| Pinnacle Studio | Pinnacle Studio Plus | Pinnacle Studio Ultimate | |
| Stereoscopic 3D import, editing and export | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Video/audio tracks for multilayer editing | 6 (3/3) | 24 (12/12) | unlimited |
| Import and polish projects from Pinnacle Studio for iPad1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cloud-based media and project access/transfer from Box (50GB included2) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| One-click sharing to Facebook®, YouTube® and Vimeo® | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Export to Apple® iPad, Apple® TV, Microsoft® Xbox®, and more | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Export popular files inc. Flash®, DivX®, AVCHD™ 2.0 and MPEG-4 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Storyboard and timeline editing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SmartMovie and SmartSlide drag-and-drop automatic moviemaking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Project Packages for easy archive/restore | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 64-bit optimized | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NVIDIA CUDA hardware acceleration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Intel® Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Scorefitter music library for custom-fit soundtracks | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Integrated media asset library | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Video/photo/music correction and enhancement in media library | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Media asset rating, advanced tagging and collections | ✔ | advanced | advanced |
| Frame-accurate timeline editing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Trim editor for source clip in/out-points | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Color bars and tone generation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Transition editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Editable themed Montage effects/transitions templates | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Included 2D/3D effects, transitions, titles and templates | 1500+ | 1800+ | 2000+ |
| Advanced NVIDIA 3D Vision support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dual-monitor 3D support, “side by side“ export | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3D auto-color adjustment for both eyes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Stereoscopic 3D depth control for parallax effect | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| DVD authoring | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Blu-ray™ authoring | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3D MVC file format import | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Simultaneous source and master windows with drag-and-drop | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Keyframe-based effects | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dolby 5.1 native support (import/export) | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Customizable keyboard shortcuts | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Red Giant Filmmaker’s Toolkit and Motion Graphics Toolkit | — | — | ✔ |
| Green-screen background sheet included | — | — | ✔ |
This is a general list of the main feature differences, for a comprehensive list of anything that is different between the version, see this chart: Studio version 16 comprehensive difference chart.
1 Pinnacle Studio for iPad app not included
2 25 GB included, additional 25 GB with product registration