Pinnacle Studio Ultimate v.11 - 82101005651 - Your Life in Movies. Mastered!

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This thing's effects keeps getting deactivated. install on a 2.8gz p4, 2gb ddr400 mem, raid 0 SCSI320 took over an hour. Activiation on a lot of features was a real pain. Diff key for each one. Disabled Features tease you to use them as if available and BAM! - it takes you to the purchase site - Annoying as hell!!! Roxio Easy Media Creator may not be as robust in features but is definitely easier to install and use overall.
 
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Customer support is very poor from Pinnacle. I have had trouble with this software from the beginning. Buy from another software company.
 
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Don't believe everything you see on the Pinnacle web site nor on the tech specs about this product. I bought it because it was supposed to be able to capture analog video via a TV tuner capture card. Turns out not all are supported, but Pinnacle does not tell you which cards are supported. Turns out very common capture cards made by Hauppauge are not supported. Some of the tools are nice, the interface take a while getting used to since I have used Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas as well and like those interfaces better.
 
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I am pretty disappointed with the latest installment of Pinnacle Studio products. I've had Studio 8-10 and thought I'd try this because of a review that said this had the fewest problems of the other releases. I'm afraid that the end quality is sub-par, although #11 is pretty intuitive in use. There was alot of flutter in the video that was not on the raw footage, as well as frozen frames and an occasional weird pixelation. I'm surprised that this product was released in this form and I would suggest trying other brands instead of spending the money on this.
 
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I love the Pinnacle Studio and have used it for several years. Have never had a problem with it and continue to update every couple of years.
 
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Excellent product. Made a geat movie that looked professional in a very short time. It played perfect in my old DVD player. Many transitions and effects to choose from. Only complaint is that the program locks up in edit mode sometimes. No problems making the movie - just took a while to compile in the right format and write. The product is expensive, but it is the most comprehensive.
 
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I started out editing 8 years ago on the old Pinnacle 6 and eventually went to 7 before moving on th Final Cut Pro. I bought this software to have it in my skills package as an inexpensive alternative to tell people about who can't aford the more expensive pro apps out there. I must say I was suprised how little the program has changed over the years. There is still tragic limits on the number of audio and video tracks one can use and some of the navigation seems a bit cumbersome compared to say a Final Cut. Maybe I've gotten spoiled using FCP, but I find the whole thing just clumsy at times and often not intuitive. I've pretty much relagated the program to producing non-copywrited music that I pull into FCP. Having said all this negative stuff, for the beginner its a really great starting place for the price. And after all I did create over 40 half hour tv shows using Pinnacle 6 and Studio 7.
 
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If you do not have a supercharged computer, this is not the editing software for you. I purchased a new computer in October of 2007, quad processer and built for demanding workloads with arcitictual firms. ($1,850) This is my 4th year taping High School football games and I have created four 20 to 30 minute highlight videos. This is the first year compiling an HD video. Pinnacle is fantastic for a project like this. This year I used a Sony HDR-UX7 DVD camcorder and using the Sony software, was easily able to download each game and sort out the plays I wished to use. Pinnacle is much happier if the trimming is completed prior to bringing video pieces into the timeline. I used the Sony Software supplied with the camcorder to do this. Pinnacle can trim front and back but it occasionally causes the system to lock up. Have your task manager present to view and watch the workload of your computer. As your CPU usage approaches the 90% range, slow down and let Pinnacle do its thing, crashes are avoided this way. My advise: start with at least 120 GB of hard drive memory, turn off your antivirus software when using Pinnacle and keep defraging your hard drive frequently, it really helps. Great software, be patient and use all the features!! I have been using Pinnacle for 5 years, starting with 9.0 and am very satisfied. Viewing these highlight videos with a HD projector on a big screen is unbelievable and worth the effort!
 
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I started with earlier versions of Pinnacle and upgraded several times and had quirkey problems from time to time. I then purchased Avid Liquid 7 and found it much to complecated for my purposes. Pinnacle 11 is complete and trouble free. I also purchased "Dazzel" from pinnacle and have downloaded all my old VHS tapes and have edited them into videos that are worth watching. Thanks for a great product. Clay
 
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This is an awesome product. It does take a little bit to get everything unlocked which is kind of a pain! But when you finally do it does as advertised!
 
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What an incredible product...I feel like a hollywood producer!!! This is one of the most powerful editing softwares I have ever used for this price. I can create documentary style photo montages just like Ken Burns. It brings my still photos to life...my Mom asked where I got the old film from her childhood...I had to tell her that it was her old photos. The creative tools available in this product are too many to list. I highly recommend getting Studio 11 for all of your video and photo editing needs. So much fun to mix my photos and video together before burning off to a DVD.
 
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I started with Studio 10 and got extremely disappointed. After trying to reach Pinnacle, I talked to a video professional who suggested Pinnale Studio Ultimate v.11. What an unbelievable improvement!!! It's easier to use and understand. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to transfer those old VHS tapes to DVD. Performs wonderful with the Pinnale Studio Movie Box. Throw out v.10 and get the Ultimate v.11.
 
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I have used Pinnacle Studio for several years up through Release 10. I would be cautions with Release 11, however, in its early stages. I have six issues with the software preventing its use and Support is at thispoint slow and tedious to navigate. For instance, I have found that the Chat support game puts you in a 'queue' that, when you get to number 1 - tells you that there arr no support agents available and your only vehicle for support is email. I tested this over 10 cycles with the same results. Email support is tricky to navigate and, based on current speed, m ake take me months to get through the issues to make the product usable. If you're a Studio 10 user, stay there if its working until Release 11 is solid.
 
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I have been buying Pinnacle for years and this must be the most solid product I have bought from them. Not only that, but the plug-ins alone are worth a couple of hundred bucks. Overall still an awesome and easy editor, but very very powerful. Keyframing of effects works great, the advanced still image pan and zoom is amazing (Ken Burns eat your heart out - wait, Ken uses the same product from Stagetools). The Soundsoap audio cleaning plug-in works pretty well and lets me use footage I would have cut out because of bad audio. Vitascene has amazing lighting effects but takes some time to get used to. I love the idea of the greenscreen, also works great as a blanket. Good product, solid editor, stable, fast and furious. BUT - make sure you meet the system requirements.
 
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The most effective and versatile among all the editing software I have tried out. Just make sure you have enough processing and memory power.
 
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