On several occasions, users had problems fitting their photos into the montage thumbnails and looked for answers on the forums. As usual, there are often several ways to achieve the same result. So in this tutorial I'll give you another way to achieve this.

We have received several inquiries from users as to whether it was possible and how to do it ... The question is basic and if you read the documentation, the answer is very simple. There's not any explanations, just simply open the "File" menu and click on the sub-menu "Import previous Pinnacle Studio Projects". But before we go any further, I wanted to see for myself...

Recently in a news article I told you : "This tutorial is the latest in a series that has helped you gradually discover the wealth of possibilities in the AVID Studio title editor.". This was without taking into consideration the insight of some of our readers ... One of you wants to combine several motion effects in the same title and would like to know if this is possible. My first answer was yes because I had already done some testing of this possibility. But then, I had to dig a little deeper to support my answer and why not add a little more.

In a previous tutorial we saw that this effects editor had a few surprises in store for us. By testing these new features, I discovered a few tricks that I'd like to share with you. As we often get questions about keyframes, we would like to spend a little time on these famous keyframes which are often the basis of many operations in the Effect Editor.

This tutorial gives an example of an introductory video trip flying over the Earth, from start to finish. For this it uses Google Earth to fly over and Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 for screengrab. To finalize and resolve some problems we use an editing software as Pinnacle Studio.

After completing our tutorial, you should have installed Pinnacle Studio 16 on your computer. In addition to the reported bug fixes, this new version has some new features that are not just marketing gimmicks. These improvements provide the user with some real help when editing...

This tutorial explains step by step how to install the downloaded version of Pinnacle Studio version 16 in your computer.

We have already extensively discussed in our previous tutorials all the wonderful opportunities offered by the new Studio versions Title Editor. This editor gives you all the ingredients needed to create a pseudo personalized montage theme.

We have already published several tutorials about creating end credits. Probably, one of the oldest is the tutorial "Closing credits: Star Wars" because it was already on the old Declic-Video site. That tutorial used the 3rd party plugin JPs Effects. Other tutorials were created later on, based on other ideas and/or new software. Recently a tutorial that uses only Pinnacle Studio Ultimate (V14 or above) was published. So this time it's Avid Studio (or new Studio versions) that does all the work.

In a previous tutorial, we saw in detail how to handle DVD menus in Avid Studio (or new Studio versions) and I promised a sequel. Then in another tutorial, we detailed the workings of the title editor. Today we are going to combine what we learned by using the title editor and menu publisher to create a video introduction, with sound, before your classic menu.
 

After reading some comments here or on the forum of new Studio versions, it appears that the notion of library within Pinnacle Studio 16 or AVID Studio versions is handled with difficulties by some, especially in the early days of using the software. But only at first sight because this is not as complicated as it sounds !

In this page, we will present some of the best tutorials for AVID Studio, done by a colleague named "AVID Studio Pro". He is not affiliated to AVID, nor did he work for AVID, but he is like us: he loves AVID Studio video editing software and he do plenty of very good tutorial for AVID Studio, to help us using the best of the software.

Create a small image when we activate a chapter button of menu, is the feature "highlight" usually used in DVD /BD commercial. Reserved for professionals having software authoring specialized ? In principle yes! Nevertheless small trick revealed by Tiwa allows to make almost so much with Pinnacle Studio and the open source graphic software  Gimp. A complement in the tutorial " an introduction leading to the menu " gives a practical example of application.

In the latest version of Pinnacle Studio 1-15 we have already shown you the Motion Titles editor.

Avid Studio and new Studio versions have gone a step further with improved ergonomics for the title editor to make it a more powerful tool. With this editor, your creativity can lead to even greater achievements.

But like any newly developed tool, you need to get a better handle on it and some explanations are needed to tap into it's full potential...

Over the years our computers are taking longer to boot, with increasing numbers of programs that slow down the loading time of Windows. Moreover, as Rémy Fehlmann reminded us in one of his tutorials, a computer requires regular preventive maintenance. This is an opportunity to see what we can do to regain control of the situation.

Free Declic Video transitions Declic have largely been part of the success of the site. Continuously improved, supplemented, renewed and technically adapted to the different versions of Studio, they have greatly helped to publicize the site...

On Pinnacle Studio 16 & Avid Studio forum, many of you have consulted the thread on how to add shapes to a clip, marking your interest in the subject. So read this tutorial which will tell you more ...

Up to now, to install 00 - Declic Video free transitions in new Studio Versions, it was necessary to have a version of Pinnacle Studio 1-15 installed on the same computer. But we felt that more and more we would have users who would start directly with new Studio Versions and we still wanted to offer our free transitions.

If you encounter an "Export Failure" when rendering your movie, you probably won't understand the content of the message shown by Studio. In the absence of this help from Studio, follow this tutorial created by an experienced user. You will find:

• an explanation of the message and the location of the error;
• possible causes and ways to fix them.

Contour Design sells two devices called Shuttle that are programmable USB multimedia controllers specifically dedicated to audio and video applications. I propose here a review of these devices.

This tutorial shows you step by step how to install Avid Studio on your computer.

This tutorial will explain you how to create a "text effect" using chroma key and luma key. The tutorial is based on Pinnacle Studio screen capture, but it can also been accomplished using AVID Studio and new Studio versions.

You purchased a new camcorder that records in AVCHD and your PC is having trouble working with the captured video (Studio 12 and above, Avid Studio as well as or new Studio versions) ? When you view the video, there are delays and jerks that make your life difficult ? This tutorial may be a solution to your frustration, helping you to convert AVCHD to HDV.

The combined use of BluffTitler and Luma Keyer integrated into Studio can render great service. In this tutorial, we will illustrate my point with the realization of a video transition in the form of smoke.

The auxiliary files, sometimes called temporary, sometimes secondary files are created by Studio, in different circumstances, when editing or exporting a project. These files are saved in a specific folder. The auxiliary files can grow quite large and cause various disturbances in exporting your projects. These auxiliary files can be deleted at any time during your editing for Studio will recreate them automatically when you work on the project.

This tutorial will teach you how to use in Pinnacle Studio 1-15 and new Studio version the DVD menu from Eye Scream Factory. This tutorial begins with an explanation for changing the background menu. Later on, we will see how to include animated menu, as well as button and much more...

When you hear this word, Ripples, generally speaking you think about ripples in the water. But since the introduction of Studio this word is also known in video editing. The ‘rippling’ function is designed to place the same identical transition between a number of continuous clips or photographs on the time-line.

Depending on the version, the interface is different and the mode of application changes slightly but the principle remains. This tutorial helps you to move easily from older versions to the new Studio versions.

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.

Studio's preferred music format is .WAV so it is strongly advised to convert your music CD's to WAV files (Rip CD) instead of using the Studio CD Import function. This can be accomplished with the well known CDEx utility. 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 of crash related issues. If you are using new Studio version, the above recommendation becomes a requirement.

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 ...

On Television you often see a frame around the picture. And inside this frame is the movie.
This is also possible in Pinnacle Studio 1-15 or new Studio version, 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. Tutorial adapted to new Studio versions.

Trick to keep only one color in your movie, suppressing all the others...

In Pinnacle Studio 1-15 and new Studio versions, it is possible to trim two clips, which are positioned beside each other on the timeline, in one time, where the total length of both clips is not changed. This "Tip & trick" will explain you how to make it in few clicks.