Good riddance Pinnacle

[JR1]

I have used Pinnacle since studio 10, THE ORIGINAL 15 years go, and now have Pinnacle Studio 15 HD Ultimate.

Because I have always had Pinnacle I have stuck with it, NOT ONE of the versions has not crashed or hung or taken time time time time time time to l o a d, or had something bad.

I downloaded Sony Movie studio Platinum last week and this week ORDERED IT, WOW what a pleasure to use, god, you can't keep me off the computer, ok some parts are simplicity themselves, others I will have to learn but

IT WORKS

I ordered Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12, for what Pinnacle cost, my advice as a 15+ year user of Pinnacle Studio is

BUY SONY

[TimStannard]

That's encouraging, JR1, because many of us who were posting exactly the same as this five years ago have been somewhat concerned about how flakey Vegas has been in version 11 (Pro - at least). Maybe they're sorted a lot out in 12. We shall have to wait and see (the latest version of Pro always comes out a few months after Movie Studio)

[zamiotana]

I started out using Pinnacle Studio at version 7 and stuck with it until version 9. I endured the endless crashes and horrifying limitations because I was nonetheless able to get my movies out. I found Pinnacle Studio version 10 to be not only so buggy but also so much of a resource hog that it was entirely unusable. It is at that point that I decided to throw in the towel and invest in a proper NLE. In my case, I made the leap to PPro. I found the product very expensive and the learning curve to be excruciatingly long, however I have to say that it has NEVER crashed on me and is not a resource hog. I plan to stick with PPro forever!!! Once I got used to the controls (jog, shuttle, etc.) I found it to be similar to the physical system for cutting and splicing 8mm film that I used back in the day.

[JR1]

I can not compare it with previous versions only Pinnacle which is long and well established, as I said I have used Pinnacle for a very long time, and "this" version of Sony leaves it cold, it loads fast, has not hung, and the GUI is very good.

I am not new to Photography but I am vid, www.jrs-photography.co.uk, (remove link if not allowed, the main reason I have not ventured deeper into video was the complete unreliability of all Pinnacle products.

However when I joined this site I started looking at what others used, downloaded (and removed) Sony, BUT last week I downloaded it again bothered to try it and am very happy.

Time will tell.

I have ordered the Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12 (PC) for £60 including postage.

I believe it comes with Sound Forge™ Audio Studio software

[JR1]

I started out using Pinnacle Studio at version 7 and stuck with it until version 9. I endured the endless crashes and horrifying limitations because I was nonetheless able to get my movies out. I found Pinnacle Studio version 10 to be not only so buggy but also so much of a resource hog that it was entirely unusable. It is at that point that I decided to throw in the towel and invest in a proper NLE. In my case, I made the leap to PPro. I found the product very expensive and the learning curve to be excruciatingly long, however I have to say that it has NEVER crashed on me and is not a resource hog. I plan to stick with PPro forever!!! Once I got used to the controls (jog, shuttle, etc.) I found it to be similar to the physical system for cutting and splicing 8mm film that I used back in the day.

I suppose it depends on what you need and need it for, Pinnacle from the early version 10, NOT the version 10 you are talking about, is all I have known and used, this Sony software will do everything I need, I use PSP (Paintshop Pro version 7, that is 15 years old) and Adobe Photoshop 10, and need no more for my business.