Integrated DVD authoring
Pinnacle Edition version 5 is unique - it is the first professional editing application to actually incorporate DVD authoring into its workflow. Now making DVDs need not be just a "retrofit" of pre-edited material into lifeless menus.
By incorporating DVD creation, Pinnacle Edition version 5 gives you an entirely new set of creative options - for example the ability to resize, reposition and apply a range of effects or filters to moving menus and buttons in a manner which was simply not possible before. To make your initial DVD experience a productive one, Pinnacle Edition version 5 incorporates a host of specially designed, professional DVD templates.

Unrivalled real-time performance
Why use specialist hardware acceleration when modern graphics cards can deliver more than 16 times the bandwidth of the PCI bus? To exploit this, Pinnacle has developed a state-of-the-art 3D engine which gives Pinnacle Edition version 5 the most amazing real-time effects capability you've ever seen, when used with any authorised AGP graphics card (see system requirements).
And to give you the absolute best of both worlds, Pinnacle Edition version 5 has been engineered to take advantage of whatever CPU power you have available, and seamlessly combine it with the graphics processor to give you a uniquely scalable architecture. No other editing solution can give you so much performance, and so affordably.

Pinnacle Hollywood FX
The AGP graphics card also turbo-charges the real-time performance of the integrated Pinnacle Hollywood FX, which has also been enhanced to give a look and feel consistent with the Pinnacle Edition interface.
Pinnacle Hollywood FX gives you even more creative options with a complete range of 3D effects, transitions and animated backgrounds.

Evolving, innovative design
Pinnacle Edition's distinctive user interface streamlines the editing process with consistent controls, optimized layouts for single and dual monitor display, and a high degree of customisability for icon layout and keyboard shortcuts.
Pinnacle Edition version 5 supports resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, with source and program windows displayed at full PAL resolution, and with the option to maximise/minimise inlay size for improved clarity. Video scrubbing has been further enhanced to deliver a super-fluid feel and accurate control, while audio now has two scrubbing modes - analogue and digital.

Key Features

Pinnacle Edition version 5 Gives you more !
• Multiple, real time FX for faster and more creative workflow including real time 2D/3D, advanced color correction and chroma/luma key effects
• Integrated timeline-based DVD authoring for faster DVD creation
• Background processing - generating your final DV content while you work
• A sub-pixel processing engine that delivers the highest video quality
• InstantSave technology to ensure you never lose your work
• A customizable user interface for ultimate control
• Advanced scene detection for more efficient capture and media logging
• Full-screen DV resolution preview to accurately check your work
• Desktop storyboarding and timeline editing means Pinnacle Edition works the way you work
• Unlimited video, audio and image tracks for the ultimate in creativity
 
Unrivalled real-time performance
• 3 or more DV streams of effects, PLUS graphic overlays (5+streams of DV with recommended system requirements)
• Graceful degradation - whatever FX cannot be shown in real-time will be displayed at a reduced frame rate, instead of a black screen
• Seamlessly mix CPU and GPU effects on the timeline.
• CPU-based transitions include: 2D/3D; cross-dissolve; cross-dissolve to black; gradient wipe; gradient wipe with border
• CPU-based filters include: 2D/3D DVE (move, scale, rotate, borders, soft shadows, crop); blur (independent horizontal/vertical); Chromakey (YUV blue/green screen processing); Lumakey, Color Correction (YUV); Invert; Posterize; Roll/Crawl
• GPU-based transitions include: 2D/3D; dissolve; waterdrop/wave; explosion; page peel/curl; wipe (band, clock, gradient, radial, wedge, push, slide, barn doors, inset); iris (cross, diamond, round, square)
• GPU-based filters include: bevel; crystal; reflection; page peel/curl; lens flare; magnify; 2D/3D DVE; multi-shape crop/PiP/spotlight; replicate; waterdrop/wave; colour adjust; crop
• All Pinnacle Hollywood FX performed in real-time (except multi-window)
• All above FX previewed in real-time on computer monitor
 
Integrated DVD authoring
• DVD wizard assistance for easy menu creation
• High-quality DVD templates included
• Menu Editor with drag-and-drop linkage to timeline
• Dedicated DVD menu track
• DVD preview functionality from DV sources
• Full-screen menu editor for changing, fonts, styles, backgrounds, buttons.
• In-context text entry for button labels
• Automatic chapter generation from edit points
• Markers across multiple tracks
• Menu import from Photoshop layered files (PSD format); support for alpha masks
• Screenshot feature to apply FX to DVD menus
• MPEG-2 export from the timeline with Burn-to-DVD based on Pinnacle Technology with both CBR and VBR support
 
Pinnacle Hollywood FX
New features include:
• New drag-and-drop album lets you quickly add elements (objects, lights, flight paths, plug-ins, 3D text) to any effect.
• Multiple customizable 3D views for professional 3D editing.
• Easier and more accurate key-framing and interactive editing tools.

Product Specifications

Minimum system requirements
• Single 1 GHz Intel processor or AMD equivalent
• 256 Mb RAM
• Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP Operating System
• AGP graphics card (64Mb required for RT FX with GPU) and SVGA monitor capable of 1024 x 768 @ 32-bit resolution
• Sound card
 
Recommended system requirements
• Dual Intel Xeon processor or AMD equivalent
• 512 Mb RAM
• Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional Operating System
• AGP graphics card (64Mb required for RT FX with GPU) and SVGA monitor capable of 1600 x 1200 @ 32-bit resolution
• Sound card
• Separate hard drive for AV content
 
Input/Output Format
Input formats :
• Capture from IEEE 1394 DV camcorders and VCRs
• Audio format: 16bit PCM stereo, 32, 44 or 48KHz
• 32kHz audio: capture either channel A or B (but not both simultaneously)
• Import .AVI, QuickTime, .WAV
• Import all standard image formats: TIF, TGA, BMP etc

Output Formats :
• Record to IEEE 1394 DV camcorders and VCRs
• Export to DVD (MPEG-2 MP@ML, video elementary stream with WAV or MPEG-1 layer 2 audio file)
• Export to SVCD (MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 VCD program stream with MPEG-1 layer 2 audio file)
• Export to Windows Media, QuickTime, .AVI  

Package contents
 
• Pinnacle Edition version 5 Install CD
• Pinnacle Discovering Edition CD
• Pinnacle Edition version 5 Quick Reference Card
• Alpha Magic Quick Reference Card
• Pinnacle Edition version 5 User's Guide
• Pinnacle Edition version 5 Reference Manual
• IEEE 1394 PCI card
• IEEE 1394 DV Cable 6 pin to 4 pin