OverviewCapture Memories and Make Great Home Movies

Brought to you by Avid®, the world leader in professional audio and video creation technology, Pinnacle Studio™ HD v.15 makes it easy to edit like a pro with intuitive new features, ultra-fast performance, and a massive content collection. Quickly import videos and photos from a wide range of devices—then edit scenes and create professional-looking HD movies with over 1,800 included effects, titles, and other content. Export complete projects to today’s most popular formats or burn them to DVD—and share them with the world. The unique new Archive and Restore tool conveniently backs up projects to preserve your work.

• Quickly import photos and video
• Easily drag and drop videos, photos, titles, effects, and music
• Automatically create music to fit the length of your movie
• Choose from over 1,800 2D/3D effects, transitions, and other content
• Preview in real time using the player window or full-screen mode

Includes Pinnacle Hollywood FX Volumes 1–3

Over 1,000 unique, professional-level transitions and effects with themes including: Waves, Sports, Space, Sci-Fi, Holiday, Weddings, Comics and Cartoons, Pirates, Secret Agents, Tropical Vacation, Historical Architecture, and many more. Also includes HFX Editor for creating custom effects.

Features
Import

• Import video and photos from video cameras, digital cameras, phones, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and more

Edit

• Edit HD video on your computer-with ultra-fast performance when using AVCHD and H.264-based formats*
• SmartMovie automatically edits your videos to fit the music and creates photo slideshows
• Montage feature makes it easy to create picture-in-picture animations-no experience required
• The included Montage templates give you a head start with easy-to-use, multi-layer animations, transitions, and titles
• Automatically back up your work with the new Archive/Restore tool*

Enhance

• Add stunning music and effects
• Use stop-motion capture for amazing animations and fast-motion effects
• Fix shaky camera shots with the same technology used on major motion pictures
• Use the included DVD menus for a professional look

Share

• Easy one-click uploading to YouTube-including high-quality widescreen and HD* formats
• Export your movies to DVD, Flash, DivX Plus HD*, QuickTime^®, QuickTime HD*, AVCHD, AVCHD Lite*, PS3, Wii, Xbox^®, and more

* New in version 15.

Specifications

Minimum System Requirements*

• Windows^® 7, Windows Vista^® (SP2), or 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
• 3.2 GB of disk space
• DVD-ROM drive to install software

Optional Accessories 

• CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
• DVD burner for creating DVD and AVCHD* discs
• Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes*

* Requires free product activation via the Internet.

Import Formats 

• Video: AVCHD*, AVCHD Lite*, 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^® MOV (DV, MPEG-4*, H.264*), DivX Plus^®MKV*
• Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*, WMA
• Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF, PNG, J2K

Export Formats 

• AVCHD*, AVCHD Lite*, 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*
• YouTube HD
• DV, HDV, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo^® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4*, Flash, 3GP*, WAV, MP3*, QuickTime^® MOV, DivX Plus MKV*
• Dolby^® Digital 2-channel and 5.1-channel** audio

Optional Accessories 

• CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
• DVD burner for creating DVD and AVCHD* discs
• Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes*

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)

* Requires free product activation via the Internet.
** Requires product activation via the Internet at additional cost.