Video Editing

September 30, 2008 — Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc., announced today a new online video editing contest, “Montage Your Way to Las Vegas.” Pinnacle Montage, which is included in all three versions of Pinnacle Studio version 12, is an innovative, theme-based feature that makes editing movies with up to 181 video tracks amazingly easy. The contest begins on October 1, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. PST, when the www.pinnaclesys.com/share website goes live; and ends on November 30, 2008 at 11:59:59 p.m. PST, when video submissions and voting will no longer be accepted.

The contest is open to all legal residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are age 18 and over as of the contest entry date. To enter the contest, participants click on the contest website, submit a 100-word description of their positive experience with the Pinnacle Montage feature and a sample video that is no more than 2 minutes in length and 10MB in size. Submissions will be posted as they are received, in accordance with contest rules. Visitors to the contest website can read about Pinnacle Montage users’ experiences, view the submitted videos and vote for their favorites. Read more

September 16, 2008— Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc., announced today the completion of the redesign of its www.videospin.com website hosting a free downloadable version of VideoSpin by Pinnacle and multiple new resources for video editing beginners. Featuring a new look, user video spotlights, tutorials, tips and fun features, the newly redesigned website will be a key resource for information for people who have never edited a video before and those who just want a fast, easy way to share their photos and videos. Special promotions for other Avid products will be communicated through a monthly newsletter and within the VideoSpin application to VideoSpin users.

Visitors to the VideoSpin.com website can experience how easy editing and sharing can be by clicking on the website’s interactive, step-by-step tutorials. For more information, they can view the new white papers, how-to videos and reviews that have been posted; or search the online glossary and FAQs. In addition, an informative newsletter will provide information on the latest special promotions. Read more

Today’s new high-def camcorders, such as our new AVCHD camcorder, make it possible for almost anyone to shoot really professional looking footage. The problem for most of consumers is that they don’t take the very best of the content and convert it into an interesting movie people want to sit down and view.

For our family we wanted software that would give the technical experts in the family (our son, daughter) a comprehensive end-to-end editing solution and still lets the more video-challenged member of the family (ourselves) produce something people would sit down and view.

Since we have been using and enjoying the features of CyberLink’s PowerDVD player on our computers for years, the company’s new PowerDirector 7 Ultra seemed to be a solution that would meet the whole family’s creative needs. Read more

October 2007 – Now everyone with a digital camera and a PC; busy parents, grandparents and Gen Y’ers, can quickly and easily share videos and photos with friends and family using VideoThang™.

Just download VideoThang, a free video editing software now available at www.videothang.com. An intuitive software that couldn’t be simpler, VideoThang makes editing and sharing video and photos as easy as taking them.

VideoThang was designed for real people who just want to share their experiences without reading a manual or uploading to a web site. This cutting edge software will change the way all consumers share the experiences they’ve captured whether as video or digital pictures. Special features include:

• Upload video, digital photos and music
  
• Integrate slick transitions
• Ability to add titles and captions
  
• Share videos via email
  
• Works with blogs and social networking sites
  
• Create basic effects
  

VideoThang is the brainchild of Internet pioneer Kathy Sharpe, Founder of VideoThang LLC, and CEO of Sharpe Partners, an award-winning digital marketing agency, “Consumers today capture their experience through video and digital photos, and research has shown that 67% of them want to edit before they share, but available software takes too much time to master,” said Sharpe. “With VideoThang, every consumer can quickly create and share their experience and then get back to their life.” Read more

Video Shooters Get Latest Technology, Professional Tools, Easy-to-Use Software from Pinnacle Studio 11

Pinnacle has always produced great products…the company comes from a professional level background and we benefit from what it has developed for the pros.. Pinnacle Studio is now available in it’s 11th edition to give first time and experienced videographers the most advanced, most complete solution including support for new high definition media including AVCHD, Windows Vista and Web publishing for online video sharing.

With the ready availability of economic high definition camcorders, almost anyone can afford to produce their own theater-quality video content. To deliver content that is equal to the quality that is produced, Pinnacle Systems new Studio 11 makes it fast and easy for first-time and seasoned video enthusiasts to create, produce and share their videos in a quality equal to the best you see from Hollywood studios. Read more

March 13th, 2007----CyberLink today released CyberLink PowerDirector 6, featuring an all-new DVD template designer; improved magic editing tools; advanced options for PiPs; support for widescreen aspect ratios and high-definition video; and access to quick and easy publishing on the web.

The latest version of CyberLink PowerDirector offers the following features:

• Improved Magic Tools: Magic Style, Magic Fix and Magic Clean
  
• All new DVD template designer for creating DVDs
  
• All new Slideshow Wizard for creating dynamic slideshows
  
• PiP designer for animating photos and objects on the screen with audio
  
• Video subtitle room permitting easy addition of subtitles to videos
  
• Improved transitions, titles and effects
• Support for high-definition video
  
• Support for 16:9 aspect ratio video content and menus
  
• Video publishing or storage through YouTube and MediaMax
  
• Write back to HDV Tape
  
• Output of video files in iPod or PSP formats
  

“Home movies and pro results go hand in hand, given the range of creative options and powerful functions delivered by PowerDirector,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “CyberLink PowerDirector 6 is a one-stop, fully automated home movie studio for creating videos to be enjoyed at home or on the go.” Read more

Feb. 21, 2007 - Adobe Systems Incorporated is pioneering a new way to deliver its industry leading creative software technologies online, with the launch of its web-based video remix and editing technology. Today, Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership to integrate Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology directly into the Photobucket user experience, giving 35 million Photobucket users direct, free access to world-class digital video editing tools. The agreement marks a new stage in Adobe's delivery of its renowned video software technologies that today underpin flagship products such as Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Premiere Pro.

The company expects to announce more partnerships with Internet companies and media properties over the coming months. These free services are expected to be driven by advertising revenue - and by offering customers simple upgrade paths to Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements software, both market leaders in the home digital video and photo editing space. Read more

AUG. 21, 2006 - Do more with your video. Make movies for YouTube. Save to iPod, PlayStation Portable (PSP), PDA, cell phone and DVD. Burn it. Rip it. Edit, convert, split, join, copy, fix, filter, add special effects; share and stream wedding, graduation, training and family videos; save still frames from videos and DVDs as photos; format and playback to widescreen; reduce the size but keep the quality in order to share video by email; extract the music from your favorite movie for playback on your iPod; and more. Read more

One of the latest technology-driven trends is to transfer home videos from VHS to DVD. However, the archaic recording technology used on classic camcorders provides images that do not do justice to the clarity of the DVD format. CyberLink’s PowerDirector 5 is a video editing software that can steady the dizzying effects of wiggling camera movement and can clarify unfocused pictures. Read more