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Pinnacle Studio 12 - Ultimate $299.95

Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate lets you take complete control of your video quality and style by pairing the Pinnacle Studio™ Plus video editing software with popular audio and video tools.

This full-featured application lets true video enthusiasts harness the power of the latest technologies without compromising ease of use.

The extensive range of capabilities includes compatibility with the Windows Vista™ operating system, HD DVD and AVCHD format editing and disc authoring, hi-fi audio music generation, and automatic Web publishing. In addition to the software’s improved performance and speed, and a sleek new user interface.

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate includes BIAS Inc's SoundSoap™ audio cleaning tools, professional level special effects from ProDAD© VitaScene, precision Panning and Zooming with StageTool™ MovingPicture, and a Chroma Key green screen backdrop for easy-to-achieve professional results.

Product Features

Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate combines HD video editing with professional audio and video tools for outstanding results.
Pro tools

BIAS SoundSoap™ Pinnacle Edition audio noise cleaning tools, plus complete Dolby® Digital 5.1 audio mixing ensure your movie creations will sound as good as they look.

StageTools™ MovingPicture lets you use the same tool the professionals use to create precision pans and zooms, all in high resolution, while maintaining simplicity for stunning results.

End-to-end HD

A complete HD workflow with HD DVD authoring on standard DVD media - Pinnacle Studio Plus edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format discs that will play on the latest HD players. You can even combine projects that mix SDV, HDV and photos that are then “up-sampled” to HD resolution.
Cutting-edge AVCHD capabilities

You now import and edit the latest HD format, projected to become the primary HDV format for Camcorder leaders like Panasonic and Sony, allowing for more HDV content in half the space.

Windows Vista™ compatibility

The perfect companion to the new Windows Vista operating system, Pinnacle Studio version 11 provides full compatibility and a sleek look while it offers complete video editing tools to do more with home video content.

Scorefitter™ music generator

Automatically generate soundtracks, now with 40 source tracks which include greater variation and 48k audio samples for higher fidelity and increased accuracy than previous solutions.

New User Interface

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.
Simplified Web publishing

Pinnacle Studio makes Web publishing automatic. You can now post your movies on Yahoo! Videos with just a few clicks.

Improved speed and performance

Pinnacle Studio Plus now installs faster and exports files at double* the speed previously possible. (*an average; results may vary)

Minimum System Requirements

* Windows® XP with SP2 or Windows Vista™ operating system (32 bit Windows Vista recommended)
* Intel® Pentium® or AMD® Athlon® 1.8 GHz or higher (2.4 GHz 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 1440x1080 AVCHD editing; Intel® Core™2 Quad 2.66 GHz or higher required for 1920x1080 AVCHD editing
* 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended) - 1 GB required for HD and/or Windows Vista (2 GB recommended)
1.5 GB required for AVCHD (2 GB required on Windows Vista)
* DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB recommended) - 128 MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB ATI® Radeon®9600+ or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6 or higher recommended)
256 MB required for HD and AVCHD editing (ATI® Radeon®9600+ or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6 or higher recommended)
* DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
* 1 GB of disk space to install software and 3+ GB to install bonus content
* DVD-ROM drive to install software
* Optional:
o CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
o DVD burner for creating DVDs and HD DVD discs*
o Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes**

Capture Options

* Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire® port on your PC)
* 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-Video) inputs on your PC
* Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 on your PC and a UDF driver which comes with your camcorder)

Output Options

* Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
* Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow® compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
* Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ formats*

Import Formats

* Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MOD, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP (MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
* Audio: WAV, MP3
* Graphic: BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF

Export Formats

* Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
* HD DVD* and DVD* disc with optional DVD burner (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer)
* Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSP™ compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
* DV, HDV, AVI, DivX, RealVideo® 8, Windows Media® 9, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4* files
* Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audio

* Requires free product activation via Internet at the first use.
** Requires product activation via Internet at additional cost.

Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.