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Pinnacle Studio is a professional video-editing software, collecting
several tools to create, adjust and edit videos, slideshows and DVD Menus,
with the possibility to add amazing adjustments, special effects, and
pieces of text inside. In this video we are going to see all the basic
features you need to know to start using this software from a beginner
level.
When you open Pinnacle Studio a welcome page shows up, showing news,
updates, tutorials and extras from Corel. At the very top you have
several buttons: the Home button, that opens the Welcome page; and the
Import, the Edit and the Export buttons. The Import workspace is used to
import all your media files to work with; the Edit workspace to adjust
and edit these in order to create your own project; the Export workspace
to export your final video to share and upload it online.
To start a new project, just go to File, New and then to Movie.
At this point you have to import all the videos, pictures and sound files
you need by using the Import workspace.
On top, you can use several tabs to search, browse and import media
from different sources, such as webcams, DVDs and your own computer.
On the left panel you can set the file name, where to save media and
other options.
To import media directly from your computer, you can select Scan for
Assets or My computer. With Scan for Assets, you can directly scan and
import all the media files matching the folder, the format and the
projects you define.
If you choose My computer you can browse for your media files by hand
through your computer folders. Click on the interested folder first and
then select all the files you want to import by adding markers in
their top right corner.
On the left, under Import to, you can select or create any new
collection or Project Bin grouping your imported media files in one
place.
When you have selected your media files, just go to Start Import and
switch to the Edit workspace to start creating and editing.
This workspace is divided in two parts: on top you have several panels
collecting samples and templates; at the bottom the main project Timeline
where you edit and work with your media.
To start editing you have to import files from the Library panel into
the Timeline. You can click and drag from any Project Bin
collection, in red color; or choose to import entire Pinnacle projects
from the Project section, in violet color.
Media files imported inside the Timeline are shown as rectangular objects
called Assets or clips, collected inside rows called Audio/Video Tracks.
These clips get a quick preview of their content, such as thumbnails for
pictures and video frames and audio waveforms for sound, speech and
recordings. You can check these in detail by enlarging the A/V Tracks
edges from the left, or zooming in and out on the clips with your mouse
wheel, while holding down the CTRL key.
On top you get the Storyboard view, that you can hide and show by using
the dots button above.
To get a complete preview on the clips you have to use the Player. This
can be used to playback the source files from the Library and the whole
project in progress on the main Timeline. In this case the Player shows
the project appearance where the red marker is placed in time.
You can click above the Timeline to place the marker and check a selected
project frame, or click and drag it to check the project through time,
without any sound.
For a complete preview with audio, you have to use the pause and the stop
buttons below the Player. To playback in full screen mode, use the first
button in the top right corner.
Now, let's see how to edit the clips inside the Timeline.
To move a clip in time or in different Tracks, just click and drag it.
If you overlap on different Tracks, the Player shows the clip on the
higher Track in front of all the clips placed on lower Tracks.
To cut, copy and paste a clip, just use CTRL+X, CTRL+C and CTRL+V. You can
use cut to remove a clip quickly. If you make any mistake, use CTRL+Z to
undo.
To split a clip into parts, just place the red marker on it and use Split
Clips.
To stretch and shorten clips in time, just click and drag their edges from
the clip sides. If you click and drag from the outer side, you will adjust
the time gap between the clip and the previous or the next one.
Pay attention when changing duration on sound and videos: you cut part of
their content if shortened and extended over a red region with the last
video frame and muted content if the original duration is reached.
On the left, you have several options to manage each Track. Click once on
A/V Track to rename the Track; use the eye button to hide any visual
content inside the Track and the Speaker icon to mute any audio content
from it.
To change the basic appearance of the selected clip you can enable the
editing modes in the bottom right corner of the Player and then the orange
nodes appearing on the preview. Use Scale Mode to move, scale and rotate
the clip and Crop Mode to crop.
You can also use the Editor panel on the left to apply advanced
corrections on placement, scaling, opacity levels but also on color or
sound appearance and stabilization. These properties change according to
the kind of clip you have selected.
Inside your project you can also add amazing text and titles.
From the Titles section of the Library, choose the text template you
prefer and drag and drop it on the Timeline to create a text title, in
green color.
To adjust the text appearance, just double-click on it to open the Text
Editor. On the right, use Text Settings to adjust the font family, style
and size; Look Settings to adjust color or add any glow or shadow effect;
and Background Settings to add any background to the text. You can use the
Edit window in the center to type text content and move, scale and rotate
text as you like.
Inside the yellow section of the Library you will also find several effects
and transitions you can apply to your clips.
Inside Effects you get all the visual and audio effects available. Click
on one to select it and check its effect on the Player, in Source Mode.
Then just drag and drop it onto a clip to add it. The clip will show a top
pink line indicating that an effect is applied to it. If you add multiple
effects, these will be applied in order.
Transitions are special effects applied at the beginning and in the end
of a clip by changing the transparency level on visual clips and volume
on sound clips over time.
To add transitions to clips, click and drag from their top contours
internally. The more you extend the transition, the more it last and
so it will become slower as well.
In addition, you can drag and drop visual transitions with special effects
from the Transition section of the Library. These will show up with their
icon and substitute the standard one if present.
To apply a transition across two clips, place these next to each other
and then drag and drop a transition between these.
Now, let's see how to save and export your work!
If you go to File and then to Save Movie As, you will save your work as
a Pinnacle project, in a .axp format. This saves everything contained
inside your Timeline, including all the options and modifications made.
To share and upload your video, you have to render it with the Export
workspace.
On the left, under Export Settings, set the destination folder and the
file name. Below, choose Format or Extension to decide the video format
to use and the correct template on Preset. If you select Device or Web,
you pick ready templates to send your video to consoles, devices and
social websites.
On the right you have a complete preview on your Project, which is
rendered entirely from the beginning of the Timeline to the end of the
last clip in time.
To start exporting the video, just go to Start Export!
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