Complete HD workflow

Your Story — Now in Dazzling HD

Pinnacle Studio Plus works natively with HDV and AVCHD footage. Native HD support means you’ll get the same pristine quality from your original source all the way to final output – without transcoding and in real-time. You can even combine projects that mix standard and high definition video and photos for a final result in full HD resolution.

Built-in HD Disc Burning

Burn your Hollywood-style movies on DVD and HD DVD format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs with full motion menus. Or make AVCHD format discs on standard DVDs to play on Blu-ray players.

NEW Pinnacle Montage

Watch your memories come alive

Enjoy multi-track power without the complexity

Thanks to fantastic pre-built templates designed by professional producers and artists, Pinnacle Montage automatically generates all the necessary titles, effects and animations.

Create multi-layer effects

Access to Picture-in-Picture, Chroma Key or A/B editing with two video tracks at the tip of your fingers.

Mix your media together

Use all your media - photos, video, music - to create a Hollywood-like movie.

11 themes with +80 templates including Video Wall, Album, Seasons and more

Power and simplicity for better movie-making

Pinnacle Studio Plus version 12 is a stunning leap forward in workflow refinement and ease of use. Directly import your digital videos, photos and audio from a wide range of devices including DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders, and digital still cameras. Automatic scene detection and clip creation gets your project off to a fast start!

Everything you need to make great home movies.

Optimized for performance

Takes full advantage of the power of your computer for a faster, smoother experience.

Real-time multi-track editing

Create advanced effects like Chroma Key, graphics overlay and Picture-in-Picture (PIP).

Key frame-able 2D/3D motion graphics

Pick from hundreds of effects and transitions, and preview them in full quality, even in HD.

Pinnacle Scorefitter® music generator

Automatically generate a rich soundtrack to match the length of your movie.

Web publishing simplified

Direct upload to video sharing sites like YouTube™ and Yahoo! Video.

Refined audio editing

New digital controls and monitors to add a dimension in sound to your movie.

Clean up and rejuvenate

Improve audio tracks, enhance color, remove noise, and fix poor lighting.

Even more ways to share

Output movies to Sony® PSP™, Apple® iPod®, DivX® certified players and even 3GP mobile phones. Export to Flash video too.

Built-in HD Disc Burning

Burn DVD, HD DVD and AVCHD* format discs on standard DVD media. Natively author Blu-ray format discs.