Pinnacle Studio 25 User Guide

1 Pinnacle Studio 25 User GuideIncluding Pinnacle Studio Plus and Pinnacle Studio UltimateContentsContentsiBefore you start .. 1 Abbreviations and conventions .. 1 Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows .. 2 Help and Tooltips .. 2 Finding your version information .. 3 Upgrading .. 3 Using Pinnacle Studio .. 5 The Welcome tab .. 5 The Import tab.. 5 The Export tab .. 6 The Edit tab .. 7 Creating your first movie in Edit .. 8 Editing media and assets .. 9 Overlays .. 10 Pinnacle Studio Projects.. 11 The Library .. 13 What can you find in the Library? .. 14 Instant gratification: SmartMovie .. 15 Understanding the Library.. 15 The Navigator .. 17 Project Bins.. 18 Projects .. 18 Collections .. 18 Favorites .. 20 Managing Library assets .. 21 The Library Browser .. 22 Thumbnails and details .. 23 Optional indicators and controls .. 25 The Library preview.

2 27 Choosing what to display in the Library .. 29iiPinnacle StudioTags .. 31 Video scene detection .. 34 Correcting media.. 35 SmartMovie .. 35 Edit .. 39 Edit tab components .. 40 The Editor panel .. 41 Using keyframes .. 42 Previewing edits in the Player .. 44 The Project Timeline .. 47 The Timeline toolbar.. 51 Markers .. 583-point and 4-point editing .. 59 The timeline track header .. 62 Editing Movies .. 64 Title Editors, ScoreFitter, voice-over .. 68 Deleting clips .. 69 Clip operations .. 69 Rotating video .. 71 Camera properties .. 71 Trimming video .. 72 Using Slip, Slide, Roll, or Stretch tools on the Timeline .. 80 Using the Clipboard .. 82 Controlling speed with Time Remapping .. 83 Using Time Freeze to freeze frames.. 86 Movies within movies (nested projects) .. 87 Picture-in-Picture (PIP) .. 88 Track Transparency .. 89 Blend Modes.

3 90 Transitions .. 95 Morph Transitions .. 99 Seamless Transitions (Ultimate) .. 100 ContentsiiiClip effects .. 102 Clip context menus .. 103 Corrections .. 105 Correcting Library media .. 106 Correcting timeline media .. 106 Correcting photos .. 107 Correcting video .. 110 Stabilize.. 111 Wide-angle Lens Correction .. 111 Correcting audio .. 112 Effects .. 113 Corrections versus effects .. 114 About effects .. 114 Effect compositions .. 115 Real-time vs. rendered effects .. 116 The Settings .. 116 Video and photo effects .. 118 Green screen chroma key effects .. 121 Selective Color .. 122 Transition In and Transition Out .. 123 Pan-and-zoom.. 123360 Video .. 126 Masks and Motion Tracking .. 131 Understanding masks in Pinnacle Studio .. 131 Shape masks .. 132 Using a Shape mask to edit specific areas .. 133 Using a mask panel to create a 3D effect.

4 136 Using face detection for mask tracking.. 137 Using object detection for mask tracking.. 138 Motion Tracking .. 139ivPinnacle StudioMontages and Templates .. 143 Template basics .. 143 Montage templates .. 144 Montage clips on the timeline .. 145 Anatomy of a montage template .. 146 Montage editing .. 146 Using the Montage Editor .. 147 Split screen video templates .. 149My Templates: Saving a movie as a template .. 151 Titles .. 155 About titles .. 155 Title panel components .. 156 Accessing the Title panel .. 157 Creating simple titles .. 158 Creating composite titles with layers.. 159 Saving and loading titles .. 160 Look presets .. 160 Title Motion .. 161 Creating and editing titles .. 162 Background settings .. 163 Look settings .. 163 Title preview .. 166 Text and text settings .. 168 Titles and stereoscopic 3D.. 171 Working with the Layer List.

5 171 Sound and music .. 173 Audio features of Pinnacle Studio .. 173 Editing audio .. 175 Detach audio .. 175 Channel mixer .. 176 Audio Corrections .. 177 ContentsvAudio effects .. 181 Audio on the timeline.. 183 Timeline audio functions .. 183 ScoreFitter background music .. 186 The Voice-over tool .. 187 Using Audio Ducking to automatically adjust volume .. 188 Disc projects .. 191 MyDVD disc projects .. 191 Author tab (legacy) .. 192 Menu templates (legacy Author tab) .. 193 Disc menus (legacy Author tab) .. 193 Adding disc menus (legacy Author tab) .. 196 Previewing disc menus (legacy Author tab) .. 197 Menu editing on the timeline .. 198 Timeline menu markers (legacy Author tab) .. 199 Authoring tools (legacy Author tab) .. 199 The Chapter Wizard (legacy Author tab).. 201 The Menu Editor (legacy Author tab) .. 203 Menu buttons (legacy Author tab).

6 204 The Disc Simulator (legacy Author tab).. 205 The Importer .. 207 Using the Importer .. 207 Import sources.. 209 The Mode area.. 212 Compression settings for Capture Video .. 213 Scene detection settings for Capture Video.. 214 File name for imported files .. 215 Selecting assets for import .. 215 Selecting files for Import .. 215 Customizing the browser.. 218 Scan for assets .. 219viPinnacle StudioImport from DV or HDV camera (Capture Video) .. 219 Import from analog sources .. 222 Import from DVD or Blu-ray Disc .. 223 Import from digital cameras .. 224 Stop motion .. 224 Snapshot .. 228 MultiCam Capture .. 230 The Exporter .. 231 Exporting your project .. 231 Export options and settings .. 233 Output to disc or memory card .. 233 Output to file (Format or Extension) .. 234 Output to a device .. 237 Output to MyDVD .. 238 Export to animated GIF.

7 239 Exporting movies with transparency to alpha channel video .. 241 Setup and preferences .. 243 About the Control Panel .. 244 Legacy Options .. 244 Audio Device Setup .. 245 Event Log settings.. 245 Export and Preview settings in the Control Panel .. 245 Import settings in the Control Panel .. 247 Keyboard shortcut settings .. 248 Project Settings in the Control Panel .. 249 Startup Page settings .. 250 Storage Locations settings .. 250 Reset and Backup settings.. 251 Restore Purchase in the Control Panel .. 251 MultiCam Capture Lite .. 253 Starting a screen capture project .. 253 ContentsviiRecording your screen .. 254 Multi-Camera Editing .. 257 The Multi-Camera Editor workspace .. 257 Basic steps in multi-camera editing .. 259 Importing video and audio clips into the Multi-Camera Editor .. 260 Synchronizing video and audio clips in multi-camera projects.

8 260 Choosing an audio source for your multi-camera project.. 261 Editing multiple clips to create a multi-camera compilation.. 262 Adding picture-in-picture (PIP) in the Multi-Camera Editor .. 264 Managing multi-camera source files .. 265 Saving and exporting your multi-camera project .. 266 Using Smart Proxy for a faster, smoother editing experience.. 2663D Title Editor .. 2693D Title Editor workspace .. 269 Creating and editing 3D titles .. 2703D objects.. 272 Color correction and color grading .. 273 Using the Color controls .. 273 Tone Curve .. 274 HSL Tuning .. 275 Color Wheel .. 276 Video scopes .. 276 Appendix A: Troubleshooting .. 281 Contacting support .. 281 Forums .. 282 Compatibility with past content .. 282 Capture hardware compatibility .. 282 Serial number information.. 283 Appendix B: Videography .. 285viiiPinnacle StudioCreating a shooting plan.

9 285 Editing a video project .. 286 Rules of thumb for video editing .. 288 Soundtrack production .. 290 Giving your project a title .. 291 Appendix C: Keyboard shortcuts .. 293 General shortcuts .. 293 Library shortcuts .. 293 Playing and transport shortcuts .. 294 Importer shortcuts .. 294 Edit tab shortcuts .. 295 Editor shortcuts .. 296 Title Editor shortcuts.. 296 Appendix D: The installation manager .. 297 Before you begin installing .. 297 Upgrade Installation .. 298 Launching the Installation Manager .. 298 Registration .. 298 Supporting installations .. 298 The installation Welcome Screen .. 298 Common controls .. 298 Installing plugs-ins and bonus content.. 299 System requirements .. 2991 Before you start1 Before you startThank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio 25, powerful and creative video editing software. We hope you enjoy using the software.

10 If you have not used Pinnacle Studio before, we recommend that you review this section and Using Pinnacle Studio on page 5. The rest of this comprehensive Guide and be used as a reference whenever you need more : Not all features described in the user Guide are included in all versions of Pinnacle Studio . For more information, please visit and refer to the Compare section contains the following topics: Abbreviations and conventions Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows Help and Tooltips Finding your version information UpgradingAbbreviations and conventionsThis Guide uses the following conventions to help organize the terms360: 360 video is an interactive type of video that lets the viewer look in any direction by changing the viewing angle during playback. 360-degree videos are captured on special cameras or cameras attached to multi-directional mounts.