Pinnacle Studio is a non-linear video editing software application manufactured by Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technology. It is the consumer level counterpart to Pinnacle's former professional level software, Liquid Edition (now Avid Liquid). It also inherits from VOB Computersysteme's Instant CD/DVD. Studio allows users to author video content, create VCD/DVDs with menus and burn them without the need for any additional software.
Studio 12 was released in June 2008. Enhancements to the editing features include markers that can be placed on the timeline "on the fly", improved audio controls and the addition of Montage, which allows multi-layered video and still composites to be generated within pre-defined templates. MOD import and FLV output was added, as was direct upload to YouTube (similar to arch-competitors iMovie and Adobe Premiere Elements).
The Plus and Ultimate versions also add full Blu-ray disc burning with menus. Ultimate comes with Vitascene as in S11, but replaces Soundsoap and Moving Picture with Boris Graffiti 5.1 and Magic Bullet Looks SE. A new addition is the Content Transfer Window which should allow you to import any plug-ins or premium content purchased for Studio 10 or 11.
Recently, Pinnacle Systems has released Studio 14. With this series, the low-end version is now billed as "Studio HD", and is essentially identical to the regular low-end version of Studio, but with the overlay video track and high-definition capabilities available (previously, the only way to be able to use these was to upgrade the software to the Plus or Ultimate version). The "Plus" version is now known as the Studio HD Ultimate version, and includes a few special third-party plugins, while the top-of-the-line version is now known as Studio HD Ultimate Collection, which includes more third-party plugins and a green-screen sheet (which can be also purchased separately). The video capture interface has been redesigned, but the editing and export GUIs are identical to previous versions, in addition to including stop-motion capture and a motion title editor/creator.
19 January 2010 
