Pinnacle Studio Plus 11

Powerful home video editing made simple

Pinnacle Studio Plus version 11 helps you harness the power of the latest technologies - HD, Windows Vista, Web Publishing and more - without compromising ease of use.  Enjoy a full range of automated and advanced features to meet all your video editing needs.  Create impressive home videos.  Complete control without the hassle - with Pinnacle Studio, you will be making entertaining movies quickly and easily.

• Capture. Edit. Burn.  The HD story completed.
• Enjoy the Power. Maintain ease of use.
• Experience your movies on DVDs, the Web and more.

New - HD capture, editing and disc burning
A complete HD workflow with HD DVD authoring on standard DVD media - Pinnacle Studio Plus edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format discs that will play on the latest HD players. You can even combine projects that mix SDV, HDV and photos that are then “up-sampled” to HD resolution.

New - Now with cutting-edge AVCHD capabilities
Pinnacle Studio Plus users can now import and edit the latest HD format, projected to become the primary HDV format for Camcorder leaders like Panasonic and Sony, allowing for more HDV content in half the space.

Windows Vista compatibility
The perfect companion to the new Windows Vista operating system, Pinnacle Studio version 11 provides full compatibility and a sleek look while it offers complete video editing tools to do more with home video content.

New - Scorefitter music generator
Automatically generate soundtracks, now with 40 source tracks, which include greater variation and 48k audio samples for higher fidelity and increased accuracy than previous solutions.

New User Interface
Pinnacle Studio's interface is scalable, making it perfect for working on widescreen monitors or adjusting the windows to get close to the task at hand while keeping all the tools at your fingertips.

New - Simplified Web publishing
Anticipating people's desire to share their video creations on the Web, Pinnacle Studio makes Web publishing automatic. Users can now post their movies publicly on Yahoo! Videos (more to come) or privately with just a few simple clicks.

New - Improved speed and performance
Pinnacle Studio Plus now installs faster and exports files of any type at speeds double* those previously possible. (* an average; results may vary)

Create Impressive Home Movies
Pinnacle Studio Plus version 11 helps you harness the power of the latest technologies - HD, Windows Vista, Web Publishing and more - without compromising ease of use. Enjoy a full range of automated and advanced features to meet all your video editing needs.

Your Life in the Timeline
Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio into Pinnacle Studio Plus from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. The software automatically detects scenes and creates clips to get started.

Your Life.  Enhanced
Choose from a wide range of keyframe-able effects and transitions, titles, and more, all with real-time full-screen previews. Or try advanced effects such as Picture-in-Picture, Surround Sound editing, and ChromaKey green screen. Automatically generate a soundtrack or import your favorite music. Pinnacle Studio Plus uses background rendering while you create for faster results.

Your Life in Movies.  Enjoyed Your Way.
Create Hollywood-style DVDs or HD DVD format discs with multiple menus and animated backgrounds on standard DVD media. Enjoy your movies on your Sony PSP, Apple iPod, DivX certified players, and more. Use the Web upload feature to automatically share your creations publicly or privately with family and friends.

 

• Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Vista operating system (32 bit Windows Vista recommended)

• Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 1.8 GHz or higher (2.4 GHz recommended)
• Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
• Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher required for AVCHD editing

• 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended) - 1 GB required for HD and/or Windows Vista (2 GB recommended)
  1.5 GB required for AVCHD (2 GB required on Windows Vista)
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB recommended) - 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB ATI Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)
  256 MB required for HD and 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 software and 3+ GB to install bonus content
• DVD-ROM drive to install software
• Optional:

• CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
• DVD burner for creating DVDs and HD DVD discs*
• Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes**

Capture Options

• Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire port on your PC)
• 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 on your PC
• Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 on your PC and a UDF driver which comes with your camcorder)

Output Options

• Output to DV, HDV 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 formats*

Import Formats

• Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MOD, DivX*, MPEG-4*, 3GP (MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
• Audio: WAV, MP3
• Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF

Export Formats

• Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
• HD DVD* and 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, HDV, AVI, DivX, RealVideo 8, Windows Media 9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4* files
• Dolby Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio

    * Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
** Requires product activation via Internet at additional cost.