Wondershare DVD Creator 4.1

This surprising app allows you to combine your existing video, audio and image files to create stunning DVD or Blu-ray disc movies. Whether you simply want to convert a regular video file into a DVD movie, join several video files into a single DVD movie, or turn your images and photos into professional-looking slideshows with audio background, Wondershare DVD Creator allows you to do it all. You can also include flamboyant menus in your creations, thanks to the templates the program provides.

Even though the program is full of helpful features and options, it allows you to create your DVD/Blu-ray movie through four simple steps. The first one is dedicated to the addition of source video and image files, which can be in practically any known format including AVI, MPEG, MOV, FLV, MP4, WMV, ASF, 3GP, MKV and VOB, as well as JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF and TIFF. If you selected multiple images to be added at once, the program automatically converts them into a slideshow that will be included as part of your movie. You can then edit your source video files in a special editor, being you able to trim them, watermark them, add subtitles to them, change their aspect ratio, adjust their brightness/contrast/saturation/volume, and more. As for the slideshows, you can also edit them by changing the images order, duration, transitions effects, texts and background music.

The next step is dedicated to the movie's menu, which is automatically generated and then you can customize it by adding texts, changing the background music, selecting the frames for the thumbnails, adding chapters and more. The program comes with a few templates you can choose from but you can also download many more for free from the program's website. Next you have a preview section where you can check your movie's behavior, menu included, though it usually won't reflect the actual output quality. Finally, the last section is the one that really generates your movie, allowing you to burn it into a blank disc and/or save it as an ISO image file.

In general terms, I would say Wondershare DVD Creator performs at a very good speed, generating high-quality DVD/Blu-ray movies. The quantity of features and parameters it offers make it adequate for advanced users, but if you are a beginner, you can still get excellent results by simply using the program's default values. Therefore, I would recommend trying this powerful tool to any PC user, as he/she will surely not be defrauded.