Review by The Writing Chef

I am a long-term user of Pinnacle editing products. I got my first program nearly 10 years ago, and have slowly updated ever since. I’ve used Pinnacle 6, Pinnacle 10, Pinnacle 12, and now with this, Pinnacle 16. I work in television production so I am familiar with all the professional editing systems out there, and this is perfect for my home machine. Loading it onto my computer was fast – faster than previous versions. I like the various video training guides. I love the fact that it now has many more video tracks and audio tracks. One of my earlier complaints was the limited number of video tracks I could use. That meant if I had a complex sequence, I had to build it in steps. Now I can do it all at once. A big improvement! I do wish it came with more pre-recorded music to add to my videos, and for me, that’s it’s only major drawback. Yes, I know you can burn any music you want, but it takes time so it would be great to have a wider choice of music already loaded in the system. I know other reviewers have complained about crashes and freezing, but so far I haven’t experienced any of that. And hopefully, I never will. After all, I never had the problem with any of the previous Pinnacle programs. But I’ll come back and update this review if that happens. In the meantime, on to editing my next great project! Thanks, Pinnacle, for making it easy!