I try to keep a current Video editing tool on my laptop. Not because I like to make videos - I have it to create SW demos that are easy to share. Because of that I don't need most of the features, but the ones I use - like basic editing and titles are intuitive. I haven't had to work through any tutorials to throw together my demos. To summarize, as a basic user with limited needs - I'm able to easily muddle through the interface to do what I want. I can see that if I were trying to create a professional video, I'd have to invest a fair amount of time on this too, but for my needs it was mostly install and create videos. One goofy thing, the box comes with a CD and a license key. I had to hunt around for a CD drive for my laptop. Then I noticed the download link on the license card.

I have been working in the TV business for 13 years and I use professional editing software at work such as Avid and Adobe. I wanted a low cost option for my house without having to pay a monthly fee for the Adobe Cloud. I tried out several other editing systems and I have concluded that this is a good mix between professional and consumer. It isn't perfect by any means as I have many gripes. This is due to me working with high end software every day at work. I feel like it is easy to use for anyone that has never used an editing software though.

I’ve used earlier versions of pinnacle before. I bought this when I purchased a new laptop and use it to put together trail riding videos. It was moderately easy to use and has a ton of awesome features. This is the only software I’ve ever used for editing. I liked that I was able to digitally download load it as my laptop doesn’t support disks.

Love the ease of use, my only complaint is the panel is extremely sensitive when dragging and dropping files (jumps back and forth between panes). First project was setting 3 hours of home movies to music, start to finish took 6 hours, part of which was just getting used to the controls. Overall, very easy to use.

Running a msi 470 mb, 32gb ddr4 3200, Ryzen 1700 cpu, Samsung 970 ssd primary drive. The software crashes often and sometimes editing functions don’t work correctly and require a restart. When it’s working correctly you can do some nice things with it.