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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 [OLD VERSION]

Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP
3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
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  • Professional strength editing tools
  • Capture, edit & burn in native HD
  • Theme-based editing for easy, quick multi-track compositing
  • Share & archive your creations on DVD, YouTube
  • Pro video tools - Boris Graffiti, Magic Bullet Looks, proDAD VitaScene, Bonus - Green sheetMinimum System Requirements
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Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.81 x 9.43 x 2.87 inches; 2.25 Pounds
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 82101006061
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 3, 2008
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Pinnacle Systems
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001AMSZSQ
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 106 ratings

Product Description

Product description

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. Pinnacle Montage theme based editing - designed by professional producers and artists - puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video clips and still images to preview your movie - 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 hearts content with the sleek video editing interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices. Pinnacle Studio(TM) Ultimate version 12 includes professional software tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop.

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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. All new Pinnacle Montage theme based editing--designed by professional producers and artists--puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video clips and still images to preview your movie--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 new video editing interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 includes professional software tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD.

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.

Watch your memories come alive with Pinnacle Montage.

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

Exclusive Feature

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) included in retail box version of Studio Ultimate version 12. Essential for creating high quality Chroma Key effects.

Complete HD Workflow

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

    Additional Features

    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.

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3.3 out of 5 stars
3.3 out of 5
106 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the quality and ease of use of the software. For example, they mention it's reliable and easy to use. That said, some complain about the support system. Opinions are mixed on performance.

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16 customers mention13 positive3 negative

Customers like the quality of the software. They say it's easy to learn, works well, and produces good results. Some say that it works right out of the box and makes great movies.

"...In my opinion, 12 is the best version of Pinnacle Studio for someone who creates many videos and likes simplicity of operation." Read more

"...It's still easy to use and intuitive and it makes great movies...." Read more

"...It works wonderfully for everything except putting AVCHD on DVD's for my blu-ray player. There is currently an aspect ratio issue...." Read more

"...Most importantly, it works right out of the box with Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. It is consistently very reliable, unlike the newer versions...." Read more

12 customers mention9 positive3 negative

Customers find the software easy to use. They say it handles everything smoothly and is versatile. They also mention that it's easy to incorporate other media into the basic captured video.

"...of Pinnacle Studio for someone who creates many videos and likes simplicity of operation." Read more

"I'm a long time Pinnacle Studio user and love the easy to use interface...." Read more

"...There is no apparent way to make small projects and combine them other than outputting a project as a WMV file (very time-consuming!)..." Read more

"I picked up this program because it was recommended to me as being very easy to use for someone like myself who has never done any video editing...." Read more

8 customers mention4 positive4 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the software. Some mention that it is consistently very reliable and stable, while others say that it crashes or locks up as often as it likes.

"...It is consistently very reliable, unlike the newer versions...." Read more

"...Other times, the time line would break and have to be carefully reconstructed due to unexpected gaps, broken audio/video sync, etc.,..." Read more

"...Very stable software, and I'm very pleased with my purchase." Read more

"...be able to hear the preview unless I play it multiple times, it crashes quite a bit but luckly it saves all the work you have done so when you load..." Read more

4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the usability of the software. They mention that the support system is no use, the customer support is weak, and the product is basically unusable.

"...It doesn't boot properly and is basically unusable...." Read more

"...The Pinnacle support is horrible.But, as I said, when it is good it is wonderful...." Read more

"...The customer support is weak, having me try things I had already tried...." Read more

"...Their support system was no use, even though I had to pay for it...." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the booting of the physical software. They mention that it doesn't boot properly, and the DVDs frequently do not play.

"...It doesn't boot properly and is basically unusable...." Read more

"...work the same night it arrived, but after about 3 attempts it just wouldn't load...." Read more

"Pinnacle could have been an excellent product, however, the DVDs frequently do not play, resulting in jumpy pixilated images and outright locking up...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

Carmaker43
5.0 out of 5 stars Full-featured with simplicity of operation.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017
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I know there are newer versions of Pinnacle Studio and I have tried some of them. This is my favorite and the one I find must user-friendly. I don't know it it's still available from Pinnacle, but I am pretty certain you can get one from Amazon or one of their resellers, which is what I did when my original 12 had a problem. In my opinion, 12 is the best version of Pinnacle Studio for someone who creates many videos and likes simplicity of operation.
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Chris
2.0 out of 5 stars Win7 - Watch Out!
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2010
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I'm a long time Pinnacle Studio user and love the easy to use interface. When I upgraded to a Windows 7 operating system I upgraded my Pinnacle software also, to version 12 Ultimate. It's still easy to use and intuitive and it makes great movies. But there seems to be a Windows 7 conflict with one of the 3rd party add-ons call proDAD Vitascene (made by a German company) which adds cool lighting effects and transitions. It doesn't boot properly and is basically unusable. A customer service rep told me, and this is a direct quote from his email; "It might be also one of the reason if the Prodad is not properly working on your windows 7 machine. Since studio 12 and other 3rd party plug ins where not totally tested in windows 7 operating system." The other 3rd party add-ons work fine, but this proDAD Vitascene is a major part of the software and it's non-compliant?! I'm not sure if a patch or upgrade is forthcoming, but I will update this review when I find out more.

I'm a big fan of Pinnacle Studio but recommend it with reservation.
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Scratch Duffer
4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Experiences
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2008
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I'll keep it short. I've used Pinnacle Studio since version 8. I've upgraded and used various add-ons and bonus packages. When it works it is wonderful and the best value hands down. When it doesn't work you will be frustrated and have absolutely nowhere to turn - except reviews like this one, and other forums. The Pinnacle support is horrible.

But, as I said, when it is good it is wonderful. I bought Ultimate 12 for the AVCHD support for my Canon Vixia HF100. It works wonderfully for everything except putting AVCHD on DVD's for my blu-ray player. There is currently an aspect ratio issue. However I can produce regular DVD's that are jaw-droppingly wonderful, so I'm not furious, just frustrated.

My advice to you. Read all these reviews. They're mixed, but there is good info there. Regarding AVCHD - make sure you have a honking computer to run this thing. Seriously - you must have a 3+ GHz dual core computer with 3 or 4 GB of RAM and two 500 GB disk minimum. Don't let anybody tell you that you can get by with less. Get the fastest CPU you can possibly afford because AVCHD is a resource hog.

Good luck! When it works it is wonderful and a great value.
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S. Smith
1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy Piece of Garbage
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2009
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Yes, that's what I think. I'm absolutely disgusted with this product. I have a rather fast machine, a Pentium D-class, dual core, 3GHz, 2G memory, which is about as much as Windows XP Pro (SP3) can address anyway, and 250GB dual RAID HD array. If Pinnacle requires more machine than this, then it has no market space. Why spend $5000 and up for a machine to run $125 software?

What I find in trying to do serious editing with Pinnacle Ultimate in HD is that it's a slipshod collection of poorly written underlying code and extremely inefficient algorithms. It's uselessly slow. I design hardware and embedded software for a living, and I've seen the kind of programming work that I believe Pinnacle to be. If I used their techniques, I'd be out of a job in less than a week!

It takes my machine about 3 hours to output a WMV HD video of about 3 minutes length. There are huge memory leaks and buffer faults, memory paging faults, and other sloppy programming errors. It crashes or locks up as often as it likes, and background processing has serious errors, and cannot be controlled manually. When trying to play a video in a full-screen display, it chokes, and I can't tell what I've got.

I did manage to get a short DVD production of 19 minutes that worked OK after a great deal of effort. During creation and editing, transition effects would often either disappear or go corrupt in video or audio, or both, and fine-tuning of the transition was simply a Monte-Carlo process. No telling what the end result might be, so often an inserted transition (fade or wipe) would have to be deleted and re-inserted. Then many times an adjacent transition would be corrupted and that, too, would have to be re-built. Audio track buffers were often corrupted by combining dirty fade-in/-out buffers, introducing bits of audio from some third clip, rather than from the two clips in process. Other times, the time line would break and have to be carefully reconstructed due to unexpected gaps, broken audio/video sync, etc., which cannot be re-aligned once it gets corrupted.

Once I finally got a working edit, the resulting DVD was not bad, but with a few small errors. When I tried to re-open the project to make some adjustments, the editor went of into the weeds and ultimately deleted the entire project! There is no apparent way to make small projects and combine them other than outputting a project as a WMV file (very time-consuming!) and including it in yet another project, but that method also has its problems. There is also no good way to back up a project and revert to an earlier version, as the working project files are locked against direct access, even when the program is not running.

My recommendation is: Avoid this software! There must be something out there that actually works, but probably at much higher price. I feel that Pinnacle is no solution at all, since it causes only frustration and no satisfaction when used for serious edits.
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