Well, I like Pinnacle rather well for video capturing and plain Jane DVD creating. It doesn't seem capable of doing the detailed video editing like the other programs. Have you found that to be true?
For example, I can go into Movie Edit and:
add motion overlays (to make it look like a silent movie, swirly smoke, etc.)
move video frames up, down, sideways, flipped, mirrored, etc.
change colors on the video itself
very precise fade in/fade out, crossfades, plus about 100 other transitions
(Pinnacle has some, but I find there's very little control of how long they are, where they are, etc.)
change the play speed of the video (a portion or the whole thing); iow, add a slow-motion bit to just several frames or a larger portion
add text (I think Pinnacle can do this, too.)
Creating a DVD menu is easier in Pinnacle and allows you more flexibility.
I have serious audio control in Movie Edit, with a full sound board to adjust left/right channels, gain, echo, reverb, and all kinds of things I have no idea how to use.
etc.
Anyway, maybe I just haven't played with Pinnacle enough to know all that it can do. ?? I typically use it for creating DVDs from video we've taped during church. I used it this time to create the DVDs for the various Easter programs because I was getting glitches in some videos with the other program. (However, Pinnacle did this last night as well.
) I did not do any video
creating with Pinnacle, just did a putting the movies into place-type of thing to create a DVD. Make sense?
Has anyone used Adobe Premiere Elements? That is one that was recommended to me.
Lali