Pinnacle Studio 16 Ultimate (CD-ROM)

I've been using Pinnacle Studio products for quite a few years. I started with version 9, and stopped upgrading after installing Studio 12 since there seemed to be too many problems plaguing the later versions. I hoped that Studio version 16 Ultimate would be a different story, but I guess I was wrong.The program has very serious difficulties dealing with mpg video files taken with a digital camera. I have both a Sony digital camera for stills and videos, and a Sony Digital video camcorder. I used them both recently for a wedding, and uploaded the videos to the new Version 16 Ultimate. It became apparent immediately there was a problem rendering the mpg files from the digital camera. Any effects change to an mpg clip performed on the timeline resulted in a red render line. In other words, the video clip won't play. It took several attempts, but the only work around was to apply effects before adding the mpg clip to the timeline. Unfortunately, after making some...Read more