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Disappointed with AVCHD / BluRay capabilities
I used this software back when it was at Versions 7 and 8, and switched to Ulead's VideoStudio because I found it to be less crash-prone. Now that I'd purcahsed an AVCHD videocamera and wanted to author BluRay discs in AVC format (which VideoStudio 11.5 cannot do), I thought I'd give Studio another try. First, understand that AVCHD editing requires a very powerful computer with this software. My Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ with 4GB RAM was barely up to the task, and even then Studio would frequently h...
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08/25/2008
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best Windows app for HD video editing
A few months ago I purchased my first HD digital camcorder (Sanyo Xacti HD1000). I soon set about trying to figure out which editing software application to use with all the AVCHD footage I created. I tried the software bundled w/ my camera (uLead 11) as well as trial versions of any of the other products I could get my hands on (Sony Vegas 8, Adobe Premiere Elements 7).
Adobe Premiere still doesn't handle AVC/H264 footage natively and I found the interfaces of uLead and Sony Vega...
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09/07/2008
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Run Away!
I had version 9. It's cheaper to upgrade so I upgraded to Version 12 Plus several months ago - nightmare started as soon as I upgraded:
1. This thing freezes itself in an average of every 15 minutes of usage. Pinnacle had a patch came out recently. I was hoping the patch would fix this problem but I was wrong. It still freezes. If you do decide to buy, be prepared to waste A LOT OF time on using this thing.
2. Another problem is making video in AVCHD format. AVCHD vi...
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01/02/2009
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This software is full of bugs... I mean FULL of them!
This software has so many bugs that it would take too long to list them all. It is an amateurish piece of unfinished junk that never should have been put on the market. What a joke!
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12/07/2008
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Worked flawlessly for me
After downloading trial versions of Cyberlink, Corel and Sony Vegas I decided to go with Pinnacle, in spite of the years of bad press they've recieved on previous versions. You can't download a trial version of Pinnacle Studio 12, but you can see video's on YouTube. I could tell from the videos, that even though this may not be as powerful as the other products, it would be very, very easy to use, and allow me to finally EDIT my family videos from 1984 to the present.
With so much...
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11/12/2008
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Cool but buggy product with POOR support policy and rude techs
I tried this software out to compare it to the other video editors I was reviewing including Corel VideoStudio X2, Cyberlink Power Director, Adobe Premiere Elements and Sony Vegas Movie Studio. The layout and interface of Pinnacle Studio 12 is probably one of the best. It is very easy and pretty intuitive. The video quality seems good, as well. However, sporadically (and frequently) when I add transitions, menus and other editing features I get a large blue exclamation point where the edit s...
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01/24/2009
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This Version Seems to Work
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) I started using Pinnacle Studio around the time it first came out (version 5 or 6). I upgraded a couple of times and just quit using Pinnacle out of protest for bad products that never worked quite right. System crashes, sound syncronization problems, hours and hours of painstaking editing followed by hours of rendering which then produced an unusable "coaster". It was maddening!
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12/27/2008
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Pinnacle Studio Plus Version 12
Pinnacle Studio Plus Version 12 - had a chance to use this product - a friend gave it to me because he was tossing it, and Yes it is full of bugs, and it is a pig, it wants lots of memory and it crashes, I love Pinnacle but they still don't have it together, they need to get the love they put into the Avid and put that into the Pinnacle Software, so out it goes and back goes the Sony Vegas... Sorry....
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12/20/2008
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much better now...
I purchased this as an upgrade to version 10 (which I have enjoyed for several years).
I should say that I have not used any of the big competators. I have heard alot of nay-saying about Pinnacle, and I would not recommend it for the tech-less. Studio seems to be a strong product for those with strong computers and people who enjoy a challenge. If occasional software crashing and custom configuration are not your thing - go with Adobe Premeire Elements (or even worse - go with a ...
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10/20/2008
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Tech Support NIGHTMARE
Maybe I'm strange, but I like to create title sequences, credit rolls, and custom menues for my DVDs. For years, Studio has been the only affordable software that offered me these capabilities. Studio 12, in addition to all its other shortcomings, is now unable to render text in full resolution -- so any text that appears on the screen -- titles, subtitles, credits, whatever -- is blocky and jaggy. Moving text is even worse.
After three weeks of describing this problem to various tech...
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02/16/2009
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100%
(5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful
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