Review by D. R. Jeanclerc

Ive been a fan of Pinnacle Studio products for several versions now. I find the user interface to be intuitive and the potential results to be pretty cool stuff from semi-skilled or even amateur hands. I had had tremendous problems installing prior versions of Studio, but 18 worked easily on the first try for me (on a machine that had had prior versions of Studio installed on it, for what its worth your mileage may vary).nMy only problem with this Plus edition is that it doesnt pack much more in the features department than the basic yet also lacks the cool editing effects that come packaged in the ultimate edition. You also cant author to blu-ray yet can work with 3D video with the Plus edition, which seems backwards. I would expect that many more people would rather just create basic blu-rays than mess around with anything 3D.nOne nice feature with the Plus is the ability to capture video and audio right from the screen and then edit it. This is invaluable when creating computer training/demo videos or capturing a live presentation complete with its slides.