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Pinnacle announces new Studio software

By PR Connections
Johannesburg, 11 Sept 2001

Pinnacle Systems has announced Pinnacle Studio version 7, an advanced video editing software for the consumer video hobbyist.

The new version of Pinnacle Systems` Studio video editing software is distributed locally through Memtek-MMW.

"As with the existing Studio editing software, users start by choosing their best shots and arranging them in any order with scene transitions," says Matthews von Brandis, product manager at Memtek-MMW. "Pinnacle Studio has gone a step further by offering consumers television-quality 3D visual effects, fast/slow motion capabilities, split audio and video tracks and image processing and enhancement.

"Digital camcorders have finally brought home video to the forefront," says Von Brandis. "Consumers are realising that `digital` makes video editing and sharing easy."

Pinnacle Studio enables users to capture video into their PC from a 1394/FireWire ports Users can edit their video by dragging and dropping their scenes in any order onto the Storyboard or Timeline view. There are also more than 100 transitions and 300 TitleDeko titles, as well as sound and special effects, narration, and customised musical soundtracks to choose from.

Users can now upload their movie to Pinnacle Systems` Studio Online (www.studioonline.com) video sharing Web site to send video greetings. It also lets users save their movie in a variety of formats for Internet, PC and CD sharing including AVI, MPEG1 & MPEG2, RealVideo8 and Windows Streaming Media.

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Editorial contacts

Adriaan du Plessis
PR Connections
(011) 885 3141
memtek-mmw@pr.co.za
Matthews von Brandis
Memtek-MMW
(011) 203 9999
matthewsb@memtekmmw.com