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The Export tool in Avid only had options for File, Disc, and Web, and the only destination for ‘Web’ was YouTube.

In the Library when you preview clips, you have many more options, including scrubbing through the clip, uploading to Box.com, applying tags, etc.

It sure would be nice if they integrated Dropbox, Skydrive, and Google Drive as well.

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All the options available in the Import tool remain (webcam, DVD, computer, stop motion, snapshot), but now you can also import media from the “cloud”, which is that free Box.com account that I previously mentioned.

If you don’t have this selected, a standard transition length will be added, which you set in the project settings.

Also on the Timeline toolbar is the Dynamic Length Transitions button, which allows you to set the duration of the transitions you add.

This is one of the biggest improvements, and whoever decided to do this deserves a hug. Now with Studio 16 you can use the Snapshot button on the timeline toolbar without opening up anything else.

In Avid Studio if you wanted to grab a still frame from a video (which is a common thing to do in these video packages), you had to open up the clip in ‘corrections mode’ and then grab it there.

You can customize which buttons show up on that toolbar, which you couldn’t do in Avid Studio.

There is a toolbar right above the timeline.

(Some screenshots that refer to these bullet points are below.) Let me simply list them in bullet form for you. Little things that I didn’t initially notice but that now are really big in my mind. I discovered a whole host of upgrades and enhancements from Avid Studio to Pinnacle Studio 16.

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I am going to refer several times to Avid Studio, since this package is an upgrade to it, so if you want to read my review of that package then go here. I give them props for a quick resolution to that problem. Tech support provided me some files to replace on my system after they discovered the issue, and it was resolved. I submitted a tech support request (after registering my product, of course), and working with them revealed that there was an issue with the codecs that my files were using and the Pinnacle software. My video camera that I use the most records in. I had some issues right after installation.

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Unlimited audio and video timeline layers, instead of 24 you get in Plus.

2,000+ 2D/3D effects, transitions, titles, & templates (as opposed to 1,800+).

So what do you get for that extra $30? A bunch: So I got the Pinnacle Studio 16 Ultimate package ($129.95), which is a step up from the Pinnacle Studio 16 Plus ($99.95). 50GB? That’s more than I have with Dropbox, Google Drive, and Skydrive.

Free 25GB of storage from Box, and an additional 25GB when you register the product.

Although the same videos are on the Pinnacle website.

3D glasses… whoa… what’s this? Interesting indeed.

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And now Avid recently sold the software line to Corel who decided to return to the Pinnacle brand loved by so many. So with the new release of Pinnacle Studio 16 Ultimate, would version 16 live up to the Pinnacle brand I had known and loved? Would it best Avid Studio? Would it again be another complete departure from previous packages? Let’s find out!

It was a serious, fundamental change from the Pinnacle Studio I had grown to love, but my review was favorable. Avid bought the Pinnacle software line a couple years back and turned Pinnacle Studio into Avid Studio, which I reviewed in the summer of 2011. Sometimes the new version simply doesn’t provide enough reason to upgrade. This has happened to me before with various things, like software programs for example.

The new version looked exactly like the old one. I couldn’t tell a difference between their old one and the new one. The other day a friend of mine showed me their new cellphone. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.

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