I am unhappy with Video Editor 5.2's inability to customize text for the menus, or ability to drag or edit the chapter boxes to adapt to the my own background image as I could in DVD Authoring. In Authoring, you can also save a chapter menu format you create as a template for future use. These are the features that made DVD Authoring stand above the rest for me. It's why I invested in AVS versus other software.
Yes, Editor 5.2 has some of the features that other comparable programs do, but also Intergrating the vast customization, simplicity of use and functionality of Authoring into the new version of Editor would make Editor one of the the most top notch DVD creating/authoring programs available, if not the top.....believe me, Ive tried lots of them, from free to costly pro versions....these features together in one software would be hard to beat! The main thing that is always missing in even the most sophisticated programs is the ability to almost completely create your own menu. I found that in DVD Authoring and used it daily for over two years.....now thats gone and Im as frustrated with Video Editor 5.2 as I was with the countless software I tried before I purchased...
The worst part...when I downloaded the lates updates for other AVS programs....DVD Authoring was damaged and now I cannot continue to use it, even if I chose to.