See What Ulead Users are Doing with DVD Workshop

Michael Vincent
Owner, A Personal Touch Video Productions
Las Vegas, NV

If you want to know if DVD Workshop really has what it takes for professionals, ask Michael Vincent. As owner of A Personal Touch Video Productions, Las Vegas, Nevada, Vincent was a long-time user of a competing DVD authoring product. Michael aimed to upgrade his existing DVD authoring software while at NAB. His plans changed when he stumbled upon Ulead's booth. Thinking that Ulead had nothing to offer the professional videographer, he planned to keep walking. He stopped when he noticed a demo of DVD Workshop displaying motion menus and backgrounds. Michael bought a copy of DVD Workshop, never making it to the competitor's booth. Here is what he says about DVD Workshop:

"Many professional videographers are surprised to hear that Ulead's new DVD authoring software, DVD Workshop (MSRP $299), offers many of the same high-end features found in DVD authoring products costing thousands of dollars.

What's more, DVD Workshop is easier to use. If you're a busy videographer like myself, then you don't have a lot of time to spend customizing each DVD. But that's exactly what my clients want and that's the service I strive to provide.

With DVD Workshop, I can easily customize each DVD to match my client's personality using the authoring software's professional templates and simple text editor. I simply choose from a variety of graphic templates such as chapter button borders, or design text using the simple text editor.

To get this same professional look using other DVD authoring products, I must create my own graphic elements and text in another application and import them. This takes time -- time I don't have when I'm working on several projects.

What really caught my eye with DVD Workshop is that it offers moving backgrounds and chapter thumbnails. This is an incredible feature for a DVD authoring packager under $1000.

A recent client was amazed when I popped the DVD in to see a motion menu with a video of a rose blooming composited on a video of a sunset. I also added a frame around the text in each chapter button, a process that used to take me half a day using a competing product.

DVD Workshop's motion effects and design templates give my DVDs a professional look that not only wows the client but saves me time and money. It has given my videos a beautiful, professional look - a look that can't be touched by competing DVD authoring software in this price range."