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Pinnacle Studio Plus 12

June 20th, 2008 | Uncategorized | Comments Off

Create impressive home movies
 Pinnacle Studio Plus 12 helps you harness the power of the latest technologies - HD, Windows Vista, Web Publishing and more - without compromising ease of use. Enjoy a full range of automated and advanced features to meet all your video editing needs.
Your Life in the Timeline
Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio into Pinnacle Studio Plus from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. The software automatically detects scenes and creates clips to get started.
 Your Life. Enhanced.
 Choose from a wide range of keyframe-able effects and transitions, titles, and more, all with real-time full-screen previews. Or try advanced effects such as Picture-in-Picture, Surround Sound editing, and ChromaKey green screen. Automatically generate a soundtrack or import your favorite music. Pinnacle Studio Plus uses background rendering while you create for faster results.
 Your Life in Movies. Enjoyed Your Way.
 Create Hollywood-style DVDs or HD DVD format discs with multiple menus and animated backgrounds on standard DVD media. Enjoy your movies on your Sony PSP, Apple iPod, DivX certified players, and more. Use the Web upload feature to automatically share your creations publicly or privately with family and friends.
Pinnacle Studio Plus Version 12
Your Story - Now in Dazzling HD Pinnacle Studio Plus works natively with HDV and AVCHD footage. Native HD support means you’ll get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output - without transcoding and in real-time. You can even combine projects that mix standard and high definition video and photos for a final result in full HD resolution.
Built-in HD Disc Burning - Burn your Hollywood-style movies on DVD and HD DVD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus. Or make AVCHD format discs on standard DVDs to play on Blu-ray players.
Introducing Pinnacle Montage - Watch your memories come alive. Enjoy multi-track power without the complexity. - Thanks to fantastic pre-built templates designed by professional producers and artists, Pinnacle Montage automatically generates all the necessary titles, effects and animations.
Create multi-layer effects - Access to Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key or A/B editing with two video tracks at the tip of your fingers.
Mix your media together - Use all your media - photos, video, and music - to create a Hollywood-style movie. 11 themes with +80 templates including Video Wall, Album, Seasons and more
It’s all in the Timeline. - With its sleek, scalable interface, Pinnacle Studio Plus version 12 represents a stunning leap forward in workflow refinement and ease of use. Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. Automatic scene detection and clip creation gets your project off to a great start. You’ll be editing your movie, fast!
Optimized for performance - Unleash the power of your computer. This means a faster, smoother experience while you work and in your final output.
Real-time multi-track editing - Create advanced effects like Chroma Key, graphics overlay and Picture-in-Picture (PIP).
Key frame-able 2D/3D motion graphics - Pick from hundreds of effects and transitions, and preview them in full quality, even in HD. If you ever need even more creative variety, add to your effects library with just a few simple clicks.
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.
NEW! Web publishing simplified - What fun is capturing your memories if you don’t share them? In just One-Click share your movies with the world on popular web sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video
NEW! Refined audio editing - New digital controls and monitors to add a dimension in sound to your movie.
Clean up and rejuvenate - Improve audio tracks, clean up video, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting to restore old, damaged footage - automatically.
NEW! Even more ways to share - Output movies to Sony® PSP™, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players and even 3GP mobile phones. Export to Flash video too.
Built-in HD Disc Burning - Burn DVD, HD DVD and AVCHD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus.
Windows Vista™ Certified - Fine-tuned for smooth integration with Windows Vista.
Scalable user interface - Keeps tools at your fingertips. Adjustable windows are perfect for widescreen monitors.

Pinnacle Studio Plus Version 12

Pinnacle Studio 12

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Pinnacle Studio version 12 builds on the features that have established the Pinnacle Studio family as number one in the consumer video editing market in the U.S. and Europe.

The new version includes Pinnacle Montage, an innovative tool that makes high-end compositing and animation effects accessible to consumers.

With more than 25 new features, version 12 adds many new capabilities requested by users, while still maintaining the ease of use that has become the hallmark of Pinnacle Studio products.

More titles, DVD menus and templates have been added as well as new professional audio and video controls and a complete HD workflow with Blu-ray authoring in certain versions of Pinnacle Studio version 12.

Addressing the features most requested by customers, Pinnacle Studio version 12 now incorporates advanced capabilities for audio, with numerical audio volume, master volume controls, a timeline VU meter and peak indicators. New convenience features include the ability to reference images in the album and direct crop control to automatically remove black bars of a video or image. The new version also offers improved effects performance on lower-end PCs, advanced 2D editing, the ability to rotate effects and new content for titles and DVD menus.

Making movies is as easy as 1-2-3

Preserve, edit and enjoy video memories. Pinnacle Studio’s simple three step process quickly and easily guides you through capturing, sharing and enhancing home movies.

Your Life. Captured.

Easily capture analog videos from camcorder or VCR; or directly import all of your digital footage, pictures and audio into Pinnacle Studio. The software automatically detects scenes and create 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 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.

Pinnacle Studio Version 12
The perfect companion to the new Windows Vista operating system, Pinnacle Studio v12 provides full compatibility and a sleek look while it offers complete video editing tools to do more with home video content. Anticipating people’s desire to share video on the Web, Pinnacle Studio 12 makes Web publishing automatic. Users can now post movies publicly on Yahoo! Videos (more to come) or privately with just a few simple clicks.Automatically generate soundtrack, now with 40 source tracks, which include greater variation and 48k audio samples for higher fidelity and increased accuracy than previous solutions. 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 movies from still photos or video footage, all within an easy-to-use, step-by-step workflow. 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. Pinnacle SmartMovie lets you choose your video clips, theme and music, and then does all the work for you.
NEW! Pinnacle Montage - Watch your memories come alive.
Easy Moviemaking - Making great looking movies has never been easier. Simply select a theme complete with associated titles and animated graphics. Drop in your video and photos. Then surprise everyone with polished results.
Great Graphics - Each theme gives you access to a series of templates to give your video a fabulous “look”- over 80 templates for multi-layered effects, animated graphics and great titles.
Fantastic Results - Amaze your friends and family with professional style videos. Who ever thought that mixing your media together - video, photos, audio - could be so simple and create such amazing home movies?
11 Themes + 81 associated templates including: 50s Modern, Album, Baby, Instant Photo, Love, Multi-layer Mix, Season, Sports, Star, Tribute & Video Wall
Everything you need to make home movies.
  • Give it some style - Select from an impressive collection of titles, transitions, filters and effects.
  • Pinnacle Scorefitter ® music generator - Automatically generate a rich soundtrack to match the length of your movie.
  • Bring your still photos to life - Animate your photos with close-ups or motion pan-and-zoom features.
  • Keep your memories safe - Archive your video memories with Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder.
  • Clean up and rejuvenate - Improve audio tracks, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting.
  • Built-in Disc Burning - Easily create DVDs with motion menus and custom navigation for playback on DVD players. With integrated CD and DVD authoring you can preview your work in progress with full, on-screen DVD controls.
  • NEW! Web publishing simplified - Direct upload to video sharing sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video.
  • NEW! Enjoy your movies on the go - Enjoy your movies on your Sony® PSP™, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players, and even 3GP cell phones.
Pinnacle Studio 12

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12

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Create professional-caliber movies - Pinnacle Studio Ultimate helps you harness the power of the latest in technology - HD, Windows Vista, Web Publishing and more. Additional fully-integrated pro audio and video tools give you complete control over the quality and style of your video for superior results.

Your Life in Your Control - Import your videos from most video devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, as well as digital still cameras. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate automatically detects scenes and creates clips. Choose from a wide range of keyframe-able effects and transitions, titles and more - all with real-time full-screen previews.

Your Life with Style - Show your personal flair with advanced effects such as Picture-in-Picture, Surround Sound editing and Chroma Key with the included green screen. Automatically generate a soundtrack or import your favorite music. proDAD VitaScene and StageTools MovingPicture give you precision tools to add professional-level video enhancements, while BIAS SoundSoap audio cleaning ensures your movies sound as good as they look.

Experience Your Life Like Never Before - Create professional quality DVDs or HD DVD format discs with multiple menus and animated backgrounds on standard DVD media. Enjoy your movies on your Sony PSP, Apple iPod, DivX certified players, and more. Use the Web upload feature to automatically share your creations publicly or privately with family and friends.

Key Features

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12


NEW! Pro video tools

Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate Version 12 includes professional caliber tools for complete control of your productions.

Boris Graffiti - title & graphic animation

The most innovative titling tools in the industry are now at your fingertips. Easily craft sophisticated title animations including type on text, text on a path, jitter and randomization. Create 3D text with bump maps and reflections. An expansive Style Palette and the Boris Library Browser provide fast access to hundreds of preset effects and styles.

Magic Bullet Looks – Pro film styles

Whatever the location, the look of your footage sets the mood. Now you can define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions, with powerful imaging tools. 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

Now you can achieve sophisticated effects and transitions that contribute greatly to the style and mood of your project: light rays, color matching, artistic film styles, and much more. Now it’s easy to add those subtle details that give you professional looking results.

BONUS:

Green Sheet (approx. 5.95 ft x 5.58 ft) Essential for creating high quality Chroma Key effects.

Your Story — Now in Dazzling HD

Pinnacle Studio Plus works natively with HDV and AVCHD footage. Native HD support means you’ll get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output – without transcoding and in real-time. You can even combine projects that mix standard and high definition video and photos for a final result in full HD resolution

Built-in HD Disc Burning

Burn your Hollywood-style movies on DVD and HD DVD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus. Or make AVCHD format discs on standard DVDs to play on Blu-ray players.

NEW! Pinnacle Montage:

Watch your memories come alive

Enjoy multi-track power without the complexity

Thanks to fantastic pre-built templates designed by professional producers and artists, Pinnacle Montage automatically generates all the necessary titles, effects and animations.

Create multi-layer effects

Access to Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key or A/B editing with two video tracks at the tip of your fingers.

Mix your media together

Use all your media - photos, video, and music - to create a Hollywood-style movie.

11 themes with +80 templates including Video Wall, Album, Seasons and more

It’s all in the Timeline.

With its sleek, scalable interface, Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 represents a stunning leap forward in workflow refinement and ease of use. Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. Automatic scene detection and clip creation gets your project off to a great start. You’ll be editing your movie, fast!

Optimized for performance

Unleash the power of your computer. This means a faster, smoother experience while you work and in your final output.

Real-time multi-track editing

Create advanced effects like Chroma Key, graphics overlay and Picture-in-Picture (PIP).

Key frame-able 2D/3D motion graphics

Pick from hundreds of effects and transitions, and preview them in full quality, even in HD. If you ever need even more creative variety, add to your effects library with just a few simple clicks.

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.

NEW! Web publishing simplified

What fun is capturing your memories if you don’t share them? In just One-Click share your movies with the world on popular web sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video

NEW! Refined audio editing

New digital controls and monitors to add a dimension in sound to your movie.

Clean up and rejuvenate

Improve audio tracks, clean up video, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting to restore old, damaged footage – automatically.

NEW! Even more ways to share

Output movies to Sony® PSP™, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players and even 3GP mobile phones. Export to Flash video too.

Built-in HD Disc Burning

Burn DVD, HD DVD and AVCHD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus.

Scalable user interface

Keeps tools at your fingertips. Adjustable windows are perfect for widescreen monitors.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate v12

Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic

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Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic™ brings your PC and Mac digital music files to your home audio system - with no wiring required. The SoundBridge HomeMusic supports a large variety of standard and premium audio file formats giving you best in class price performance. Moreover, it’s future proof thanks to 100% support of Windows Media DRM and WEP encryption. It also lets you listen to Internet radio stations and play music directly from SD cards.

Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic is an affordable wireless music player that’s easy to install and use. It’s aimed at costconscious buyers who want a wireless music player that’s compatible with all the ripped and DRM music in their music library. They also want to listen to Internet radio and music files stored on an SD card.

Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic™ wireless music player streams music files from your PC or Mac to an audio system or powered speakers located anywhere in the house. It also lets you listen to Internet radio stations and play music directly from SD cards. It supports WMA, AAC1, MP3, AIFF and WAV music formats.

Features

  • Music Anywhere - Connects to a stereo system or powered speakers to play digital music from your Mac or PC via your Wi-Fi home network. Offers WEP 64/128 support
  • Works with iTunes®* and Windows®** Media Connect - Plays directly from Windows Media Connect.
  • Fully Plug-and-Play - Works with PC and Mac. Compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networks.
  • Most Compatible Player - In addition to standard music formats (MP3, WMA, etc.), supports online music services such as Napster™, MSN® Music, and many more.
  • Internet Radio - Listen to thousands of free radio stations even when your computer is off***.
  • SD/MMC card slot - Allows for offline playback of downloaded music from your PC and mobile devices****.
  • Headphone jack – Listen without disturbing others.
  • Convenient Remote - Browse, select and control your music from across the room using the remote control, even in playback mode.
  • Fits in any room - Small enough to sit on a bookshelf, kitchen counter or bedside table.

* Cannot play protected AAC files purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
** Windows XP Service Pack 2 required
*** When Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic is connected to a router with Internet connection.
**** Digital rights-managed files cannot be played from the SD/MMC card.

Package Contents

  • Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic Music Player with integrated WiFi antenna
  • Quick Start Guide in six languages
  • Power Supply Unit
  • IR Remote Control (two AAA batteries included)
  • CD-ROM with basic installer and user manual in PDF format
  • Stereo 3.5mm to 2x RCA cable
  • Detachable rubber base

    Making it easier to enjoy your digital life at home and beyond - Pinnacle Systems!

Pinnacle Dazzle - The Fast, Simple Way to Transfer and Edit Video

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Providing affordability, simple connectivity and friendly design, the Pinnacle Dazzle range of products is the perfect solution if you are looking for quick and easy way to archive and edit video for sharing on DVD or to experience TV on PC.

Dazzle - The fast, simple way to transfer and edit video.

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Pinnacle PCTV - Watch and Record TV on a PC

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With Pinnacle PCTV you can watch TV where you want, whether it’s in your office while working, in the kid’s room, kitchen or bedroom.

With external products it’s even easy to watch TV while on vacation.

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Pinnacle AVID Liquid 7 - Advanced Video Editing Tool

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Advanced Video Editing Tool – AVID Liquid 7– integrates SD and HDV video editing, surround sound audio processing with DVD authoring in the timeline and powerful real-time effects.

Pinnacle's Avid Liquid 7 

Audio. DVD. Effects. One Application.

Liquid’s powerful SD and HD video editor offers integrated DVD authoring, surround sound audio processing and 1000s of powerful real-time effects.

Liquid’s integrated toolset provides all of the tools needed to create the highest quality productions and finish to tape, DVD or web steams.

Editing. Audio. DVD. Effects. One Application.

Avid Liquid’s powerful video editor integrates DVD authoring, surround sound audio processing and powerful visual effects.

Complete HDV Workflow

Liquid features frame-accurate editing of HDV content. Liquid’s real-time effects engine provides multiple streams of HDV, video monitoring with AVID Liquid Pro Edition 7 and a smooth workflow for finishing in SD or back to HDV tape.

Format flexibility

Liquid supports Avid Open Timeline. Liquid lets videographers edit DV, MPEG I-frame, MPEG IBP, uncompressed, Windows Media, DIVX and MPEG-4 in SD and HDV.

Smooth DVD Production

Edit, create titles and effects and then dive into a DVD authoring toolset that lets users define the interactivity, create menus, add a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix and then burn a finished DVD.

Upgrade from Pinnacle Studio

Import Studio 10 projects into AVID Liquid and keep effects, transitions and titles to Liquid’s unlimited timeline tracks, a library of 1000s of real-time effects and a new user interface that will make Studio users fell at home.

Customers buying AVID Liquid, AVID Liquid Pro and Liquid version 7 upgrades will get the Avid Liquid Big Splash CD for free. This CD contains three applications to help upgrade the look of your Liquid projects: Magic Bullet Movie Looks, Hollywood FX Pro and Title Deko Pro.

Magic Bullet Movie Looks

Magic Bullet Movie Looks provides digital video professionals with simple tools to transform the crisp, soap-opera look of video to the softer, more organic look of film. Select from over 50 preset Movie Looks that are designed to match the looks of films like Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, Traffic, Three Kings, Amelie and others.

Hollywood FX Pro

Hollywood FX Pro adds keyframes and custom effect creation to the Hollywood FX transitions that come with Liquid. Hollywood FX PRO unlocks 400 additional transitions and an extra Big Splash unlock tool that unlocks another 100+ effects, giving you access to every Hollywood FX transition offered.

Title Deko Pro

Title Deko Pro adds another level of control to the Title Deko tools that come with Liquid. Customize every aspect of your title’s edges, drop shadows, textures, edges and more. Title Deko Pro also offers text on a path, text on a shape and spell checking to your titling toolset.

Making it easier to enjoy your digital life at home and beyond - Pinnacle Systems!

Pinnacle's Avid Liquid 7