Pinnacle Systems

January 16, 2008 – Pinnacle Systems yesterday announced that free downloads of its VideoSpin video editing and sharing application are available now from www.videospin.com, two weeks earlier than planned. With the new VideoSpin application, consumers can quickly create entertaining videos and post them on the Web or email them to friends and family. The early launch will be welcomed by novice and experienced consumers who are anxious to share their holiday videos and photos as well as fans of online video-sharing sites, and the millions of people with digital videos and photos accumulating on their PCs.

Pinnacle Systems developed VideoSpin by leveraging the editing engine of its award-winning Pinnacle Studio software and making the editing process virtually foolproof. A compelling solution for people who don’t want to spend much time turning video clips into movies, VideoSpin users can create entertaining videos in minutes simply by:

• Dragging and dropping their videos, photos and music from their PC’s hard drive onto the VideoSpin timeline
  
• Adding a few transitions and titles, if they wish
  
• Previewing the changes
• Clicking on the “Make Movie” button.
  

More than a video editing solution, the VideoSpin application also makes it amazingly easy to upload videos directly to popular Web sites like YouTube or Yahoo! Video. Read more

November 29, 2007 – Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology, Inc., announced the immediate availability of three new add-on packs for its award-winning Pinnacle Studio™ 11 video editing software. Available in time for holiday gift-giving, the new add-on packs include Pinnacle Scorefitter™ Volumes 1 and 2 with themed collections of original, royalty-free songs and Pinnacle Title Extreme™, for adding broadcast-quality titles and text effects to videos.

Scorefitter Vol. 1 and 2 are for use with Pinnacle Studio 11’s Scorefitter music engine, a tool that automatically generates a soundtrack to match the length and mood of the movie being created. The background tracks are full-length songs with 48 kHz CD-quality sound. To add these music tracks to a movie, users simply place the song on the audio timeline. Scorefitter does the rest. Read more

Personal and personalized video content is not only more precious to people, it is quickly becoming the entertainment of choice as consumers buy and use lower-cost, high-performance camcorders; video-enabled cameras; web downloads and video-to-go personal media players (PMPs).

To put the fun back into video production and content distribution/sharing, Pinnacle Systems continues to expand the industry’s most widely known and used product line …the Studio family.

First Family of Video
Leading the cast are three versions of award-winning Studio 11 software -- Studio 11,under $50; Studio 11 Plus, MSRP $99; Studio 11 Ultimate, under $130.

With support for today’s advanced AVCHD format, the Plus and Ultimate versions of Pinnacle Studio enable users to capture video from AVCHD camcorders and immediately edit content --without requiring cumbersome, time-consuming format conversion. AVCHD delivers 1080i high-definition video requiring only half the storage capacity of MPEG 2. Videos edited in HDV or AVCHD format can be authored as HD DVD or AVCHD format discs using standard DVD media and played on the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray players. Read more

November 2007 - Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology, Inc. just announced Pinnacle ShowCenter 250HD, a robust plug-and-play digital media adapter that enables users to link any home entertainment center with all of their networked PCs and NAS (network-attached storage) devices. ShowCenter 250HD is targeted at PC users with large digital media collections who want to enjoy this content on their home entertainment system (especially those with HDTVs).

Pinnacle ShowCenter 250HD is easy to set up, as it is compatible with UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) AV media server applications and can be used with Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac OS systems. Equipped with built-in wired Ethernet and wireless (802.11b/g) networking, Pinnacle ShowCenter 250HD provides consumers with an easy way to enjoy streaming HD videos to their HDTV, viewing digital photos in HD resolution and listening to digital-quality music files on their home theater system. Read more

Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLE), a leader in digital video solutions, today launched Pinnacle MediaCenter, a combined hardware and software solution that lets PC owners transform their existing PCs into digital entertainment centers affordably -- with prices starting at $99 (suggested retail price). Pinnacle Systems is leveraging its expertise in developing consumer-friendly user interfaces and its award-winning digital media hardware to create Pinnacle MediaCenter (PMC) solutions that lets users create, manage and enjoy a full range of media on their home PCs.

May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of more than 1,000 premium audio and video effects, scene transitions and DVD menus for its Pinnacle Studio 9 home movie-making software. Widely known as plug-ins, these tools add to the hundreds of standard transitions, filters and DVD menus already included with Studio 9. Available online, the new premium plug-ins can be purchased in theme packs of up to 16 plug-ins each or in larger packages such as Hollywood FX Plus and Hollywood FX Mega.

March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Systems today announced three new computer video hardware products for consumers, designed to work exclusively with the USB 2.0 standard, and deliver broadcast quality video, low-power, and portability at a consumer price-point. Because these new products use the high bandwidth of USB2, it eliminates the need for expensive and power-hungry hardware compression, enabling new price/performance levels. The three external products, the Dazzle DVC 90, Studio MovieBox Deluxe and PCTV USB2, will be unveiled at the CeBIT exhibition today (Hall 6, Stand D20).Read more

Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Pinnacle Systems today announced the availability of four new Dazzle video capture products designed for first-time video editors. As a result of its recent acquisition of the Dazzle product line, Pinnacle's industry leading consumer video editing solutions now include: Dazzle DV Clip, Dazzle Digital Video Creator 80, Dazzle Fusion, and Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150. All four new products come with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart, an entry-level version of the company's award winning Studio video-editing software.Read more

July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLE) today announced the immediate availability of Studio AV/DV, a new addition to Pinnacle's Studio line of consumer video editing products. Through a single internal PCI card, Studio AV/DV gives users a cost-effective and easy way to import and edit video from both analog and digital camcorders, delivering all the tools consumers need in a complete, simplified video editing package.Read more

Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLE) today introduced PCTV Deluxe, a state-of-the-art digital media solution that connects PC and TV entertainment capabilities into a single, cost-effective product for under $200. With PCTV Deluxe, consumers can use their existing desktop or laptop PC to watch TV and digitally record programs for time-shifted viewing. Consumers can now easily record TV programs using quality digital video technology to CD or DVD discs. PCTV Deluxe includes Titan TV, a state-of-the-art intuitive Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) that empowers this enhanced digital solution so consumers can easily set up their program preferences for automatic recording and then view them at their convenience. Read more