Reprinted from an Avid press release:

Avid® today announced a major update to its family of Pinnacle Studio™ video editing solutions.  Widely regarded as the industry’s leading application for home video editing*, Pinnacle Studio software now offers an even broader array of HD capabilities with a new simplified user interface that makes it easier to manage content and an unified capture/import utility for the latest formats and camcorders. Other new features include:
• A stop-motion capture for animated and fast-motion effects.
• New content and enhancements for Pinnacle Montage.
• Dynamic Motion Titler tool that includes a number of new templates.
• A new stabilizer effect – leveraging the same technology used in Avid’s professional editing products to fix shaky camera shots. Read the rest of this entry »

Reprinted from an Avid press release:

Avid® today announced a trio of new Pro Tools® Essential bundles, hardware/software solutions that enable enthusiasts to easily create music with the same tools used by today’s most popular musicians. The three affordable bundles, Pro Tools Vocal Studio, Pro Tools Recording Studio and Pro Tools KeyStudio™, aim at creative hobbyists with an interest in musical composition, editing, and production as well as consumers who are looking to create and share music, podcasts, narrations and other forms of audio with their peers. Read the rest of this entry »