Capture your movies digitally so the quality is as good as the day you filmed it. Make your movie then save onto any digital format such as CD, digital tape or make video for the web.
From your camcorder to your PC
The first part of creating great movies on your PC is capturing your footage, and Pinnacle Studio version 8 makes that easier than ever! Simply hook up
your camcorder to your PC and let Pinnacle SmartCaptureTM do the work. You'll see thumbnails of each recorded scene and can drag and drop them right onto the edit timeline to begin your work.
From imagination to production
Pinnacle Studio version 8 delivers everything you need to turn your raw footage into fantastic feature films. 3D Scene Transitions, Sound Effects,
Titles, Background Music and Video Effects are just a few of the amazing ways that you can bring your home movies to life.
From Your PC to Your TV and beyond
Once you completed your masterpiece, you can record it back out to tape, burn it to CDs or DVD s that play on your set top DVD player, play it back on your PC, email it to family or friends, or post it on the web.
Advanced Software Features
Video Editing
- Capture and edit DVD Quality MPEG video from your DV or Digital8 camcorder
- Import and Edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files
- Easy drag and drop editing lets you assemble your masterpiece
- Advanced timeline features for frame-by-frame editing
- Advanced preview window shows your edits immediately
Transitions and Effects
- More than 100 scene transitions and Hollywood FX 3D transitions
- Pinnacle TitleDeko for Professional title effects including drop shadows and neon glows
- Intelligent Rendering renders only the effects, saving you time and space!
- Special video effects and image correction
Audio
- Custom audio features let you sync sound effects perfectly to your project
- Import mp3 files or rip directly from CD for background music
- Record your own voice-over narration in sync with the action
Advanced Publishing Features
* Share your movies on video tape, DVD, CD and the internet
* Create Hollywood style DVDs, Video CDs and S Video CDs with :
- Videos and photo slide shows
- Motion menu backgrounds and buttons
- Automatic scene index menus
- Menu back ground music
- Linked⁄nested menus
* Publish for PC playback or email in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or AVI format
* Stream your video in RealVideo8 or Windows Streaming Media
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Intel Pentium® or AMD Athlon® 500 MHz or higher
- 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM recommended)
- Windows® 98SE, Millennium, 2000, XP
- DirectDraw compatible sound and graphics cards
- Mouse
- CD-ROM drive
- One free PCI slot
- 300 MB of disk space to install software
- 120 MB of disk space for every 20 minutes of DV video captured at preview quality (4 GB for every 20 minutes of finished movie). Hard disk must be capable of sustained throughput of at least 4 MB⁄sec. All SCSI and most UDMA drives are fast enough (dedicated hard drive recommended).
- Optional : CD-R or CDRW drive for creating Video CDs or SuperVideo CDs
- Optional : DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive for creating DVDs
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS :
Input formats :
- Capture from DV, Digital8 and MicroMV camcorders or VCRs with DV port
- Capture directly from DV Digital8 camcorders to DVD quality MPEG2
- Captures 1 hour of DV video in only 400 MB of disk space at preview quality using SmartCapture™.
Output formats :
- Output to DV or Digital8 tape (requires DV or Digital8 Camcorder with DV Input port)
- Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD) with optional CD-R or CDRW drive
- DVD with optional DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive
- MPEG1 MPEG2
- AVI
- RealVideo
- Windows Media Format
Import :
- Video : MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI
- Audio : WAV, MP3
- Graphic : BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS :
- Plug and Play 32 bit PCI board with bus mastering interface
- Thr