Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced a series of free Pinnacle Life webinars designed to help users optimize their video editing and sharing experiences with Pinnacle Studio™ version 12. The monthly series of webcasts will premiere September 30th with a webinar on how to master Pinnacle Montage, a unique theme-based Pinnacle Studio feature that can be used to edit movies with up to 181 video tracks in minutes.
Well-known as the industry’s most innovative, yet easy-to-use solution, Pinnacle Studio is #1 in the consumer video editing market in the U.S. and in major European countries². It is also the recent recipient of the prestigious European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) “European HD Video Editing 2008-2009” award.
Pinnacle Life Interactive Webinars will be live streaming events that highlight the various innovative features included with Pinnacle Studio version 12 and how they make it easy to quickly create and share professional-looking videos. Specialists will be available during the webinars to help beginners and experienced users gain new skills that will make their video editing experience even more rewarding.
Each live webcast will be about one-hour long and will include a 15-minute real-time demo on the subject of the webinar. By using a live camera feed and screen sharing, rather than static slide presentations, Pinnacle Studio version 12 users will be able to see the various features and capabilities that are being demonstrated right on their own screen. Demonstrations will be followed by an interactive Q&A session with questions submitted prior to the webinar or during the live event.
For the Pinnacle Life Interactive Webinars, attendees will be shown how to quickly create entertaining, multi-track videos. With the Pinnacle Montage, professional high-end effects and animation capabilities are available in automated templates that are easy-to-use. Photos and video clips can be combined and up to 181 tracks can be overlaid to enhance a video with titles, sounds, music, transitions and other effects—all without the time-consuming and complex task of having to drill into the various video tracks.
Future webinars include:
- Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Plug-ins–a webcast to show users how to optimize the highly acclaimed professional video tools included with Pinnacle Studio Ultimate version 12: Boris Graffiti for innovative title and graphic animation, Magic Bullet Looks for professional film styles and proDAD VitaScene for sophisticated effects and transitions with key frame control.
- Photo Editing and Slideshow Creation–a webcast that shows users how to remove red-eye; rotate and crop images; adjust lighting, brightness, contrast, to optimize the quality of their photos using the photo editing features available with Pinnacle Studio. Attendees will also learn how to animate their photos with pan-and-zoom to create engaging slideshows. In addition, this session will include information on how to import photos. With Pinnacle Studio’s expanded format support, users can now import photos in Photoshop’s native PSD format and the GIF format.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Future webinars will be available in additional regions, including some countries in Europe.
Videos of the Pinnacle Studio webinars will also be available on-demand 48 hours after each event on the Pinnacle Life Page of the Pinnacle Systems website to enable users to view them at their convenience.
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About Pinnacle Studio version 12
Designed for Microsoft© Windows© XP and Windows Vista systems, the Pinnacle Studio version 12 product line offers robust solutions for video novices, hobbyists and true video enthusiasts. The complete family includes Pinnacle Studio, as well as Pinnacle Studio Plus and Pinnacle Studio Ultimate with full HD support--from import to native editing to export--and more advanced audio/video tools. Videos created with Pinnacle Studio version 12 can be automatically published on the Web or recorded to DVDs and portable devices.
About Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc., is an industry leader in providing a complete set of home video editing and TV viewing tools for the consumer market. The company’s product lines including Pinnacle PCTV™, Dazzle©, Pinnacle ShowCenter©, and its flagship Pinnacle Studio™ line, cover the needs and requirements of any level of video storytellers or consumers who simply want to enjoy TV from their computer. Pinnacle Systems has received nine prestigious Emmy© Awards for its technical innovations and carries the commitment to help consumers enhance, preserve and share their memories with ease. For more information, visit www.pinnaclesys.com.
About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio, 3D animation, gaming and broadcast professionals – as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid©, Digidesign©, M-Audio©, Pinnacle Systems, Sibelius©, Softimage© and Sundance Digital©. The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid’s products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Avid received an Oscar© statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid© Film Composer© system for motion picture editing. For more information about the company’s Oscar, Grammy© and Emmy award-winning products and services, visit www.avid.com.
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Sources:
1. Available only in Studio Plus version 12 and Studio Ultimate version 12
2. The NPD Group/Retail Tracking/Consumer Video Editing (Annual 2007) – US.
Based on consumer sales for 4 European countries (DE, FR, IT and GB cumulated) annual 2007 in the GFK Retail-Market.