Pinnacle Studio V10 video editor available worldwide, bugs n all

[Bob Crabtree]

I've put this up on the front page of HEXUS.lifestyle and also DVdoctor cos, well, I think that's where it ought to go. I'm disappointed, but am I surprised? No.

Pinnacle today announced the worldwide availability of its next-generation budget video editor, Studio 10, in a variety of hardware and software bundles.

Trouble is the program alone, which has been been available since late September in the USA, appears to be rather buggy, judging by early-adopter postings on the official support forums - something that will sound all too familiar to some users of Studio 8 and Studio 9.

And, surprise, surprise, postings also suggest that things haven't been much helped by the 10.1 updater that came out on October 14 with problems of its own.

Bob C
(Wanders off shaking his head)

[Bob Crabtree]

Here's a list of bugs that the downloadable (65MByte!) V10.1 updater is supposed to fix.

Studio 10.1 includes the following fixes and enhancements from Studio 10.0


Installation
· Solved multiple problems, including problems with installation using a different path
than default
· Performance and stability:
· Reduced application launch time
· Improved memory management
· Improved editing and preview performance

Import
· Now imports .MOD files (JVC Everio cameras)
· Now imports 3GPP files
· Now imports most Studio 9 projects correctly (NOTE: Surround keyframes, and
menu-menu links are not imported)

Capture
· Corrected field reversal problems with MPEG-2 capture
· Fixed Crashes in HDV capture
· Fixed scene detection problems

Edit
· Improved preview performance
· Improved on Pan& Zoom responsiveness
· 2D transitions now use GPU
· Fixed problems with transitions on Overlay Track
· Fixed problems with Picture in Picture
· Fixed problems with audio transitions
· Fixed problems with roll or crawl titles
· Fixed problems with display of transition picons
· Fixed Field reversal with mixed formats

Make Movie
· MPEG now uses minimal rendering
· Fixed problems with Make tape to HDV
· Fixed multiple disks burning issues
· Can now burn multiple copies of disc


Bob