1 stars (MOST FRUSTRATING AND TIME CONSUMING PROGRAM EVER INVENTED!!!) - I have been editing video since 1998, and have tried every Video editing product under the sun,,and I really enjoy making short movies, of family outings, weddings, etc...But using this software, is a nightmare!!! My blood pressure goes up everytime I use it. I can be in the middle of editing an important clip, and crash, I get bumped off and loose all of my hard work!!!! I start to think they do this on purpose... because when I call them up, they tell me, "gee:... I have never heard of this happening", in their lying voices, but from what I can see, numerous events like mine are reported here.
It is a TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY, and they would have to pay ME to use it!!! In fact, they are coming out with Version 10 in October, in a few weeks, so that is why all the Pinnacle 9 products are on sale. They are trying to get rid of them, so they can introduce into the market, another nail biting, anxiety producing program, that will only stifle ones creativity they had before they use this PINNACLE.....I shall call it,, THE PINNACLE OF SHAME.
I GIVE PINNACLE and their method of buying transitions, and activation codes, plus their customer support a (-10) NEGATIVE 10, taken to the 10th power!!!!! THEY WOULD BE LUCKY IF I GAVE THEM ONE POINT OF A STAR! I WILL STAY AWAY FROM PINNACLE....FAR FAR AWAY......IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW, THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING "GROSS STIFLEMENT TO MY CREATIVITY" FROM THE GRIEF OF PINNACLE,,,PLEASE DROP ME A LINE! ALSO I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE NEWEST VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE THAT I CAN HAVE FUN WITH, EXPRESS MY CREATIVITY, AND OTHERS REALLY APPRECIATE MY WORK! SO IF YOU HAVE HAD AN "UNPLEASANT" PINNACLE EXPERIENCE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.....
ANGRY VIDEOGRAPHER, BROOKLYN, NY
3 stars (Computing power may be a cause ) - I tried to create a full length DVD using the software. After rendering for 5 hours at 50%, it hanged. Suspecting that it could be due to computinng power, I attempted again. This time round I create only a 2mins clip, with some HFX and mp3 sound clip as background. Rendering took half an hour for the 2mins clip but the DVD was a success. I played on my DVD player in the living room and the quality of the video was commendable. Sharp, crisp and brilliant colours. I am going to power up my PC so that my full-length DVD can be a success just like the 2mins trial piece. Keeping my fingers crossed.
1 stars (Pinnacle Studio 9 - Simply won't ever work! EVER!) - I bought a copy of studio 9 after having some previous problems with studio 8. maybe the alarm bells should have been ringing there but i thought, "No, i'll give them guys at pinnacle a second chance, surely 9 has got to be better". Oh how wrong i was. Absolutely infinite problems, uninstalls, reinstalls of software. Endless reformats and my system is fine till studio goes on. Hours and hours of frustration checking hardware and what else. I have spoke to a few friends about it and a few other associates and they have had very similar problems with pinnacle. IT SIMPLY DOESNT WORK - END OF!!! I would love to know what the problem with it actually is because i have tried the pinnacle software and hardware on several high-end PC's and it just has none of it. It's even got me and i'm a qualified PC technician! god knows how a novice user would get on. All in all highly disappointed with it. Give credit where it's due though i have owned a pinnacle studio PCTV card and it is fantastic and has given me several years of trouble free use. I think pinnacle 9 has got the potential to be a great piece of software but it almost appears to me like a BETA version, pinnacle, get it all sorted BEFORE you get it out on the shelves! |
