Dear PinnacleShare user,
With the multiplication of services allowing consumers to post videos on the Web, we have decided to discontinue our PinnacleShare™ activities.
The PinnacleShare website will be discontinued from 15th February 2009. After this date, the users accounts will no longer exist, and their videos and personal profile information will disappear from the Internet, so they won’t be able to watch the videos posted at PinnacleShare or access their accounts anymore.
However, we want to assure our users that Pinnacle™ is and will continue to be committed to providing enthusiastic support for video creation and video sharing; thus, you’ll find in this email a proposal of different alternatives to keep editing videos (even if you don’t have a video editing software) and sharing your masterpieces with fellow video enthusiasts and with the world.
- From now on, where can you keep uploading videos?
Take advantage of the direct upload to YouTube® –which includes private videos option- or Yahoo! Video. Both portals are just a click away from Pinnacle Studio™ video editing software.
- You don’t have video editing software? No problem! Depending on your needs, you have two choices:
- If you enjoyed the online editor at PinnacleShare for its ease of use and comfort, then a great solution for you is the free video editing software VideoSpin®. This software has the advantage that you can use it anytime, even when you are not on the Internet. It allows uploading your videos directly to YouTube.
- If you would like to extend your experience with video editing but keep the same look & feel of the online editor of PinnacleShare, then try the Pinnacle Studio Plus 12 trial version now. Pinnacle Studio Plus trial version has the capability for a direct upload to YouTube and Yahoo! Video.
- Would you like to be in touch with other Pinnacle Studio users?
Easy! You can meet Pinnacle Studio users in our users’ forum and share your ideas, links to your latest video masterpieces, ask questions, learn new techniques from your peers and share tips and tricks with other video enthusiasts.
FAQ - PinnacleShare
Until when will PinnacleShare be available?
PinnacleShare will be active until 15th February 2009.
Can I access my account before this date?
Yes, until the 15th February 2009 you can freely access your account with the usual login and password. Also you can use all of the PinnacleShare features like posting commentaries, sharing videos, and others.
What happens after the 15th February 2009?
PinnacleShare will be shut down, so all videos and accounts hosted on PinnacleShare won’t exist anymore on this website or in any other Pinnacle/Avid site. This means that users will lose all their videos and any information they had in their PinnacleShare accounts (like friends list, personal profile information, commentaries posted to their videos, and others).
That’s why we are recommending our users to check their account since all information stored there will disappear from the Internet after February 15th. After this date, data will be deleted and Avid will not be able to retrieve any data.
Will you open another Pinnacle website for sharing videos similar to PinnacleShare?
At the moment, we don’t have the intention to do so. With the multiplication of services allowing consumers to post videos on the Web, and direct upload capabilities from Pinnacle Studio and VideoSpin software, our users have great options for uploading and sharing videos over the Internet.
Is the shut down of PinnacleShare somehow related with Pinnacle Studio video editing software?
No, this decision only affects PinnacleShare video sharing website. Pinnacle will continue the development of video editing solutions for video hobbyist and video enthusiasts (solutions like Pinnacle Studio video editing software and VideoSpin).
The PinnacleShare decision is completely independent and not linked in any way to the development of Pinnacle’s current and future video editing family products.
For additional questions, please refer to your language forum:
http://forums.pinnaclesys.com/
About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio, 3D animation, gaming and broadcast professionals – as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid®, Digidesign®, M-Audio®, Pinnacle Systems®, Sibelius®, Softimage® and Sundance Digital®. The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid’s products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Avid received an Oscar® statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film Composer® system for motion picture editing. For more information about the company’s Oscar, Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning products and services, visit www.avid.com
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