Version 9.05, 2009/07/02


Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is a major update that improves almost every aspect of the program, adding many new features and capabilities in every part of the program. It also introduces a new Movie Editor for editing and combining your videos before burning them to DVD. The Movie Editor has functions for cutting, transitions, fades, subtitles, titles and more, plus a point-and-click DVD menu editor with animated themes for creating great-looking interfaces for your DVD movies.

The new version also packed with improvements, new features and fine tuning that make all Burning Studio’s functions more powerful and even easier to use.
Easy, not limited
chip_download of the dayAnyone who has ever struggled with complicated disc burning software is always amazed when they try Ashampoo Burning Studio. This is how software should be: Instead of studying complicated manuals you just choose what you want to do and then follow the instructions displayed on the screen. For example, to make a DVD you select Create a Video DVD and the program guides you through the steps of adding clips, building menus and burning the disc.

This doesn’t mean the program has been “dumbed down”: Burning Studio is a complete and powerful disc burning suite that also satisfies advanced users with all the tweaking features you expect from less accessible programs.
General program improvements
softonic 4 stars In addition to user interface fine-tuning there has been a large number of new features added, many of which were suggested by Burning Studio users. The items in the following list are just the top highlights New features in Burning Studio 9

    * New Movie Editor and Movie Player
    * Play all videos, slideshows and movies in the new Movie Player
    * New project type: Video Edit DVD with Movie Editor
    * Create MP3 or WMA CDs from lists of tracks with multiple formats
    * Preview images are now automatically exported to Cover Editor
    * New options dialogs for video, audio, decoder, encoder and drive settings
    * Selectable program skins for user interface
    * Many user settings are saved and reloaded automatically
    * Many new burners added to the database
    * DVD projects are now saved with all slideshows and movies
    * Automatic check for conflicts with other programs with user warning

Movie Editor highlights
The biggest new feature of Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 is the Movie Editor, which adds powerful video editing and DVD interface building capabilities to the program. This is not just a little clip trimmer – you won’t need any other video editing software. Movie Editor has all the features you need to turn your clip collection and home videos into impressive finished movies.

You also get a brand new Movie Player with a significantly improved video rendering engine and a modern graphical interface. New features in Burning Studio 9

    * Edit videos with timeline and preview
    * Super-easy drag-and-drop editing for videos, subtitles etc.
    * Graphical timeline for clips, transitions, titles, subtitles and images
    * Burn finished movies to DVD with animated menus
    * Ready-to-use themes for DVD menus
    * Cut clips into separate blocks, trim and extract sections
    * Assemble multiple clips in a few easy steps
    * Add titles, subtitles, shaped text etc.
    * Add images, logos and graphical shapes with fill, borders etc.
    * Cross-fades and graphical transitions between clips
    * Fade-in and fade-out for all objects (images, texts etc.)
    * Live preview your movies in the editor with transitions
    * Add background music to movies
    * Rotate images directly in the Movie Editor
    * Set start and end times for clips (play only part of clip)
    * Automatic search for scene boundaries

Movie Player highlights

    * Modern graphical interface, very intuitive with popup control tips
    * Volume control, display current play position and total time
    * Clip display with jump to position controls
    * Full screen mode with quick switch control

Slideshow Editor
The Slideshow Editor makes it a snap to turn your photos into impressive DVD slideshows with animated graphical menus. You can also include video clips in your slideshows. Just select your photos, videos and background music tracks and burn. Here too, you can produce shows instantly by choosing ready-to-use themes or get creative and design your own. Burning Studio comes with a set of attractive themes and you can download more from the Ashampoo website. New Slideshow Editor features

    * Timeline editing with drag & drop and preview
    * Cross-fades and graphical transitions between images
    * Thumbnail preview for fades and transitions
    * Add background music for the entire show with multiple tracks
    * Add titles, subtitles, shaped text
    * Add images, logos and graphical shapes with fill, borders etc.
    * Fade-in and fade-out for all objects (images, texts etc.)
    * Rotate images directly in the editor
    * Ready-to-use themes

Cover Editor
The Cover Editor has everything you need for labeling your discs and producing cool covers for jewel cases, slim cases, DVD cases and Blu-ray cases. You can design your own or just enter a title and select one of the pre-designed themes for instant point-and-click results – it also imports track data from your discs automatically. The Cover Editor prints both on a wide range of predefined label formats and directly onto discs on printers that support this function. New Cover Editor features

    * Save your own designs as themes and reuse or share them
    * Export projects as XML files
    * Scan covers directly from original CD covers
    * Load covers and graphics from files, the Web or the Windows Clipboard
    * Attractive new themes with new graphics and layouts
    * Editor improvements, faster operation
    * Draw and insert geometrical shapes with borders, fill and transparency
    * Group elements in the editor to move them together
    * Free rotation for objects and groups of objects, or snap rotate in 15°, 45° or 90° increments
    * Print up to 4 CDs on a single page
    * Printer calibration utility for maximum precision printing, calibration settings are saved for every printer used – you only need to calibrate once
    * Updated label and printer database with many new formats and printers
    * Undo function in the Table Editor

Overview of features and functions

    * Burn and update data discs
      Burn data to CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs and update previously burned discs by adding and removing files and folders.
    * Back up your data to single or multiple discs
      Back up your valuable data to one or more CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs. Single backups can span multiple discs. Restore your backups in a single easy operation.
    * Rip and burn music
      Rip music from CDs and burn music to audio CDs and MP3 or WMA discs on CD, DVD and Blu-ray in a variety of formats.
    * Burn movies and photos to DVDs and data discs
      You can create slideshow DVDs with photos and video clips and you can author and burn video DVDs, Video CDs (VCD), Super Video CDs (SVCD) and data video discs. Video files are automatically converted to the necessary formats.
    * Movie editor with DVD authoring
      Edit and assemble your movies, add transitions, titles, texts, images and background music and then burn them to DVDs.
    * Create high-quality DVD slideshows
      Turn your photos into impressive DVD slideshows with titles, transitions and background music.
    * Copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs
      Just insert a disc, select Copy and go to make a perfect copy.
    * Create and burn disc images
      You can both create and burn ISO, CUE/BIN and Ashampoo’s own special ASHDISC image formats.
    * Erase rewriteable discs
      Quick and easy erase functions for reusing rewriteable discs.
    * Expert burn functions for full control
      Burning experts can create modified copies of existing discs (read in data structure and make changes and additions) and burn discs of all kinds with full control of all main configuration options.
    * Create covers and labels
      The full-featured cover and label designer prints to labels or directly to printable discs. It comes with a selection of point-and-click themes for instant results and easy-to-use creative tools for designing your own layouts.