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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate v12 Video Editing Software for Windows

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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate v12 Video Editing Software for Windows

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The Studio Ultimate v12 Video Editing Software for Windows from Pinnacle allows you to edit video and output it to DVD, tape or to a video file that can be optimized for the Internet, iPod or PSP. The program supports both analog and digital video capture, native HDV support, pan and zoom effects for Ken Burns-style digital picture animation and realtime film-look effects. It also supports Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding for audio and advanced sound cleaning. It is fully compatible with Windows Vista. These features and more make this an excellent solution for adding video editing capability to your computer.

• HD Editing and Burning: Pinnacle fully supports native HDV and AVCHD editing for high-definition video. You'll even be able to burn HD DVD content onto standard DVD media. This lets you view your own high-definition content natively on an HD DVD player, without having to buy an expensive HD DVD burner.

• Professional Tools: The software includes several professional video tools, which can add production value to your projects. These include Boris Graffiti for titles, Magic Bullet for film-like aesthetics, and proDAD VitaScene for artistic lighting.

• Simplicity & Ease-of-Use: Pinnacle features an intuitive interface that lets you easily capture, edit and share your video with friends and family. This takes the confusion out of video editing, allowing novice users to learn the basics and achieve impressive results.

• Built-In DVD Authoring: Pinnacle features a powerful DVD authoring tool that allows you to create professional DVD discs, complete with animated menus. DVD is a wonderful medium to preserve your home movies, now the means to create a DVD disc are at your fingertips. You'll even be able to instantly transfer your movie to DVD at the press of a button.

• Realtime Effects with Preview: The software lets you create effects which you'll be able to preview in real-time, directly on your computer screen or on an external monitor. Advanced film looks and effects are available for the demanding user.

• Scorefitter Music Generator: The Scorefitter music generator automatically generates a soundtrack from any of 40 source tracks. This allows you to add a Hollywood-style music score to your video, without having to hire John Williams or Philip Glass.

• Format Versatility: Pinnacle is compatible with the latest consumer video cameras, including DVD video cameras. You can even import video from non-encrypted DVDs to use in your projects.

• Yahoo! Video Upload: The software lets you output your finished video to the Yahoo! Video Service with a single-click. This allows you to share your video with friends and family over the web with ease.

• Chromakey Support: Green-screen chromakey support is included in the software. This allows you to tape a subject with the included green-screen backdrop and replace it with exciting still or animated backgrounds.

Video System: NTSC, PAL, SECAM

Video Formats: AVCHD (requires USB 2.0 and camcorder UDF driver)
HDV, DV, Digital8 (Requires FireWire Port)
Analog Video (Requires Analog Capture Card)

Audio Formats: Stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital

Supported Codecs: DV, HDV, AVCHD

Supported File Types: Import
Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX*, MPEG-4*, 3GP (MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*
Images: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF

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Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
AVCHD*, Blu-ray BD*, HD-DVD*, DVD* disc with optional disc burner (including dual layer)
iPod and PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
DV, HDV, 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* ¹

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Number of Video Tracks: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Number of Audio Tracks: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Deck Control: via FireWire

DVD Authoring: Yes

System Requirements: Computer: Pentium or Athlon 1.8GHz (2.4GHz recommended); Pentium HT or Athlon 2.4GHz or Dual-Core 1.6GHz for Vista; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz required for 1440 x 1080 AVCHD; Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz required for 1920 x 1080 AVCHD
Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1
Memory: 1GB; 2GB required for HD and/or Vista
Hard Drive: 3GB
Graphics: DirectX 9 or 10 compatible graphics with 64MB RAM (128MB recommended); 128MB required for plug-ins (for Magic Bullet Looks: Pixelshader 2 required, Intel GMA integrated graphics not supported; for VitaScene with HD: 512MB recommended); 128MB required for Vista (256MB recommended for Vista); 256MB require for HD and AVCHD editing
Sound: DirectX 9 compatible sound card
Hardware: DVD-ROM drive for installation
CD burner for creating VideoCDs or Super VideoCDs (S-VCDs)
DVD burner for creating DVD, HD-DVD and AVCHD discs on standard media*
Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray discs*
Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes* ²

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Qualified Hardware: FireWire-400 port for HDV, DV, Digital8 video capture
USB 2.0 port and UDF driver for AVCHD camcorder required for AVCHD editing
DirectShow compatible capture card for analog video capture

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