Misleading System Requirements: From the start I had a major issue using it on my Win 7 computer: No sound and, as I was unable to fix this after two days (and thought this was due to an incompatibility with my sound card), I thought it best to wait until my new Win 10 computer arrived mid-December. Everything seemed OK, but unfortunately, the reality was somewhat different:
But before purchasing new software, I always check the spec, promotional info and, in particular, download and study the User Manual, to ensure the software will meet my needs. So when I received a special offer for version 23 last November, I decided it was time to upgrade, particularly as I was about to purchase a new editing computer to replace my 2011 Win 7 computer. I have no idea why Pinnacle made it this difficult, or why they don't have any answers for this problem, but since I figured it out, I have not had any more problems with a green screen menu.My last Pinnacle Studio purchase was version 20 in 2016 and I use it for editing AVCHD files to produce Blue Ray and DVD discs with DD 5.1 audio. If one of them shows up as a green screen, you missed rendering that menu page. Now, when you make the movie, and Pinnacle states it is rendering the menus, you will see each menu come up in the preview window. Repeat each step until each menu page is rendered from dark green to light green. Wait until it is completed, and then go back up to the preview window and click on the right arrow again to take you to the menu page three. It will turn dark green, and start rendering to light green. Take your cursor again and go down to the timeline above the menu and click on the blue M1 line again. You will then see the second menu page appear. Go back up to the preview window and click on the right arrow at the bottom of the window. Wait until the light green finishes, and then the green bar will disappear completely. The menu render bar will immediately turn dark green, and you will see the dark green turning light from left to right. If you move your cursor down to the timeline, above the menu on the timeline you will see a blue line with an "M1" on it. After your project is completed, click on the DVD preview icon under the preview window in the upper right hand portion of the monitor screen. Masikmasik, here are more specific instructions. You have to MANUALLY access each page of the menu and it will then start rendering. The first page renders OK, and the subsequent pages don t render at all (I don't know why Pinnacle is designed like that). This is why people are having trouble with additional pages on their menus. I did this with all four pages, and the final product burned perfectly to the DVD.
I discovered by using the DVD Preview function, going to page two of the menu, and then clicking on the orange bar above the menu on the time line, that the second page of the menu began rendering with the green line. I assumed that when the green render bar finished, all of the menu pages were rendered.
If you select "make movie" before the menu page renders completely (before the line turns orange), you get a green screen for the menu on the finished product. That means that page of the menu is rendered and ready to burn to the disc. When the menu page finishes rendering, the line turns orange like the rest of the time line. It takes a while, but a lighter shade of green is seen progressing from left to right. When you have multiple menus (example, six chapters on page one, six chapters on page two), and you complete the project, you will see a green line on the time line above the menu portion. I have been trying for weeks to solve the problem with Pinnacle where the DVD menu renders as a green screen, with just the outline of the chapter icons visible on the screen.