ArcSoft ShowBiz

{{Short description|Video editing software}}

{{Infobox Software

| name = ShowBiz

| logo = ShowBiz logo.jpg

| screenshot = ShowBiz screenshot.jpg

| caption = ShowBiz

| developer = ArcSoft

| latest_release_version = 2.1.9.67

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| operating_system = Windows

| platform =

| genre = Video editor

| license = Proprietary

| website = http://www.arcsoft.com/showbiz/

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ShowBiz is a video editor by ArcSoft for the Windows operating system. It can create VCD and DVDs and can also export to the formats AVI, MPEG, WMV, and MOV. ShowBiz also contains a DVD burning and menu building feature.

As of 2003, it was one of the three most dominant bundled titles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/13/technology/basics-vhs-memories-parade-into-your-dvd-vault.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title = BASICS; VHS Memories Parade into Your DVD Vault|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 13 November 2003|last1 = Rothman|first1 = Wilson}}

Reception

  • PC Magazine reviewer Jan Ozer states:{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,843868,00.asp|title=Adaptec VideOh! DVD}} "ArcSoft's ShowBiz has evolved into a competent editor that's generally more usable than Dazzle's MovieStar program, providing more configuration controls, better preview features, and a much greater range of fun effects."
  • John Virata, senior editor of Digital Media Online, says in his three page review of ShowBiz DVD 2, "It is an easy editor to work with and has a logically laid out interface that takes you step by step through the video creation and DVD creation process"{{Cite web |url=http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33005-2 |title=First Look: ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD 2 |access-date=2011-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319202416/http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33005-2 |archive-date=2012-03-19 |url-status=dead }}

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