To give the impression of falling rain, I suggest two methods each of which have their advantages and disadvantages. The first will be based on the use of an HFX effect made just for this occasion. The second will be based on the use of an AVI file with the use of transparency.

To achieve this effect, I decided to use the Hollywood FX software included with Pinnacle Studio. I decided to use two effects (#244): Snow 5s, and Snow 10s, which will be used as plugins or filters. This tutorial will teach you how to use these two effects.

Do you currently have the double-codec entries problem in Studio 11? If so, you might want to try this Tip!
Many users reported ‘double entries’ issues in the Pinnacle Studio "Make Movie" tab. In this case, each 2nd entry (the double) must not be used otherwise you might crash Studio. This Tips & Tricks allows you to get rid of these double entries.

A number of you want to preserve old super 8 movies and/or old VHS tapes.
The first step is to get them on DVD either by you or someone else. After that is done you may want to go further by cutting some scenes, edit some lighting and even make a video montage.  And why not add a menu. The Studio software is perfectly suited for this type of operation, as these DVD's are not protected.
So, if you are unfamiliar with the operation, this tutorial will help you.

What to do when everything goes wrong and we no longer know what to do ... In a scenario like this, in many cases, we may have to rely on the knowledge and good will of the mebers of a video forum. We must do some tests to determine the causes of the problems! It may necessary to detail the steps one by one, and isolate the step which causes concern, and finally find the offending step (usually a certain scene is a problem for Studio).

The process is explained in this tip and trick. It shows you how to provide the information needed on the forums to help you indicate which step created the trouble or gave you a problem.

This tip can help you to enable SmartSound in Studio 11 if it doesn't appear despite being normally installed or reinstalled afterwards

How to create a voice-over (commentary) on a video? This tips and tricks will give the steps to follow from A to Z...

Preferred Studio's music format is .WAV so it is strongly advised to convert your music CD's to WAV files (CD Rip) instead using directly the Studio CD Import function. This can be achieved with the famous CDEx. This Tips & Tricks will explain how to proceed so there is no more need to insert CD's after deleting Auxiliary Files (as Studio needs to recreate the related Auxiliary Files), useful instant access to any music, and no risk crash related issues.

Crawling titles don't have to be only at the bottom of the screen...

Transparency allows you to create special effects (PIP like).
It can be achieved by using the color tool (Chroma Key), which is documented in Studio.  It can also be achieved by using an image stored in a format that retains some parts of the image as transparent. It is this process that I refer to in the following example.

This tutorial will help you make a generic "Star Wars" closing credit. In summary, we will see how to use a background animated video, the zoom effect, and as inlay with perspective ...

Understanding your graphic card for Video Editing

On Television you often see a frame around the picture. And inside this frame is the movie.
This is also possible in Studio Pinnacle, here is how you can achieve this.
Note that this can also be used to hide a portion of the screen, a logo, border, ...

Tip & trick to have a menu pointing to another menu

In the menu-editor of Studio are included a number of buttons, which you can use in the CD/DVD menu’s. If you are not convinced these buttons will do your production any good, you can make your own (new) buttons. Here is how to proceed...