Corel VideoStudio Pro - X3 Instruction Manual

Contents

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Minimum system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Recommended system specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Supported input/output devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Hardware acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing and uninstalling the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Starting and quitting the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessing the Corel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

To access the Corel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Learning how to use the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preparing for video capture and editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Registering Corel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Updating the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Corel Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Corel VideoStudio Pro Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DV-to-DVD Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scan for scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Apply a template and burn to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Advanced Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Step Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Navigation Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Project Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Storyboard View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Saving Clips to the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Thumbnail Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Library Organizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Starting a new movie project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting your preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Setting project properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Adding clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copying and pasting clip attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting a preview range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Showing and hiding grid lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Saving projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Saving projects by using Smart Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Capture Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Capturing Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Controlling the DV camcorder with the Navigation Panel . . . . 41

High Definition Video (HDV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Digital TV or DVB-T video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Analog video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

TV footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

DV Quick Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Importing from digital media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Importing from mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Working with clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Adding video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Adding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Playback speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Reversing video playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Replacing a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

The Edit Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Assets and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adding transitions to My Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Adding two title tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Saving your titles to My Favorites in the Library . . . . . . . . . . . 71

The Title Safe Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Editing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Modifying text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Applying animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Applying title effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Adding Color Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Adding Objects or Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Adding Flash animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Customizing objects, frames and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Key frame settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Taking snapshots in the Edit Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Editing with Smart Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Enhancing clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adjusting color and brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adjusting white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Adjusting tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Applying pan and zoom effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Resizing and distorting clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adding cues and chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Working with Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Adding clips to the Overlay Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Adding Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Working with Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Trimming Overlay clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Repositioning the current Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Resizing an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Distorting an Overlay clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Applying motion to an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Enhancing Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chroma keying an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Adding a mask frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Painting images and animations using Painting Creator . . . . . . . 104

Painting Creator interface basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Painting Creator control buttons and sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Painting Creator modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Working with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Adding voice-over narration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Adding background music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Importing music from an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

SmartSound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using the Clip Volume Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Trimming and cutting audio clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Audio view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using the Surround Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Adjusting stereo channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mixing Surround Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Applying audio filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

The Share Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Create video file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Create sound file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Create disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Export to mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Exporting your movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Project Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Record to a DV camcorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Record to an HDV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Share videos online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating movie templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Appendix: Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Menu command shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Step Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Navigation Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Timeline shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Multi-trim Video shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing Corel® VideoStudio® Pro, the video-editing software that lets you produce professional-looking videos, regardless of your skill level. Corel VideoStudio Pro provides a complete set of tools for capturing, importing, and editing video and other media, and for sharing your final production on a DVD or BD, mobile devices, or the Web.

The availability of features depends on the version of the software you have.

This section contains the following topics:

• Introducing Corel

•System requirements

• Installing and uninstalling the application

• Starting and quitting the application

• Accessing the Corel

•Learning how to use the application

• Preparing for video capture and editing

• Registering Corel

• Updating the application

•Corel

Support Services™

•About Corel

VideoStudio® Pro

Guide

products

Welcome 1

Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro

Corel VideoStudio Pro guides you step-by-step through the process of capturing, editing, and sharing videos. The application also offers more than 100 transitions, professional titling capabilities, and simple tools for creating soundtracks.

To produce a video, you must capture or import footage from a camcorder or other video source. You can then trim the captured videos, arrange their order, apply transitions, and add overlays, animated titles, voice-over narration, and background music. These elements are organized on separate tracks in Timeline View and appear as chronologically arranged thumbnails in Storyboard View.

Components of a project as displayed in Timeline View

Video projects are saved as Corel VideoStudio Pro project files (*.vsp), which contain information on the location of the clips, on the Library, and on how the movie has been put together. After you finish your movie production, you can burn it to a DVD or BD, or export the movie back to your camcorder. You can also output your movie as a video file for playback on a computer, or export your movie to mobile devices or the Web.

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Corel VideoStudio Pro has a sample project that can be launched by clicking Instant Project on the Toolbar. This sample project can help acquaint you with the the application's tasks and features. You can also use one of the Instant Project templates to create your video project.

System requirements

For optimal performance of Corel VideoStudio Pro, make sure that your system meets the recommended specifications.

Minimum system requirements

•Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83-GHz processor, or AMD® Dual Core 2.0-GHz or faster processor

• Microsoft Windows

7 (32-bit or 64-bit edition), Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows® XP SP3 operating system software

•1 GB of RAM

• 128 MB of VRAM

• Minimum display resolution: 1024 × 768

•Windows

-compatible sound card

-compatible DVD-ROM

Recommended system specifications

•Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4-GHz processor, or AMD® Dual Core 2.4-GHz or faster processor

• Micorsoft Windows SP1 and SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows operating system software

• 2 GB or more of RAM

• 512 MB or more of VRAM

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7 (32-bit or 64-bit edition), Windows Vista®

XP SP3

• Minimum display resolution: 1024 × 768

•Windows®-compatible sound card

•Windows

-compatible DVD-ROM

• Hard drive: SATA 7200 RPM for Desktop, SATA 5400 RPM for Notebook

Supported input/output devices

• 1394 FireWire® cards for use with DV, D8, or HDV™ camcorders

• USB Video Class (UVC) DV

• Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394

• Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW and WDM support for Windows for Windows Vista

• Analog and digital TV capture device (Broadcast Driver Architecture support)

• USB capture devices, PC cameras, and disc, memory, or hard drive camcorders

•Windows

-compatible Blu-ray Disc, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-

RAM and CD-R/RW drive

•iPhone

, iPod Classic® with video, iPod Touch®, Sony® PSP®, Pocket

PC, Smartphone, and Nokia

XP and Broadcast Driver Architecture support

and Windows® 7)

mobile phones

Hardware acceleration

Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to optimize the performance of your system through hardware acceleration. Select Settings: Preferences [F6] to open the Preferences dialog box. Click the Performance tab and select the following options:

• Use Hardware Decoder acceleration — enhances editing performance, and improves clip and project playback, by using

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video graphics acceleration technologies with your available hardware

Note: For optimum performance, VGA cards must support DXVA2 VLD mode with Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later.

• Use Hardware Encoder acceleration — improves the rendering time required for producing your movies

Hardware decoder and encoder acceleration is supported only by Windows Vista and later versions of Windows operating system software and requires at least 512 MB of VRAM.

Installing and uninstalling the application

The Corel VideoStudio Pro DVD has an autorun feature that is designed to start installing the application automatically.

To install Corel VideoStudio Pro

1 Insert the Corel VideoStudio Pro DVD into your DVD-ROM drive.

2 When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install

Corel VideoStudio Pro on your computer. Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after you load the DVD,

you can manually launch it by double-clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop and then double-clicking the icon for the DVD-ROM drive where the installation disc is inserted. When the DVD-ROM window appears, double-click the Setup icon.

3 In addition to Corel VideoStudio Pro, the following programs and

drivers are automatically installed:

• Microsoft

• DirectX

• Microsoft Visual C++

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1

2007

2005 Redistributable Package

2008 Redistributable Package

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• SmartSound

• Adobe® Flash® Player

• QuickTime

Note: LightScribe

is an optional feature that may be installed separately through the Install Utilities > LightScribe in the Autorun menu. Make sure that your optical drive has this capability.

To uninstall Corel VideoStudio Pro

1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control Panel.

2 Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.

The Add or Remove Programs dialog box appears.

3 From the Currently installed programs list, choose Corel VideoStudio

Pro X3, and click Remove.

4 Follow the instructions to remove Corel VideoStudio Pro from your

computer.

Starting and quitting the application

You can start Corel VideoStudio Pro from the Windows desktop or Start menu, and quit the program from the application window.

To start the application

• Double-click the Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 icon on the Windows

desktop.

Note: You can also start Corel VideoStudio Pro from the list of programs on the Windows Start menu.

To quit the application

• Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the application window.

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Accessing the Corel Guide

The Corel Guide provides the most up-to-date information and content for your application. You can find tips and tricks, download new styles and content for your projects, explore new ways to share your photos and videos, and access the latest updates for your application.

To access the Corel Guide

• On the upper right corner of the application window, click the Help and product information button . The Corel Guide window

appears.

Learning how to use the application

You can learn how to use Corel VideoStudio Pro in various ways: by searching the Help, by accessing the tips and tricks in the Corel Guide, or by exploring the Corel Web site (www.corel.com).

To use the Help

1 On the application window, click the Help and product information

button .

2 On the Learn tab of the Corel Guide, click Launch Help.

3 In the Help window, click one of the following tabs:

• Contents — lets you browse through topics in the Help

• Index — lets you use the keywords from the index to find a topic.

• Search — lets you search the full text of the Help for a particular

word or phrase. If you are looking for information about a specific tool or command, you can type keywords to display a list of relevant topics.

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Preparing for video capture and editing

Video capture and editing are tasks that require a lot of computer resources. Your computer must be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth video editing. Below are some tips on how to prepare and optimize your computer for capturing and editing.

• It is recommended that you close all other applications when working with Corel VideoStudio Pro. To avoid interruptions while capturing, it is best to turn off any automatically launched software, such as a screen saver.

• If you have two hard drives in your system, it is recommended that you install Corel VideoStudio Pro to your system drive (usually C:) and store captured videos on your other drive (usually D:).

• It is recommended that you store video files on a dedicated hard drive, preferably with Ultra-DMA/66 7200 RPM and 30 GB of free space.

• Make sure that Direct Memory Access (DMA) is enabled for your hard disk.

• Disable Write-Behind Caching on the hard drive that you use for video capture.

• Increase the Paging File (Swap File) size to twice your amount of RAM.

Registering Corel products

Registering Corel products is important to ensure that you receive timely access to the latest product updates, as well as valuable information about product releases. Registration also gives you access to free downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers.

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The Corel Guide provides you with information about registering your Corel products. You can also find information at www.corel.com/ support/register.

To access registration information in the Corel Guide

1 Click the Help and product information button .

2 In the Corel Guide, click the Product information and preferences

button , and choose Register now from the menu.

Updating the application

You can check for and install product updates. Updates provide important new information about your application.

To update the application

1 Click the Help and product information button .

2 In the Corel Guide, click the Product information and preferences

, and choose Check for Updates.

button

You can turn automatic program updates on or off by choosing Message preferences from the Product information and preferences menu and marking options in the dialog box.

You can find the application version information and serial number by choosing About Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 from the Product information and preferences menu.

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Corel Support Services

Corel Support Services can provide you with prompt and accurate information about product features, specifications, pricing, availability, services, and technical support options. For the most current information on available support and professional services for your Corel product, please visit www.corel.com/support.

About Corel

Corel is one of the world’s top software companies, with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative, and persuasive ways. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design, and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW Technical Suite, Corel Corel recently released Corel are in Ottawa, Canada, and our major offices are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.

Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®

WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, and the

Paint Shop Photo™ Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®,

Digital Studio™ 2010. Our global headquarters

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Corel VideoStudio Pro Launcher

When you start Corel VideoStudio Pro, a startup screen appears. This screen, called the Corel VideoStudio Pro Launcher, lets you choose one of four video-editing modes.

To apply a widescreen format to the project and to the Preview Screen, click Widescreen (16:9).

To access the Advanced Edit mode whenever you start Corel VideoStudio Pro, click Do not show this Startup screen again.

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The four video-editing modes that are accessible from the Corel VideoStudio Pro Launcher let you perform different tasks, which are described in the following table:

Icon Description

Advanced Edit provides a comprehensive set of tools for

producing professional-looking video projects. You can capture and import media clips, do advanced video editing, and share your final production on a DVD or BD. You can also

upload your finished video project to YouTube

™ and Vimeo

Easy Edit gives you the basic tools you need to produce

slideshows and movies. You can import and edit media clips, create a movie, and share your final production as a video file, online content, or a video disc. You can also print snapshots and disc labels.

DV-to-DVD Wizard lets you capture video, add a theme

template, and then burn to DVD. This video-editing mode provides a fast and direct way to transfer your videos to a DVD.

Burn provides advanced disc authoring and burning

capabilities. Import your video projects and choose from interactive menu style templates that are complete with animations and sounds. You can also make your own disc menus with your favorite media clips for more customized DVD, BD, and AVCHD

™ discs.

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DV-to-DVD Wizard

Using the DV-to-DVD Wizard, you can easily create a movie from your DV tape footage and burn to DVD.

This section contains the following topics:

• Scan for scenes

• Apply a template and burn to DVD

Scan for scenes

Scan the DV tape and select the scenes that you want to add to your movie.

To scan f o r s c enes

1 Connect your camcorder to your computer, and turn on the device.

Set your camcorder to Play (or VTR/VCR) mode.

2 Select a recording device under Device.

3 Click the Capture format arrow to select a file format for captured

videos.

4 Specify whether to burn all videos of the tape (Burn whole tape) or

scan your DV tape (Scene detection).

To burn the whole tape

1 Select Burn whole tape and then specify the tape duration under

Duration.

2 Click Next to apply the template and burn to DVD.

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To use scene detection

1 After selecting Scene detection, choose whether to scan the tape

from the Beginning or Current position.

• Beginning: Scans the tape for scenes from the beginning. The tape

will automatically be rewound if the tape position is not in the beginning.

• Current position: Scans the tape for scenes from the current tape

position.

2 Specify the scan speed and click Start Scan to begin scanning the DV

device for scenes. Scenes are video segments that are distinguished by date and time stamps on the DV tape.

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3 In the Storyboard View, select each scene that you want to include in

your movie, and click Mark Scene.

4 Click Next.

Note: To save and import the scanned file without having to re-scan

it, click and select Save DV Quick Scan Digest. To manage a large number of tapes, click Save DV Quick Scan Digest as HTML.

This feature lets you print the HTML file and attach it with your tapes.

Apply a template and burn to DVD

Choose a style template, specify settings, and burn your movies to DVD.

To apply a style template and burn to DVD

1 Specify a volume name and recording format for your movie.

Note: If you have more than one burner installed on your computer, or if the default drive is not a burner, specify the burner that you want to use in the Advanced Settings dialog box.

2 Choose a style template from one of the available presets to apply to

your movie, and then select the output video quality.

3 To customize the theme template text, click Edit Title.

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4 In the Begin tab of the Edit Template Title dialog box, double-click

the text that you want to modify. You can also modify attributes such as font, color or shadow settings.

5 Click the End tab to modify the text. Click OK.

6 To mark your video clips with date information, click Add as title in

Video date information. Select Entire video if you want the video to appear from beginning to end, or specify the duration.

7 Click to burn your movie file to a disc.

Note: If the movie is too big to fit onto a DVD, click Fit & Burn.

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Advanced Edit

Corel VideoStudio Pro provides a hands-on workflow to produce professional-looking videos, giving you the liberty to customize all the elements in your video project.

This section introduces you to the Corel VideoStudio Pro interface and briefly explains the steps involved in creating a movie.

This section contains the following topics:

•Interface

•Step Panel

•Menu Bar

• Navigation Panel

•Toolbar

• Project Timeline

•Options Panel

•Library

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Interface

•1 - Step Panel

Contains the Capture, Edit, and Share buttons, which correspond to the different steps in video editing.

•2 - Menu Bar

Contains the File, Edit, Too ls , and Settings menus, which provide different sets of commands.

• 3 - Preview Window

Shows the appearance of the current project or clip being played.

• 4 - Navigation Panel

Provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. In the Capture Step, this panel also acts as the device control for the DV or HDV camcorder.

•5 - Toolbar

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Contains buttons for switching between two project views, such as Storyboard View and Timeline View, and for choosing other quick settings.

• 6 - Project Timeline

Displays all the clips, titles, and effects that are used in your project.

• 7 - Library

Stores and organizes all of your media clips.

• 8 - Library Panel

Filters your library according to media type — Media, Transitions, Title, Graphic, Filter, and Audio.

• 9 - Options Panel

Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the settings of the selected clip. The contents of this panel vary, depending on the nature of the media clip selected.

Step Panel

Corel VideoStudio Pro simplifies the process of creating movies into three simple steps. Click the buttons in the Step Panel to switch between steps.

Media clips can be recorded or imported directly to your computer's hard drive in the Capture Step. This step allows you to capture and import video, photo, and audio clips.

The Edit Step and the Timeline are the heart of Corel VideoStudio Pro, where you can arrange, edit, trim and add effects to your video clips.

The Share Step lets you export your finished movie to tape, a DVD, or the Web.

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Menu Bar

The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing Corel VideoStudio Pro, opening and saving movie projects, working with individual clips, and more.

Navigation Panel

The Navigation Panel is used to preview and edit the clips used in your project. Use the Navigation Controls to move around a selected clip or your project. Use the Tri m Markers and Scrubber to edit your clips.

• 1 - Project/Clip Mode

Specifies a preview of the entire project or of a selected clip only.

•2 - Play

Plays, pauses, or resumes the current project or a selected clip.

•3 - Home

Returns to the starting segment or cue.

•4 - Previous

Moves to the previous frame.

•5 - Next

Moves to the next frame.

•6 - End

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Moves to the end segment or cue.

•7 - Repeat

Loops playback.

•8 - System Volume

Lets you adjust the volume of your computer's speakers by dragging a slider.

•9 - Timecode

Lets you jump directly to a part of your project or selected clip by specifying the exact timecode.

• 10 - Enlarge Preview Window

Increases the size of the Preview Window.

• 11 - Split Clip

Splits the selected clip. Position the Scrubber to where you want the clip to be split, and then click this button.

• 12 - Mark-in/Mark-out

Sets a preview range in the project, or sets the start and end points for trimming a clip.

•13 - Scrubber

Lets you scrub through the project or clip.

• 14 - Trim Handles

Lets you drag to set a preview range in the project or to trim a clip.

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Tool ba r

The toolbar allows you to easily access buttons for editing. You can also change your project view, zoom in and out on the Project Timeline, and launch different tools that can help you edit efficiently.

•1 - Storyboard View

Displays your media thumbnails in chronological order.

• 2 - Timeline View

Lets you perform frame-accurate editing of your clips on separate tracks.

•3 - Undo

Undoes a previously done function.

•4 - Redo

Redoes a previously undone function.

• 5 - Record/Capture Option

Shows the Record/Capture Option panel, where you can capture video, import files, record voice-overs and take snapshots all in one place.

•6 - Batch Convert

Converts multiple video files from one video format to another.

•7 - Painting Creator

Launches the Painting Creator panel where you can use painting and drawing features to create image and animation overlays.

•8 - Sound Mixer

Launches the Surround Sound Mixer and the multitrack Audio Timeline, which lets you customize your audio settings.

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