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| Pinnacle Systems Studio 9 - Video Editing | 
 enlarge | From: Pinnacle Systems
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $8.00
You Save: $91.99 (92%)
New (1) Used (4) from $6.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 2291
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.9 x 2
MPN: PIBK9
UPC: 613570211211
EAN: 0613570211211
ASIN: B0001AU6I0
Release Date: January 29, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Read these reviews before you don't buy! April 25, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wow, looks like I'm not alone in my pissedoffedness of Pinnacle Studio 9. The board is easy enough to install, and I got no complaints about the 1.2Gig of software you have to load before you fire this tool up, but I do have a HUGE problem with the 69Mb "patch" you have to download from Pinnacle's website in order to make this product semi-functional. Yes, sixty-nine meg, and it WILL NOT WORK without it!
I have been able to successfully render short clips of 5 minutes or less in decent quality, but as another reviewer wrote this product is useless for creating DVDs in any length. Maybe if you're running a Cray or something you might be able to make this work, but as it is Studio 9 is way too unstable, and the DVD authoring process is just too damn slow, even on a 3.2G P4 with 2Gig of memory.
Sorry, I cant tell you what to buy instead, I can only tell you that you wont be happy with Studio 9. At under $80 it's cheap for a reason.
 Possibly the worst software I have ever purchased! April 20, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Do not, under any circumstances, buy this software! It has been a source of frustration from day one! First, this software has serious memory problems. It cannot run smoothly and froze my computer on a regular basis. The fact that I have a new Sony VIAO with all the bells and whistles, and the fact that subsequent video editing software run perfectly, has to point to an inefficient memory use by this software. Also, the videos that I tried to edit were your plain vanilla family trip clips, nothing extraordinary. Still this software couldn't handle them.
To add insult to injury, this software is full of locked features, yes even at that price! For example, if you want MPEG-4 computability, you need to purchase additional drivers ($10). If you want to use MP3 files, you need to get additional drivers. MP3? Isn't that an industry standard? Anyway, the list of "premium" locked features goes on and on, even downloading the latest patch (9.4 at the time of this writing) doesn't help.
There are other serious flaws with this software, primarily around burning the DVD's. I can't fully report on these since unfortunately I only got to briefly sample the DVD burnning process. Why you might ask? Because my computer kept on freezing before I ever got to finish editing the movie...
 A Great Way to Make a Masterpiece April 17, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been using Pinnacle software for the past 9 months without a hitch! I don't know what or why other reviewers are having such a problem. I do not have a blazing fast machine as some of the other reviewers do, yet I have no problems whatsoever with Studio 9. My computer is an AMD Athlon XP 3200+, 160 GB & 80 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 5200 128 MB. As with all software, patches are published for fixes as needed. Making movies is a snap and a joy to do. Studio 9 is able to import, edit, and export your new masterpiece! Editing my family movies make me feel like a Hollywood director and editor since I am able to animate titles, transition clips, and adjust audio levels. The SmartSound option can quickly add background music to your movie. Motion or still menus complete your movie and give it that "Hollywood" DVD feel! Even though Studio 9 comes with plenty of transitions and menus, to get ALL of them, you must purchase them in packs (hence 4 stars instead of 5). Regardless, after trying Sonic DVD, Easy Media Creator Videowave, and a couple others, I am confident to say Studio 9 is the best and top of the line! Visit http://www.romskye.co.uk/English/home.htm for movies by users of the program and tips and see for yourself how amazing your movies can look!
Many good features, but to many bugs.... March 12, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Easy to use, and many good features, but a lot of trouble because of bugs and bugs and bugs ...
You can add patches, in my case from 9.0 to 9.1 to 9.3 to 9.4, but still many bugs.
My biggest problem right now is that I can't add transitions to the 2nd of my project.
Stay Away - very far away from this product March 12, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Where do I begin - All I wanted to do was to create a movie with 60 clips, and a title page between each clip. Nothing fancy - that's it, just 60 clips. I've been working on it for 3 months! even after the recent patch (9.4) I cannot finish the product. It keeps crashing and freezing. I have a 3.2gz machine, 1g ram, and I've defragged my harddrive - the product just does not work. I feel like I've thrown $79 out the window on this product.
I've read other's reviews before purchasing Studio - and I always thought - "It must be something with their systems - or it can't be as bad as they describe". IT IS THAT BAD. Do not buy this product - if you do - you will be sorry.
Sad part is, I've since tried other programs, and Studio is the, in my opinion, easiest to use, if it would work. If I had the money, I'd switch over to cyber media Power Director 4 as it seemed to be, in my opinion, the easiest to use out of the other programs out there.
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