Harness the power of a professional editor with easy at-your-fingertips execution. Tell your story with clear HD video, stunning effects, polished transitions and animation, all backed with incredible Dolby Digital® 5.1 sound and technology from Avid®, the company behind the world’s most-watched movies. Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate includes two professional plug-ins from 3D animation leader Red Giant— ToonIt and Knoll Light Factory. Then, get ready to go viral when you share your screen sensations with the world in widescreen format, the way they’re meant to be seen. Sharing options are now as limitless as your creativity: from Blu-ray and AVCHD to YouTube, iPod, Wii, and everything in between.

Key Features:

• Motion titling, plus exciting new title designs, DVD menus, effects and 130 Montage themes
• Use stop-motion capture for amazing animations and fast-motion effects
• Fluid image stabilization technology from Avid used in major motion pictures
• 2 plug-ins from 3D animation leader Red Giant: ToonIt and Knoll Light Factory (light and lens flares from master effects guru John Knoll; visual effects supervisor; Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Avatar)
• Share straight to Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD, YouTube (with wide-screen export), the web, MP3 sound files and more
• Export movies for Flash, QuickTime®, improved AVCHD, Sony® PS3, Nintendo® Wii, Microsoft® Xbox and more

Capture, edit and share your story. Empower your imagination with Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate, built on the same Avid® technology top Hollywood studios use to make major motion pictures.

Input Options

• Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a 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 via USB

Output Options

• Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
• Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible device with video output)

Import Formats

• Video: AVCHD, BD Blu-ray, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®, MPEG-4, 3GP(MPEG-4), WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles (incl. DVD-VR/+VR), QuickTime® (DV, MPEG-4, H.264)
• Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3, WMA
• Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF, PNG, J2K

Export Formats

• AVCHD, BD Blu-ray, HD-DVD, DVD (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW, dual layer), S-VCD, Video CD (VCD)
• Apple® iPod®, Sony® PSP/PS3, Nintendo® Wii, Microsoft® Xbox compatible formats
• DV, HDV, AVI, DivX, RealVideo® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Flash, 3GP, WAV, MP3, QuickTime® (SD format) files
• Dolby® Digital 2 channel and 5.1 channel audio

System Requirements

• Windows® 7, Windows Vista® (SP2),Windows XP (SP3)
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ 1.8 GHz (2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
  • Intel Core™2 Duo 2.4 GHz required for AVCHD*, Intel Core™2 Quad 2.66 GHz or Intel Core i7 required for AVCHD* 1920
• 1 GB system memory recommended, 2 GB required for AVCHD*
• DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended)
  • 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD*
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
• 3.3 GB of disk space
• DVD-ROM drive to install software
• Accessory:
  • CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
  • DVD burner for creating DVD and AVCHD* discs
  • Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray discs*
  • Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes*