On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:36:08 GMT, Cazmo wrote:

>New to this area and curious ....
>Corel seems to have "bailed-out" of Lumiere pretty early in its "life
>cycle"..... was it really that poor??
>
>I'm a Corel fan in general and would like to know if I should put my
>hands on a copy of Lumiere just to mess around with. What were/is its
>strengths and weaknesses??

It was/is an excellent editor with lots of capability and
a very intuitive interface - but it had/has one fatal flaw
for most: it would/will render ALL video, not just changed
video, making output of a long project painfully long.
BTW, if you find the Corel version, it is a good buy
at around $30 to get the good 3-D program and royalty-free
music that came with that version.