Personal and personalized video content is not only more precious to people, it is quickly becoming the entertainment of choice as consumers buy and use lower-cost, high-performance camcorders; video-enabled cameras; web downloads and video-to-go personal media players (PMPs).
To put the fun back into video production and content distribution/sharing, Pinnacle Systems continues to expand the industry’s most widely known and used product line …the Studio family.
First Family of Video
Leading the cast are three versions of award-winning Studio 11 software — Studio 11,under $50; Studio 11 Plus, MSRP $99; Studio 11 Ultimate, under $130.
With support for today’s advanced AVCHD format, the Plus and Ultimate versions of Pinnacle Studio enable users to capture video from AVCHD camcorders and immediately edit content –without requiring cumbersome, time-consuming format conversion. AVCHD delivers 1080i high-definition video requiring only half the storage capacity of MPEG 2. Videos edited in HDV or AVCHD format can be authored as HD DVD or AVCHD format discs using standard DVD media and played on the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray players.
Designed for Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ systems, Pinnacle Studio AVCHD products include an automated Smart Movie feature that makes it fast, easy for anyone to create entertaining movies in just a few easy steps.
The complete product line includes a scalable user interface that not only lets users keep software tools close at hand, it integrates with today’s widescreen monitor formats. Also included is Scorefitter™, a music generation tool that easily creates a soundtrack to match the exact length and mood of a video.
Studio 11 Plus includes all of the intuitive features of Pinnacle Studio and adds a host of advanced editing, effects and authoring options. The extensive range of features includes a complete HD workflow, with native HDV and AVCHD editing and disc burning.
Pinnacle Studio Ultimate combines Studio Plus with a selection of highly-acclaimed, fully integrated professional audio and video tools. Designed for serious video enthusiasts who want complete control over their video creations, Pinnacle Studio Ultimate includes BIAS Inc.’s SoundSoap™ audio cleaning tools, dramatic lighting and ‘film look’ effects from ProDAD VitaScene, precision Panning and Zooming with StageTools™ MovingPicture, and a Chroma Key green screen backdrop.
By supporting all video formats and automatic web publishing, Studio MovieBox Plus and Studio MovieBox Ultimate will appeal to home videographers/hobbyists and business users who want a single, easy-to-use solution for capturing, editing and authoring professional-looking videos. To make the MovieBox solutions even more desirable, the MovieBox Plus is priced under $120 and the MovieBox Ultimate under $150.
The new MovieBox can also be used to capture video from analog sources such as an 8mm camcorder, a VCR, a TV or a set-top box; and from digital devices such as DV camcorders. Consumers can even unleash their creativity by mixing legacy analog tapes, DV video, high definition video and photos to create a project that will be “up-sampled” to HD resolution.
Dazzling Solutions
Priced under $50, the Dazzle DVD Recorder is a plug-and-play USB 2.0 device that can easily captures home videos and TV directly to DVD, bypassing the PC hard drive. Easy-to-use software provides quick transfer of video content straight from tape to DVD, with optional menu and chapter functions for simple navigation. A step-by-step wizard guides you through the process and the advanced mode simplifies menu customization.
The powerful video capture device allows you to quickly and affordably back up personal video collections.
Dazzle Video Creator Platinum has an SRP under $90 and allows you to record videos from a camcorder, VCR, or any video equipment with analog outputs. Video Creator Platinum uses hardware encoding for real-time video encoding into high-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX formats without taxing CPU resources.
For Mac Users
Pinnacle™ Video Capture for Mac® is an affordable (under $100) USB 2.0 device that makes it easy to capture video in an iPod®-native format from any analog source — camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR. Users can transfer home videos, record TV shows or movies and even videogames from their game console and automatically add the content to iTunes® to enjoy on their Mac, iPod, iPhone™ or Apple TV™.
A complete hardware/software solution, Video Capture for Mac plugs into the Mac’s USB port, enabling high-quality video streaming directly to the system. The device supports S-Video, Composite video and stereo audio analog inputs. To maximize quality and efficiency, the unit includes hardware video encoding and onboard compression. With MPEG-4 compression, users can store approximately three times more video than MPEG-2 in the same hard disk space without losing quality.
To see the world of personal and home video up close visit Pinnacle in the South Hall Booth #31753 or at www.pinnaclesys.com