Pinnacle Studio Version 9, Software for Existing Video Capture Hardware.

Pinnacle Studio 9, the next generation of family home movie-making hardware and software targeted at camcorder owners who want to quickly and easily create and share entertaining home movies. This latest version of one of the best-selling home movie making family of solutions redefines and simplifies the movie making experience.

New advanced features for Studio 9 solutions include automatic editing capabilities and powerful one touch controls for improving oldor damaged video. Studio 9 debuts new powerful, creative options including audiotools for producing home cinema-quality movies and support for third party developers to incorporate their audio and video plug-ins.

With the power of the Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology and Studio 9's ability to add surround-sound and format for wide-screen, consumers are empowered to create engaging, entertaining home movies for today's home theatre systems.

Video editing is faster and easier than ever with SmartMovie, Studio 9's automatic movie creator. Users simply select raw video footage, add a favorite song for a soundtrack, and choose an editing style for their finished movie. With one click, Studio will create a professional looking movie--complete with titles, transitions, and special effects--all synchronized to the beat and duration of the music.

Studio 9 gives users a powerful suite of new audio and video enhancement features that restore and enhance video and audio in a number of ways.

These include: automatic color-correction that rescues poorly lit footage or brightensold movies before burning to DVD; image stabilization which steadies shaky footage to produce a rock steady final movie; video cleaning tools to remove snow and video noise often seen on older analog tapes; and noise reduction toolsthat give users the ability to remove background noises, such as wind, from the finished movie. Studio 9's open architecture provides support for third party developers to incorporate their video and audio plug-ins, which over time will extend users' creative options.

Studio 9 empowers consumers to create a true home cinema experience through sophisticated audio and video cinematic tools. Surround-sound gives users an intuitive control to place, or move, the movie's audio elements within the surround sound space, creating scenes with more dramatic audio impact. And for the first time at this price level, consumers who shoot video in wide-screen (16x 9) can edit and export their movies for wide-screen playback, taking full advantage of their big-screen televisions or HD ready monitors.

Studio 9 leverages the familiar Studio intuitive three-step movie making interface used by millions around the world to capture, edit, create and then share their home movies. Studio 9 software is as simple or advanced as a home movie maker needs.