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Summary: Get Adobe Premiere!
Review: I bought Studio 8...Spent a couple hours trying to install it correctly... It would tell me it was installed succesfully ...but the program wasnt there. (?) After a couple more wasted hours.. My flawless (never crashed ever) computer... Started crashing, other programs stoped working.. pluggin in a webcam made it crash too... It would take 3 attempts to even boot up... I thought it was me... Then discovered the several hundred other horror story posts by others. I never got it to work for me either. I Returned that thing back to the Store the next day!
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Summary: Bug infested software!
Review: Let me just say that I can't even TRY to burn a DVD because I can't get past the editing phase. Everytime I try to insert a transition the whole program goes haywire, and it's an ongoing battle to even get Window's to shut the beast down! And I have a top of the line Gateway 700 series computer with a decent 512 MB of ram. I have oodles of hard drive. This software came with the computer but it isn't even close to compatable. I feel much better having read through all the reviews. At least I know it's not user error. It's just a downright unstable program! IF it worked it would be a fun and easy way to edit home videos. However, it does NOT work. Now I have to try to find some other program to burn the three hours of home video I have accumulated. Back to the drawing board!
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Summary: Terrible Software
Review: If you're planning to use this software to impressive things, you'll be disappointed. I found the software to be extremely buggy and unpredictable. After working with it for many hours, I gave up since I was unable to successfully create a single video.
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Summary: Try something else.
Review: This program is a waste of money. It takes 12 hours to render and burn a DVD (when everything works). If you add transitions or effects (like rolling titles)you are begging for a lock up. Tech support is non existent. Go on pinnacle's web site forum and read all of the complaints about this software before you waste your money. I wish I did.
You also need a huge hard drive to edit video. 2 hours of video will need about 20 GB of hard drive. If you dont have an extra 25 GB of drive, dont even think about using this.
I have a 200Gb hard drive with 512 RAM and a 2.4 P4 processor.
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Summary: Absolutely disappointing...junk
Review: I was thrilled with this program...UNTIL...I used it for any length of time. The short review: It Doesn't Work... This is the worse kind of software. Very pretty and stylish interface, loads of features....none of it works. I know my way around a computer. I built my present system with video editing as the main goal. The DVD software that came with my DVD burner has few features...is childishly simplistic...and works. Studio 8 is junk and a waste of time and money. You will grow old fast trying to use this software. It is so bad, and customer service is so ineffective...I will never ever give a Pinnicle product another chance....never ever. Very poor product, not even up to Beta standards.
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Summary: A dissapointment for a supposed upgrade
Review: I originally used the program Studio DC10+ and was forced to upgrade to Studio 8 due to using windows XP on our new system. They call this program an upgrade, but the only thing that went up are the bugs in the system. One might find themselves cursing this program in many different languages by the time they're done. The program, 7 out of 10 attempts, will crash as soon as you open it whether you're working on something or not. If you use footage from a tape but also footage you've downloaded off the internet or edited in another program, chances are your timeline will stop working altogether. It won't play, it won't show footage or play sounds. In fact, I spent 2 months emailing and calling technical support about this product and they were completely unable to help me. The technical support service is lousy, plus after a certain point you have to pay for it. After a point, the email techies began to completely ignore my emails for weeks at a time, until I started to talk about their supervisors. Then they miraculously appeared and sugggested advice they had given me 2 weeks before that had failed, and dissapeared again. This product is a serious waste of money. Even their in-program title device doesn't work properly- you may find your clips failing to compile unless you remove them. Pinnacle may have won some awards, but I guarantee it wasn't for this program.
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Summary: Works well
Review: Captured my home video and edited it. It was quick and easy. DVD R/RW compatibility is a different issue.
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Summary: Great if you can get it to work...
Review: I started with Studio DV (v 1.0?), after much tweaking was able to import DV, but not export DV to camcorder. Found out on the excellent Pinnacle support webboard (mostly disgruntled users) that my motherboard wasn't supported.. So after an upgrade I finally was able to get a project output to camcorder. Then I decided I wasn't going to hassle with it until DVD R technology was available.
Got a DVD+R/RW, and decided to purchase Studio 8 despite reading the webboard ... Was able to import and edit right away--very easy interface. Then the trouble, wasn't able to render. Decided to upgrade to Windows XP (from 98SE) and NTFS file system. Reinstalled (with 8.5.2 upgrade patch) and project rendered fine first try. Then burned to disc image--great! Then burned to DVD+R--great! Then tried to watch it--first menu popped up--I was in tears of joy! Then tried to move through the menu---"DISK UNPLAYABLE"... UGH.
There are scads of hints and tips and suggestions from other users on the support webboard to fix this and other issues (now I can't render), but the software is unstable and not ready for general consumer use. I may just use it for editing and output MPEG2/AVI, then find another program for DVD authoring. Bottom line is I've been trying to create a project for 4 months and all I have to show is a coaster and [money spent on] computer upgrades. I'm convinced Pinnacle is a front for the PC industry to drive upgrades...
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Summary: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
Review: Run, do not walk, away from this software. Read through some of the thousands upon thousands of discussion threads in Pinnacle's User Forums on Studio 8 to get a fair assessment of the limitless problems you'll encounter. You'll find advanced, expert DVD users recommending alternative software for accomplishing this function or that to compensate for Studio 8's bugs. Expect frequent crashes without explanation and Windows BSOD's. Expect to try several different brands of expensive DVD disks, and ongoing driver and software updates and patches -- but even if you're able to produce a DVD that can play on your PC, don't expect to play it on your stand-alone DVD player. Or was it various other models of DVD players? The determined and devoted user will eventually get this to work. Others have, but they seem to be the minority. If you are one of those that actually DO produce a playable DVD, don't ever change anything on your PC -- no Windows patches or updates, no new devices, no new audio or video software, and DEFINITELY not any of the ongoing "fixes" from Pinnacle. Read the forums. Buy something else. Wait a year for companies like Pinnacle to figure out how to actually produce software that works for the consumer they've heavily marketed this stuff to. Ah, I feel better. Back to the Forums...
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Summary: great product
Review: i have been using studio for some time now and have not experienced the bugs other users have complained about this product is a low priced great solution to video editing
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