cyberlink video editing vs pinnacle studio 22 ultimate (box)

The headline act is the theme-based Pinnacle Montage, which uses preset designs to create multi-track effects with graphical elements. There are some worthwhile new features in the core application, though. (centre)”’Pinnacle Montage blends up to six tracks of video into a multi-layer design, with a large library of presets available.”’ (/centre) The other thing you still get in the Ultimate box is a square of greenscreen material, which in our experience is pretty good at its job, when lit properly. If you upgrade from 11, you can still use these, but Pinnacle has obviously changed its relationships, as these are hardly like-for-like swaps. You still get ProDAD VitaScene, but now Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Looks and Boris Graffiti have replaced BIAS SoundSoap and StageTools Moving Picture. It also includes a selection of third-party apps, and this has changed slightly since version 11.

Ultimate comes with the Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding plug-in as standard.

The major difference between Plus and Ultimate is the bundle of extras. (centre)”’The Studio interface hasn’t changed much in the last few versions, but it was already one of the easiest for newcomers to use.”’ (/centre) The Plus and Ultimate iterations add these abilities, plus multi-track layering so you can create picture-in-picture and chroma key effects. Naturally, this also means it can’t burn HD video to DVD or create Blu-ray discs. The cheapest option misses out on support for any HD formats, including HDV and AVCHD. So it quickly became a firm favourite with novice editors, and the tabbed stages have now been copied by most entry-level apps.įor a few years now, Pinnacle Studio has come in three versions – the basic one, Plus and Ultimate, with around £30 separating successive versions. Where Adobe Premiere brought the filmstrip timeline to PC video editing software, Studio introduced the stage-based approach using tabs for each stage.

Pinnacle’s Studio has a long and chequered history, and now it has reached the grand old age of version 12.

Cyberlink video editing vs pinnacle studio 22 ultimate (box)