Video Editing - Complete Product - Standard - 1 User - PC - MPN: 210100182 See Product Details
Description
Introducing Pinnacle Studio version 8: the total video-editing solution for your desktop or laptop PC. Simply capture your video footage and then use the professional editing features like scene transitions, title effects, and fast/slow motion to create compelling movies. After you've edited your video, you can output to tape or burn your movies to a CD or DVD that will play on most living room DVD players. Award-Winning Pinnacle Studio Software: Capture, edit, and burn your video masterpieces with Pinnacle Studio software. With prestigious awards from magazines such as PC Magazine, Videomaker, and CNET, Pinnacle Studio has received high marks from industry experts and consumers alike. Creating Professional Movies Has Never Been Easier: Studio version 8 makes editing movies on your PC or laptop easier than ever. Pinnacle Studio software allows you to drag-and-drop your captured video footage onto the editing timeline and assemble a movie in mere minutes. Then add professional 3D scene transitions, some background music, a couple of title effects, and get ready to show the world your finished masterpiece. Author a Professional DVD/CD with Your DVD or CD Burner: Share your special moments with family and friends on DVD! With Studio version 8, you can burn a disc with your CD or DVD burner that will play in most set-top DVD players. Plus, there are advanced authoring features that allow you to create multiple linked menus, motion menus, and motion buttons. Now you can turn hours of home video into Hollywood-style movies on CD/DVD that no one will want to miss.
Quick Glance
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP
Program Type: Video Editing
License Type: Complete Product
Media Format: CD-ROM
Software
Program Type: Video Editing
License Type: Complete Product
Version / Edition: 8.0
Media Format: CD-ROM
Min License Size: 1 user(s)
Max License Size: 1 User
Recommended System Requirements
Recommended Memory: 256 MB
Recommended Disk Space: 4 GB
System Requirements
System Requirements: Minimum System Requirements: Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 500 MHz or higher 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM recommended) Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP DirectX compatible sound and graphics card Mouse CD-ROM drive 300 MB of disk space to install software 4 GB of disk space for every 20 minutes of video captured at best quality. Hard disk must be capable of sustained throughput of at least 4 MB/sec. All SCSI and most UDMA drives are fast enough (dedicated hard drive recommended). Additional System Requirements: Pinnacle Studio AV/DV/Deluxe: 1 open PCI slot Pinnacle Studio Mobile: 1 open Type 2 PC-Card (PCMCIA) slot.
Required Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP
Required Processor Class: Intel Pentium Processor
Required Processor Speed: 500 MHz
Required Memory: 128 MB
Required Disk Space: 300 MB
More Info
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Strengths: None
Weakness: ease of use, informative help mannual, customer support
I spend hours with several tries just dubbing a CD. I have not yet been able to burn a successful DVD. I edited music, saved it but have been unable to recover it. I think I am probably doing it wrong but all my studying of the so called help mannual has not helped and my queries to Pinnacle customer support have went unanswered.
Strengths: Interface seems user friendly
Weakness: Installation hang-up on Windows XP, lack of widescreen (16:9) format editing
Two major gripes on this software: 1) Installation on Windows XP Home Edition. I got an error message that the software couldn't access the "C:/documents and settings/all users/documents" folder. The folder was locked out for some unknown reason previous to the install attempt. I tried to go to the Knowledge Base at www.pinnaclesys.com and the readme.txt for a solution; no luck on any leads for a...
Strengths: User friendly, good interface with digital camcorders
Weakness: Unstable, Very sensitive to other programs or plugins, very slow rendering, DVD creation part is complex and limited
The first few months was spent trying to get the software to work properly. Seemed like each time I installed something else on my new computer, I would need to re-install Studio 8. I couldn't have fixed all of the bugs without the help of my friend, who is a computer pro. It has settled down now so that it usually works without any problems. However, when editting, it is very important to save...
Strengths: Great editing features if you could get them to work
Weakness: Slow, slow, slow, hangs-up, terrible support
This product is garbage. The editing concepts are great but the engineering is terrible. It's like buying a car that looks great but has no engine. Unfortunatly I wasted a 100 bucks. I am a software designer and there is no excuse for this.
Strengths: When you finally get it to work (after literally days of frustration to do 1 DVD) it has cool feaures
Weakness: Crashes, lockups, Worse software quality I have ever seen.
I have been writing software for 25 years now. If my Engineers wrote crap like this they would all be fired. Requirements team involve with this product did a great job. Too bad your Engineering team sucks (you should be embarrassed). At home I run a P4 2.6gig w/1 gig memory and separation of hard drives as suggested. At work it’s on a duel Xeon 2.0gig processors w/RAID0 drives for speed. If...
Strengths: Lots of features great interface
Weakness: Full of bugs
I new the program had bugs when I bought it. Newsgroups and even Pinnacle's own web site has a support newsgroup full of problem that I did not even see. I have a new custom built windows XP 2.4ghz pentium 4 with 128mb of video memory 1gb of memory and 80gb raid harddrive way far beyond the reccommended specs. I was able to burn 3 DVD's movies after a long render time. But the the program just...
Strengths: Gets great magazine reviews for ease of use and features.
Weakness: Pinnacle support and documentation. DVD rendering incredibly slow compared to competive products. Tends to freeze for no apparent reason when editting.
Pinnacle gave me all kinds of excuses for some of my problems. But when you have a fast processor, 1 gig of memory, and 60 gig of striped raid hard drive space---then they say it is probably a resource problem....? As another reviewer mentioned, lots of problems trying to use material not captured by Studio and no help from Pinnacle. Also, I needed both PAL and NTSC, after upgrading to version 8...
Strengths: A full functioned video capture, editing and authoring solution.
Weakness: Very slow rendering/conversion, unstable, freezes up.
Rendering / Format Conversion This is where Pinnacle dropped the ball. When you choose the output format (DVD, VCD, AVI, MPEG, Tape, Streaming) the software starts the rendering process. This means converting the captured and edited digital video into the appropriate format. It took my computer over 12 hours to convert a 60 minute video into DVD format. ***TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE*** I have tried to...
Weakness: no compatability....no support systems
Unfortunatly you have to be fluent in computers in order to use...The pinnacle web site has been down since I purchased studio8...Their local support phone # is no longer local....and when you get thru a recorder tells you to call back when ever....You can only use a pinnacle video input cable....verified by a local tech...Also pinnacle dosen't have a video input cable on the market...they have...
We liked the $100 Studio 7 software from Pinnacle. The Studio 8 Deluxe version ($300) deserves another look, not just for adding a "1" to the version, but because of added hardware features like analog video/audio inputs and outputs, an extended breakout box and a FireWire port. This is a complete production package for anyone ready to upgrade their computer for video. Although it is...
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Pinnacle Studio v.8.0
Strengths: It is very easy to use, capture, and Burn.
Weakness: Dose not have basic fetures and very slow at points
I edit often. I got so fed up with this program I almost punched my computer. It has a limited amount of effets and the tittle editor is barely better then Paint. If a big video file is being working on it will slow up and freeze. It also loses the audio when framerate is cut. It does have a very basic, easly to use timeline system. SOmeone who is just looking to get there home videos onto a dvd...
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