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Pinnacle Studio HD 15 Ultimate video review

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Pinnacle Studio HD 15 is not a huge upgrade over version 14. The new archive function is quite powerful, allowing you to transport projects and their media files between systems for further editing. The updated file format support is welcome, too, including the ability to upload Full HD to YouTube alongside output to a range of new HD file formats. There are performance enhancements, too, although no 64-bit version yet. Overall, users of the last version won't find much here to tempt them to update, whilst more advanced users will get more for their money from Avid's own-brand Studio. But newcomers to video editing will still find the basic version is a great place to start. Read full review

Overall

8/10

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By James Morris
Reviewed 25 January 2012

Price as reviewed

£64.99

  • Review
    • 1: Introduction and Major Features
    • 2: New Video Format Support
    • 3: Extra Plug-ins and Verdict
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  • Reviewed by James Morris
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Awards

Pinnacle Studio HD 15 Ultimate details

Design
8/10
Features
8/10
Performance
8/10
Usability
10/10
Value
8/10
Overall
8/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Archiving tool lets you transport whole projects
  • Enhanced import and export file format support
  • Still the easiest video editor to use

Cons

  • Avid's own-branded Studio better value than Ultra versions
  • SmartSound plug-in and effects packs still cost extra
  • No 64-bit version yet

Price as reviewed

£64.99

Manufacturer

Pinnacle

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12:33 PM on 14 February, 2012

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Hi,
I am looking to get this software to edit footage from my new Panasonic HDC SD80 camera on the top setting. Will this program run on a laptop with i5 2410 processor, 6 Gb Ram and a 1GB graphics card? Off their webpage they recommend Intel Core™ 2 or i7 2.4 GHz required for AVCHD* (2.66 GHz for AVCHD* 1920)

Many Thanks
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Pinnacle Dazzle STUDIO HD DVD is an extremely resource-intensive application. On my Core-i5 with 6GB RAM, the CPU stays peaked between 60% and 94% of CPU while rendering videos that are a mere 500MB. That's a resource pig. Also, the user interface where media is chosen and the video timeline is assembled is very sluggish; the context menus and option property windows are VERY slow to open. The #1 complaint I have, however, is that the rendering process HALTS if the screen-saver launches and/or you manually lock (WINDOWS KEY+L) the computer. That is absolutely the biggest oversight yet; no one wants to wiggle the mouse or disable screen-saver preferences just to suit one application.
Lastly, despite have purchased a license, in-app nag advertisements are STILL presented and nearly 90% of features are considered PAY-FOR add-ons.
In summary, I would not recommend this sluggish, limited product to anyone. I've used PROSHOW GOLD in the past and felt that it out-performed Pinnacle's product, hands down.

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To continue with my prior comments, there are significant bugs in the Pinnacle Dazzle STUDIO HD DVD Version 14 release, as of May 2012, and they are eaily replicated.

Amongst the list is a GREEN SCREEN that suddenly appears in the Preview window, while working in the Edit pane, instead of the photo or video that is otherwise shown in the timeline at that location. The only way I was able to get rid of the green screen was to click FILE then DELETE AUXILLARY FILES (ALL). And, no, I didn't have Chroma Key enabled.

The other consistent issue I have experienced is, again; while editing, the Preview window will only show the photo or video that is at the currently-selected location in the timeline when Play was clicked.

I am forever in wonder if companies like Pinnacle have a QA quality assurance department at all. If it weren't for needing the Dazzler hardware, I would certainly be returning this product for a FULL refund.

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