HD DVD supports that works and the price for DVD MovieFactory is acceptable for home users. I know there is still some more steps Ulead needs to do, but it's already a good sign to us. :)

Note: Toshiba HD DVD player HD-XA1 now can be purchased in Japan since 2006/3/31. If you have friends in Japan, you can ask them to buy one for you from Amazon Japan. If you do not have such a friend in Japan, you can wait till April 15th or pre-order in Toshiba and ChannelIntelligence.