

Even if you do copy over your media directory, it’s still easy to miss the odd file. This is much more sophisticated than simply saving your editing decisions, as transferring just the file containing these to a new system will leave all the media they refer to behind. The most major feature enhancement with Studio HD 15 is its ability to archive projects. This was the first mainstream consumer-grade video editing app to take a tabbed approach to the stages of the process, and it’s still the easiest app for novices to get to grips with in its class. Although both share the same underlying code base, their interfaces are rather different, and Pinnacle Studio still holds the upper hand for ease of use. However, there are clear interface distinctions between the two. Although Studio persists, it too now has a questionable future since Avid released its own-branded Studio software. Pinnacle was purchased by Avid a few years ago, and the company’s semi-professional Liquid software was discontinued after version 7. However, it does have just about enough new features to warrant the number revision. Taking a scan down the feature list, Pinnacle Studio HD 15 isn’t a huge improvement over its predecessor. But, like Star Trek movies, there have been Pinnacle Studio updates of greater or lesser excellence along the way. I really like the interface of the software, but if I can't get over this bump, it's basically 200$ down the drain.Hopefully someone here has been through this and can help.I also tried importing videos from my Canon 5DII, same thing it only imports the sound.When a piece of software reaches its 15th version, you would expect it to be a pretty finely honed experience. Then there's a big button "Activate now" and I get "Your session had expired! Please close the browser and try again."

I get a popup saying: "In order to ensure Avid Studio has the latest components you must activate MPEG-4 Encoding/Decoding now. What happens is Avid Studio can import the file but only the sound. mp4 file, then I use the GoPro Cineformstudio to convert it to MOV or AVI (tried both nothing works).

I have a GoProHD 2 and am starting with an.

So far the only type of file I was able to import was WMV. For some reason I just can't get to import AVI or MOV. I downloaded everything that was included in the bundle, rebooted my PC after.
