Reviewing vReveal Video Enhancement Software - Turn Your PC Into a Crime Lab Computer?

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The major functions of the software are divided up amongst three tabs: Gallery, Enhance, and Save & Share. Within the Gallery tab, you can view your video collection and import new footage. You can also select any video and play it in the side preview panel.

After selecting a video that you want to enhance from the Gallery tab, you move over to the Enhance tab. Here, you can either use any combination of vReveal's one click fixes or manually adjust the settings of any of the enhancement tools. Again, you can preview the video with these corrections in place. You can even select a "split" preview that shows half of the video in its original state and half with the modifications applied to see how much of the video has been enhanced as you watch the preview.

Finally, when you're satisfied with the result, you can move to the Save & Share tab and either save the enhanced video to our computer or upload to YouTube or Facebook.

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The one click fix settings found under the Enhance tab are actually quite smart, especially for the Clean and Stabilize tools. Most of the time, these basic settings are all I need, but I still like being able to manually customize the settings – not only to get the "perfect" correction, but also to sometimes "over correct" in order to get a more artistic effect.

Natively, vReveal supports AVI, MPG, WMV, and ASF formats. If you have QuickTime installed, the software will also handle MOV, MPEG 4, and 3GP files. Additional codec packs from third-party sources are also available.

For a video editing program, vReveal actually has pretty basic minimum requirements. According to the official site, vReveal requires Windows XP or Vista, but I've had no problems with the software on Windows 7 PCs. Also, vReveal requires:

• Intel or AMD 1.6 GHz CPU (SSE2 Compatible)
• 1 GB RAM
• 50 MB hard drive space

Although vReveal doesn't require a GPU, the software does support GPU acceleration if you have a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA graphics processor.

When vReveal first came out, it was priced at $49. That was still a pretty decent deal, considering the software's capabilities. However, MotionDSP has recently lowered the application's price to $39, making the deal an even better value.

With that being said, it's always a good idea to test out video editing software on your own computer before you buy it – if at all possible. Thankfully, vReveal has a 30-day free trial that you can download from the software's website.

While vReveal may not be able to replace a full-featured video editing program, it is an excellent supplement that really does live up to its claims regarding video enhancement – especially for footage shot on hand-held devices like smart phones and digital cameras. At a price of $39, it's definitely worth the investment.