PINNACLE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE STUDIO ACTION

PINNACLE Systems have announced Studio Action, a fun, educational video editing package for junior editors that gives them the creative tools they need to make their own movies.
Studio Action includes the new LEGO Studios software, a special version of Pinnacle Systems’ award-winning Studio video editing software, jointly developed by LEGO Media and Pinnacle Systems. Studio Action combines the child-friendly LEGO Studios video editing software with a USB video cable. Kids can use Studio Action with any camcorder to make movies of their family, friends and toys.
With the LEGO Studios software, children can arrange their movie clips in any order and shorten scenes to include only the parts they want in the final movie. The software also makes it easy for kids to add titles and credits, sound effects ranging from the roar of an angry T-Rex to the meow of a kitten, transitions, background music, and additional fun effects such as a snowstorm, rain, or night vision. Once the movie creation is finished, it can be e-mailed to friends, posted on the Internet, or shown on a computer.
Serge Bussat, Vice President consumer and business products at Pinnacle Systems Europe, said: “Kids today are the first video generation to be raised with video as a means of every day communication. We’ve added Studio Action to our Studio consumer line of video editing products in response to parents’ interest in giving their kids a fun and educational video editing tool that lets them express their creativity and enables them to communicate via video.”
The LEGO Studios software is included in Pinnacle Systems’ Studio Action and in the LEGO Studios MovieMaker Set, a LEGO Media product. (CD)