pinnacle vs. ulead?

[shredding]

Just wonder if you guys have done some comparisons between the 2 products. Pinnacle studio seems a little bit slow on my computer and doesn't have as many filters.

Any ideas? I"m thinking of choosing between these 2.

[PeterMilliken]

I haven't tried Pinnacle since moving to ULead - which was a while ago now. Pinnacle was too unstable for my taste but that may have improved. But once you have lost a customer to another, better product, then it is too late to win them back with improvements

You might want to search for reviews as well, one site is:

http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

In this review, VS 10 is ranked third and Pinnacle comes in 6th place. But you really need to take such sites with a grain of salt - at least they provide easy feature comparision . Softer criteria such as "ease of use" is always subjective, so taking the various products for a 30 day trial run is heavily recommended. But the reviews are well worth reading - just make sure you back up the information with trial's of the vatious packages!

Peter

[sjj1805]

I think that asking this question on this forum you will get a strong
Ulead is better because we are all ulead users.
Ask the same question on the Pinnacle forum and you will get the reply
Pinnacle is better because they are all Pinnacle users.

I have see the review that Peter has mentioned and although Independant it is flawed by the fact that we know nothing of the methods adopted by the magazine to compare the various products which may favour one product against another.

a simple head count of How Many transitions are in this product compared to that one is flawed because 1 Good Transition may outweigh 20 crap transitions plus the 1 good transition may also be customisable so it isn't really 1 transition after all.

The only way you will satisfy yourself which product is best for YOU is to download as many trial versions of various products as possible and then see which one YOU feel the most comfortable with.

Should you choose a Ulead Product you can rest assured that there are several members of this forum who give up a lot of their valuable spare time to assist other users solve problems and share ideas.

Membership of this forum is like being a part of a big family and we will be only too happy to welcome you into our fold.

[shredding]

Steve,
That just does it! i've been more on the Ulead side before and now i'm going to choose Ulead. I found this form quite helpful on a lot of the issues i've been struggling with. I've searched the old posts and a lot of my questions have been answered.

Thanks, guys!

[TDK1044]

In terms of functionality, both programs offer the user a lot. In terms of stability within the operating system, Ulead has had Pinnacle beaten since Video Studio 7.

[Black Lab]

I found this form quite helpful on a lot of the issues i've been struggling with. I've searched the old posts and a lot of my questions have been answered.

A few years ago when I was comparing video editing systems the tipping point for me was actually this forum. From what I saw at that time, if I ever got stuck I had a group of very knowledgable people right at my fingertips that I could turn to. I haven't been disappointed - with either VideoStudio or this great forum

[TDK1044]

Black Lab states it perfectly.

[ondamusical]

I used Pinnacle for 2 years. There are some transitions like the drop off, you can see it great, but when you burn it, it crashed!
Now I am usind Ulead Version 10 and is great.

[albertyork@email.com]

I have both and Pinnacle is the only one I can get to run without locking up. I would prefer to use VS but it is just too unstable. I started with VS7 and tried upgrading to VS9 because of the lockups. I still have the same problem. I have considered upgrading to VS10 but I don't know if it will be any better. If VS wors for you then you should use it as it doesn have some nice features.

[TDK1044]

Hi Albert,

You must have some internal conflicts on your system. I've owned Ulead Video Studio products since VS 5, and although there were some clear issues that really needed addressing with the earlier versions of video studio, I've never had any version of the software lock up on me. I may have been lucky in that regard I guess, but Video Studio 10 is totally stable on my system using XP and the latest ATI Drivers.

[albertyork@email.com]

I have another post about this problem but basicly, VS locks up on two desktop systems and works fine on my laptop. I realize there are some conflicts but I can't figure out what they are on my own and Ulead doesn't seem all that responsive. I don't know that VS10 will be any more stable, which is sad because I really like the VS editor.

[TDK1044]

It has to be the same program running in the background on both systems. I don't want to go over old ground if you've already researched this, but look in Task Manager and see what background programs are running on both Desktops. By process of elimination, you should be able to find the culprit.

[albertyork@email.com]

Actually, you are the first person to suggest anything. I have not had any recommendations on my other post. There are no other applications running but there are a lot of services. It would help a lot if ulead could point me in some direction based on what VS is doing. I'm a computer programmer so I could probably figure this out if I had some help.

[sjj1805]

Try this
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13950

[albertyork@email.com]

Thanks. I will try it tonight.