Why Pinnacle Studio?
Take control
Advanced keyframing gives you the power to fine-tune every parameter of your clips, transitions, and effects.
Get creative
Enhance videos with hundreds of creative effects and pro-caliber tools that are sure to unlock your creative potential.
Work efficiently
Edit quick projects and large video productions intuitively with customizable shortcuts and workflow efficiencies.
Join the millions of others editing with Pinnacle Studio
Dive into powerful tools and take your productions closer to pro.
Loaded with powerful features
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Color Grading
Stabilize Video
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE 360 Video Editing
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Dynamic Split Screen Video
Screen Recorder
MultiCam Editing
Keyframe Controls
Stop Motion
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Alpha Channel
ULTIMATE & PLUS ONLY Motion Tracking
ULTIMATE & PLUS ONLY Audio Ducking
Author DVDs
Our competitive advantage
Keyframe precision
Add keyframes to customize almost any parameter of your edits—take complete control over your motions, effects, and overlays.
Customizable workspace
Set custom tool shortcuts, group and edit clips simultaneously, and explore a streamlined workflow for your most intuitive editing experience.
Additional applications
Included tools empower you to capture video and record your screen, author DVDs, and leverage compatibility with many third party plugins.
It’s the most powerful Pinnacle Studio yet
See what’s new in Pinnacle Studio 24 — our best just got better!
- NEW possibilities with Video Masking
- NEW ability to create custom motion title graphics with the redesigned Title Editor
- NEW overlays and graphics
- ENHANCED keyframing controls to streamline your editing
- & so much more!
Dynamic Video Masking
- Manipulate masks, frame by frame, with new controls
- Create custom masks with shapes and new freehand drawing tool
- Easily identify faces using face tracking and masking tools
- Save and load existing masks with new shortcuts
Title Editor
- Create custom motion graphics and take control of your titles — right down to the word or individual letter — with the redesigned Title Editor
- Set style and manipulate individual parameters of any text with keyframe-based controls — add motion, rotate, scale, and more
- Save as presets for future use
NEW Graphic overlays
Explore new animated overlays, graphics, and backgrounds for instant drag-and-drop creativity.
ENHANCED Keyframe controls
Multi-select a group of keyframes by drawing a frame around them to highlight, reposition, or even duplicate and streamline your editing.
NEW Project notes
Remember where you left off and leave notes on next steps with new project notes.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE NEW Clip Masking
Apply your video masking edits only to targeted clips, instead of applying them to the full track.
ENHANCED Split Screen videos
Auto fit your media to the size of the dropzone with new SmartFit controls — edit the size and position as needed.
ENHANCED Keyboard shortcuts
Set up new shortcuts in the control panel and easily search by letter to see what it is assigned for.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE NEW Face Tracking
Easily identify faces using face detection, tracking and masking tools
ENHANCED Performance
Enjoy higher bitrate and enhanced Intel Quick Sync video hardware acceleration.
NEW Training material
Learn the new features of Pinnacle Studio 24 with new training videos and written tutorials.
Features fueling your video editing software
Go beyond basic editing with advanced tools
Fully loaded with everything from basic tools to advanced creative features, this Ultimate video editing suite will empower you to create your best videos yet.
- Trim, split, crop, and rotate videos
- Add titles, graphics, and overlays
- Get creative with templates, filters, and effects
- ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Explore Seamless Transitions, Paint Effects, Video Masking, Color Grading, and more
Advanced keyframing, unparalleled precision
Go beyond traditional keyframing and fine-tune every individual parameter of your edit. Add keyframes to command control of your videos’ positioning, size, speed, overlays, transitions, effects, and more for frame-accurate customizability.
Experience the power of Color Grading
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Color Grading
Advanced controls like the Tone Curve, HSL Tuning, Color Wheel, and Selective Vectorscope make it easy to independently adjust colors, highlights, midtones, and shadows.
Color Correction
Adjust white balance, correct underexposed scenes, and apply instant corrections.
LUTs & Filters
Instantly apply a filter or cinematic LUT profile to create a specific film effect and alter the overall tone/mood of your scene.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Enhance, combine, and alter footage with Video Masking
Enhanced masking capabilities enable you to create edits that evolve frame-by-frame.
Brighten faces, blur backgrounds, censor license plates, and edit other targeted areas. The Mask Creator gives you the power to isolate and apply effects creatively to make characters and important information pop on screen!
Clone characters and objects on-screen and enjoy expanded storytelling possibilities. Interact with an evil twin, create unique montages to show the passing of time, and get creative with this powerful tool.
Layer clips creatively to produce new scenery and achieve special effects. Swap a rainy day for a sunny sky, change the content displaying on screens, and create illusions by combining clips with Video Masking.
Enhance footage and prevent reshoots by hiding distracting objects from your clips. With Video Masking you can remove people who wander through the background of your shot, erase graffiti from a wall, and clean up footage.
Create unique walk-by and wipe transitions to follow motion in your video. Enhancements to Video Masking controls enable you to evolve your mask frame-by-frame to help you ensure seamless blending from one clip to the next.
Motion and action video editing tools
- ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Censor moving objects with mosaic blur
- Add graphic or text to moving objects with Motion Tracking
- Create fast or slow motion effects with Time Remapping
- Add visual interest with Pan and Zoom and Motion Blur effects
Screen recording and multi-camera editing
- Capture and edit video across multiple cameras
- Record your screen, webcam, and system audio simultaneously
- Create content for a YouTube channel, web series, or vlog
- Record webinars, create tutorials, and produce gaming videos
Record, edit and master your audio
Record your own narration and voiceover with included recording tools.
Access royalty-free music and sound effects to take videos to the next level.
ULTIMATE & PLUS only Layer and automatically balance audio for crisp narration with Audio Ducking.
Explore more powerful features
Browse more tools that will empower you to take your videos to new creative heights.
Share across all your devices
Easily share your completed videos with any audience — export to popular formats and devices, or use built-in disc burning tools.
Which version of Pinnacle Studio is right for me?
Pinnacle Studio makes it simple to create movies and edit video like a pro. Whether you are new to video editing, or already an experienced producer, there is a tier of Pinnacle Studio that is fully suited to your editing needs.
| Studio | Studio Plus | Studio Ultimate | |
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Highlight Features |
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| Storyboard and timeline editing | 6 Tracks | 24 Tracks | Unlimited tracks plus 4K video support |
| Keyframe effects and motion | ENHANCED | ENHANCED | ENHANCED |
| Screen recording and video capture | |||
| Multi-camera editing | 2 Cameras | 4 Cameras | 6 Cameras |
| Color Grading | Simplified | Basic | Full featured |
| Title Editor | NEW | NEW | NEW |
| Motion Tracking | ENHANCED with NEW face tracking |
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| Video Masking | ENHANCED with NEW dynamic controls |
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| 360 Video Editing | |||
| Export with Alpha Channel | |||
Powerful and Precise Editing |
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| Storyboard and timeline editing | |||
| Drag-and-drop video editing | |||
| Video resolution | HD | HD | HD, 4K |
| Number of video/audio tracks | 6 | 24 | Unlimited |
| Three and four-point editing | |||
| Customizable workspace and keyboard shortcuts | ENHANCED | ENHANCED with searchable shortcuts |
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| Group and nest clips | ENHANCED | ENHANCED | |
| Keyframe effects and motion | ENHANCED | ENHANCED | |
Creative Features |
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| Hundreds of video effects, transitions, titles, and templates | ENHANCED | ENHANCED | ENHANCED with new animated overlays |
| Video Templates | |||
| Green Screen / Chroma Key | |||
| Selective Color | |||
| Automatic slideshow maker, Smartmovie | |||
| Split Screen video | ENHANCED | ENHANCED with Smart Fit |
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| Video Capture and Screen Recorder, MultiCam Capture Lite | |||
| Multi-Camera Editing | 2 Cameras | 4 Cameras | 6 Cameras |
| Stop Motion Animation | |||
| Time Remapping | |||
| Motion Tracking | ENHANCED Plus Mosaic Blur |
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| Motion Tracking with Filter Mask | |||
| Track Transparency | |||
| Video Masking | ENHANCED with new dynamic masking |
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| Seamless Transitions | |||
| Morph Transitions | |||
| Paint Effects | |||
Video Corrections and Color |
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| Video Stabilization | |||
| Lens Correction | |||
| Color Grading | SIMPLIFIED | BASIC | FULL FEATURED |
| Hue & Saturation | |||
| HSL Color Tuning | |||
| Luminance | |||
| LUT Presets | |||
| Image Tone Curve | |||
| Color Wheels | |||
| Video Scope | |||
| Selective Vectorscope | |||
Audio Editing |
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| Royalty-free music library with ScoreFitter | |||
| Sound effects library | |||
| Audio filters | |||
| Record voiceover | |||
| Fade-in/fade-out audio | |||
| Detach audio | |||
| Audio Ducking to easily layer audio tracks | |||
360 Video Editing |
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| 360 video editing | |||
| 360 video freeze frame | |||
| 360 titles and transitions | |||
| Convert 360 video to standard video | |||
| Convert single or double fisheye to equirectangular | |||
| Convert 360 video to Spherical Panorama (Tiny Planet and Rabbit Hole effects) | |||
Video Outputs and Sharing |
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| Add project notes to working files | NEW | NEW | NEW |
| Burn to disc* with chapters and menus with MyDVD | 20+ templates | 50+ templates | 100+ templates |
| Insert chapter points in timeline | |||
| Export to all common video formats | |||
| Export to specific video extension | |||
| Export to device (smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles) | |||
| Export to web (YouTube, Flickr, and Vimeo) | |||
| Convert video to popular formats | |||
| Project packages for easy archive/restore | |||
| Save projects as templates | |||
| Export Animated GIFs | |||
| Export Alpha Channel video | |||
| Export 360 video | |||
Formats and Support |
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| Intel® Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration | ENHANCED | ENHANCED | ENHANCED |
| AV1 import | |||
| HEVC (H.265)** | Import and Export | Import and Export | Import and Export |
| .TS support | |||
| GoPro LVR | |||
| 64-bit architecture | |||
| Support for VFR video | |||
| XAVC S support | |||
| XAVC and DVCPRO HD decoding | |||
| Import MXF files | |||
| 4K video | |||
| 360 video | |||
* Blu-ray Disc authoring available for purchase in Pinnacle Studio
**HEVC (H.265) support requires supporting PC hardware or graphics card
| Pinnacle Studio 21 Ultimate | Pinnacle Studio 22 Ultimate | Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate | Pinnacle Studio 24 Ultimate | |
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Highlight Features |
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| Timeline editing across unlimited tracks | ENHANCED with new efficiencies |
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| Keyframe effects and motion | ENHANCED | |||
| Hardware acceleration and performance | ENHANCED | |||
| Title Editor | NEW redesigned interface |
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| Multicam Capture and Editing | ||||
| Color Grading | IMPROVED | |||
| Alpha Channel & GIF support | ||||
| Static Video Masks | ENHANCED | |||
| Dynamic Video Masks | NEW | |||
Editing Experience |
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| Storyboard and timeline editing | IMPROVED | IMPROVED | ENHANCED with UI improvements |
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| Keyframe effects and motion | IMPROVED | ENHANCED with added control |
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| Built-in media library with project bins | ENHANCED with new overlays and refreshed folder structure |
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| Customizable workspace and keyboard shortcuts | ENHANCED with searchable shortcuts |
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| Three and four-point editing | ||||
| Clip nesting | ENHANCED with Color Grading |
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Powerful Features |
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| Motion Tracking | IMPROVED | IMPROVED | ENHANCED with face tracking |
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| Stop Motion Animation | ||||
| 360 Video Editing | ||||
| Webcam and Screen Recorder: MultiCam Capture Lite | Two Streams, Upgradable | Two Streams, Upgradable | Two Streams, Upgradable | |
| Multi-Camera Editing | 6 Cameras | 6 Cameras | 6 Cameras | 6 Cameras |
| 360 Video Tiny Planet Effects | ||||
| 360 Video Freeze Frame | ||||
| Seamless Transitions | ||||
| Morph Transitions | ||||
| Split Screen Video | IMPROVED Dynamic Template Editor |
IMPROVED with Reference Frame |
ENHANCED with Smart Fit |
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| 3D Titler | ||||
| Static Video Masking | ENHANCED with additional controls |
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| Dynamic Video Masking | NEW evolve masks, frame-by-frame |
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Creative Controls & Effects |
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| Hundreds of video effects, transitions, titles, and templates | ENHANCED with new overlays |
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| Paint effects | ||||
| Selective Color | ||||
| Green Screen / Chroma Key | ||||
| Color Grading | ||||
| Hue & Saturation | ||||
| HSL Color Tuning | ||||
| Image Tone Curve | ||||
| Color Wheels | ||||
| Video Scopes | ||||
| Selective Vectorscope | ||||
| LUT Presets | ||||
Enhance Audio |
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| Audio editing tools | ||||
| Record voiceover | ||||
| Royalty-free music & sound effect library | ||||
| Audio Ducking | ||||
Video Outputs and Sharing |
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| Export to all common video formats | ENHANCED with Batch Processing |
ENHANCED with .TS support |
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| Export to devices (smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles) | ||||
| Export to web (YouTube, Flickr, and Vimeo) | ||||
| DVD authoring with custom menus and chapters | IMPROVED UI | |||
| Export Animated GIFs | ||||
| Export Alpha Channel video | ||||
Tech Specs
Pinnacle Studio Ultimate
System Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 10, 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD A4 3.0 GHz or higher
- Intel Core i5 or i7 1.06 GHz or higher required for AVCHD & Intel Quick Sync Video support
- Intel Core i7 4th generation or later or AMD Athlon A10 or higher for UHD, Multi-Camera or 360 video
- Intel 6th generation or later processor, or AMD Ryzen processor, required for face detection (Ultimate only)
- RAM: 4 GB or higher, 8+GB highly recommended for UHD, Multi-Camera, or 360 video
- Graphics card: Minimum resolution 1024 x 768, minimum 256MB VGA VRAM, 512MB or higher recommended for hardware decoding acceleration
DirectX graphics device recommended:- NVIDIA GeForce 700 series / Quadro 600 (Fermi-based) or newer (CUDA-enabled required for CUDA support)
- ATI Radeon HD 5XXX series or higher
- Intel HD Graphics from Ivy Bridge or higher
- 3D Titler requires DirectX 11
- Sound card: Windows-compatible sound card
- Hard drive space: 8 GB HDD space for full installation
- Internet connection required for installation, registration and updates Registration required for product use
Import Formats
- Video: AVCHD, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP (MPEG-4, H.263), WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles (incl. DVD-VR/+VR), MOV (DV, MPEG-4, H.264), HEVC* (H.265), XAVC, MXF, DVCPRO HD, XAVC S, GoPro LRV, Cineform
- Audio**: MP3, MPA, M4A, WAV, AMR, AC3, AAC, Vorbis, WMA
- Image: BMP, GIF, JPG, JPS, J2K, PCX, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Disc: DVD, AVCHD, Blu-ray ($)
- Video: DV, HDV, AVI, WMV, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP, HEVC* (H.265, H.264), XAVC S, MOV, M2TS, FLV, 3GP, GIF, Cineform
- Image: BMP, JPEG, TIF, TGA
- Audio: AC3, MP2, MP3, MP4, WAV
Accessories
- DVD burner required for creating DVD and AVCHD discs
- Blu-ray burning requires purchase of a separate plug-in from within the product
Supported Languages
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish
Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.
* HEVC (H.265) support requires supporting PC hardware or graphics card and Microsoft HEVC video extension installed.
** File encoding; not all file extensions are supported.
Upgrade Qualification
Previous owners of Avid Studio or Pinnacle Studio 9 and higher qualify for upgrade pricing. Qualified versions include: Studio 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23.
What’s Included
Main Applications:
- Video editing software
- Video capture and screen recorder
- Slideshow maker
- DVD authoring
- Video converter
Content:
- Hundreds of filters and effects
- Library of animated overlays, graphics, creative fonts and titles
- Themed templates and video montages
- Royalty-free music and sound effects
Documentation & Training:
- User Guide PDF
- Search Help Files
- Built-in tutorials & learning videos
- 10-day all access pass to StudioBacklot for first time subscribers, includes training and royalty-free content
Edit like a pro with Pinnacle Studio
Unleash your creativity with the pro-caliber tools and powerful keyframe controls of Pinnacle Studio. Get the power, precision, and control you crave, and edit your next production with us.