What’s included:
Main Applications:
- Video editing software
- Video capture and screen recorder
- Slideshow maker
- Audio editor
- DVD authoring
- Video converter
Creative Content:
- Hundreds of filters and effects
- Library of animated overlays, graphics, creative fonts, and titles
- Themed templates and video montages
- Royalty-free music and sound effects
Documentation & Tutorials:
- User Guide PDF
- Search Help Files
- Built-in tutorials & learning videos
- 10-day FREE all-access pass to StudioBacklot for first time users, includes training and royalty-free content
Create with inspiration.
Edit with Pinnacle.
Enjoy pro-level video editing that can transform your creative concepts into preeminent productions worthy of the big screen—all with the help of advanced tools, cinema-grade effects, the unparalleled accuracy of keyframing, and the high-level performance that Pinnacle Studio™ 26 Ultimate delivers.
Advanced Tools
Precise Controls
Cinema-Grade Effects
Passion. Power. Precision.
Edit and improvise with confidence.
Learn the ropes quickly.
Transcend to pro-level proficiency.
Take your productions closer to pro.
Enjoy advanced HD, 4K and 360 video editing across unlimited tracks. Elevate your productions to the next level with powerful pro-caliber tools, including Video Masking, 360° Video Editing, Motion Tracking, MultiCam Editing, Split Screen Video, and so much more!
Mesmerize your audience with incredible creative transformations.
Add cinematic flair to your videos with complete Color Grading functionality, Morph and Seamless Transitions, Paint Effects, custom titles, and more—you’ll have everything you need to showcase the unique character of your productions.
Edit with unparalleled precision, control, and frame-accurate customization.
Go beyond traditional keyframing and fine-tune every parameter of your edit—positioning, size, speed, overlays, transitions, effects, and more.
Adjust your workspace to your personal editing preferences: set custom tool shortcuts, group and edit clips simultaneously, and explore a streamlined workflow with better-than-ever product stability and reliability.
"This software is very user friendly. It gives you amazing control over your final product. Your videos will have a professional look."
Antoinette, Top 10 Reviewer at Amazon
"Great editing software! This product does so much, I have barely scratched the surface and I can do a ton of editing, color correcting, time lapse, and much more. I’m really looking forward to truly learning everything."
William A. Reynolds
"This software blows my mind. It’s a borderline professional tool at a fraction of the price."
A. Antonio
Features
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Motion Tracking
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Video Masking
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Full Color Grading
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Smart Object Tracking
Screen Recording
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Split Screen Template Creator
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE 360 Video Editing
Stop Motion Animation
MultiCam Editing
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Blend Modes
Video Stabilization
Keyframe Controls
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Alpha Channel
Title Editor
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Audio Ducking
DVD Authoring
Pro-caliber editing power that doesn’t break the bank.
Dive into powerful tools you’d expect to only find in professional editing software.
Make your story cinematic.
Why limit your creative vision by grounding it in reality? You choose the story you want to tell—whether fantasy, documentary, or love story—and Pinnacle Studio will help deliver the incredible pro-level results you’re seeking, all with its breadth of remarkable features and precise controls.
Let color in!
Use the whole palette of Color Grading controls.
- ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVEColor Grading
- Color Correction
- Selective Color
Advanced controls like Tone Curve, HSL Tuning, Color Wheel, and Selective Vectorscope make it easy to independently adjust colors, highlights, midtones, and shadows.
Adjust white balance, correct underexposed scenes, and apply instant corrections.
Experiment with Selective Color to highlight a single hue and draw focus to an important facet of your scenery.
Instantly apply a filter or cinematic LUT profile to create a specific film effect and alter the overall tone/mood of your scene.
Pure creativity.
Enjoy a whole host of incredible, powerful special effects.
Stylize your film.
Use special effects to introduce atmosphere and character to your production—make it look like an old movie or an indie film, transform scenes from rain to shine, and much more.
Play with artistic effects and surprise your audience.
Would you like sections of your movie to look like an old painting or pencil sketch? Pinnacle filters will make that transformation into a reality in a few clicks.
Add depth to your story.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Video Masking
Evolve your story, frame by frame.
Enhance, combine, and alter footage with video masks.
- Remove distractions
- Target special effects
- Clone objects
- Combine clips
- Custom transitions
Enhance footage and prevent reshoots by hiding distracting objects from your clips.
Brighten faces, blur backgrounds, censor license plates, reveal text, and more with the unique power of Mask Creator.
Clone characters and objects on-screen, create unique montages, and enjoy expanded storytelling possibilities.
Layer clips in a unique manner to create illusions and produce new impressive scenery.
Create unique walk-by and wipe transitions to follow motion in your video and ensure you have seamless blending from one clip to the next.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE Smart object tracking
Edit more efficiently and save a lot of time with Smart Object Tracking, intelligent, shape-aware motion tracking for masks applied on common objects. You can easily apply masks to objects in your video–from pets and cars, to drones, and more. There is no need to re-create masks for each frame because smart technology automates the process by recognizing the original masked object and tracks it throughout the selected episode.
Blend modes
Improvise on the fly with Blend Modes and choose how one clip blends with another—from creating a superimposed effect, to blending masked areas, or creating light bleeds or other color and exposure effects. Each Blend Mode uses a different formula to combine the color and brightness values in a selected clip with the values in an underlying clip. Blend Modes boost your creativity and help to bring an artistic touch to your films.
Action!
Explore motion graphics and effects.
- ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE
- Censor moving objects with mosaic blur ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE
- Add graphics or text to moving objects with Motion Tracking
- Create fast or slow-motion effects with Time Remapping
- Add visual interest with Pan and Zoom and Motion Blur effects
Dimensions. Perspectives. Angles. It’s not a linear world.
Check out MultiCam, Split Screen Template Creator, Screen recording, and 360 Video Editor.
MultiCam Editing
Edit video across up to six cameras with MultiCam Editing to show a scene from various perspectives and with a different level of detail.
MultiCam Capture and Screen Recording
Easily and seamlessly record your screen and capture webcam footage with enhanced MultiCam Capture 2.0 Lite. Add audio overlays to produce engaging tutorials, gaming videos, or to record webinars. Leverage this go-to tool for vlogging, channel content creation, or business video production.
Music can make a good video, great!
Get to know the advanced Audio Editor.
Master your sound:
- Fade audio in and out, or mute and even detach audio in just a few clicks
- Record your own narration and voiceover with included recording tools
- Layer and automatically balance audio for crisp narration with Audio Ducking
- Use advanced audio features for custom noise profiles, pitch scaling, and multi-channel sound mixing
- Access royalty-free music and sound effects to take videos to the next level
Always go for ‘extra’ options.
Find more in our best-in-class feature sets.
Video Stabilization
Eliminate shaky footage altogether! Whether it was captured while riding a bike or skiing the slopes, you can easily fix it with the Video Stabilization tool available inside Pinnacle Studio.
Stop Motion Animation
Nowadays, Stop Motion Animation is a mainstream filmmaking tool. Support your digital storytelling with this amazing functionality that enables you to animate people and objects inside your productions.
Lens Correction
Explore built-in Lens Correction tools to remove lens distortion (e.g., fisheye in wide angle) from your footage.
ULTIMATE EXCLUSIVE
3D Title Editor
Make your video more cinematic with the enhanced Title Editor. Leverage stylish 3D typography presets and tell your story your way.
Green Screen
Create all kinds of incredible effects while “traveling” without going anywhere—just rely on Green Screen post-production for compositing two video streams together and making your preferred destination a reality.
8K Import
Import 8K videos and enjoy unrivaled quality content with significantly higher resolution, greater color, and incredible sound.
Play with formats. Easily.
- Convert videos into the most popular file formats.
- Share easily across different platforms and devices.
- Burn to popular disc formats including Blu-ray, and select from more than 100 customizable menu templates.
Tech specs
System Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 11, Windows 10, 64 bit
- Processor*: Intel Core i3 or AMD A4 3.0 GHz or higher
- Intel Core i5 or i7 1.06 GHz or higher required for AVCHD & Intel Quick Sync Video support
- Intel Core i7 4th generation or later or AMD Athlon A10 or higher for UHD, Multi-Camera or 360 video
- RAM: 4 GB or higher, 8+GB highly recommended for UHD, Multi-Camera, or 360 video
- Graphics card: Minimum resolution 1024 x 768, minimum 256MB VGA VRAM, 512MB or higher recommended for hardware decoding acceleration
DirectX graphics device recommended:- NVIDIA GeForce 700 series / Quadro 600 (Fermi-based) or newer (CUDA-enabled required for CUDA support)
- ATI Radeon HD 5XXX series or higher
- Intel HD Graphics from Ivy Bridge or higher
- 3D Titler requires DirectX 11
- Sound card: Windows-compatible sound card
- Hard drive space: 10 GB HDD space for full installation
- Internet connection required for installation, registration and updates Registration required for product use.
Import Formats
- Video: AVCHD, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP (MPEG-4, H.263), WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles (incl. DVD-VR/+VR), MOV (DV, MPEG-4, H.264), HEVC** (H.265), XAVC, MXF, DVCPRO HD, XAVC S, GoPro LRV, Cineform
- Audio: MP3, MPA, M4A, WAV, AMR, AC3, AAC, Vorbis, WMA
- Image: BMP, GIF, JPG, JPS, J2K, PCX, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMF
Export Formats
- Disc: DVD, AVCHD, Blu-ray ($)
- Video: DV, HDV, AVI, WMV, MPEG-1/-2/-4, Flash, 3GP, HEVC** (H.265, H.264), XAVC S, MOV, M2TS, FLV, 3GP, GIF, Cineform
- Image: BMP, JPEG, TIF, TGA
- Audio: AC3, MP2, MP3, MP4, WAV
Accessories
- DVD burner required for creating DVD and AVCHD discs
- Blu-ray burning requires purchase of a separate plug-in from within the product
Supported Languages
- English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Russian, Finnish, Danish, and Swedish.
Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.
* For 8K video support, an Intel 7th generation or newer CPU with Quick Sync, an NVIDIA 10 series or newer CPU, or an AMD 4000 series or newer CPU is recommended.
** HEVC (H.265) support requires supporting PC hardware or graphics card and Microsoft HEVC video extension installed.
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