This forum is very supportive, and like others I have had, and still have, not infrequent annoying crashes. Mine seem to mostly occur when using the "Magic " functions, when the awful familiar window pops up that the program has to close, and I have to restart and re-open. So, I keep my Norton antivirus off,( am off line as I have only dial-up access to the net, when working), and I re-save my project evry few minutes so I don't have to re-do a lot when this happens. I use my "Sonic DVD" software that came with my computer for the disc writing phase after PD5 has produced my movie, so have not had issues at that stage as have others.
However, having said that, and having created about 7 one hour DVD's so far, I am still thrilled with the almost professional looking things I have been able to produce from my old movies and images.
I have to say that despite some angry cussing sessions, I am still amazed to see what PD5 allows me to do , and it is the best software value I have ever bought for a measly $100 !!! ougw