I gave up with pinnacle at ver 8. A friend of mine swears by pinnacle studio and has had every version from the start, but also admited ver 10 is pants, but now there is an update and he is a happy man again.

There is other software at the same money with more features, so take a look around and don't think your choice is just between the 2.

Premiere elements probably gives the most features for the money, but it is a resource hungry app, and you would be advised to add a second HDD for capture and project files.

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