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Pinnacle HATE their customers - Be warned: there is NO support.
Don't bother emailing Pinnacle if you have a problem with their software - you may as well expect a personal reply from the Queen - It just never happens. There are so many things wrong with this program. A lot of little annoying things and some very big frustrating events that there are no fixes for. Pinnacle's original creators should be ashamed of being associated with crap that looks like it was developed in China. Of course it would be nice to give them some feedback but they do not ever, under any circumstances respond to any emails from users. Remember, professional studios would never use anything like this - and now you know why. <
>Go out and buy something reliable like Video studio.

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THE PAIN OF PINNACLE
Pinnacle systems video editing software (Studio and Studio plus)promises so much but delivers very little of it. Furthermore, the technical support they steer you to is almost non-existant. <
>With Studio, videos that I had edited and saved for later burning to dvd became impossible to access, making all the hours I put in a total waste. Studio and windows xp don't get along well resulting in frequent crashes and loss of data. E-mails to Pinnacle technical support got no answer. When I read about Studio Plus, I hoped all these problems would be resolved, so I ordered it. Now that I have it I find it won't install (tells me I entered the serial number incorrectly) After about a dozen attempts I have given up. Again I tried to reach Pinnacle Technical support and am getting nowhere. It's like beating your head against a brick wall. Users groups say Canopus doesn't do as much as Pinnacle promises, but it delivers, and the tech support answers when you call. Other people recommend Adobe Premiere, but say it's diffuclt to learn. <
> But one thing for sure, if you want to feel the agony of frustration, try Pinnacle Studio. <
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OK at video editing, awful for DVD burning
I was OK with Studio 8 for the first few months I had it, I made simple VCDs and DVDs of my friends, it was amusing.

Then I tried to make some more complicated things, with multi-level menus, and a number of different file types, and fill up the whole DVD. I ended up with about 5 coasters. The pinnacle tech support was no help at all.

Then I found TMPG DVD Author, used to make DVD files which are then burned from within the program or burned with Nero. TMPG has not produced any coasters yet. Now I do all my editing/transitions with Studio 8, render it, and use TMPG to actually make the DVD.

So all in all, I had to spend an extra $90 for a REAL dvd authoring progam to go along with Studio 8.