Product Description

Preserve edit and enjoy your video memories. Pinnacle Studio’s simple three-step process quickly and easily guides you through capturing enhancing and sharing your home movies. Features & Benefits New - 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 - 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 Scorefitter music generator Automatically generate your soundtrack now with 40 source tracks which include greater variation and 48k audio samples for higher fidelity and increased accuracy than previous solutions. New - Improved speed and performance Pinnacle Studio Plus now installs faster and exports file of any time at speeds double those previously possible. (an average; results may vary) 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. The power create stunning movies from still photos or video footage all within an easy-to-use step-by-step workflow. Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder Archive video memories direct from tape to DVD disc for safe-keeping with a few mouse-clicks all without taking up room on the hard drive. Make entertaining movies in seconds Pinnacle SmartMovie lets you choose your video clips theme and music and then does all the work for you. Specifications Capture Options Capture from DV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire port on your PC) Capture from analogue camcorders 8 MM HI 8 VHS SVHS V

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1595 in Software
• Brand: Pinnacle Systems
• Released on: 2007-06-01
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Dimensions: 1.50 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The newest edition of Pinnacle's best-selling video editing software, Pinnacle Studio Version 11, combines automated and powerful editing with ease-of use. This full-featured, Windows Vista-compatible application lets video enthusiasts archive their video memories or create stunning movies complete with HI-FI audio, transitions and effects; then publish on the Web or enjoy on DVDs and portable devices.

Making Movies Is as Easy as 1-2-3:
Preserve, edit and enjoy your video memories. Pinnacle Studio's simple three step process quickly and easily guides you through capturing, sharing and enhancing your home movies.

Your Life. Captured.:
Easily capture your analogue videos from your camcorder or VCR; or directly import all of your digital footage, pictures and audio into Pinnacle Studio. The software automatically detects scenes and creates clips to get you started.

Your Life. Safe. Better:
Create movies automatically or add your personal touch. Simply select and trim your scenes, pick a style and Pinnacle Studio does the rest. Want to do more? Add photos, music, titles and transitions for easy yet impressive results. Or preserve your movie memories instantly by capturing straight from tape to disc.

Your Life Shared With Your World:
Create Hollywood-style DVDs to play on any set-top DVD player or your PC. Record your finished movies to camcorder or VCR tapes. Enjoy your movies on your Sony PSP, Apple iPod and other portable devices or use the web upload feature to automatically share your creations publicly or privately with family and friends.

New--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--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 Scorefitter Music Generator:
Automatically generate your soundtrack, 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. The power to create stunning movies from still photos or video footage, all within an easy-to-use, step-by-step workflow.

Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder:
Archive video memories direct from tape to DVD disc for safe-keeping with a few mouse-clicks, all without taking up room on the hard drive.

Make Entertaining Movies in Seconds:
Pinnacle SmartMovie lets you choose your video clips, theme and music, and then does all the work for you.

Customer Reviews

Pinnacle Not The Summit
Studio 11 strikes me as purely a response to the introduction of Windows Vista without adding anything much at all. It is Vista compatible whereas older versions are not. If you are running XP then get an older version i.e.9 or 10 which are stable now as they have had their usual Pinnacle "patchwork", and are becoming very much cheaper on Amazon and Ebay. If you are a novice or just want an easy to operate piece of software then Pinnacle is for you, and if you follow their guidelines re minimum specs etc. you should have very little problems with crashes ( all non linear video editing programs crash from time to time-they are very sophisticated pieces of kit). Because these programs capture video, edit, add effects, author and burn to DVD amongst other things there will be trade offs in some parts of the program-e.g. Studio 11 is not the best MPeg encoder in the world but is adequate for most home video applications.
The biggest problem with Studio is that if you want to do anything above the basic it will cost you with add ons available for purchase within the program. Pinnacle give very little away for free, better value is to be had from Ulead Video 11 Plus which gives 5.1 surround sound for example, as standard.
I used Studio 9 plus before I upgraded to Vista and am disappointed by how basic the basic version of 11 actually is. I use a variety of different programs to get results including Virtual Dub, Ulead studio 11 Plus, Pinnacle Studio 11, DVD Styler etc etc.
All in all its a good place to start, if you cannot afford the plus verion, and if you ever did any analogue editing this program and others like it are like heaven. Try a download trial version of Ulead before you buy anything-its good fun.

Thoroughly Impressed!
I was amazed how easy this package is to use. I had expected to spend hours trawling through instructions but all the features are really easy to find and get to grips with. Can't say I had any problems with it crashing either (as previous reviewers seem to have done). Perfect if you're new to making home movies and haven't got the faintest idea what you're doing.

Studio 11 - Reasonably impressed
Whilst i'd class myself as a computer expert, i'm a novice when it comes to video-editing software and so when I was looking for a package, I wanted something fairly cheap that would provide maximum functionality, whilst remaining intuitive - I have no inclination to become an expert in this area!
Having looked at a number of reviews, I decided to purchase Studio 11 and I have now been using it for a couple of weeks. My experience is as follows:

The loading process was fine but took an absolute age, due to the fact that it loads 5GB of data. For me this meant that I had to use partitioning software to expand my C-drive to accommodate - I suppose you could always load it on a different partition, but I prefer to keep programs on C. I also had to put more memory in my machine to bring it up to the recommended 2GB Ram - well worth the investment, believe me! Fortunately memory is quite cheap (or at least my type is) and so no great issues there, but obviously if you can't sort this for yourself then you may have to factor in that cost as well.
Once the program was loaded I found the interface to be fairly intuitive and better than freebie programs that I had previously tried to use, but failed to master. I did find it a bit of a pain though that there are reminders all through the program that you can purchase additional stuff. For basic tasks though there are enough facilities there for an average user, doing average things.
Some of the standard menus available are very Americanised, but these can be edited at will if you don't come from that part of the world. You can also create your own stuff from scratch, which is not that difficult to do.
Having looked at a number of forums about Pinnacle Studio there are numerous comments about stability issues in earlier versions and also about Studio 11 when used in a Vista environment. I have XP and I have not had a single problem so far, as regards stability - see following comments.
One problem I have had is that when I burn a DVD, the highlighting of the menu button flashes intermittently. This makes it difficult to orientate your way through the various chapters. Due to this problem I have had cause to contact the much-maligned 'Live Chat' facility. All that I can tell you about this service is that the two-times I have used it, I have had quick responses. They haven't managed to sort my problem yet though and i've a sneaking suspicion that there is a bug in the program that they either don't know about, or are not admitting to.
I find it frustrating that I can't get to the bottom of my problem and I have considered returning the software due to it. The thing is though that I don't see any alternative software in this price-bracket that offers anything equivalent / better e.g. Adobe seems to get slated in the forums. I guess i'll just have to live with the problem and hope that a future update will resolve it. In all honesty though I reckon it is something specific to my configuration and hopefully few people will suffer it.
Overall I can recommend this software if you have a powerful computer and you use XP. Had it not been for the one error that I haven't yet managed to fix / circumvent, it would have been 5 without a shadow of doubt. Note though that if you are on Vista, I would recommend checking the forums before buying!!!
Good luck - seems to be the order of the day for video-editing software, unless you splash the cash!