http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Forum: Pinnacle - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:06:17 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-do-i-mirror-video-in-studio-14#post-52090 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:24:15 +0000 romlingen 52090@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi,</p> <p>How can I mirror a video clip Horizontally ?</p> <p>Berst regards,<br />Romlingen of Norway...</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/blur-titles#post-52009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:53:46 +0000 wr657 52009@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I've recently started using Studio 12.<br />When I make titles they often get blur in full screen view. </p> <p>Is there anyone who has the same experience and knows<br />a solution.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-51784 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:07:36 +0000 Skye 51784@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong> Road Runner.... there is no version 13 (I guess they are trying to bypass the superstitious consumers) ...I have version Studio 12 ultimate which I bought at CircuitCity (RIP) on sale for about $80 now I get email every week from Pinnacle offering me to upgrade to version 14 for $80 which is kinda steep.  They are touting HD support which already exists in 12 ...if you can find 12 Ultimate on sale its a great program.</strong></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-51712 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:37:23 +0000 BZL Productions 51712@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I just got it and it is FANTASTIC! No new video tracks though :(</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-studio-10-not-responding#post-51383 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:30:23 +0000 julie25 51383@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have been using Pinnacle for a few years and my last purchase was Studio 9.  It worked fine for quite some time but I find that the more Microsoft updates, the more problem there is with Pinnacle, especially for those who had short video clips to Pinnacle.   I often wonder if some of those Microsoft updates don't chew up some of the original 640 RAM that might be required by Pinnacle.  (Don't know much about that).</p> <p>I have a friend who claims he has used Pinnacle several times without problem, but he does have a very fast computer with 4GB RAM memory, and I'm convinced you do need that if you want to run Pinnacle without problems because all video clips, even when shortened, do use up enormous amounts  of memory when rendering.  What's even more interesting is that you will be able to render a program once and then the next day the identical program, barely changed at all and sometimes NOT EVEN changed, won't ever render again.   </p> <p>At times it almost seems to remember what you render, even if you reboot and use it another day.  Often it seems to shorten the allowable rendering memory every single time you render the same  section.</p> <p> Unfortunately I've been told that in order to upgrade to 4GB RAM you need at least Windows Vista.  Dreamt I purchased a cherished Apple computer last night after a friend tried to reformat his computer 3 times with only a 20GB drive and had it crash three times during the Windows upgrades themselves, right after he had installed literally everything else successfully and rebooted. </p> <p> I firmly believe that Windows does have the ability to crash things and feel his drives were destroyed only because of their small size.  This was the 2nd drive of that size that crashed, so really it was his fourth crash during Windows updates instead of his third.  It was definitely the "Windows updates themselves"  that were causing the destruction of his drives, right down tot he partitions which had to be redone, even though it takes less than half of that 20GB to install Windows entirely.   One of those updates also destroyed the partitions on one of my 500GB drives! I'm convinced there's a really serious bug in Windows updates somewhere.</p> <p> Getting back to Pinnacle, after spending over 100 hours on it I wasn't about to give up at the final point of rendering,  so after spending another 50 or so hours trying to find a solution to the constant hangups during the rendering process, I finally did find one.</p> <p>It was difficult though.  First I broke every section into about 4 minute sections and closed all programs on the toolbar as well that weren't being used. (E.g. Windows media etc).   It was a lot of sections but each one did render separately and I was able to save each section on a re-recordable DVD.  Then when after viewing each section on TV and realizing I was satisfed with the entire lot, I burnt each re-recordable DVD to a regular DVD.  Can't remember why.   I think it was because the next program I was going to use wouldn't import from re-recordable DVDs; they had to be standard DVDs.</p> <p>Before rendering and saving them to these CD's however, I did remove all Menus and chapters. </p> <p>Here's something I bet a lot of people don't know.  Even after owning Nero 6 for a long time I didn't realize it had  this wonderful capability.</p> <p> Nero is an absolutely beautiful program for importing all of those broken video sections into one long CD.   It also has a a beautiful editing section for creating menus and chapters.  Who would've guessed!   It does all of this without a hangup, even if you have only 2GB RAM in your computer and are creating a one-hour movie!</p> <p>The only difference between Nero and Pinnacle for creating  the chapters is that Nero has a dead spot that lasts about 2 seconds between every menu change but I can live with that.  There were no dead spots between chapters themselves fortunately.  Most one-hour movies would have no more than five menus. </p> <p>Often I have asked others if there were better programs than Pinnacle and have never yet found one  that had a more beautiful variety of transitions  than Pinnacle does.  You can get hundreds of extremely fancy transitions to go with every kind of celebration imaginable, even 3D, but you have to pay for each group.  They can also be  used in each subsequent upgrade.  (Don't ever lose your Pinnacle serial number though.)</p> <p>I have also tried Movie Magix which is has a lot of most unusual and cool effects, but it's much harder to use than Pinnacle.</p> <p>Every year I curse at Pinnacle but keep sticking with the same program anyway, swearing I will never ever again make another video, only to do so again anyway.  But at  least I learn how to defeat those problems. It would be interesting to visit an Apple board to see what kinds of movie programs (and problems) they have.  Thirty years ago I owned an Apple that did more than most IBMS can today.</p> <p>For beginners who are reading about the complexities of movie programs in horror, I have a real surprise for you too.</p> <p>If you want a really beautiful almost effortless and very quick program to use, and if you don't necessarily want to mach particular pictures to exact words or songs, the nicest one I ever found on the Internet was XAT </p> <p><a href="http://www.brothersoft.com/publisher/xat.com.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.brothersoft.com/publisher/xat.com.html</a></p> <p>It's freeware too!  You only have to buy it if you want to get something just a wee bit more complex.   As a even nicer surprise, it even includes 3D transitions.   I don't think there's a better find on the market for a really great video program for beginners.  You will be able to impress the socks off of your friends on your very first day of use.</p> <p>The only tiny downside I discovered in the program is that it's not a good idea to use TWO 3D transitions in a row (one immediately after the other) because a lot of video machines will slow down on that spot, jerking the second picture.  For that reason I chose not to select transitions at "RANDOM" </p> <p>Try it beginners.  You will absolutely fall in love with this program on the first day you try to use it.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-51372 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:35:59 +0000 zeynar 51372@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> tenkyou</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hangup-while-rendering-with-pinnacle-studio-11#post-51361 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:00:07 +0000 maitrebart 51361@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>In my case (Studio 11.1.2), the hangups happen randomly at the end of some overlaid titles, most of them glued one after the other (subtitling job). By removing 1 or 2 frames from the buggy titles I was able to make the hangup vanish at those places.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the process is highly iterative, having to regenerate the file every time a hangup happens. Very frustrating. </p> <p>I highly hesitate to go with Studio 14. Maybe I will look for another one. Any of you has recommendations for another software?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-51103 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:01:00 +0000 TheWildlifeStudio 51103@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Studio 12 works perfectly in Windoze 7 :)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/working-with-layers-in-pinnacle#post-51098 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:09:55 +0000 TheWildlifeStudio 51098@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Does Pinacle 10 have Picture in picture? If so, you can put the jpeg on the upper timeline and the video on the lower one. Then click on the little camera symbol just to the top left of the timeline window while you have the video highlighted and sort out the settings/presets for the PIP.</p> <p>That's how it works in Studio 12, although there are much better programs, with more control over size, position, animation etc.<br /> HIH </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/working-with-layers-in-pinnacle#post-51097 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:56:53 +0000 Athena.Kahlua 51097@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Does anyone know if and how I would layer a video on top of a jpg? The video is small, not full screen quality(from Camera), so I want to put it on top of jpeg. I'm using pinnacle 10.<br /> Do I need to upgrade or is there a better software to do this with ?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hdv-footage-to-blu-ray-from-studio-12#post-50589 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:55:00 +0000 neckbreakerb 50589@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Great. Thanks a lot. I'll check those out. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hdv-footage-to-blu-ray-from-studio-12#post-50499 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:52:23 +0000 david5566 50499@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Blu-ray use MPEG-2 video compression format, the same method used on standard DVDs, so you need render to this format and Pinnacle Studio can output MPEG-2 format, but I know nothing about burning blu-ray with Pinnacle. I can give you some free professional burning programs for burning blu-ray disc: BurnAware, ImgBurn and FinalBurn. These three do quite good job in burning blu-ray. You can choose one and have a try. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-50442 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:26:45 +0000 PetePel 50442@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When Windows 7 releases in October, expect virtually every software vendor to be touting a new Windows 7 compatible version of their software. Pinnacle will probably have a Windows 7 certified version of Studio by then. Usually when there is a new OS, prices are set unusually high to capture early adopter cash. You will have to wait a few months before you see Pinncle Studio selling at a price it's worth. I never buy a new Pinnacle release until a few months after release for that reason, plus they generally have a Studio service pack for all the bugs in the initial product. Pinnacle is well known for poor quality in first releases.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-hdv-footage-to-blu-ray-from-studio-12#post-50373 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:17:45 +0000 neckbreakerb 50373@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I use Pinnacle Studio 12 to edit HDV footage. I'm in the market for a Blu-Ray burner so that I can put a 2.5 hour video on a disc. I'm just now starting to research Blu-Ray burners; and they kind of sound like a pain to use. Has anyone used Studio 12 to edit HDV footage and burned to Blu-Ray? Can Studio 12 compress and prepare footage to be burned to Blu-Ray? What format does it need to be in in order to burn to Blu-Ray? Thanks. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/its-official-pinnacle-studio-is-unreliable-junk#post-50314 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:14:31 +0000 gldnears 50314@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> My hunch as to why Pinnacle doesn't offer the advanced features y'all are lusting for in " Studio " is because they have " Liquid Edition " ( professional ? )which if I recall correctly has multiple time lines for multi-camera editing.</p> <p>I started out by purchasing Liquid Edition PRO but soon realized that I was in over my head. As a result I reasoned that the Studio version would be Pinnacle with training wheels, being more intuitive perhaps.</p> <p>Alas, I'm not able to devote as much time as I would like to this hobby and probably won't ever become really proficient. I look forward to experiencing some of the complaints posters to this thread have voiced!!</p> <p>RWC </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-50237 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:00 +0000 Tomsde 50237@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>After doing some snooping on the Pinnacle Systems forums, there is a lot of buzz that there will be a new version of PS coming out next month. They will call it Pinnacle Studio 14. I was considering buying a bunch of add ons that they have for 1/2 price--but I'm not going to as I will not be sure what will still be compatible with the next versions. I've also seen mark downs on Pinnacle Studio 12 itself. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/studio-12#post-50177 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:05:51 +0000 Tomsde 50177@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I like Pinnacle Studio 12 a lot; the montage themes are fun, the application is more stable, and it seems to be the only video editing software I have that will edit all the various video formats that my cameras shoot in natively.  </p> <p>SirfurProduction says:  "Requires a powerful system to use though."  </p> <p>Not really.  I am using a laptop with only 1.8 gigahertz dual core Centrino processor and I have been able to edit hi-def footage.  It's a 64 bit Vista system with 4 gigs of memory.  I do admit it does take a while to pre render the effects and transitions, but it is still useable.  It is the only program that I can render hi def video on my laptop that will playback at the correct frame rate.  I'm talking about short videos here though, suitable for the web--if I were creating a longer hi-def movie then the story could be different.</p> <p>Magic Bullet Looks and Boris Graffeti makes this program worth the money.  Those 2 sets of plugins alone would probably cost around $1000.  I just wish that they would give you more video tracks in the next version.  I'm sure they don't want to cut into the sales of Liquid--but not everyone has the bucks to go for a professional editing suite.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-50154 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:51:20 +0000 Tomsde 50154@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I doubt they'll call it 13--unlucky number--but I suspect that something is brewing since they just marked down all the Pinnacle Studio add ons to half price for the rest of the month.  Usually when they start dramatically discounting the current version a new version isn't far behind.</p> <p>I do hope they add more video tracks to the next version!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hangup-while-rendering-with-pinnacle-studio-11#post-49831 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:10:34 +0000 Julie 49831@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Pinnacle has very serious memory problems creating hangups.  Unless you have Windows VISTA or higher which will allow you to upgrade your memory to 4GB it won't work well even if you adjust your virtual memory.</p> <p> Two GB is far too small for most movies that are longer than about 5 minutes, for most movies containing AVI files, and for most with more than a few songs in it.</p> <p>Pinnacle also has a lot of problems with DEP errors which result from many AVI files.</p> <p>If you have less than 4GB RAM, the only solution to the hangups is to break your Pinnacle movies up into very small segments that are smaller than 5 minutes each (about 25 pictures or less if you are using any AVI files).</p> <p>You will indeed be driven nearly insane otherwise.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49493 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:47:20 +0000 seriousphotoguy 49493@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Your first (simplest) option has already been mentioned: use the Canon software to import and the Pinnacle software to edit. </p> <p>Second option is to add FireWire capability. I've assumed that you have a PC since you don't seem to have FireWire built in. You don't mention if you are using a laptop or desktop. If you have a laptop you'll want to purchase an adapter that plugs into the expansion port. Check to see if your laptop take a 34 connector or 54 connector card. For a desktop you'll need to puchase a FireWire card and open the box to install it. </p> <p>Pinnacle Studio 12 does recognize Canon and Sony camcorders via FireWire, BTDT. But some of the other things about version 12 are better in their advertising than in delivery. For example the title screens look like there were generated on a 1988 model Apple computer. I've used Studio software since version 8 and there has been very little improvement in the appearance of the text used for titles.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnicle-render-error#post-49473 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:57:03 +0000 BZL Productions 49473@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I keep on getting render errors in Pinnicle Studio Ultimate. Also for no reson my ProDad Vitascene won't work when just a week ago it would. Any ideas on how to fix.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pinnacle-13#post-49358 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:46:26 +0000 Road Runner 49358@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> It has been a year now since Pinnacle released  version 12.  I have seen nothing hinting at a new relaease yet, but has anyone got an inside track on a new release, maybe Pinnacle 13?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49329 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:22:29 +0000 SirfurProductions 49329@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have the same camera and software... </p> <p>The way I got it to work was to install the software that came with the camera, this allowed me to import the video from the camera to my hard drive. </p> <p>Then Studio 12 will retrieve the video from your hard drive.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49325 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:31:18 +0000 aspen2cody 49325@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thank you XTR-91, I will try that.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49305 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:26 +0000 XTR-91 49305@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Importing from USB, video is not "captured", but instead imported as if the camera were a USB storage device. It's similar to importing video from your computer's internal hardrive. Check Pinnacle's help file and search for the term "Import". When importing, browse to the camcorder's disk drive (e.g. drive E) and then find the subfolder that contains the video.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49293 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:21:17 +0000 aspen2cody 49293@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>yes, my camcorder does have a hard drive and flash memory. I have tried to connect with my USB and it keeps telling me I need to connect to FireWire. What do I need to do to the software to allow it to recieve the movie? I am ready to throw this software in the garbage. Like I said before, I was able to download the movies from my USB cable and save them to the computer before I purchased Pinnacle. There must be something I havent done to the software to allow it recieve the movies from my camcorder. Help!!!!!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49289 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:17:36 +0000 XTR-91 49289@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Firewire was designed for streaming digital video to a computer without any need for conversion. DV camcorder video is imported via FireWire while being played from a tape. USB does not have the bandwidth capability of Firewire to stream video from a camcorder.</p> <p>If yours is a hard disk or flash memory camcorder, connect it to USB and import it from the camera's disk drive. If it's a DV camera, Firewire is the type of connection to use.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49288 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:48:52 +0000 aspen2cody 49288@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I dont have it connected to fire-wire. I have it connected to USB. How am I going to get it connected to firewire? Mini USB to firwiere, HDMI to firewire that is the only way I can connect from my camera to the computer. Thats the problem, why is this software saying I must connect to firewire when the Cannon software was perfectly happy connectiing to USB.</p> <p> </p> <p>By the way I have removed all the Cannon other movie editing software.</p> <p> </p> <p>thanks for help, so you think just by connectiing to fire wire that will solve everything?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49287 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:38:40 +0000 Omtech 49287@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Please make sure your camera is off, connect it to the firewire then on it the box will appres asking you which </p> <p>program you want to capture with, this depends on the editing programs that are in your PC. cancell it, launch your pinnacle then capture.</p> <p>Hope this one will help.</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/i-cant-get-pinnacle-to-upload-my-movies-from-canon#post-49286 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:25:11 +0000 aspen2cody 49286@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a canon HD Vixia HF10 and just bought Pinnacle studio plus edition 12. The problem is I cant get my recordings to show up when I click the capture button. I get an error message that says</p> <p>Studio is unable to connect to your video device.</p> <p>If you have a DV make sure its on VTR, VCR or play mode and is connected to Firewire or 1394 port on your computer.</p> <p>Right now I am connected to the computer from the mini USB to USB on the computer and I am in the play mode on the Canon. Thats the way it worked when I was using the software that came with the Canon with no problems except the software was pretty awful.</p> <p>Any thoughts would be much appreciated.</p>