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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate The perfect choice for Video Enthusiast looking for professional results, more power and control, interested in the pro-power that the additional plug-ins provide.
Make your home movies look great without having to learn a difficult editing program. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. Its Montage theme based editing, designed by professional producers and artists, puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video and stills to preview your show - and watch your content come alive complete with Hollywood style multi-layered effects, animated graphics, titles and Hi-Fi audio. Edit and polish to your heart's content with the sleek interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube or enjoy on DVDs and portable devices. Includes professional tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop.
 
Features
Take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD
Native HD, get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output – without transcoding and in real-time. Combine projects that mix standard and high definition video and photos for a final result in full HD resolution
Built-in HD Disc Burning, Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus. Or make AVCHD format discs on standard DVDs to play on Blu-ray players
Pinnacle Montage theme based editing – designed by professional producers and artists – puts incredible creative power at your fingertips
Hollywood style multi-layered effects, animated graphics, titles and Hi-Fi audio
Archive your video memories, publish them on YouTubeâ„¢, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices
Professional software tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop
Green Sheet (approx. 5.95 ft x 5.58 ft) included, essential for creating high quality Chroma Key effects
Key frame-able 2D/3D motion graphics, hundreds of effects and transitions, and preview them in full quality, even in HD
Scorefitter® music generator, automatically generate a rich soundtrack to match the length of your movie; now with 40+ source tracks that feature more choice, higher fidelity and increased accuracy
Import and export .mov files

 
Tech Specs

Boris Graffiti – title & graphic animation:

Easily craft sophisticated title animations including type on text, text on a path, jitter and randomization
Create 3D text with bump maps and reflections
Expansive Style Palette and the Boris Library Browser provide fast access to hundreds of preset effects and styles

Magic Bullet Looks – Pro film styles:

Define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions
Choose from more than a hundred Look presets, all neatly organized into 10 categories, to help set the mood for everything from a wedding to a film festival winner

proDAD VitaScene – lighting, glows & more:

Sophisticated effects and transitions that contribute greatly to the style and mood of your project: light rays, color matching, artistic film styles, and more

Capture Options:

Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire® port)
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-Vide) inputs
Import from AVCHD camcorders (requires USB 2.0 and a UDF driver)

Output Options:

Output to DV, HDV or Digital tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible videdevice or videcard with TV-output)
Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ formats

Import Formats:

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
Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF

Export Formats:

VideCD (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 (incl. dual layer)
Apple iPod and Sony 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

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP SP2 (SP3), Windows Vista (SP1), Windows 7
Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ 1.8 GHz (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or 1.6 GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher required for 1440×1080 AVCHD editing
Intel® Core™2 Quad 2.66 GHz or higher required for 1920×1080 AVCHD editing
1 GB system memory recommended
2 GB required for AVCHD, recommended for HD and/or Windows Vista DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended), 128 MB required for Plug-ins (for Magic Bullet Looks: Pixelshader 2 required, Intel GMA integrated graphics not supported; for VitaScene with HD: 512MB recommended)
128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB or higher recommended)
256 MB required for HD and AVCHD
DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
3 GB of disk space
DVD-ROM drive to install software
Optional: CD burner for creating VideCDs or Super VideCDs (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

In the box:

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate install CD (Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12 Video Editing Software; Instant DVD Record; RTFX Volume 1; Sure Thing Express Labeler)
Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Plug-in CD (Boris Graffiti; Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks; proDAD VitaScene)
Green Screen

  
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Value 4
Performance 4.5
Ease of Use 4
Overall Satisfaction 4
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
 
4 of 5 Better than v14 Thursday, January 28, 2010
A Customer from Atlanta, GA  

If you're debating between v12 and v14 (there is no v13), unless you absolutely need a new feature of v14, BUY v12. I've been using Studio since v7. Studio has always had the best user interface in my opinion, but Studio has suffered from many bugs. V7, V8 and V9.0 were pretty buggy. They got v9.5 pretty darn solid. I used it for a long time because v10 was reportedly horrible (I never tried it). Then came v11, which was very solid -- I'd probably rate v11 the best -- followed by v12 which seemed nearly as solid with some improvements and added features. (There were a few annoyance bugs that crept in with v12, but nothing major and light users probably wouldn't even hit them, plus I think they were offset by other improvements making it a virtual wash with v11.) Then came v14. Though I like the UI usability improvements and new features (love some, actually), I find myself swearing at it quite frequently. Bugs I haven't seen since 9.0, particularly in the title editor, are back. Audio-sync issues when working with mpeg2 sources are frustrating. Preview may look perfect, then rendered output shows problems. MPEG2 (e.g. for DVD) output quality is noticibly worse, though in fairness, that seems to be true for only some source (input) media. There's nothing that a good service pack can't fix, but until Pinnacle has one for v14, I really can't recommend it to anyone who doesn't *need* any of its new features. For those of you who have v11, I probably wouldn't bother with v12 at this point -- I'd either wait for a patch for v14 before buying it, or install v14 side-by-side with v11 so you can use 11 mostly and get to learn v14 while praying for Pinnacle to fix its issues. (I risked getting v14 only because of a fantastic Christmas sale+rebate at another store where I basically got v14 ultimate for free.)
 
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4 of 5 Good program for the price Tuesday, December 16, 2008
KD from Fort Smith, AR  
I had a few issues with the plugins when upgrading from V11 to V12. I am still not sure if I like the performance of V12 better than version 11, but the HD output in V12 is outstanding. Pinnacle technical support eventually resovled the plugin issues after my 3rd call (luck of the draw with technical support) with a reinstall and two additional patch downloads. The software allows some better than average production tools, especially in this price range.
 
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3 of 5 Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate, maybe. Sunday, October 12, 2008
larimor from The Villages, FL  
It's easy to use and quite intuitive if you've done video editing before. Best of all, it seems quite stable. The DVD menu selections are very good, and rendering process time is pretty fast (3-4 time the movie length). It even has a reasonably good selection of video eport formats to choose from, but it sports only two audio channels, and two video channels, which limits it's usefulness. Also, it should be noted that the word "Ultimate" in the title is not a good description. Like so many products out there this is really a platform to get you to buy some very pricy upgrades. I expected it to come with just about everything Pinnacle had to offer. Plug-in packages are typically $99, which is more than I paid for the software to begin with. I just don't expect to have to upgrade something labeled "Ultimate". For the novice, this is a very good suite. For advanced users, it leaves you wanting more.
 
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5 of 5 I love it Monday, October 06, 2008
Robert R from Hollister Mo  
I was using Pinnacle 9 on my old computer and I liked it very much, recently I purchased a new H.P.computer (also from Buy.com)at a fantastic bargain, so I decided to upgrade to Pinnacle 12 and was thrilled with it,there are more features, I love the chroma key, it takes a little learning, but it's worth it,Thanks Buy.com..
 
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5 of 5 Best I've used Monday, August 18, 2008
Jack from Midland, Texas  
I've tried Adobe Elements, Sony, Sonic, and the Studio is the best in my opinion. Just upgraded from Studio 9+, and am still learning all the new features...
 
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5 of 5 Expensive but worth it Monday, July 14, 2008
A Customer from Wilbraham, MA  
First video editing software I've owned but I can't see finding one better. Intuitive, easy to use, no major performance issues. Can create movies in minutes or you can use extremely sophisticated editing techniques and create one of a kind movies.
 
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4 of 5 Bells and Whistles Tuesday, July 08, 2008
A Customer from DB, CA  
This product has a lot of features that you have to learn how to use it properly. Awesome product but it is going to take me a while to figure it all out.
 
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