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 A more important change is that the old pages format has been replaced by an album structure with a scroll bar, which is much more efficient for finding your clips, photos, and other elements for your movie. The Edit window has the feeling of a more professional program, thanks in large part to a new gray, neutral background. The Import tab displays thumbnails of supported media files in all attached external drives and devices, such as a memory card, DVD player, Blu-ray drive, USB drive, mobile phone, or digital camera.
While the partially redesigned interface is cleaner, it still has the three tab steps found in earlier versions, which are slightly renamed to Import, Edit, and Make Movie. Pinnacle offers deeper features for import, customization, and export that will likely make it significantly more difficult for the novice to learn and use, but its free online tutorials are excellent at getting you jump-started. Unlike Adobe’s application, however, Pinnacle is more rooted in traditional video editing methods used to produce professional-quality movies. Like Adobe Premiere Elements, Pinnacle Studio HD ($50 as of ) is a consumer-level video editing program, designed for home videographers.