Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows

by Jan Ozer

PC Magazine's Jan Ozer takes on the most popular Windows-based DV editing software in classic Visual QuickStart style. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321186532
• ISBN13: 9780321186539
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic instructional manual!

I bought this book after having owned the editing program for about a year........and suffered all the heartache that can occur if you do not know what you are doing....including crashing Windows.....finally located this superb manual that is user friendly and written by a pro in the field. Since that time, I have produced several projects that are startlingly complex.......and am currently being PAID to produce VHS/DVD productions. A MUST BUY if you purchase Pinnacle Studio 8.

Awesome Book!

This book is a MUST for anyone new to Pinnacle Studio. I bought the software thinking I could "figure it out on my own"...Not!This book has saved me!

Don't hesitate to buy

This book tries to sell itself on the photos of the GUI that you will be using. The photos are a bit small, but good enough when you really need them, which is rare, because the author does a wonderful job of explaining how Pinnacle works. I recieved the software with no documentation and within a few minutes of opening this book I was well on my way to creating DVDs out of some digital movies. The author does a great job explaining both the simple and the complex parts of the software. And refreshingly, the author actually offers opinions on better ways to do some tasks. This is a good buy for anyone using this software.

A great help!

Well laid out and quite thorough. Really a must-have if you are new to Pinnacle Studio DV.

Incredibly, the book is version 8.6 & up, 2003

I've had this book for less than a day and it's already paid for itself. I bought Studio 8, which now has been updated to version 8.10 (eight point ten, not 1.0). I figured even if the book were good for the very first versions of Studio 8, OK. As soon as you open the book, you see that Jan refers to changes made as recently as v. 8.6; I was thrilled. This is a brand new book/edition. Studio 8 ships with a 258 page manual right out of the box, which is somewhat amazing for a piece of software like this, but admittedly, the manual is very remedial. This book, from the earliest pages, delves into some seriously useful components within Studio. I have a bunch of these Visual QS books; I'm always ammazed at the bang for the buck in every one of them, this one no exception.