The Pinnacle Studio 16, with intuitive features, quick performance, and massive content, enables you to edit scenes and make HD movies. It includes more than 1500 2D/3D effects. Import clips and polish them right inside the built-in media organizer. Storyboard first drafts and even create movies automatically, or refine edits with frame accuracy on a 6-track timeline. Spend more time sharing your movies instead of creating them with a user-friendly drag and drop feature that provides instant results. Simply drag-and-drop your desired media elements from the library into SmartMovie or SmartSlide to automatically produce great videos, complete with music. You can also use Storyboard mode to easily create first drafts and visualize how your story will unfold. And once done, a fast single-click feature in Pinnacle allows you to post your videos on Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo.
Pinnacle Studio 16 allows you to polish your media as well, helping you to create even more high quality movies like the pros. With the built-in media library, it's simple to organize and rate your favorite video clips, photos, music, and other creative elements so you can easily find and reuse them in various projects. You can even correct and enhance your source media right inside Pinnacle Studio's media library without the need for additional apps. You can crop, pan-and zoom, and eliminate red eye from photos. EQ and clean up noisy audio. Color-correct video and stabilize shaky footage with Hollywood-proven technology. The changes and effects you add to your files in the media library apply whenever you use them in a project or export them for other uses, saving time and streamlining your movie making.
When finished editing your films, Pinnacle makes it easy to share them with your friends, family, and the world. Besides the fast single-click feature that allows you to share your movies online you can also create and export your films to several other platforms as well. You can also easily create DVDs and AVCHD discs, and export to popular formats like Adobe Flash FLV, MPEG-4, and DivX, as well as popular devices like Xbox, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Apple TV and the iPad.
| System Requirements |
Windows 8, Windows Vista (SP2), (64-bit OS recommended) Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz, Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or higher; Intel Core2 Duo 2.66 GHz, Intel Core i5 or i7 1.06 GHz or higher required for AVCHD, stereoscopic 3D & Intel Quick Sync Video support 2 GB of RAM or higher, min. 4 GB for Windows 64-bit (strongly recommended for stereoscopic 3D) DirectX 9 (or higher) graphics device with Pixel Shader 3.0 support such as: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series or higher (CUDA enabled required for CUDA support), ATI X1000 series or higher, Intel GMA X3000 series or higher, 128 MB VGA VRAM; 256 MB or higher recommended, required for AVCHD, stereoscopic 3D & CUDA Display Resolution: 1024 x 600 or higher Windows compatible sound card (multi-channel output required for surround preview) 4.5 GB of disk space DVD-ROM drive to install software Accessory: CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs) DVD burner for creating DVD and AVCHD discs |
| Input Options |
Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires FireWire port) Capture from analog camcorders, 8 mm, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) (requires Pinnacle or Dazzle video hardware) Import from AVCHD and other file-based camcorders, digital still cameras, mobile devices and webcams |
| Output Options |
Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port) Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible device with video output) |
| Import Formats |
Video: AVCHD, BD Blu-ray, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, DivX, Flash, 3GP (MPEG-4, H.263), WMV, non-encrypted DVD titles (incl. DVD-VR/+VR), QuickTime (DV, MJPEG, MPEG-4, H.264), DivX Plus MKV Audio: MP3, MPA, M4A, WAV, AMR, AC3, AAC, Vorbis, WMA Graphic: MPO, JPS, BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF, PNG, J2K |
| Export Formats |
AVCHD, DVD (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer); 3D: DVD, AVCHD, AVCHD 2 Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad/TV, Sony PSP/PS3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox compatible formats DV, HDV, AVI, DivX, RealVideo 8, WMV, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP, WAV, MP2, MP3, MP4, QuickTime, H.264, DivX Plus MKV, JPEG, TIF, TGA, BMP; 3D: MVC, AVCHD, MPEG-4, DivX Plus, MJPEG Dolby Digital 2-channel and 5.1-channel audio |
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Studio 14 was easier, faster and far more efficient. I only ordered Studio 16 to 3D. It is, without a doubt, the worst software I have ever tried. It was money wasted. I simply don't have the time to re-package and ship back. The B&H service was superb as usual.
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Comments about Pinnacle Studio 16:
Studio 14 was easier, faster and far more efficient. I only ordered Studio 16 to 3D. It is, without a doubt, the worst software I have ever tried. It was money wasted. I simply don't have the time to re-package and ship back. The B&H service was superb as usual.
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