Download Pinnacle Studio 10.6

Pinnacle Systems released another patch for Pinnacle Studio 10 a few days ago, which raises the version number to 10.6. Pinnacle Studio is a video editing program that allows the user, for example, to edit their home videos and burn them to a DVD. This patch brings a host of changes, including faster application startup time, improved performance, and support for DivX version 6. The full changelog for this release shows the following changes:

General

• Improved overall performance and responsiveness
• Improved application start up time
• Improved speed of File New, File Open and Save As operations
• Improved unlocking of features when using a Mozilla internet browser
• Improved speed when shutting down application
• Studio UI now scales to fill widescreen display resolutions
• Enhancements to Album navigation and browsing tools
• DivX6 Pro now supported
• Studio uninstall no longer uninstalls existing DivX installations
• Audio effects show correct lock/unlock icon on standard and Plus effects
• HD playback and rendering improved on Nvidia graphics cards
• Second-head video display improved with some problematic ATI graphics cards

Capture/Import

• Detaching a DV camcorder while in the Capture step no longer freezes Studio
• Improved import of Studio 9 projects
• Improved playback of audio from imported DVDs
• Reduced CPU usage when playing back content from an imported DVD
• Improvements in accurate MPEG-1 capture durations

EditMode

• Improved stability when moving or trimming clips on timeline
• Improved video effect preview performance
• Improved transitions preview
• Improved performance of title editing
• Favorites in the Title Tool now retained
• Title text position when rotated is now correct
• Improvements in DVD creation and preview
• DVD chapter marker functionality improved
• Improved MPEG minimal re-rendering
• Improved stability when using SmartMovie
• Correct preview maintained when switching between HDV projects
• Audio playback improved when using overlay and slow motion
• Smartsound render progress bar added
• MP3 playback behavior in the Album now previews correctly
• When adding stills to the title track, Color Key effect is no longer automatically applied
• Delete a reverse speed effect now functions properly
• Voiceover performance improved on AMD 64bit systems with Nvidia Nforce audio

Make Movie Mode

• Improved performance of export to DVD image file
• Improved Direct-to-Disc burning
• Improved audio/video sync on burned DVDs
• Improved DVD export with 16×9 projects
• DVD burners are now recognized regardless of which Windows user is logged onto the system
• Improved performance when rendering to a file
• Discometer display of final file size information now more accurate
• Improved stability when exporting DivX files
• Improved render of 1080i HD files
• Improved speed when rendering PAL WMV files
• Make Tape with HDV output no longer automatically starts recording on the camcorder
• Issue with certain USB controllers and analog output with Pinnacle 700-USB resolved

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