This is by far one of the more brilliant ideas we’ve seen, allowing beginning users to continue to use the familiar timeline interface as they build their DVDs. From there, the program can auto-assemble multiple chapter marks based on time intervals, or you can manually insert them, including return markers. Furthermore, making DVD authoring much easier, Pinnacle Studio allows you to drag and drop multiple menus into the timeline itself. Results will vary upon your processor speed and the number of effects applied to your clips but for the mere basics in video filters, you won’t be slowed down too badly.
On our Gateway E-6610 Workstation (powered by a 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 1GB of RAM) the background rendering made small work of standard definition video, even when working with the chroma key filters. We love the background rendering feature. Perhaps it’s even too simple with its background rendering and edit-everything-in-the-timeline interface, which allows you to author your DVDs in the timeline as well.
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Moving away from the box, toward the software end, Pinnacle Studio 10.6 (version 10.7 is now available) is a rich and powerful program that makes video editing simple. It’s also important to note on this breakout box that the DV stream is transmitted through the USB 2.0 cord, making this a first of its kind, as well as making USB 2.0 on your computer an absolute requirement. This breakout box makes connecting your devices a one-time deal, assuming your analog device has separate inputs and outputs. You’ll also be able to use a second set of these connectors (except FireWire: there’s only one port, but it serves as both an input and output) on the back of the box for full-screen preview, or out to some sort of recording device. What you do see is the obvious USB 2.0 breakout box that allows you to pipe in FireWire (including device control), composite video, S-Video and stereo analog audio.
Just by looking at the box you might miss that buried inside is a cardioid handheld mic with desktop stand and a rather large 6-foot square green screen cloth. We feel the packaging needs to be modified slightly so consumers can see what’s inside more easily. If you’re looking for a starter kit, this one is worth a closer look.
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Studio MovieBox Plus is nearly a complete video production studio in a box. Studio MovieBox Plus embraces that vision and expands upon it by “Motivating” beginning video producers to shoot and edit their videos in an exciting and approachable way. When the dust settled from Avid’s acquisition of Pinnacle Systems, one thing was for certain: Pinnacle’s vision for multimedia, “Make, Manage and Move,” still held true, even today.
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