Pinnacle Systems Adds New Functionalities to Pinnacle Studio Home Video Editing Software Line

Pinnacle Systems Adds New Functionalities to Pinnacle Studio Home Video Editing Software Line

Pinnacle Studio 9 Enhancements Allow Users Import, Edit and Capture Videos With Greater Flexibility in Formats and Devices

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Systems(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLE), a leader in digital video solutions, today announced enhancements to its award-winning Pinnacle Studio version 9 line of home movie-making software.

The latest release of Studio 9 allows consumers to easily capture video footage from an even wider range of video devices, including DVD camcorders, to create entertaining, high-quality movies. Pinnacle Studio users can also now import and edit movies burned to DVDs and DVD camcorder owners can import and edit their movies as easily as traditional camcorder owners. This new feature gives the users the ability to import previously edited video from a home DVD, alter again if required and create a new disk.

Through a partnership with DivX, Studio products will support DivX(R) video, allowing for the import, export and edit of DivX video. Thanks to the high compression rates offered by DivX encoding, Studio users will be able to record up to two hours of video on a single CD without sacrificing quality. The user can then play them on any DivX enabled device, back-up hours of movies on their hard drive, or easily share videos via the Internet.

Studio Home Theater Edition

To accompany the release of Studio 9 newest version, the complete Studio software line will come for a limited period with the "Home Theater" pack, providing the latest advanced video and audio codecs. This pack lets Studio users edit and create DivX videos, burn DVDs with Dolby(R) Digital 5.1 surround sound, and export compressed MPEG-4 videos and MP3 audio. This promotion will be available for all variants of Studio Software products (Studio, Studio Plus and Studio MediaSuite) beginning approximately March 15.

Pricing and Availability

Studio, Studio Plus or Studio MediaSuite "Home Theater Edition" software products carry an MSRP that ranges from $79 to $129 and are available this month at major retailers and through the Pinnacle e-store.

For a limited time, the latest version of Studio 9 supports DivX at no cost, allowing users to import, capture & creation of high-quality DivX files for free.

About the Pinnacle Studio Product Line

Pinnacle Studio(TM) version 9 and Studio(TM) Plus (the advanced version of Studio v.9, also available in Studio MediaSuite) target camcorder owners who want to quickly and easily create and share entertaining home movies. This latest version of one of the best-selling home movie making family of solutions redefines and simplifies the moviemaking experience. Powerful features for Studio v.9 solutions include automatic editing capabilities and powerful one-touch controls for improving old or damaged video, as well as creative options including audio tools for producing home cinema-quality movies. Studio Plus v.9 provides even more advanced features such as chroma key or picture in picture effects. Both Studio and Studio Plus software solutions are also available as bundles with convenient hardware devices that let user import or output videos from their PC. For more information about the Pinnacle Studio family, please visit http://www.pinnaclesys.com/studioplus .

About Pinnacle Systems, Inc,

Pinnacle Systems provides broadcasters and consumers with cutting-edge digital media creation, storage, and play-back solutions for use at Home, at Work and on the Air. Pinnacle Systems' award winning digital media solutions are in use around the world for broadcast, video editing, DVD and CDR authoring and on the Internet. A recognized industry leader, the company has received nine prestigious Emmy Awards for its technical innovations and carries this commitment throughout all of its product lines. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at 650-526-1600 or at www.pinnaclesys.com.

NOTE: Pinnacle Systems, and Pinnacle Studio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. DivX, DivX Licensed, and associated logos are trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc. and are used under license. Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.

Source: Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Kim McIntyre, Public Relations Manager of Pinnacle Systems,
+1-650-930-3014, or kmcintyre@pinnaclesys.com; or Paul Albright, Senior
Account Executive of Access Communications, +1-415-844-6238, or
palbright@pinnaclesys.com, for Pinnacle Systems

Web site: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/

-------
Profile: intent