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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 21 reviews
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Operating System: Windows Vista
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 9.4 x 2.9

MPN: 8210-10060-61
Model: 82101006061
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Features:
  • Take control of your videos with professional strength editing tools
  • Capture, edit and burn: The complete native HD solution
  • Define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions, with powerful imaging tools
  • Share and archive your creations on DVD, YouTube, and more
  • Includes: Boris Graffiti, Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks, proDAD VitaScene

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Product Description
Make your home movies look great without having to learn a difficult editing program. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. Its Montage theme based editing, designed by professional producers and artists, puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video and stills to preview your show - and watch your content come alive complete with Hollywood style multi-layered effects, animated graphics, titles and Hi-Fi audio. Edit and polish to your heart's content with the sleek interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube or enjoy on DVDs and portable devices. Includes professional tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop.

Windows XP with SP2 / Vista (32 bit Vista recommended) Intel Pentium / AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz or higher (2.4 GHz recommended) Intel Pentium HT / AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Vista Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher needed for AVCHD editing 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended) 1 GB needed for HD and/or Vista (2 GB recommended) 1.5 GB needed for AVCHD (2 GB required on Vista) DirectX 9 or higher graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB recommended) 128 MB needed on Vista (256 MB ATI Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended) 256 MB needed for HD & AVCHD editing (ATI Radeon 9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended) DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card 1 GB of disk space to install & 3+ GB for bonus content DVD-ROM drive to install


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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. All new Pinnacle Montage theme based editing--designed by professional producers and artists--puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video clips and still images to preview your movie--and watch your content come alive, complete with Hollywood style multi-layered effects, animated graphics, titles and Hi-Fi audio. Edit and polish to your heart's content with the sleek new video editing interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 includes professional software tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD.

Choose from more than a hundred Look presets, all neatly organized into 10 categories, to help set the mood for everything from a wedding to a film festival winner.

Watch your memories come alive with Pinnacle Montage.

Native HD support means you'll get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output--without transcoding and in real-time

Exclusive Feature

New--Pro video tools
Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 includes professional caliber tools for complete control of your productions.

Boris Graffiti--title & graphic animation
The most innovative titling tools in the industry are now at your fingertips. Easily craft sophisticated title animations including type on text, text on a path, jitter and randomization. Create 3D text with bump maps and reflections. An expansive Style Palette and the Boris Library Browser provide fast access to hundreds of preset effects and styles.

Magic Bullet Looks--Pro film styles
Whatever the location, the look of your footage sets the mood. Now you can define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions, with powerful imaging tools. Choose from more than a hundred Look presets, all neatly organized into 10 categories, to help set the mood for everything from a wedding to a film festival winner.

proDAD VitaScene--lighting, glows & more
Now you can achieve sophisticated effects and transitions that contribute greatly to the style and mood of your project: light rays, color matching, artistic film styles, and much more. Now it's easy to add those subtle details that give you professional looking results.

BONUS:
Green Sheet (approx. 5.95 ft x 5.58 ft) included in retail box version of Studio Ultimate version 12. Essential for creating high quality Chroma Key effects.

Complete HD Workflow

Your Story--Now in Dazzling HD
Pinnacle Studio Plus works natively with HDV and AVCHD footage. Native HD support means you'll get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output--without transcoding and in real-time. You can even combine projects that mix standard and high definition video and photos for a final result in full HD resolution

Built-in HD Disc Burning
Burn your Hollywood-style movies on DVD and HD DVD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus. Or make AVCHD format discs on standard DVDs to play on Blu-ray players.

New--Pinnacle Montage:
Watch your memories come alive

  • Enjoy multi-track power without the complexity
    Thanks to fantastic pre-built templates designed by professional producers and artists, Pinnacle Montage automatically generates all the necessary titles, effects and animations.

  • Create multi-layer effects
    Access to Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key or A/B editing with two video tracks at the tip of your fingers.

  • Mix your media together
    Use all your media--photos, video, and music--to create a Hollywood-style movie.

  • 11 themes with +80 templates including Video Wall, Album, Seasons and more

Additional Features

It's all in the Timeline.
With its sleek, scalable interface, Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 represents a stunning leap forward in workflow refinement and ease of use. Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. Automatic scene detection and clip creation gets your project off to a great start. You'll be editing your movie, fast!

Optimized for performance
Unleash the power of your computer. This means a faster, smoother experience while you work and in your final output.

Real-time multi-track editing
Create advanced effects like Chroma Key, graphics overlay and Picture-in-Picture (PIP).

Key frame-able 2D/3D motion graphics
Pick from hundreds of effects and transitions, and preview them in full quality, even in HD. If you ever need even more creative variety, add to your effects library with just a few simple clicks.

Scorefitter music generator
Automatically generate a rich soundtrack to match the length of your movie; now with 40+ source tracks that feature more choice, higher fidelity and increased accuracy.

New--Web publishing simplified
What fun is capturing your memories if you don't share them? In just One-Click share your movies with the world on popular web sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video

New--Refined audio editing
New digital controls and monitors to add a dimension in sound to your movie.

Clean up and rejuvenate
Improve audio tracks, clean up video, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting to restore old, damaged footage--automatically.

New--Even more ways to share
Output movies to Sony PSP, Apple iPod, DivX certified players and even 3GP mobile phones. Export to Flash video too.

Built-in HD Disc Burning
Burn DVD, HD DVD and AVCHD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus.

Scalable user interface
Keeps tools at your fingertips. Adjustable windows are perfect for widescreen monitors.


Customer Reviews:   Read 5 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Nice package and easy setup.   September 2, 2008
Anonymous (United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I've noticed there are reviews which have crucified the DV import features and our package came with a note from Pinnacle with an invitation to contact Pinnacle for any reason.

Vista Business installation was easy and without hiccups and SP1 compatibility wasn't a question.

Friends of ours brought their Sony CX-12 HDV cam and we exported the video from the memory stick using the Sony software functionality then loaded it easily into Studio.

The number of effects are ridiculously enormous and gives you more options to stretch and transition frames and scenes in more combinations than most people will ever need.

The really nice touch was the green fabric background screen included in the box, this helps the author shape special effects with greatest neutrality and seamless effects.




5 out of 5 stars Has alot of Variety in one box   September 2, 2008
MetalheadMissy74 (Canton,Ny 13617)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

First off being a Machinema fan. Where you take movies outta your video games and put them together to make a story or something to put on youtube such as with spore creatures or the sims 2. I admit I was getting bored with the regular old Windows Movie maker there was just only so much you can do with that. this add spice to life so to speak. You can add all sorts of special effects to any movie including your home made movies from your digital camera etc. green sheet effect etc. There is even burning software within for dvds and stuff I like it better then my Nero Software for making custom menus etc. After playing around with this for a few days or so I already have determined that this is going ot be my new favorite movie making and dvd burning and labeling software. IT adds so much. IT can almost make a movie director outta anyone even amatures who dont' know what they're doing kind of a thing. Goes great too with making sims 2 movies :) which is what I thought would be fun bout it why I selected it outta the lineup on the newletter this month. I am a real fan of movies made from video game animation aka machinema. Anyhow give this a try its well worth the price thats on the box you get so much outta it . Its lots of fun and great for the creative person.


5 out of 5 stars What iMovie '08 Should Have Been   September 2, 2008
Lon J. Seidman (CT)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Let me start off by saying that I'm a Mac guy and I do a lot of video. I generally work with Final Cut Pro but often drop into iMovie '08 for projects that need to be done quickly without the need for precision editing. After spending a few hours with Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12, I'm almost ready to boot my Mac into Windows for those tasks I'd normally edit on iMovie.

PROS:

1. Awesome plugins: It's funny, but what I like best about the Studio Ultimate are the parts of it not made by Pinnacle! Included on a second CD are titling effects from Boris and professional-grade color correction from Magic Bullet. Magic Bullet adds a 'film look' to your video as well as a number of other color related effects. Everything renders quickly and looks great.

Those two features alone usually cost several hundred bucks a piece (on top of the editing software), so their inclusion in the package certainly adds to its value.

2. Instant conversion from AVCHD. One of my complaints on the Mac side is that AVCHD video needs to be converted to an Apple codec prior to being edited. This usually adds a considerable amount of time to the workflow, as the video is 'ingested' at a rate usually double that of the length of the file (i.e. a ten minute clip takes twenty minutes to import). All Studio Ultimate needs is the drive letter for your card reader and the video is ready to be edited. Very cool.

3. Fast performance and mixed formats: Editing performance is very fast and responsive with fast render times too. Studio Ultimate also allows a mix of formats on the timeline. I tested editing a high definition AVCHD clip along with an included DV movie and all mixed together perfectly.

4. Green screen is included: Pinnacle even throws in a free green screen! It's large and can easily fit two people in front of it. A nice and thoughtful addition to the product.

5. Many export options: Outputting the video to something playable beyond the PC is very smartly implemented. Presets for basic exports (like YouTube and DVD) are available as well as fully customizable advanced settings into a variety of formats.

6. Multi-track video editing: Unlike iMovie '08 there are two video tracks that can be used for video overlays, etc.

CONs

1. Slightly complex: The developers tried their best to keep it simple and organized, but there is some complexity involved with doing anything beyond the basics. It's nothing that's not impossible to learn, but there are a few layers of menuing necessary to accomplish some effects tasks (like chroma keying or using a plugin). Additionally, the plugins (like the magic bullet software) all have their own interfaces separate from the studio interface. They also don't install themselves automatically, so you'll need to insert the second disc on your own to get access to them.

2. File management is confusing: Studio Ultimate forgoes the standard Windows file management routines and adds a multi-paged navigation to find items on your hard disk. Not very efficient and sometimes difficult to navigate back to where you started. It would be much easier to find files based on the standard windows file open dialog. When I did import an AVCHD file, it did not show up on the 'my movies' option on the file navigation window. I'm not sure exactly where it ended up!

3. AVCHD import follows a different workflow: The developers spent a lot of time with three simple top level tabs: Capture, edit, and "make movie." Unfortunately bringing AVCHD video in does not follow that same convention. It would be nice to have the AVCHD import options in the same place as the DV/HDV imports.

CONCLUSION:

Video editing is a very complex task and many products have tried and failed to make the process fast and easy. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate is probably the best of breed for consumer video editing apps on any platform. It is a little more complex than iMovie on the Mac, but it also adds considerably more creative options that rival professional-grade applications. It will import footage from cameras as old as Digital 8 (and even VHS with added hardware) and mix that footage with the latest AVCHD offerings very efficiently.

Overall Pinnacle has an impressive offering that I highly recommended to Windows users. This Mac user is just a tad bit jealous.




3 out of 5 stars Definately not for a beginner   September 1, 2008
Sushi (A Brit in New York)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Warnings before you buy this product:
- not for amateurs in that it is not an intuitive product
- to use the blu-ray features then you need to have a blu-ray burner, which in 2008 prices mean a $600 additional expense as most current computers do not come with blu-ray burners

we found loading the software easy enough, but then we tried to load a HD movie from a panasonic pocket camera and we started having problems and errors alert. At first, the program did not recognize the format, but if you leave it running then the program renders the format into edit mode. Then to burn the dvd was relatively easy, pending on the speed of your computer. We use the idvid and imovie from Apple alot and found the former a lot more user friendly and sleaker than pinnacle product. In fact we found a lot of the available formats looked 'dated' in pinnacle - as much as 3 years ago.

Pinnacle may have come up with an improved product, but it is still far behind from a slick format and functionalities. We believe this product would work for an advanced home user with a PC; any semi pro to pros would be using Apple and not this product.



4 out of 5 stars A complete solution for all your home video editing needs   August 30, 2008
R. Hammer (FL, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Let me first start by saying that I have dabbled with Adobe Premier (another video editing software) and have been overly frustrated with the complexity of that software.

When I had the chance to review Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate I was concerned that this product too might be a little too complex for the average home user.

The installation went smooth on my Vista 64-bit machine and was up pulling in videos from my Sony HD Camera in no time.

Here's a quick summary of what I experienced:

PROS:
- Intuitive user menus (everything seemed to have a logical flow to it)
- Burning to a DVD was simple and didn't require any outside program (i.e. Nero, etc.)
- I played around with the output to IPOD feature and although the resulting file size was pretty big, it did transfer to my IPOD

CONS:
- I found the included green sheet to be a little gimicky for a home user. I can't imagine anyone hanging a 5'x5' sheet to use the Chroma Key effects. Maybe in a school or something.
- This program takes a beast of a machine to run. The requirements are pretty hefty. Make sure you have at least 3GB of RAM and a Core 2 Duo or Quad Core processor if you're even going to think about HD video editing.
- Although expected with the "Ultimate" edition, there are more features and tools available than the average home user would ever possibly need. Some features border on advanced even for a full-time studio(i.e. Chroma Key and Vitascene)

All in all, this is definitely a one-stop solution to HD video editing and I definitely think that it is much more intuitive and easier to use out of the box than Adobe Premier.




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