Remember ... September 2004 and the bill came for around 78.00 euros, shipping included. You wondered what it was? It was the introduction of the Studio 9 PLUS update with its overlay track: a great enhancement for Studio fans.

In various forums that we frequent, users often report incidents that they attribute to Studio ! In fact, after expertise, those problems have to be attributed to causes entirely unrelated to the editing software. If we exclude the issues of graphics cards and their drivers, poor management or lack of PC maintenance are present in the top 10 incidents that concern us.
Therefore Rémy Fehlmann has developed a list of recommendations to follow to get the best possible performance on your machine.

Studio 14, in its Ultimate Collection version, has been equipped with various plugins from Red Giant. Among these, Trapcode 3DStroke, which is a graphics generator in the form of lines moving in three dimensions. Of course, it is a lighter version of the plugin for us. But many parameters allow us to modify it at will.

The purpose of this tutorial is to explain them and show you we can go further.

Pinnacle with Studio 14 introduced a new titler called Motion Title. Motion Title is available in Ultimate and Ultimate Collection versions of Studio 14.

I suggest in this tutorial to discover this new tool.

One of our faithful readers and friends, Serge Gastineau is the source of the spark that gave rise to this tutorial. On a famous forum, he regretted the lack of tracks in a studio, and in particular he said that simply overlay a logo on a video mobilized the title track for the duration of the video... and it was not entirely wrong !
I saved this phrase in an area of my cerabral hard disk and time doing his work ... this tutorial was created.

The Studio software uses several plugins. One of the oldest, if not the oldest, is certainly Hollywood FX. Studio in version 12, came with the Boris Graffiti plugin. Then, using Studio 12 and the two plugins mentioned, I made a small unassuming clip, just to show you how we can bring together these three elements to integrate a time code in a video which itself is then included in another video.

If you want to use animated GIFs to add to your video this tutorial is for you.

Tutorial explaining how to use in Studio video filters for VirtualDub.

You saw in a previous tutorial how to install Studio 14 and RedGiant plugins, now we are going to see how to install other plugins like proDAD, NewBlue, BWPlugins, Bravo Studio Pack, Dziedzic's effects, PE Camera POV, Stage Tools, Vance Effects, RTFx Vol2, Boris Graffiti as well as third parties plugins (like JPs effects, BS Effects and WL Filters).

This tutorial shows you step by step how to install Studio 14 Ultimate Collection and its plugins Red Giant.

We showed you how to do a typewriter effect in  "Boris Graffiti, Typewriter effect" and "Heroglyph, The typewriter effect", but let's not forget your loyal companion, Studio, and good old "TITLE DEKO" that has been by your side since you started with Studio.

This small tutorial will show you that it is possible to create chapter points in Studio without their associated buttons are visible.

This tutorial will teach you how to create a selection in an image with Gimp and make it transparent

This tutorial will teach you how to use Studio to reproduce one of the video effects the director of Star Academy regularly applies during the show. Indeed, one sees from time to time that the image will become monochrome. But a special kind of monochrome ...

Remember this French series? These short episodes certainly stayed with you for days and the credits and music are still fresh in everyone's minds. Declic-Video has dissected the credits and will reveal it's secrets.

This tutorial is largely based on a tutorial found on the Internet titled "First Trip" which explained how to achieve this effect with Adobe Premiere (In case you're curious, it was under Adobe Premiere but has since disappeared ...).

This tutorial is a basic approach to the management of layers with Gimp. You can, for example, use it to isolate and use some elements (DVD menu buttons) from the psd files you get on Eye Scream Factory.

This tutorial will teach you how to use in Studio 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...

We have already released several tutorials regarding the creation of customized menu buttons. Today we have a TIWA re-run. It demonstrates the creation of thumbnail buttons without borders ...

Using transparency in Studio to incorporate a still photo as a decoration around a video ... Here's the tutorial brought to you by TIWA.

With Studio 12, a significant improvement has been often overlooked. Specifically, I am referring to the opportunity that the user has to set up their own work space.

There is no question there are many features in Studio 12. This is one that is free (not locked). So, let's explore the possibilities!

After the publication on our site of one tutorial for creating custom menu buttons, TIWA now gives us his method. It is interesting because it raises several points that were not covered in our other recent tutorials.

This tutorial will show you that by using VirtualDub and the filter DeLogo from Karel Suhajda you can hide any embarrassing part of a video.

On 3 March 2007 Perez announced in the french forum MagazineVideo his latest discovery. He had found a way to insert a video, under certain conditions, on the Title track of his Studio Plus version. This tip was not included in a tutorial, somehow it was forgotten. That's the reason why we are launching this tutorial now, to make you aware of this excellent trick.

The emergence of Studio 9 Plus led to the creation of this tutorial in March 2005 by JFIL. A few years later, do you still know how to trigger an explosion (in S9 and above)? Let's take things step by step.

You created a DVD with Studio and it has several chapters. And you would like to be able to play the entire DVD or an individual chapter (by returning to the menu). You can do this by following this tutorial.

I was inspired by the Montage Themes and this will allow me to show you, once again, the things that you can accomplish by using these two complimentary programs.

Moreover, as one can not directly import HD clips into the Easy FX Editor, this trick might also enable me use HD video while using the HFX Effect and Easy FX Editor from Studio 12.

I am not about to tell you that my little tinkering can replace the Montage Themes. So quit dreaming but enjoy yourself anyway ..

You just modified a standard menu, or you just created a new menu and it took you a fair amount of time, right? So, you would like to save it so you can use it later on or modify it again to make another new menu? Here are the steps to follow to save your personalized menu.

The question is often asked and we will demonstrate how to achieve this goal...

This tutorial follows the first cloning method described by saby. Here, we will not use an Alpha Magic transition, but a free plug in the JPS Effects pack, which can be used with two video tracks (Studio PLUS version only).

This tutorial will allow you to view two parallel video sources with Studio, which is essential when you edit footage from two cameras that filmed the same scene.

This tutorial will teach you how to transform videos from web sites like Youtube, Dailymotion, etc, in a format you can safely import in Studio.

This is not a real tutorial, but rather a compendium of tips that revolve around television that I present to you today. Most of these tips, a collaborative effort of various participants of the time (DGrenier, ggfx, Kiki), were already present on the former site of Declic-Video.

You certainly have already seen on TV or movies this special effect where a same personnage appears twice on the screen ? No ? Take a look at what it can produce with me and... me in the starring roles in my sitting room:

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.

Specific plugins are applied to a clip. Now, you would like the same plugins with the same settings on multiple clips (contiguous or not). How to proceed? This tip & trick will give you the solution.

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...

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

In Pinnacle Studio, 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.

Tutorial to learn how to use the software for batch conversion. It is possible to convert, rename, resize or crop a batch of images. Quality of all these operations are very good with IrfanView. In addition, this software is free ! This freeware is often used with Pinnacle Studio to resize images and have them conform to the 4:3 format - "768x576" BMP extension.