I’m supposed to review this software for the Vine program, and I’ve been working on it off and on since I received the software on Tuesday.  I’m a sucker for video editing tools – there’s something very satisfying about assembling a “watchable” video out of a mess of home video footage.

Fortunately,  I had over 160 minutes of HD footage from a recent vacation (Jamaica!), that was screaming out for treatment.

The only fly in the ointment? The Roxio software has some rather pitiful reviews – with tons of complaints about buggy installation/operation. Since I’m going to be doing a “semi-professional” review, I decided to see for myself how this software would fare under fairly adverse conditions. I installed it on a laptop that has decidedly seen better days, and … so far so good.

After a fairly painless installation sequence, during which it fetched SP1, I’m yet to experience a crash. Fingers crossed. I’ve imported about 60 minutes of footage, have been playing with scene detection (VideoWave) and automatic movie creation (CineMagic – I hate it!), and audio/video capture from the web.

The bulk of my review will be done this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing how rendering works.

Watch this space for updates!