But one thing not yet supported by Pinnacle Studio is the new Ultra HD 4K format, which PowerDirector can handle.Īfter an import, you're taken to a new tab showing just the clips from this last import – a helpful touch. The software recognises and imports 3D video clips and still photos, too. Capturing from analogue sources is possible if you have Pinnacle or Dazzle video hardware. You can also import from an attached camcorder, including AVCHD, DV, HDV, or Digital8 models. A new trick is that it can import from the cloud, in this case from the popular Box web service. Pinnacle Studio can handle almost any video file type you throw at it, including MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, QuickTime, and MKV. You can group items into Collection, which lets you work like a pro, keeping all the clips effects and other assets for a project together. The Library mode shows media and effects in groups separated by dark grey dividers, and it lets you search its contents and filter the view by star ratings or tags. Navigating the timeline is easy enough, but I'd like to see more (or any) use of the mouse wheel to move back and forth, and to shrink/expand its timeframe.Īll media organisation is done inside the main app – there's no need for a separate app like Premiere Element's Organiser. The Preview window can be popped out to full screen or split into a side-by-side layout. All the panels are resizable, but they can't be undocked in the way Sony Movie Studio allows. To the right of that is your video preview window, and across the bottom are your timeline tracks. It's also logically laid out similar to most NLE (non-linear editing) apps, your source content – clips, images, sound files – are in a top left panel.

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