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? Let's take things step by step.

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 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.

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

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 ...

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, ...

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.