Thank you. Weirdly, what I've been struggling with is the most basic thing of all, how to do a frame-accurate edit of a clip. It used to be so easy to cut a bit off the start or finish of a clip.  I've been getting round it by splitting the clip and then deleting the part I don't want. I'm not quite clear about the Trim Mode, which ...

Thanks for the links. Just working my way through these new menus. 

Okay, guess I'll just have to work out how to do that....

I don't want to use one of their menus, I want to make my own from scratch. 

In Studio Plus v12 I used to make my own menus. Now I'm using Studio Plus v20 and I can't see how to do this. Studio Backlot and the User Manual have no information on making your own menu, just how to use one of theirs. Is is possible to make your own with v20? My main reason is because they all seem to show a thumbnail which I don't want. I'd ...

Took me a while to work that one out, but now I have, and it works a treat. Many thanks. 

I've just upgraded from Studio Plus 12 to Studio Plus 20 and trying to cope with all the bells and whistles, especially as I don't need most of them. When I put a dissolve type fade onto the front of a clip the previous clip stops on a still image just before it fades into the next clip. If I put the fade onto the end of the first clip instead, ...

Thank you for all your replies. I have taken the plunge and upgraded to Pinnacle Studio Plus v20 to work with the AVCHD files. It looks ridiculously complicated compared to v12 but I suppose I'll get used to it. Hope so anyway. 

Thanks for your thoughts. I still don't know which way is best though...  

I'm not terribly keen to get v20 as I know it's different, and much more complex than I need. My editing requirements are met with v12 and I like things simple! Will v20 edit AVCHD files without converting them? I've heard they are difficult to work with.