How many times has someone emailed you moving images that make your PC crash or stop you from opening the message?

Studio Online from Pinnacle Systems claims to be the easiest solution to sharing videos over the internet.

Its universal serial bus (USB) video cable lets you connect your camcorder to any PC and transfer your video content.

The video cable comes with easy-to-use video editing software.

Meticulous and budding movie editors can move their best shots around and put scenes and frames in a particular order.

Users can add titles, overdub music or narration and get creative with special effects.

When you are happy with the end-product, you can upload your material to the video sharing web site at www.studioonline.com.

You will want friends, family or potential clients to see your work and the site provides a web-hosting and email service to let you do so.

Web site membership is free to all Studio Online owners who are also given a capacity of 10Mb of video content.

Extra online tools include a video greetings calendar, email address book and greetings archive.

Once at the site, your online material is automatically transferred into RealVideo and Microsoft Streaming Media formats.

These are easily viewable by surfers with a dial-up connection or using more robust cable or digital subscription line (DSL) connections.

A clever bit of "sniffer" technology means that the site knows which format should be streamed for each viewer. Show off your finest cuts to the ones you want to impress the most.

Transfer your videos to your PC, select your favourite scenes and then post them on the web and let the world know.

Price: £49.99.

Contact: www.pinnaclesys. com or 01895 424228.

Feel good factor: 8 out of 10.