Pinnacle Studio 18 Ultimate Video Editing Software for Windows

What's New for Version 18?

64-Bit Performance

64-bit support means Pinnacle can take advantage of more RAM and perform many computation more quickly than is possible with 32-bit. A 64-bit version of Windows is required to take advantage of this feature

XAVC S Support for 4K and HD

You can now import and edit in XAVC S, an MP4-AVC/H.264 codec that is being used in an increasing number of camcorders and photo cameras that shoot video. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate supports XAVC S in resolutions up to UltraHD 4K (3840 x 2160)

Enhanced: Live Screen Capture

Record directly from your screen, capturing both system audio and microphone sound. For version 18, Pinnacle has simplified the process of bringing your captured files to the main timeline to use in movies, presentation, and training videos

NewBlue Bonus Effects

Enhance your movie with over 700 and 55 plugins from NewBlue. Here are just a few of the included plugins:

Motion Blends: Dynamic transition effects that Liquify, Shear, Smear, and Melt one scene to the next

Light Blends: Add light flairs, orbs, rays, strobes, glowing blasts, and other luminous effects. Plugins included Glow Pro, Light Bender, Neon Lights, and Psycho Strobe

Film Effects: Transform your digital footage into vintage film stock with over 80 presets in 5 plugins designed to recreate the look of hand-cranked cameras, dirty projectors, and the unique color and lighting characteristics of aged film stock

Video Essentials II: Use over 100 presets in 10 plugins to create vignettes, enhance and adjust color, as well as add artificial depth of field. Plugins such as Noise Reducer and Chroma Key serve as foundational video enhancement tools to improve your raw footage, while Color EQ, Lens Correction, Picture-in-Picture, and Rack Focus let you add dimension, color, and visual interest to any project

Video Essentials VI:This toolkit features plugins including Saturation Modifier, Picture-in-Shape, Cut Away, and Color Replace, to enhance your video footage while re-focusing and highlighting the details of your story to help achieve your creative vision

Video Essentials VII: Contains plugins including Auto Pan, Gamma Corrector, Legal Level, Quick Pixelator, and Gradient Fill Pro. This collection enables you to inspect a specific region of your footage with multiple scopes, generate gradients over alpha assets, separate your image into high and low regions, and pan and zoom on stills and video footage

17 Royalty-Free Tracks

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate now includes 17 music tracks - in addition to the Scorefitter library - for you to incorporate into the soundtrack of your movies

Video Editing

4K UltraHD Video Support

Edit UltraHD video natively in its full 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution

Drag-and-Drop HD Video Editing

Choose the editing approach that's right for your project. For instant results, drag-and-drop your desired media elements from the library into SmartMovie to automatically make complete videos, including music. Use Storyboard mode to create first drafts and visualize your movie. At any point, switch to the timeline for more traditional and precise editing

Timeline Editing (Unlimited Tracks)

Do more with unlimited tracks that let you create sophisticated picture-in-picture and multi-layer effects in HD or 3D. Frame-accurate editing gives you precision control over how you tell your story. See source clips and your timeline edit preview simultaneously for intuitive flow. Set source clip trim in/out points, then drag trimmed clips right into the timeline for precision editing

Edit Anywhere, Anytime

Work on projects anywhere with Pinnacle Studio for iPad (available separately), then transfer them to Pinnacle Studio for further polishing. Try Project Packages to bundle together all of the media files related to a given movie, taking the work out of organizing and assuring that you always have all the files you need

Audio Editing

Remove Unwanted Noise and Enhance Audio

iZotope Music & Speech Cleaner utility is included to help you remove unwanted noise from your audio

Scorefitter Sounds & Music

Add music with the included Scorefitter library of royalty-free sounds and songs - they even automatically adjust to fit the length of your movies

Blu-ray and DVD Authoring

Blu-ray Support

If your computer has a Blu-ray burner you can burn projects to Blu-ray Discs and enjoy them in full HD glory. With Pinnacle Studio Ultimate, you can burn AVCHD and regular SD DVD too

Stereoscopic 3D Support

Make Movies in Stereoscopic 3D

Import 3D video clips from sources like GoPro 3D camera systems or Panasonic cameras using the MVC format. Edit in various viewing modes, add true 3D effects, and enjoy the immersive 3D experience with NVIDIA 3D Vision optimization and GeForce support (compatible graphics card required). Export to YouTube 3D, AVCHD 3D, and more for viewing on 3D HDTVs, Sony PS3, and other 3D devices. Pinnacle Studio Plus even lets you mix 2D and 3D in the same project

Advanced 3D Features

Pinnacle Studio 18 Plus also has advanced stereoscopic 3D features, like editing 3D in the timeline just like HD:

• Support for NVIDIA 3D Vision enables viewing in both full-screen and window modes where a compatible graphics card and display are available
• View 3D on dual monitors and export "side-by-side" formats recognized by most 3D HDTVs
• Auto-color correct for both eyes and control stereoscopic 3D depth (parallax effect)

Titles, Effects, and Image Correction

Titles and Overlays

Add titles to your photos and videos, or overlay a graphic on your project and set the length of duration

Energize with Over 2,000 Effects, Transitions and Templates

Get creative with 2,000+ 2D/3D effects, animated titles, and transitions. Keyframe-based control gives you precision timing over how your effects, titles, and transitions move or charge over time. The included Montage templates provide preset themes - weddings, sports, holidays, sci-fi, comics and more. You can customize these to get just the right look

Rotate and Flip Video

Whether from an action camera mounted upside-down or a smartphone in "portrait" mode, you can flip the image so it's the right way

Photo Slideshow

Create photo slideshows complete with transitions, titles, and effects, or combine photo and video for the perfect montage

Stop Motion and Green Screen

Create animations and fast-motion effects with stop-motion capture. Pinnacle Studio even lets you superimpose people you've shot in front of a green screen over different backgrounds

File Management

Import All Your Digital Media

Import your videos and photos manually or automatically from virtually any device: camcorders, digital cameras, webcams, tablets, mobile phones, handheld audio recorders, and more. Import 3D clips from cameras like GoPro and formats like Panasonic MVC. Pinnacle Studio 18 Ultimate also supports tape-based and analog devices, and even audio files in 5.1 surround format

Organize and Tag Your Media

With the built-in media library, you can organize your favorite video clips, photos, music, and other creative elements for easy location and reuse later. Tag and rate your media files, as well as group them into categories for even faster access. Crop, pan-and zoom, and eliminate red eye from photos. EQ and clean up noisy audio. Color-correct video and stabilize shaky footage

Export and Sharing

When you're ready to share your videos, Pinnacle Studio 18 Ultimate makes it easy to post your HD and 3D videos on Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo. You can also easily create DVDs and AVCHD discs, as well as author Blu-ray discs complete with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Export to popular formats like Adobe Flash FLV, MPEG-4, and DivX, as well as popular devices like Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, Apple TV and Apple iPad