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Pinnacle Studio Tutorials

Animate Text Typing in a Circle

Paul Holtz from Studio Backlot shows you how to use Pinnacle Studio’s 360 video editing tools to animate typing text around a circle or arc.

How to Key Frame Picture-in-Picture Effects

In this Pinnacle Studio tutorial, you will learn master DVE techniques from Paul Holtz on how to create powerful, key-framing effects including moving multiple picture-in-picture & text effects typically used in live production video.

How to Find your Files

One of the most common questions that Pinnacle guru Paul Holtz gets is from users who cannot locate missing files, asking “Where did my file go?” and “How did it get there?” Paul clears up the mystery for editors once and for all.

Creating a “Hand Wipe” Effect

Here is a  super cool, unique use of Chroma-Key to create the famous “Hand wiping off dirt to expose the Gold Rush logo” effect seen on TV. You can use this technique for a myriad of effects that trainer Paul Holtz demonstrates.