Pinnacle Studio

Using Studio

To learn more about Pinnacle Studio – A general overview click here to watch the online tutorial on our website (internet connection needed)

Creating movies with Studio is a three-step process:

1. Import: Import source video material – your “raw footage” – to your PC hard drive. Possible sources include analog videotape (8mm, VHS etc.), digital videotape (HDV, DV, Digital8), memory cards and other file-based media, and live video from a video camera, camcorder or webcam.

For full coverage of Import mode, see Capturing and importing media.

2. Edit: Arrange your video material as desired by reordering scenes and discarding unwanted footage. Add visuals, such as transitions, titles and graphics, and supplementary audio, such as sound effects and background music. For DVD, Blu-ray Disc and VCD authoring, create interactive menus that give your audience a customized viewing experience.

Edit mode is the arena for most of your work in Studio. See Edit mode for a fuller introduction.

Availability: Blu-ray Disc authoring is supported in Studio Ultimate and Studio Ultimate Collection only.

3. Make movie: When your project is complete, generate a finished movie in your choice of format and storage medium: tape, VCD, S‑VCD, DVD, AVI, MPEG, RealVideo, Windows Media and more.

See Making your movie for coverage of Make Movie mode.

Setting the mode

Select which step of the movie-making process you want to work on by clicking one of the three mode buttons at the top left of the Studio window:

When you switch modes, the Studio screen changes to display the controls needed for the new mode.

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