Pinnacle Studio Plus has all the features and video tutorials of Pinnacle Studio, plus even more options for making great movies easily and accurately. Advanced 3D stereoscopic technology delivers professional 3D experiences and Live Screen Capture lets you record your screen. Edit anywhere with integrated media cloud access and Pinnacle Studio for iPad1 project importing. You also get 24-track frame-accurate editing, 1800+ effects, keyframed effects control, clip trim in/out points, simultaneous timeline and clip preview, content tagging/rating, soundtrack custom fitting, and more. Share your masterpiece on YouTube®, Facebook® and Vimeo® with a few clicks and export to standard digital media formats.

• Enjoy faster movie making with up to 10x faster video rendering²
• Edit on 24 tracks with frame accuracy in HD and/or advanced stereoscopic 3D
• Add excitement with over 1800 2D/3D effects—even green-screen superimposition
• Create DVD discs and export to your favorite digital devices and formats
• Record content from your screen and include the footage in movies with Live Screen Capture
• Organize, tag, and rate your favorite clips and music with the built-in media library
• Preview timeline and source clips simultaneously
• Use the trim editor to set source clip in/out points, then drag trimmed clips to the timeline for perfect cuts—just like the pros
• Import clips and movie projects from Pinnacle Studio for iPad¹
• Enhance and correct movies, photos and audio right inside the media library
• Storyboard quick first drafts—even create movies automatically
• Layer animations and titles easily with included Montage templates
• Create custom-fit soundtracks with Scorefitter
• Share HD and 3D videos on Facebook®, YouTube®, and Vimeo® with a few click
• Store projects and clips in the cloud to access anywhere, anytime—includes 50 GB³ of cloud access free from Box
• Zip through projects via 64-bit, NVIDIA® CUDA™, and Intel® Quick Sync Video optimization
• Access video and photos from HD camcorders and digital devices—even 3D from cameras like GoPro® and formats like Panasonic® MVC
• Easily archive/restore your work with Project Packages

¹Pinnacle Studio for iPad app not included
²When editing AVC (H.264) video format and producing video in the same format.
³25 GB included, additional 25 GB with product registration

Start Making Movies Today—It's Fast and Easy

Pinnacle Studio Plus is the one powerhouse video editor streamlined to help you quickly and easily create anything from your first movie memories to ambitious movie projects—without an engineering degree. With Pinnacle Studio Plus as your creative partner, you'll spend less time making videos and more time sharing them.

Import All Your Digital Media

Import your videos and photos manually or automatically from virtually any device—camcorders, digital cameras, webcams, tablets, mobile phones, handheld audio recorders, and more. You can even import 3D clips from cameras like GoPro® and formats like Panasonic® MVC. Pinnacle Studio Plus also supports tape-based¹ and analog devices1, and even audio files in 5.1 surround format.

Edit Anywhere, Anytime With iPad and the Cloud

Pinnacle Studio Plus features integrated cloud access so that your media files and projects are always handy, no matter where you are or what you're doing. Project Packages lets you bundle together all of the media files related to a given movie, taking the work out of organizing and assuring that you always have all the files you need. You can even start editing projects on the go with Pinnacle Studio for iPad², then transfer them to Pinnacle Studio Plus for polishing. We've thrown in 50GB³ of free cloud access from Box to get you started.

Organize, Tag and Polish Your Media

With the built-in media library, it's simple to organize your favorite video clips, photos, music, and other creative elements so you can easily find and reuse them in various projects. Tag and rate your media files, as well as group them into categories for even faster access.

You can even correct and enhance your source media right inside Pinnacle Studio Plus's media editor without the need for additional apps. Crop, pan-and zoom, and eliminate red eye from photos. EQ and clean up noisy audio. Color-correct video and stabilize shaky footage. The changes and effects you add to your files in the media library apply whenever you use them in a project or export them for other uses—saving time and streamlining your movie making.

Frame-Accurate Precision Editing

With 24 tracks, Pinnacle Studio Plus lets you create sophisticated picture-in-picture and multi-layer effects in HD or 3D—just like a Hollywood pro. Frame-accurate editing gives you precision control over how you tell your story. Pinnacle Studio Plus displays source clips and your timeline edit preview simultaneously for intuitive flow. You can set source clip trim in/out points, then drag trimmed clips right into the timeline for fast precision editing—just like the pros.

Edit Your Movies—Fast

Pinnacle Studio Plus gives you the flexibility to make movies the way that best suits you or a given project. For instant results, drag-and-drop your desired media elements from the library into SmartMovie to automatically make great videos—complete with music. You can also use Storyboard mode to easily create first drafts and visualize how your story will unfold. At any point, you can switch to the timeline for more traditional and precise editing. It all happens at state-of-the-art lightning speeds thanks to up to 10x faster video rendering⁴ and optimization for the latest acceleration technologies like 64-bit operation, NVIDIA® CUDA™, and Intel® Quick Sync Video.

Add unique content with Live Capture

Add a new dimension to your project with Live Screen Capture. Record your screen, then add footage to movies, presentations, training videos and more.

Make Movies in Advanced Stereoscopic 3D

From importing to editing to sharing, Pinnacle Studio Plus puts the power of industry-leading, Hollywood-proven stereoscopic 3D technology right in your hands. Import 3D video clips from sources like GoPro® 3D cameras and Panasonic® MVC format. Edit in various viewing modes, add true 3D effects, and enjoy the best quality with NVIDIA® 3D Vision® optimization and GeForce® support. Export to YouTube® 3D, AVCHD™ 3D, and more for viewing on 3D HDTVs, Sony® PS3™, and other 3D devices. Pinnacle Studio Plus even lets you mix 2D and 3D in the same project.

Pinnacle Studio Plus also has advanced stereoscopic 3D features, like editing 3D in the timeline just like HD. Our partnership with NVIDIA® allows NVIDIA® 3D Vision® display in both full-screen and window modes. View 3D on dual monitors and export "side-by-side" formats recognized by most 3D HDTVs. Auto-color correct for both eyes and control stereoscopic 3D depth (parallax effect). When you're ready to go 3D, Pinnacle Studio Plus has everything you need.

Enhance and Energize With Over 1800 Effects

Add excitement and polish to your movies with over 1800 2D/3D effects, animated titles and transitions. Keyframe-based control gives you precision timing over how your effects, titles and transitions move. The included Montage templates provide preset themes—weddings, sports, holidays, sci-fi, comics and more—for instant professional results with just a few clicks. You can customize Montage templates for exactly the look you're after. Use stop-motion capture to create amazing animations and fast-motion effects like you see on the big screen. Pinnacle Studio even lets you superimpose people you've shot in front of a green screen over different backgrounds.

Music To Your Ears

No movie is complete without a soundtrack. Pinnacle Studio Plus lets you add music with the included Scorefitter library of royalty-free sounds and songs—and they even automatically adjust to fit the length of your movies. Of course, you can also import tracks from other sound libraries or add your own original compositions from Avid Pro Tools or other music creation software.

Share Your Masterpieces Online

When you're ready to share your HD and 3D videos, Pinnacle Studio Plus makes it simple to post them on Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo. You can also easily create DVDs and AVCHD™ discs complete with Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround sound. Export to popular formats like Adobe® Flash® FLV, MPEG-4, and DivX®, as well as popular devices like Microsoft® Xbox®, Sony® PS3™, Nintendo® Wii™, Apple® TV and Apple® iPad®. With Pinnacle Studio Plus, the world is your screen.

¹Video capture hardware required
²Pinnacle Studio for iPad app not included
³25 GB included, additional 25 GB with product registration
⁴When editing AVC (H.264) video format and producing video in the same format.

• Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Windows® Vista® (SP2) (64-bit OS recommended)
• Intel® Core™ Duo 1.8 GHz, Core™ i3 or AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or higher; Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.66 GHz, Intel® Core™ i5 or i7 1.06 GHz or higher required for AVCHD™, stereoscopic 3D & Intel® Quick Sync Video support
• 2 GB of RAM or higher, min. 4 GB for Windows® 64-bit (strongly recommended for stereoscopic 3D)
• DirectX® 9 (or higher) graphics device with Pixel Shader 3.0 support such as:
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® 6 series or higher (CUDA™ enabled required for CUDA™ support)
  • ATI™ X1000 series or higher
  • Intel® GMA X3000 series or higher
  • 128 MB VGA VRAM; 256 MB or higher recommended, required for AVCHD™, stereoscopic 3D & CUDA™
• Display resolution: 1024 x 600 or higher
• Windows®-compatible sound card (multi-channel output required for surround preview)
• 5.8 GB HDD space for installation
• DVD-ROM for installation (box version only)
• Internet connection required for online activation and cloud or online services

Accessories

• DVD burner for creating DVD and AVCHD™ discs

Stereoscopic 3D Accessories

• Anaglyph 3D display: red/cyan glasses required
• 3D TV and compatible glasses with NVIDIA® 3DTV Play™ software on supported GeForce™ or Quadro™ graphics card.  For more information please visit www.nvidia.com/3dtv
• NVIDIA 3D Vision® Ready display notebook: Compatible GeForce or Quadro graphics card, 3D Vision Ready display or projector and 3D Vision/3D Vision Pro glasses and emitter. For more information please visit www.nvidia.com/3dvision

Input Options

• Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires FireWire® port)
• Capture from analog camcorders, 8 mm, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) (requires Pinnacle® or Dazzle® video hardware)
• Import from AVCHD™ and other file-based camcorders, digital still cameras, mobile devices and webcams

Import Formats

• Video: MVC, AVCHD™, BD Blu-ray™, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, DivX®, Flash, 3GP (MPEG-4, H.263), WMV, non-encrypted DVD titles (incl. DVD-VR/+VR), QuickTime® (DV, MJPEG, MPEG-4, H.264), DivX Plus® MKV
• Audio: MP3, MPA, M4A, WAV, AMR, AC3, AAC, Vorbis, WMA
• Graphic: MPO, JPS, BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF, PNG, J2K

Export Formats

• AVCHD™, DVD (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer); 3D: DVD, AVCHD™, AVCHD™ 2 (incl. MVC)
• Apple® iPod®/iPhone®/iPad®/TV, Sony® PSP®/PS3™, Nintendo® Wii™, Microsoft® Xbox® compatible formats
• DV, HDV, AVI, DivX, WMV, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP, WAV, MP2, MP3, MP4, QuickTime®, H.264, DivX Plus MKV, JPEG, TIF, TGA, BMP; 3D: MVC, AVCHD™, MPEG-4, DivX Plus, MJPEG
• Dolby® Digital 2-channel and 5.1-channel audio

 

Supported Languages

Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Live Screen Capture is available in English only.

 

 

Compare Pinnacle Studio 17 Family
	Studio 17	Plus	Ultimate
iZotope Music & Speech Cleaner
Red Giant Filmmaker's Toolkit and Motion Graphics Toolkit
4K Ultra HD video support (Coming Dec. 2013*)
Blu-ray™ authoring
Live Screen Capture
3D MVC file format import
Simultaneous source and master windows with drag-and-drop
Keyframe-based effects
Dolby 5.1 native support (import/export)
Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Stereoscopic 3D import, editing and export
Stereoscopic 3D depth control
Advanced NVIDIA 3D Vision support
Dual-monitor 3D support, "side by side" export
Up to 10x faster video rendering1
Included 2D/3D effects, transitions, titles and templates	1500+	1800+	2000+
Video/audio tracks for multilayer editing	6 (3/3)	24 (12/12)	unlimited
Media asset rating, advanced tagging and collections		advanced	advanced
Import and polish projects from Pinnacle Studio for iPad2
Cloud-based media and project access/transfer from Box (50GB included3)
Easy sharing to Facebook®, YouTube® and Vimeo®
Export to Apple® iPad, Apple® TV, Microsoft® Xbox®, and more
Export popular files: Flash®, DivX®, AVCHD™ 2.0 and MPEG-4
Storyboard and timeline editing
SmartMovie drag-and-drop automatic moviemaking
Project Packages for easy archive/restore
64-bit optimized
NVIDIA CUDA hardware acceleration
Intel® Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration
Scorefitter music library for custom-fit soundtracks
Integrated media asset library
Video/photo/music correction and enhancement in media library
Frame-accurate timeline editing
Trim editor for source clip in/out-points
Color bars and tone generation
Transition editor
Editable themed Montage effects/transitions templates
3D auto-color adjustment for both eyes
DVD authoring

*4K Ultra HD support will be available as a free in-app update by Dec. 2013.

¹ When editing AVC (H.264) video format and producing video in the same format

² Pinnacle Studio for iPad app not included

³ 25 GB included, additional 25 GB with product registration