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 | Title : Pinnacle Systems Studio DV
Author : Pinnacle Systems
Release Date : 19991029
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $149.00
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Editorial Reviews :
Pinnacle Systems' Studio DV allows you to produce movies from your DV or Digital8 videotapes by transferring them onto your PC. With easy plug-and-play installation, Studio DV captures an entire DV tape in only 150 MB of disk space. You can arrange your scenes in any order with drag-and-drop efficiency and choose from over 300 professional-style titles and hundreds of scene transitions for a polished look. Pinnacle Systems' Studio DV also enables you to compose custom soundtracks and voice-over narration in sync with the action. After you are done editing your video, Studio DV helps you prepare your masterpieces for sharing on the Web or using e-mail.
Buyer Reviews :
Studio DV is incredible! First, let me tell you what system I use it on, as PC performance seems to be key to your results:
Pentium 3, 450MHz, 128M RAM, Widows 98 SE, 13G hard drive. I added a second hard drive of 80G/7200RPM (dedicated to captured video-1 hour uses almost 14G of space). My camcorder is a Sony Digital8 (DCR-TRV730 to be specific).
I purchased the 80G drive & Studio DV together and installed them simultaneously. Both were a piece of cake for me, someone who had never installed something like this before.
I captured video & dropped only a couple dozen frames. I took the advice of a review here & now close down everything I can through CTRL+ALT+DEL (end task) before running Studio DV, and now I never drop frames when capturing.
The editing was simple using the scenes Studio DV broke the video into. Each scene can be edited for length to the exact frame (1/29th of a second). Dragging & dropping the scene transitions is simple, and there are so many to use. You can even edit transitions for length! Titling is simple, and you can use the transitions on those to fade them in/out, etc. You can edit the sound volume of the captured video...to increase a child's quiet statement...to lower the loud yell in the background...just grab the volume line & move as necessary.
The SmartSound included is awesome. It lets you use instrumental tracks (classical, country, pop, jazz, etc.) and automatically fits them to whatever length you choose (to fit a scene). You can adjust this volume also. You can also pop in a CD & it will capture a track you want and drop it in the video; you can adjust length & volume here, too. I used an instrumental Christmas CD and it was SO easy.
In the timeline view, the video, scene sound, secondary (music) soundtrack, and titling are all on separate lines and can be adjusted individually. (The scene sound recorded with the original video cannot be broken from the scene.)
Anyway, I was able to work wonders on video to give to grandparents. Outputing to video is easy...set it going & it will render (you may want to leave to work around the house, for this will take a while.) Then come back and start it recording to your camcorder; this takes whatever time the video length is. You can output to DVD, but I don't have a DVD writer as of yet. Studio DV does so much.
I thought it was a bit of money to put out (I'm cheap), but for what you get, it is worth way more! As far as learning how to use the software, all I had to do was watch the demo that pops up when you first run the program after installation. It's all logical & easy to follow. I HIGHLY recommend Studio DV!
(by JONATHAN D CARUVANA)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Adds 3 ultra-fast FireWire/1394 ports to your PC
* Automatically captures camcorder footage, detecting individual scenes
* Easy cut-and-paste and drag-and-drop editing to place scenes in any order
* Instant-playback window to try out scenes before final editing
* 200 title styles, looks, and other effects
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