Your life in movies: Simplified

Easy-to-use Video Editing Software

Everything you need to make home movies. With Pinnacle Studio^TM 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 YouTube^TM, 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® PSP^TM, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players, and even 3GP cell phones.

Minimum System Requirements

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® PSP^TM 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