You then move on to the edit tab, or studio, where you will spend most of your editing time. Studio HD is able to process quite a large variety of video formats – with the only issue I ran into coming from trying to import a ProRes Quicktime MOV (H.264 MOVs are compatible, though). The import tab allows you to bring in footage, music or pictures for use in your project, by importing it from any number of connected devices, CDs or DVDs.
The studio is conveniently divided into three tabs – Import, Edit and Make Movie (exporting). Apparently the guys at AVID also had the “Youtube generation” in mind for this one.ĪVID and Pinnacle have produced a very consumer-friendly product that makes it easy to put together footage in no time, with little fuss. Studio HD is clearly aimed at your hobbyist videographers and dads who have a penchant for taking their camcorder on every family excursion.
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Thankfully, I can look past all that, because Pinnacle Studio HD is definitely a competent consumer-level video editing and effects package with a lot of potential depth – if you’re willing to invest in learning how to use it properly.Īccording to local distributor of the product range, Phoenix Software, Studio HD 15 software should range from about R800 for the basic software package, to about R1,800 for the ultimate version. VEs are notoriously defensive of the software they choose to edit on and much like the PC vs MAC loyalists, getting a VE to shift to a new editing studio is almost impossible.Īs such, any frustrations I experienced with Pinnacle Studio HD 15 can be credited to my Final Cut and MAC bias, as well as the professional setups I’m accustomed to working with. You would think asking a video editor (VE) to review video editing software seems like a logical choice – but you’d be wrong.