Your life in movies: Simplified
Easy-to-use Video Editing Software
Everything you need to make home movies. With Pinnacle StudioTM version 12, making great looking movies has never been easier. Get up and running faster than ever with all new Pinnacle Montage theme based video editing, which features designs by professional producers and artists. To get started, just drag and drop your video clips and still images to preview your movie - 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 YouTubeTM, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices.
Features
NEW! Pinnacle Montage
Watch your memories come alive
Easy Moviemaking
Making great looking movies has never been easier. Simply select a theme complete with associated titles and animated graphics. Drop in your video and photos. Then surprise everyone with polished results.
Great Graphics
Each theme gives you access to a series of templates to give your video a fabulous "look"- over 80 templates for multi-layered effects, animated graphics and great titles.
Fantastic Results
Amaze your friends and family with professional style videos. Who ever thought that mixing your media together - video, photos, audio - could be so simple and create such amazing home movies?
11 Themes + 81 associated templates including:
50s Modern, Album, Baby, Instant Photo, Love, Multi-layer Mix, Season, Sports, Star, Tribute & Video Wall
Everything you need to make home movies.
Give it some style
Select from an impressive collection of titles, transitions, filters and effects.
Pinnacle Scorefitter ® music generator
Automatically generate a rich soundtrack to match the length of your movie.
Bring your still photos to life
Animate your photos with close-ups or motion pan-and-zoom features.
Keep your memories safe
Archive your video memories with Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder.
Clean up and rejuvenate
Improve audio tracks, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting.
Built-in Disc Burning
Easily create DVDs with motion menus and custom navigation for playback on DVD players. With integrated CD and DVD authoring you can preview your work in progress with full, on-screen DVD controls.
NEW! Web publishing simplified
Direct upload to video sharing sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video.
NEW! Enjoy your movies on the go
Enjoy your movies on your Sony® PSPTM, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players, and even 3GP cell phones.
Minimum System Requirements
Windows® XP SP2 (SP3), Windows VistaTM (SP1)
Intel® Pentium® or AMD AthlonTM 1.8 GHz (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista 1 GB system memory recommended
DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended) 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB or higher recommended)
DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
2 GB of disk space
DVD-ROM drive to install software
Optional:
CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
DVD burner for creating DVD* discs
Capture Options
- Capture from DV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire® port)
- Capture from analog camcorders, 8 mm, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow® compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analog (Composite or S-Video) inputs
Output Options
- Output to DV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
- Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
- Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSPTM formats*
Import Formats
- Video: DV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP(MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
- Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*
- Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
- DVD* disc with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer)
- Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
- DV, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4*, Flash, 3GP*, WAV, MP3* files
- Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio
