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Surveys show that on average each of the 17 million US households that owns both a PC and a camcorder have over 36 video tapes sitting on the shelf, in the closet, or hidden away for ever. Without doubt, all of these tapes are chock-full of precious family memories, although mysterious strangers, sidewalks, and other unwanted scenes often flank the greatest moments.

Using the newly introduced Studio 400* from Pinnacle Systems, Inc. users can edit their home video tapes easier and more professionally then ever before. Studio 400 is for PCs, and can help individuals make great home movies look like they've come straight from Hollywood. And it truly is one of those things that is so easy even a child can do it.

"Studio 400 leap frogs the competition by offering one of the easiest to use consumer video editing solutions available. Unlike other products, Studio 400 is truly interactive, and can be used by anyone who has a basic understanding of their home PC," said Bill Loesch, Pinnacle Systems' vice president of consumer products. "Studio 400 marries Pinnacle's years of video design experience with Microsoft's new DirectShow™ technology to give consumers the first video editing program with instant feedback. It makes home video editing truly easy and fun."

Just imagine if Steven Spielberg had had one as a kid.

The New Studio 400 is Great Because:  

• It is Easy to Use - Studio 400 offers users instant playback, a unique feature, which allows users to preview, changes to the movie in real-time, without waiting for the movie to render. Instant playback makes video editing easy - users can see their creative ideas "come-to-life" immediately.

• Creative and Fun - Studio 400 was designed specifically to let users have fun and explore their creativity while editing videos. Studio 400 includes over 200 professional title styles and looks including metallic, neon and more. Users can choose from over 100 different cool transitions including fades, wipes, dissolves and more. Studio 400 also includes SmartSound* from Sonic Desktop. This feature allows users to create a musical soundtrack from a range of styles (classical, jazz, rock, country & western, etc.) that automatically matches the precise duration of their video. Users can also record a voice-over track while they watch their movie play. The narration is automatically added to the movie and is always in-sync with the action.

• Internet Video - With Studio 400, it is simple and easy to work with video on the Internet. Users can create video movies to share via email or post on their Web page. Studio 400 also includes Microsoft's Net Meeting, so Studio 400 and a camcorder can be used as a video phone.

• VHS Tape - Users can choose to output their final masterpiece to full quality, full resolution video tape to play for family and friends on any VCR. Studio 400 copies the scenes selected by the user directly from the original camcorder source tape to a new VHS tape in the consumer's VCR - automatically adding all the user's special effects, titles, and audio. Absolutely no image compression is used in this process, so there are no annoying visual artifacts nor is there any blurring or loss of image quality.

• Works with your PC - Studio 400 makes installation a "no brainer" for anyone. It simply plugs into the back of a PC. There are no boards to insert and no tinkering with the insides of the PC is required. Studio 400 minimizes disk space requirements by capturing and compressing a 160x120 "thumbnail" version of the user's source video. Users can capture one hour of full-motion source video in only 150MB of disk space.
• Professional Quality - the titles and graphics in Studio 400 are based on Pinnacle's TypeDeko* product that major TV studios pay tens of thousands of dollars to own. Because Studio 400 is based on Pinnacle's Emmy award winning technology, it puts professional power into the hands of consumers for things like special effects and scene transitions.

• Pricing, Availability and System Requirements. Studio 400 carries a suggested retail price of $199, is compatible with virtually all Windows 95 machines, and available in wherever computers or consumer electronics are sold, including Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Computer City, Fry's Electronics, The Good Guy's and other retailers.

For more information:

888-484-3366

http://www.pinnaclesys.com

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