Get it taped!
Specially for owners of analogue camcorders, Studio DC10plus includes a capture card to transfer your video onto your PC and Studio software to create professional quality S-VHS video tapes from your movies.
From your camcorder to your PC
The first part of creating great movies on your PC is capturing your footage, and Pinnacle Studio version 8 makes that easier than ever! Simply hook up your camcorder to your PC and let Pinnacle SmartCaptureTM do the work. You'll see thumbnails of each recorded scene and can drag and drop them right onto the edit timeline to begin your work.
Smart Start, Smart Stop - Pinnacle Studio saves time and effort by instantly
detecting where each scene starts and stops.
More Video, More Fun - SmartCaptureTM lets users work with more video in less space. Pinnacle Studio can capture 1 hour DV video at preview quality in 400 MB of disk space while other editing programmes take 14 GB
From imagination to production
Pinnacle Studio version 8 delivers everything you need to turn your raw footage into fantastic feature films. 3D Scene Transitions, Sound Effects, Titles, Background Music and Video Effects are just a few of the amazing ways that you can bring your home movies to life.
More Power, More Creativity - Pinnacle Studio version 8 provides amazing video effects such as Slow and Fast Motion, Colour Correction, Emboss and Posterize allowing you to add a professional touch to your productions
No Music? No Problem! - Only Pinnacle Studio includes SmartSound, a background music generator that instantly creates a soundtrack perfectly matched to the movie. Pinnale Studio also includes a proferssional sound FX library and audio editing tools to make sure your movie sounds as good as it looks
From Your PC to Your TV and beyond
Once you have completed your masterpiece, you can record it back out to tape, burn it to CDs or DVD s that play on your set top DVD player, play it back on your PC, email it to family or friends, or post it on the web.
More Intelligence, More Efficiency - Pinnacle Studio version 8 builds the CD and DVD creations right into the imeline, so you can design your menus while you're editing your movie.
More Effects, More Impact - Only Pinnacle Studio allows you to add moving videos and animations to menus backgrounds and buttons for incredible professional results.
More Menus, More Possibilities - Pinnacle Studio allows you to add menus within menus for incredible interactive CDs and DVDs - just like Hollywood movies.
Key Features
Advanced Software Features
Video Editing
Capture and edit MPEG video from your camcorder
Import and Edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files
Easy drag and drop editing lets you assemble your masterpiece
Advanced timeline features for frame-by-frame editing
Advanced preview window shows your edits immediately
Transitions and Effects
More than 100 scene transitions and Hollywood FX 3D transitions
Pinnacle TitleDeko for Professional title effects including drop shadows
and neon glows
Intelligent Rendering renders only the effects, saving you time and
space!
Special video effects and image correction
Audio
Custom audio features let you sync sound effects perfectly to your
project
Import mp3 files or rip directly from CD for background music
Record your own voice-over narration in sync with the action
Advanced Publishing Features
• Share your movies on video tape, DVD, CD and the internet
• Create Hollywood style DVDs, Video CDs and S Video CDs with :
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- Videos and
photo slide shows
- Motion menu backgrounds and buttons
- Automatic scene index menus
- Menu back ground music
- Linked/nested menus |
• Publish for PC playback or email in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or AVI format
• Stream your video in RealVideo8 or Windows Streaming Media
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Intel Pentium® or AMD Athlon® 500 MHz or higher
128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM recommended)
Windows® 98SE, Millennium, 2000, XP
DirectDraw compatible sound and graphics cards
Mouse
CD-ROM drive
One free PCI slot
300 MB of disk space to install software
120 MB of disk space for every 20 minutes of DV video captured at preview
quality (4 GB for every 20 minutes of finished movie). Hard disk must
be capable of sustained throughput of at least 4 MB/sec. All SCSI and
most UDMA drives are fast enough (dedicated hard drive recommended).
Optional : CD-R or CDRW drive for creating Video CDs or SuperVideo CDs
Optional : DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive for creating DVDs
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS :
Input formats :
Capture from analogue camcorders or VCRs (PAL/SECAM/NTSC, SECAM : input only)
Output formats :
Output to analogue videotape
Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD) with optional CD-R or CDRW drive
DVD with optional DVD-R DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive
MPEG-1 & MPEG-2AVIRealVideoWindows® Media Format
Import :
Video : MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI
Audio : WAV, MP3
Graphic : BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, WMF
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS :
Plug and Play 32 bit PCI board with bus mastering interface
Video inputs : 1 composite and 1 S-Video
Video outputs : 1 composite and 1 S-Video
Video Capture and Output :
Video format : PAL/SECAM/NTSC (SECAM: input only)
Frame Rate : Up to 25 frames per second / 50 fields per second (PAL)
Frame Size : Up to 768 x 576
Compression : MJPEG, User selectable from 3:1 to 100:1
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