Faster, more enjoyable movie making
Movie making is more fun when it's fast! With new 64-bit power built in, this is the most responsive Pinnacle Studio ever. Automated tools and easy storyboarding help you make a movie in minutes.

Incredible effects and music
With 1,500+ 2D/3D effects, animated titles and transitions, you can easily add excitement and polish to any movie. Add your choice of royalty-free sounds and songs to make your movie complete.

Effortless sharing
What's a movie without an audience? Pinnacle Studio makes it easy to post your HD movies on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo. Easily create DVDs and export to popular formats to play on a variety of devices.

Drag and drop HD video editing
Create a movie in minutes—just drag-and-drop your desired media elements from the library into SmartMovie to automatically produce great videos—complete with music. Or try Storyboard mode to easily create first drafts and visualize how your story will unfold.

Enhance with 1,500+ effects, transitions and templates
Add excitement and polish with over 1500 2D/3D effects, animated titles and transitions. The included Montage templates provide preset themes—weddings, sports, holidays, sci-fi, comics and more—for fast pro-level results with just a few clicks. Customize them for just the right look.

64-bit performance
See results sooner with native 64-bit architecture that lets you make the most of your PC's processing power and memory. Enjoy faster multi-track rendering and better file handling.

Timeline Editing (6-tracks)
Ready for more traditional editing? Set source clip trim in/out points, then send your trimmed clips to the timeline. Six tracks let you create sophisticated picture-in-picture and multi-layer effects in HD with frame accuracy—just like a Hollywood pro.

Easily import media
Import your videos and photos manually or automatically from virtually any device—camcorders, digital cameras, webcams, tablets, mobile phones, handheld audio recorders, and more. Pinnacle Studio also supports tape-based and analog devices, and even imports audio files in 5.1 surround format.

Organize and polish media
Organize and rate your video clips, photos, music, and other elements in the built-in media library, to easily find and reuse them. You can even correct and enhance your source media in the library without any additional apps. Crop, pan-and zoom, and eliminate red eye from photos. Equalize and clean up noisy audio. Color-correct video and stabilize shaky footage.

Rotate and flip video
Have a sideways video of your kid scoring a goal? No problem! Pinnacle Studio has you covered with video rotation tools.

Titles and overlays
Add titles to your photos and videos, or overlay a graphic on your project and set the length of duration.

DVD authoring
Share your video masterpiece with the whole family on DVD. DVD authoring is an easy final step to add to your video project.

17 royalty-free tracks
Capture the mood of your movie with the perfect soundtrack. Get 17 royalty-free music tracks from Triple Scoop Music.

Scorefitter Sounds & Music
No movie is complete without a soundtrack. Add music with the included Scorefitter library of royalty-free sounds and songs—they even automatically adjust to fit the length of your movies.

Includes FREE training!
Get a 6-week, all-access pass to StudioBacklot.tv, featuring brand-new Pinnacle Studio 18 content, loads of other training and a royalty-free stock library.

Photo slideshow
Create amazing photo slideshows complete with transitions, titles and effects, or combine photo and video for the perfect montage.

Stop motion and green screen
Create amazing animations and fast-motion effects like you see on the big screen with stop-motion capture. Pinnacle Studio even lets you superimpose people you've shot in front of a green screen over different backgrounds.

Edit anywhere, anytime
Work on projects anywhere with Pinnacle Studio for iPad, then transfer them to Pinnacle Studio for further polishing. Try Project Packages to bundle together all of the media files related to a given movie, taking the work out of organizing and assuring that you always have all the files you need.

Share anywhere
Easily share your HD videos with family and friends on Facebook®, YouTube®, and Vimeo®. You can also easily create DVDs and export to popular formats like Adobe® Flash® FLV, MPEG-4, and DivX®, as well as popular devices like Microsoft® Xbox®, Sony® PlayStation, Nintendo™ Wii™, Apple® TV and Apple® iPad®.