![]() And the Montages feature - which gives you the ability to combine videos and photos into frame designs (such as an animated photo book or an overlay roll of videos and photos) - has new templates, greater flexibility with fonts, and other improved tools. In addition, a new Stabilize effect will ameliorate or eliminate camera shake, though even experienced users may need to do some experimentation to find just the right settings. Photo quality (of stills incorporated into your movies) is improved. Other additions include a basic, but long-overdue, tool that lets you copy effects from one clip in a movie project to another. It's a useful organisational tool, but it is hidden under a tiny icon over the Timeline and may be overlooked by many users. The new Project Bin, also found in the Edit window, is a place where you can add all the assets you may want to use in your project. Pinnacle's tools for adjusting length, order, and relationship of the various objects are standard. As with previous versions, simply select any asset among these categories, and drag-and-drop it into the Timeline. Clicking on an icon lets you access Videos, Transitions, Montage themes, Titles, Photos and Frame Grabs, Sound Effects, and Menus. For further assistance in navigation and helping to find assets, you can now set specific folders as Favorites within Pinnacle, and you also have direct access to Windows Explorer from within the program.Īt the bottom of the Edit window is the Timeline, for mixing the various elements of your movie (you can also view your project in Storyboard format). A more important change is that the old pages format has been replaced by an album structure with a scroll bar, which is much more efficient for finding your clips, photos, and other elements for your movie. Ultimate Collection adds green-screen backdrops as well as some additional plug-ins.The Edit window has the feeling of a more professional program, thanks in large part to a new gray, neutral background. Other features only in Ultimate and Ultimate Collection include keyframable effects, Blu-ray authoring with motion menus, and Dolby 5.1 audio, plus a few plug-ins. ![]() Motion Tracking–the comparatively easy-to-use, but powerful feature for animated text effects–is available only in the more-expensive Ultimate ($100) and Ultimate Collection ($130) editions. Unfortunately, our favorite new Pinnacle Studio feature isn’t included with Pinnacle Studio HD. You can also create and record your project at 24 frames per second for more-professional output. ![]() The wide range of export options (DVD, AVCHD, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, SVCD, Flash file, AVI, Windows Media, the various MPEGs, and many others) now include partial export of a project, plus presets for MP3, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox, as well as a new Best Quality option for YouTube uploads. And the Montages feature–which gives you the ability to combine videos and photos into frame designs (such as an animated photo book or an overlay roll of videos and photos)–has new templates, greater flexibility with fonts, and other improved tools. It’s a useful organizational tool, but it is hidden under a tiny icon over the Timeline and may be overlooked by many users. Pinnacle’s tools for adjusting length, order, and relationship of the various objects are standard. At the bottom of the Edit window is the Timeline, for mixing the various elements of your movie (you can also view your project in Storyboard format).
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