It’s good to see that the guys at Corel have inserted a little creativity and variety into the whole thing – not simply repackaged the same bunch of generic effects and transitions that have already been done to death.Īlso worth noting is that Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate now includes the Newblue Video Essentials 1 collection as an added bonus, which brings a long list of industry-quality effects into the mix. You simply click on the effect you’re interested in, evaluate how it looks and make adjustments as necessary. Within each category, you’ll find an extensive range of options presented as thumbnails. More than enough to create an outstanding and 100% unique final result, without having to worry about plug-ins or added extras. The icons on the left of the library provide access to titles, transitions, special effects, royalty-free audio, 3D text effects, themes, split screen effects and plenty more besides. Getting to grips with the effects takes a little time, solely for the reason that there are so many of them to play with.
The whole thing is unlikely to prove too daunting – even for those with no prior video editing experience.
I have to say that the layout and interface are both as good as any I’ve come across, keeping things relatively simple and eliminating unnecessary distractions. Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate comes preprogrammed with a bunch of intelligent and intuitive keyboard shortcuts, which can be adjusted and altered as preferred. The timeline sits at the bottom with the preview window to the right, along with the various libraries to the left of the screen. Of course, the vast majority of your time with Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate will be spent in the ‘Edit’ section, which is where you will find a whole world of cool features and functionalities. You can also import footage directly from external sources such as video cameras or VHS, which is useful for quality improvement projects. The linking option can be great for minimizing disk space requirements, but can nonetheless slow things down when working with multiple files from multiple sources. One interesting option with Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate is that of being able to link to the clip/file you want to work on or make a separate copy of it. Clips can be imported from all the usual internal and external devices, with Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate supporting a wide variety of video, photo and audio file formats. Importing a clip is as easy as you’d expect it to be – you simply click on the corresponding tab and follow the instructions accordingly. The question being, does Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate rival the power and performance of comparable video editing suites, only at a considerably lower price? Simple enough for anyone to use, but powerful enough for those working at the highest industry levels, just like Adobe Premiere Pro.
If you’ve worked with Pinnacle Studio in the past, you’ll find the Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate layout and user interface relatively familiar.ĭesigned with total accessibility and user friendliness in mind, Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate was engineered to bridge the gap between mid-level video editing software for amateurs and industry-quality manipulation for serious movie producers. In this fully independent Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate review, I’ll be taking a brief look at what separates these two popular software packages. Both of which come from the veteran developers at Corel – one of the world’s most renowned video editing software producers. Considered by many to be one of the most sophisticated video editing suites on the market right now, Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate is the beefed-up sequel to Pinnacle Studio 22.