Download Pinnacle Studio 10.5

The Pinnacle Systems development team has a patch released for Studio 10, which upgrades the program to version number 10.5. Studio 10 is a video editing program that allows the user, for example, to edit their home videos and convert them to another format, such as a DVD. This patch introduces a number of major improvements, such as reduced loading time to launch Studio 10, up to 35 percent less memory usage, and support for MPEG4 to convert videos to the correct format for the PlayStation Portable and Apple iPod. The full version 10.5 changelog looks like this:

New Features

• Video iPod and Sony PSP video file output now available
  Note!: This feature requires MPEG-4 to be activated on your system in order to operate.

General

• Significantly reduced time required to launch Studio
• Improved speed while changing user interface panels
• Improved performance on lower system spec graphics cards
• Issues with Studio 10 running correctly after an uninstall of Studio 9 fixed
• Progress indicators are improved throughout the program
• Power management on laptops is applied to avoid performance issues during capture and edit
• Save As no longer begins background rendering again
• Thumbnail images on the timeline now are displayed with greater resolution
• Icons of content that has been activated now display the correct image
• Inconsistencies in second VGA monitor display resolved

Capture/Import

• Several issues with capture failures have been resolved
• Import of Studio 9 projects improved

EditMode

• Behavior accuracy in timeline editing improved
• Improved responsiveness in timeline editing and toolbox use
• Several issues in the SmartMovie tool resolved
• Improvements made in SmartMovie slideshow styles
• Background rendering green progress bar now shows progress within a clip
• Performance and stability with project Save, Save As and New greatly improved
• Multiple issues with feature activation management are improved
• Pan & Zoom tool performance enhanced
• DVD menu preview and editing improved
• Custom menu background videos now retain audio
• Background rendering performance and accuracy improved
• Some effect and render performance issues on AMD processors resolved
• Several areas of project preview has been improved
• Issues with Saved Project corruption resolved
• SmartMovie automatic edit behaviors improved
• Issues with setting menu thumbnails resolved
• Transitions now remain with original clips they were applied to
• Plug-in properties now remain constant over multiple clips
• Unexpected re-renders of menus resolved
• Audio fade-in and out behaviors resolved
• Importing of Pan & Zoom keyframes improved
• Menu-to-menu linking has been stabilized
• Incorrect aspect ratio display in video trimmer resolved
• Volume changes on clips in the timeline have been enhanced
• Rolls and crawls now work with AMD processors
• Fixed some translation issues with various languages

Make Movie Mode

• Multiple issues with DVD export resolved
• Several video file export issues addressed
• SmartRender now works for MPEG-2
• WMV file output dialog now resolved
• Stuttering audio in some DVD-R discs is resolved
• DVD output rendering improved
• Export of HDV files improved
• DVD bitrate and duration calculation displays have been improved
• Fixed burning error with 2-byte languages

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