PInnacle Studio 19 User Guide
Pinnacle Studio 19 User GuideIncluding Pinnacle Studio Plus andPinnacle Studio Ultimate
ContentsBefore you start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Abbreviations and conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Help and Tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Finding your version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Chapter 1: Using Pinnacle Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The Importer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The Exporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6The central tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7The Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The next step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10The Movie Editor and the Disc Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The media editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Pinnacle Studio Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chapter 2: The Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Adding assets to a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Correcting media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Instant gratification: SmartMovie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Understanding the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20The Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Project Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Contentsi
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Managing Library assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28The Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Thumbnails and details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Optional indicators and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36The Library preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Choosing what to display in the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Correcting media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Video scene detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53SmartMovie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Chapter 3: The Movie Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59The compact Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Previewing in the project editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61The Project Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64The timeline toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71The timeline track header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Editing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Title Editor, ScoreFitter, voice-over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Deleting clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Clip operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Using the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Movies within movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Clip effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Clip context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Chapter 4: Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Media editing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126iiPinnacle Studio
Photo editing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Correcting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Red-eye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Correcting video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Video tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Video corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Stabilize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Correcting audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Chapter 5: Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Effects in the media editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Effects on the timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155The Settings panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Working with keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Video and photo effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Working with transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Pan-and-zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Chapter 6: Montage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175The Montage section of the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Using montage templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Montage clips on the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Anatomy of a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Montage editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Using the Montage Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Chapter 7: The Title Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Launching (and leaving) the Title Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193The Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195The Presets Selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Preset Looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Contentsiii
Preset Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Creating and editing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Background settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Look settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205The Edit window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Text and text settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Titles and stereoscopic 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219The Layer List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Working with the Layer List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Working with layer groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Chapter 8: Sound and music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233The Audio Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Audio corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Audio effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Audio on the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Timeline audio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Audio creation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258ScoreFitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259The Voice-over tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Using Audio Ducking to automatically adjust volume . . . . . . . . 264Chapter 9: Disc projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Adding disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Previewing disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Menu editing on the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Timeline menu markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Authoring tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278The Chapter Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281The Menu Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285ivPinnacle Studio
Menu buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285The Disc Simulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Chapter 10: The Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291Using the Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Importer panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294The Import To panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298The Mode panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302The Compression Options window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306The Scene Detection Options window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307The Metadata panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308The Filename panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Selecting assets for import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Selecting files for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Customizing the browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Adjusting the import file date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Scan for assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319Import from DV or HDV camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Import from analog sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Import from DVD or Blu-ray Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Import from digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Stop motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Chapter 11: The Exporter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Output to disc or memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Output to file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344Output to cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Output to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356Output to a MyDVD file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357Contentsv
Chapter 12: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Watchfolders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Audio device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Event logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Export and Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366Project settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368Storage locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369Restore purchase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Chapter 13: Screen capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Starting a screen capture project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Recording your screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Chapter 14: Multi-Camera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375The Multi-Camera Editor workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Basic steps in multi-camera editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Importing video and audio clips into the Multi-Camera Editor . . 380Synchronizing video and audio clips in multi-camera projects . . 381Choosing an audio source for your multi-camera project . . . . . . 382Editing multiple clips to create a multi-camera compilation . . . . 384Adding picture-in-picture (PIP) in the Multi-Camera Editor . . . . . 387Managing multi-camera source files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388Saving and exporting your multi-camera project . . . . . . . . . . . . 389Using Smart Proxy for a faster, smoother editing experience . . . 390Appendix A: Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393Contacting support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394viPinnacle Studio
Top support issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394Capture hardware compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Serial number information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Error or crash while installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Hangs or crashes while launching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402Troubleshooting software crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404Case 1: Studio crashes randomly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405Case 2: Studio crashes after a user action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Case 3: Studio crashes repeatably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Export problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Disc playback problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410Appendix B: Videography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Creating a shooting plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414Rules of thumb for video editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Soundtrack production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421Appendix C: Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423Appendix D: Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439General shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440Playing and transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Movie interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442Media editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Title Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Appendix E: The installation manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Before you begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445Contentsvii
Upgrade Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Launching the Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446Supporting installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447The Welcome Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Common controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447Installing plugs-ins and bonus content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448viiiPinnacle Studio
Before you startThank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio 19. We hope you enjoyusing the software.If you have not used Pinnacle Studio before, we recommend that youkeep the user guide handy for reference even if you don’t actually readit all the way through.In order to ensure that your movie-making experience gets off on theright foot, please review the topics.Note: Not all features described in the user guide are includedin all versions of Pinnacle Studio. For more information, pleasevisit www.pinnaclesys.com and click Compare.Abbreviations and conventionsThis guide uses the following conventions to help organize thematerial.Common termsAVCHD: A video data format used by some high-definitioncamcorders, and for creating DVD discs that can be read on Blu-rayplayers. Successful editing of AVCHD files requires more computingpower than other formats supported by Pinnacle Studio.DV: This term refers to DV and Digital8 camcorders, VCRs and tapes.Before you start1
HDV: A ‘high-definition video’ format that allows video in frame sizesof 1280x720 or 1440x1080 to be recorded in MPEG-2 format on DVmedia.1394: The term ‘1394’ applies to OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394,FireWire, DV or i.LINK interfaces, ports and cables.Analog: The term ‘analog’ applies to 8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C orSVHS-C camcorders, VCRs and tapes, and to Composite/RCA and SVideo cables and connectors.Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windowsNames of buttons, menus and related user interface items are writtenin bold to distinguish them from the surrounding text.Choosing menu commandsThe right arrowhead symbol ( ) denotes the path for hierarchicalmenu items. For example: Select File Burn Disc Image.Context menusA ‘context menu’ is a pop-up list of commands that appears when youclick with the right mouse-button on certain areas of the applicationinterface. Depending where you click, a context menu may pertaineither to an editable object (like a clip on an editing timeline), to awindow, or to a zone such as a control panel. Once open, contextmenus
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Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC warrants to its original customer that each new product produced by Pinnacle be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and ser vice. For main structural components, Pinnacle's warranty extends for a period of twelve (12) months beginning upon the day of shipment from Pinnacle's plant.
Thank you for purchasing Pinnacle . Studio 24. We hope you enjoy using the so ftware. If you have not used Pinnacle Studio before, we recommend that you keep the user guide handy for reference even if you don’t actually read it all the way through. Note: Not all features described in the user guide are
Thank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio. We hope you enjoy using the software. This manual covers all versions of Studio, including Studio Ultimate and Studio Ultimate Collection. Differences between versions will be noted as applicable. Most of the time, the word “Studio” will
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3 1 Overview 1.4 What is in the Box Studio 26c and Studio 68c Owner's Manual 1.4 What is in the Box Your Studio-series package contains: Studio 26c or Studio 68c 24-bit, 192 kHz audio interface Quick Start Guide Audio Interface 1M USB-C to C Cable 1M USB-C to A Cable MIDI / S/PDIF breakout cable (Studio 68c only) External power supply (Studio 68c only)
Sync, Studio 3, Studio 4, Studio 5 (and Studio 5 Lx), Studio 64X, Studio 128X, and Studio 64XTC. . document refers to an Opcode Studio 64XTC, but the next couple of pages are a little detour. Please don’t be confused. Your computer has at least one USB port, which looks like this: . If you have a blue G3, the USB ports are on the back.
