Before you start

Thank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio™ 24, powerful and creative video editing software. We hope you enjoy using the software. If you have not used Pinnacle Studio before, we recommend that you review this section and Using Pinnacle Studio. The rest of this comprehensive guide and be used as a reference whenever you need more information.

Note: Not all features described in the user guide are included in all versions of Pinnacle Studio. For more information, please visit www.pinnaclesys.com and refer to the Compare table.

This section contains the following topics:

• Abbreviations and conventions

• Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows

• Help and Tooltips

• Finding your version information

• Upgrading