The days of Pinnacle Studio's well-charted constancy problems opportunely seem to be contentedly dispatch to the past, as its newest release, Studio 14, is a far more tough up till now no less appealing video editing suite. For a few times, Studio was the preferential home video editing package of many, but it used to have an irritating pattern of crashing at just the wrong minute. Studio 14 maintains the qualities decisively unbroken, without that irritating fear of losing your work.

The core of the software is still an awfully excellent video editing system, even though it's lost its spirited edge over titles for example Adobe's Premiere Elements in current times. The drag-and-drop timeline advance is the core of the editing utility, but Studio 14 infuses this with lots of more comprehensive options which, normally, are offered on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. Even before you find to this stage it's simple to get your stuff into the computer, plus the application does a excellent job of breaking up clips into handy chunks.

One appealing innovative feature is support for stop-motion work. This is more a change than some serious latest addition, but after that there's an argument that Studio as well as many of its ilk have long since reached the spot where they do the job they're intended to do. Thus, developers look for ever more functions to attach in, whether you need them or else not.

It ought to be noted that what the application is also mainly good at is its output work. We determined to output one of our projects in Flash video format for a website, and were very overwhelmed at the level of control we had over the end product. There are ample of presets for you to jump among if you like, plus there are many other mobile and web-specific output choices existing. On top of that, the application, as you'd expect, works contentedly with optical formats as well, right through to Blu-ray. But, the latter does need - as is the case with one or else two additional functions - registration to activate.

We experienced the Ultimate version here, but Studio is offered at three different levels as well as three different prices. This is the most exclusive version as well as unavoidably has ample of premium features as a result. But it's pleasant to see that even if you choose for the entry level edition, you're receiving a excellence video editing package that works with standard as well as high definition, and can help you simply bring in, edit as well as output your video to a agreeably high standard.

Sony's Vegas choice is still possibly the improved choice for the more certain home video editor, as well as Premiere Elements also is a superb tool. But Studio 14 however goes toe-to-toe with the latter, and is one of the easiest applications of its type to find to grips with.

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