Corel VideoStudio Pro - X4 Reviewer’s Guide

Reviewer’s Guide

Contents

1 | Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro X4...........................1

2 | What’s included?.............................................................3

3 | Key features ....................................................................5

Simple steps to cinematic movies ............................................................... 5

Your vision on any screen ...........................................................................9

High performance video editing ...............................................................15

Share and show anywhere........................................................................16

Introducing Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4

Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X4 tears down the
barriers to consumer video editing, offering a
robust feature set, outstanding speed, and simple
ways to quickly bring your video to life on-screen.
This high performance video-editing environment
combines an easy 3-step interface, a wealth of
intuitive creative effects, and an integrated
disc-burning and menu-authoring solution.

Simple steps to cinematic movies

With VideoStudio Pro X4, video editing is truly as
easy as 1-2-3. The clutter-free workspace is
uncomplicated enough for beginners and
powerful enough for tech-savvy video enthusiasts.
Simple steps speed you through the basics, while
an abundance of effects, menu templates, sounds,
titles, and transitions inspire creativity.

The dedicated Capture step makes it a breeze to
get your media from DSLR cameras, DV and HDV

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camcorders, and other mobile devices. In
addition, the Library lets you effortlessly organize
your photos, video clips, and audio files so you
can focus on the story you want to tell.

Your vision on any screen

You’ll marvel at how quickly you can transform an
idea into a captivating movie. The straightforward
Timeline makes video composition fast and easy,
letting you add animated titles, practically
limitless creative effects, as well as background
music and voice-over audio.

The new Stop Motion tools introduce the fun of
animation — a perfect activity for the kid in anyone,
whether you’re a parent looking for family-oriented
entertainment, a teacher with designs on an
exercise in cognizant learning, or a screenager
aiming to engross your online friends. And with
new Time-lapse effects, it’s easy for anyone to
produce stunning scenes from gradually developing
events, like a setting sun or moving clouds.

High performance video editing

Developed for the latest chips from Intel® and
AMD, VideoStudio Pro X4 ensures that you can
create without the wait. Plug-and-play support for
HD cameras and formats, like H.264 and AVCHD
makes it effortless to access media — no matter
the device. And with Smart Proxy editing, you can
enjoy fast and responsive HD video composition
that won’t tax your PC’s resources.

Share and show anywhere

Ready to debut your film to the world? With
VideoStudio Pro X4, it’s a cinch to screen your
movie with a diverse audience, whether viewers
will watch on iPhones or other mobile devices,
social media websites, game consoles, or disc
players and TVs. You can easily burn a DVD,

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AVCHD, BD-J, or Blu-ray
menu navigation. You can even burn 3D video
files to disc. What’s more, VideoStudio Pro X4
offers presets for uploading directly to Facebook

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Flickr

, Vimeo®, and YouTube™ — in SD, HD, and

even 3D.

disc, complete with

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What’s included?

Main application

• Corel

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VideoStudio® Pro X4: This high

performance video-editing environment
breaks down the barriers traditionally
associated with digital video by combining a
simple 3-step interface, a wealth of intuitive
creative effects, and an integrated disc­burning and menu-authoring solution.

Supporting applications and content

• DV-to-DVD Wizard: The DV-to-DVD Wizard
lets users capture video from a DV camcorder,
add a theme template to it, and then burn it
directly to DVD.

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NewBlue®FX: A variety of NewBlueFX

animated effects are built right into
VideoStudio Pro X4 to help you customize
your video clips.

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SmartSound®: With integrated SmartSound

audio, you can easily built a fantastic
soundtrack, with sound effects, voice-overs,
and masterful mood music.

•3D glasses

Minimum system requirements

•Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®,
Windows
installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions)

•Intel

2.0 GHz or higher recommended

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XP, with latest service packs

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Core™ Duo 1.83 GHz, AMD Dual-Core

• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB or higher recommended)

• 128 MB VGA VRAM (256 MB or higher
recommended)

• 3 GB of free hard drive space

• Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768

•Windows

•Windows

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-compatible sound card

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-compatible DVD-ROM for

installation

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• Recordable Blu-ray

drive required for

creating Blu-ray discs

• Internet connection required for online
features and video tutorials

Input/output device support

• 1394 FireWire® cards for use with DV/D8/HDV
camcorders

• Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394

• USB Video Class (UVC) DV cameras

• Analog capture cards for analog camcorders
(VFW and WDM support for Windows XP and
Broadcast Driver Architecture support for
Windows Vista and Windows 7)

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

• USB capture devices: Web cameras, and disc/
memory/hard drive camcorders

• Windows-compatible Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW,
DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive

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• Apple® iPhone™, iPad®, iPod classic® with

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video, iPod touch
Portable

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, Pocket PC, smartphones

, Sony® PlayStation

Input format support

• Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVCHD™,
MPEG-4, H.264, BDMV, DV, HDV

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QuickTime
Format, MOD (JVC

, RealVideo®, Windows Media®

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MOD File Format), M2TS,

M2T, TOD, 3GPP, 3GPP2

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Audio: Dolby

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Digital Stereo, Dolby® Digital

5.1, MP3, MPA, WAV, QuickTime, Windows

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Media

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Images: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF,

Audio

ICO, IFF, IMG, J2K, JP2, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCT,
PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PSPImage, PXR, RAS,
RAW, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF, UFO, UFP, WMF

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Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD

(SVCD)

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, DivX®,

Output format support

• Video: AVI, MPEG-2, AVCHD, MPEG-4,
H.264, BDMV, HDV, QuickTime, RealVideo,
Windows Media Format, 3GPP, 3GPP2, FLV

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Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital

5.1, MPA, WAV, QuickTime, Windows Media
Audio, Ogg Vorbis

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Images: BMP, JPG

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Disc: DVD (DVD-Video/DVD-VR/AVCHD),

Blu-ray Disc

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Media: CD-R/RW DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW,

DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer,
BD-R/RE

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(BDMV)

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Key features

While developing VideoStudio Pro X4, we’ve
focused on four key areas that our customers
identified as critical for a video editor:

• simple steps to cinematic movies,

• your vision on any screen,

• high performance video editing,

• and share and show anywhere.

Simple steps to cinematic movies

VideoStudio Pro X4 provides a simple, quick, and
straightforward way to turn your video clips into a
movie. The clear-cut workspace is suitable for video
editors of all skill levels and presents three easy

1-Capture, 2-Edit

steps:

, and

3-Share

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The Capture step gives you easy ways to capture
or load media, the
of video-editing options, and the
presents all the output options you need to reach
your audience. By combining a wealth of features
and effects with outstanding performance and
stability, VideoStudio Pro X4 offers an enjoyable
user experience that’s fun for the whole family.

New! Flexible workspace: VideoStudio Pro X4

gives you the control and flexibility to set up your
workspace any way you want. With new grab
bars across the top of all three panels in each tab,
you can undock any panel by simply dragging or
double-clicking it. You can easily resize undocked
panels and distribute panels across two monitors,
which lets you maximize the Preview Window,
Project Timeline, and Library screens.

Edit step offers a wide variety

Share step

You can distribute the VideoStudio Pro X4 workspace panels across two monitors.

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Easy video discovery: Whether your video is

from a webcam, DV tape, computer, or mobile
device, VideoStudio Pro X4 continues to offer
easy ways to get video files from your camera or
other device. The dedicated Capture step gives
you all the options you need to unearth your
stockpile of digital memories. You simply connect
a device, choose an option, and then you’re ready
to start editing your video.

New! Template import / export: With

VideoStudio Pro X4, you can now import
templates and export your projects as Instant
Project templates. This can help you create a
consistent style for your video projects and lets
you share templates with other video enthusiasts.
Movie templates offer shortcuts to cinematic
styling, complete with credits, titles, pan and
zooms, soundtracks, and more.

New! Library ease of use:

VideoStudio Pro X4
offers a versatile and simple project management
model. The Library is the focal point of any video
editing project. Once you’ve captured your video,
you need a repository to sort and select the clips to
use in your movie. The Library lets you organize and
sort a variety of media, including audio clips, filters,
graphics, photos, transitions, and video clips.

With VideoStudio Pro X4, the Library makes it
even easier to find precisely what you need. There
are new icons that let you show or hide video
clips, photos, and audio clips, limiting or
expanding contents as you search for the right
movie element. A new Browse button opens
Windows Explorer to help you locate media and
drag it to the Library.

You can also show or hide the Navigation panel
for an expanded view of all available media,
choose between a list or thumbnail view, and sort
media by name, type of date added. What’s
more, you can easily create custom project­specific libraries, which lets you work on multiple
projects without muddling your source content.

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With the Corel

Guide, you can access freely
downloadable media packs, including a variety of
templates, titles, fonts, as well as additional
creative and editing tools.

You can create and share templates

with Instant Project.

Give it a try

To create an Instant Project template

Give it a try

To create and populate a custom library

1 Click the Edit step, click the Add

button in the Library Navigation panel, and
type a name for your custom library.

2 Click the

folder containing the media that you want to
use, and drag content from Windows Explorer
into the Library panel.

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Browse button, navigate to the

Imagine that you run a used guitar shop and
have a video blog for showcasing new arrivals.

You will want your videos to appear
professional and consistent, which is a perfect
time to use Instant Project templates.

You can easily create a template with a title
screen, audio track overlay, and placeholder for
a brief text description.

Then, you can quickly produce videos with a
similar look and feel whenever you add a new
guitar.

1 Open the video project that you want to save as

a template.

Give it a try

Give it a try

2 Click

3 In the

4 Click

5 In the

File ` Export as template, and click Ye s

when prompted to save your project.

Save As dialog box, type a name for

your template in the
You can include more information to help

recognize your template by adding a

Description.

and

Save.

Export project as template dialog

box, move the slider to choose a thumbnail to
use for the template, review the path and
folder name, and click

You can now share your template with other
users, who can import it as an Instant Project.

File name box.

Subject

OK.

New & Enhanced! Corel® Guide: This unique

resource offers an array of useful information,
online Help, product updates, add-ons, freely
downloadable media packs, additional paid
content, and training videos. The

Learn tab

provides 24-7 access to the application’s online
Help and to proficiency-building videos from the
CorelVideo channel on Vimeo. The

Do More tab

presents a collection of downloadable templates,
titles, fonts, creative effects, and editing tools.

To access video tutorials

1 In the upper-right corner of the application

window, click the

information

2 In the

Corel Guide, click the Learn tab.

You are now connected to the
channel on Vimeo.

Use the navigation slider on the right to scroll
through the available videos, and click to
choose a video.

Help and product

button.

CorelVideo

Single Clip Trim: Trimming video is one of the

top motivators for consumers seeking video­editing software. Many people are simply keen to
upload a piece of their video footage to Facebook
or Youtube for sharing. To that end, VideoStudio
delivers quick and easy ways to split and trim
video with both Single Clip Trim and Multi-trim
Video options.

The Single Clip Trim dialog box makes it easy to
frame and accurately trim single clips. You can
access the dialog box by double-clicking any clip
in the Library.

The Corel Guide provides access to additional

templates and content.

You can quickly and easily trim video clips.

Give it a try

To trim a single clip

1 Double-click any clip in the Library.

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Give it a try

2 In the Single Clip Trim dialog box, use the

Jog Wheel to select a starting point,

and click the

Mark-in button (or press F2).

3 Select an endpoint, and click the

button (or press

4 To preview the result, click

Spacebar).

the
When you are satisfied with the result, click

F3).

Mark-out

Play (or press

OK.

Multi-trim Video: With the Multi-trim feature,

you can easily extract multiple segments from any
video clip. The AccuCut timeline makes it fast and
simple to zoom in precisely on the exact frame
that needs to be trimmed. You simply play the
video, click the
point for the trimmed clip, click the

Mark-in button to set the start

Mark-out

button to set the end point, and then repeat. The
trimmed clips appear in the Timeline, where you
can delete or re-adjust clips.

The Multi-trim Video dialog box includes a Jog
Wheel for quickly scrolling through video and a
Shuttle slider for easily finding exact frames. Plus,
the Ad-Zapper automatically detects commercials in
videos captured from TV, allowing for easy removal.

New! NewBlue® live preview: A variety of

NewBlueFX animated effects are built right into
VideoStudio Pro X4 to help you customize your
video clips. The NewBlue effects now provide a
live preview in the VideoStudio Preview Window
so that you can see the affect of a filter in real
time. VideoStudio Pro X4 continues to provide
exclusive NewBlueFX filters, such as the Picture­in-Picture Animator that lets you bring motion to
any picture-in-picture window with rotations,
angle, 3D effects, and more. These filters give you
plenty of creative options to produce all kinds of
interesting video effects, such as movie intros,
title screens, menus, and much more.

Other notable NewBlueFX filters include

• the Detail Enhancer for strengthening edges
and bringing out detail in a dull or foggy scene,

• and the Active Camera for simulating camera
jitter.

The NewBlueFX dialog box now provides a live preview.

Give it a try

To create a picture-in-picture effect

1 Drag a video clip to the Video Track in the

Timeline.

2 Drag a video clip to the

Timeline.

3 Click

4 In the Library Navigation panel, click the

5 Click the

6 Enable the

7 In the Timeline, click to select the overlay track,

8

Settings ` Preferences, click the Edit

tab, and enable the

default size in Overlay Track

icon and drag the
onto the overlay track.

Options button, click the

Attributes tab, and then click Mask &
Chroma Key

choose
menu, and then choose a mask frame.

You can watch the Preview Window to see the
effect of the mask on the overlay.

then click the

Customize Filter button.

In the

NewBlue Picture-in-Picture

box, click one of the keyframe icons to choose an
animation style for the overlay, and then click

.

Apply Chroma Key checkbox,

Mask Frame from the Type drop-

Attribute tab and click the

Overlay Track in the

Use Fit-to-Screen as

checkbox.

FX

Picture-in-Picture filter

dialog

OK

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Your vision on any screen

Traditionally, video-editing developers have
followed an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink
approach in which feature counts, hardware
optimization, and technical jargon dominate.
While balancing the need for speed and power
under the hood, VideoStudio Pro X4
differentiates itself with a primary mandate of
simplicity. The clutter-free workspace makes it
easy for anyone to take an idea for a video and
watch it come to life on-screen.

You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can realize
your vision — with all the exciting effects and
embellishments that pros use. And whether your
intended viewers will watch on a mobile device, a
TV at home, or any screen connected to the
internet, VideoStudio Pro X4 makes it easier than
ever to reach your audience.

New! Titles in overlay tracks:

dabbling in movie production, the placement of
text over video is a popular effect. You want to
give your film a professional touch, with animated
text that introduces a wedding video, adds
descriptive context to a scene in a documentary,
or gives credit to the production crew.

With VideoStudio Pro X4, you can now place titles
in any overlay track, which means that you can
position animated titles behind other on-screen
objects. This gives you more creative flexibility to
add depth and drama to your video projects. You
simply drag a title style from the Library to any
overlay track in the Timeline. You can even add
titles to the main video track, and add transitions
at the beginning or end of a single clip.
VideoStudio Pro X4 offers 27 filters specifically for
enhancing titles and 64 fonts to help you achieve
just the right look for your movies.

For consumers

You can add multiple titles to overlay tracks that give greater depth and drama to your video projects.

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Give it a try

To add multiple titles to an overlay track

1 Drag a video clip to the Video Track in the

Timeline.

2 Right-click the

and choose
menu.

3 In the

4 In the

Track Manager dialog box, enable the

checkboxes for

Overlay Track #3, and click OK.

Video Track, click to select the clip,

Ctrl + C, and then click in the first

press

Overlay Track.

The copied clip appears in the Overlay Track.

Overlay Track in the Timeline,

Track Manager from the drop-

Overlay Track #2 and

Multi-track overlay effects: You can apply

filters on overlay tracks for video and graphics,
which allows for easy compositing when editing
your video productions. You can even apply filters
on top of other filters to create unique and
surprising effects.

Replace Clip: VideoStudio Pro X4 simplifies

replacing a single video clip within a production
— without altering the rest of the video. By
simply pressing the

Ctrl key while dragging a

new clip to the Video Track, the Replace Clip
option modifies the new segment to be exactly
the same length as the one it’s replacing. You can
also swap out a video clip for a photo or a color
clip and replace audio clips.

5 In the Library Navigation panel, click

Picture-in-Picture onto the overlay clip.

drag
In the Preview Window, use the handles to

adjust the size and position of the picture-in­picture overlay.

6 Click

7 Press

8 Click to select the first

9 Click the third

Options , click the Attributes

tab, click
enable the

then click in the third
In the Preview Window, use the handles to

adjust the size and position of the picture-in­picture overlay.

You can position this overlay at a different time
interval than the original video.

Title icon in the Library Navigation panel,

and then double-click in the Preview Window
to type a title.

For example,

in the Preview Window to type a title.
For example,

Mask & Chroma Key , and then

Apply Overlay Options checkbox.

Ctrl + C to copy the overlay clip, and

Overlay Track.

Overlay Track, click the

Title #1.

Overlay Track and double-click

Title #2.

FX and

Give it a try

To replace a clip

1 Drag a video clip to the Video Track in the

Timeline.

2 Drag another video clip directly over the first

clip in the

3 Hold down

button.
The new clip will be resized to the length of the

clip it’s replacing.

Video Track.

Ctrl as you release the left-mouse

Play to preview the effects.

Press

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New! Stop Motion animation: With the new

Stop Motion animation tools, VideoStudio Pro X4
introduces the fun of giving life to inanimate
objects. This classic animation technique is an
absolute riot for anyone interested in filmmaking,
and has produced renowned films and television
shows, such as Wallace & Gromit, and Gumby.

For parents and kids, stop-motion is a fantastic
way to while away the hours on a rainy
afternoon. For teachers and students, it’s a great
multifaceted learning opportunity. In addition to
endless amusement, you’ll exercise creativity,
story telling, orderly thought, project planning,

patience, and much more. And you can choose to
animate just about anything, like clay or putty,
building blocks, figurines, and other toys.

VideoStudio Pro X4 lets you capture images from
webcams, DV and HDV camcorders, and you can
also import images from a DSLR camera. When
capturing images, the Stop Motion window lets you
choose the exposure time for each image, adjust
capture resolution, or use Auto Capture to set
automatic time increments. In addition, the Onion
Skin feature lets you control the opacity of the new
captured image and the previous captured frame.

The new Stop Motion tools offer endless fun and creative expression.

Give it a try

To create a manual stop-motion
animation

1 With a webcam connected to your PC, click

Capture step, and then click

the

Stop Motion .

2 In the

Stop Motion interface, type a name in

Project Name box.

the

Give it a try

3 Choose the exposure time for each image from

Image Duration drop-menu.

the
A higher frame rate results in a shorter

exposure time for each image.

4 Adjust the

to control the opacity of the new captured
image and the previous captured frame.

5 Click

Onion Skin slider from left to right

Save.

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New! Time-lapse / strobe effect: You can

easily create cool time-lapse or strobe effects
from a series of photos with VideoStudio Pro X4.
Time-lapse photography involves capturing a
series of consecutive photos of a gradually
occurring event, like moving traffic, a rising tide,
or a setting sun. For example, you might set a
camera to shoot an evening skyline every few
seconds over the course of 8 hours.

With VideoStudio Pro X4, you can import the
series of photos and specify how many photos to
keep, how many to discard, and the duration of
each frame in the resultant clip. You can also use
this effect on video clips.

Give it a try

To apply a time-lapse effect to photos

1 Click File ` Insert Media File to Timeline `

Insert Photo for Time-lapse/Strobe.

2 Navigate to the folder containing the photos

for the project, select them, and click
For best results, choose a series of photos taken

in succession from your DSLR.

3 In the

4 In the

Time-lapse/Strobe dialog box, press

Play to preview the clip created from

your series of photos.

Keep box, specify the number of frames

to retain for your clip.
A video frame is created for each photo in the

series.

Open.

You can create time-lapse or strobe

effects from a series of photos.

5 In the

6 In the

7 Press

Drop box, specify the number of photos

that you do not want to include in the final
video clip.

This will create a rhythm for the time-lapse
effect. For example, you might keep one photo
and drop two, which will be repeated to
produce the time-lapse clip.

Frame duration box, specify the

exposure time for each frame.

Frame duration is more than 1 and

If the

Total duration is shortened, you’ll get a time-

lapse effect.

Play to preview the effect, and

OK when you are satisfied with the result.

click

New! FX Fade: With VideoStudio Pro X4, you

can now fade-in or fade-out of certain effects.
This is useful, for example, if you want a picture­in-picture window to appear or disappear
gradually. When an effect is eligible for fading,
Fade buttons will be accessible from the Options
panel. Alternatively, the right-click menu will
present Fade-in and Fade-out options for eligible
effects.

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With some effects, you can fade-in or fade-out to create a stylish transition.

Give it a try

To apply FX Fade on a clip

1 Drag a video clip to the Video Track in the

Timeline.

2 Right-click the clip, choose

drop-menu, and then click to position the clip
at the 2 second mark in the

Copy from the

Overlay Track.

Enhanced! SmartSound® multi-layer
music:

A great soundtrack is crucial for any
movie. With VideoStudio Pro X4, you can easily
add sound effects, voice-overs, and masterful
mood music with SmartSound. Multi-layered
audio tracks from SmartSound let you fine-tune
individual instruments, which gives you an
incredible range of possibilities to complement
your movie with mood music.

3 Position your cursor toward the end of the

overlay clip and drag to shorten the clip by 2
seconds.

4 In the Library Navigation panel, click the

icon, and drag

Overlay Track.

5 Click the

Attributes tab, click the Fade In button,

and then click the

Note: You can also apply FX Fade by clicking

Customize Filter , and then setting the

fade-in and fade-out points in the dialog box.

6 Drag the

and press

AutoSketch to the clip in the

Options button, click the

Fade Out button.

Scrubber to the start of the video

Play to see the result.

FX

An enhanced real time preview makes it easier
than ever to customize your soundtrack. And you
can now access the SmartSound dialog box
directly from the Timeline toolbar. In addition, the
Corel Guide provides more music options from
royalty-free website Jamendo.

With SmartSound multi-layer music, you can adjust
instrument levels to achieve masterful mood music.

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Give it a try

Give it a try

To adjust individual instruments in an
audio track

1 Click the Edit step, and click the Auto

Music

2 In the

layer

3 Choose

4 Choose any asterisked title from the

drop-menu, and click

5 In the

any of the instrument sliders.
You can preview your adjustments by using the

Play and Stop buttons.

6 When you are satisfied with the result, enable

the

button on the Timeline toolbar.

Auto Music tab, choose Music Multi-

from the Scope drop-menu.

Album from the Filter drop-menu.

Music

Set Mood .

Mood Properties dialog box, adjust

Add to Timeline checkbox, and click OK.

RotoSketch: The principles of rotoscoping —

tracing over live-action film movement to create
animation — are the foundation of RotoSketch.
By simply applying a GPU-optimized filter, videos
can be turned into realistic animated clips.

To create a RotoSketch from a video clip

1 Click the Edit step, click the Media

icon in the Library Navigation panel, and then
drag a video clip to the
Timeline.

2 In the Library Navigation panel, click the

icon, and then drag the RotoSketch filter

onto the clip in the Video Track.

3 In the Preview Window, click

sketch of the video clip.

Video Track in the

Filter

Play to see the

Painting Creator: With the Painting Creator,

you can record painted, drawn, or written strokes
as an animation to use as an overlay effect. For
example, you can enhance a family vacation video
by drawing your route on a map and overlaying it
on the video. The Painting Creator lets you choose
to create still paintings or animations.

You can trace over live-action movement to

create realistic animated video clips.

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The Painting Creator lets you add personalized overlay

effects, such as a particular route over a map.

High performance video editing

By integrating the latest hardware innovations,
VideoStudio Pro X4 continues to eliminate the
technical hurdles traditionally associated with
digital video editing. Where you once needed
specialized knowledge to capture digital video to
a video card, VideoStudio Pro X4 offers support
for plug-and-play HD cameras. Where rendering
to DVD once involved hours and hours of waiting,
VideoStudio Pro X4 is built for today’s fast
multicore processors and GPUs.

New! Processor optimization: VideoStudio

Pro X4 has been optimized for the new second

®

generation Intel
processors. These powerful processors deliver
both CPU and GPU capabilities in a single
processor, which is perfect for data-heavy HD and
3D video workloads. The result is a video-editing
application that’s built for speed and
responsiveness.

Core and AMD Fusion™

HD authoring and burning:

With its new
integrated burning functionality, VideoStudio Pro X4
makes it easier than ever to author HD movies to
DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Support for H.264 compression: H.264, the

cutting-edge video-compression technology in
the MPEG-4 standard, offers the best of both
worlds — incredible video quality from the
smallest amount of video data. With VideoStudio
Pro X4, you can take advantage of H.264
compression when saving an HD MP4 file. The
result is a stunningly crisp, vivid movie in a much
smaller file size. This saves bandwidth and makes
it easier to share your HD projects to a variety of
devices ranging from low-powered cell phones to
high-powered Blu-ray devices.

Note:

For maximum performance from the latest
available chipsets, a product update may be
required after installation. You simply launch the
Corel Guide, click the

Check for updates

Home

to ensure that you are

tab, and then click

up-to-date with the latest product enhancements.

HD import: It started on TVs, soon found its way

onto computer screens, and today it’s on phones,
media players, and other mobile devices. As HD
continues its expansion from novelty to ubiquity,
VideoStudio Pro X4 ensures that you can keep
pace. Whether you’re capturing H.264 or AVCHD
from a phone, compact camcorder, or HDV
camera, VideoStudio Pro X4 provides support for
a wide range of HD cameras and formats.

Smart Proxy: By using lower-resolution proxy

files for editing and previewing an HD project,
VideoStudio Pro X4 requires fewer system
resources, which results in faster, smoother
editing of HD video. The proxy video is used only
for editing. When it’s exported, the proxy clip
links back to the original HD video, so the final
product is full HD quality.

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Share and show anywhere

After you’ve poured your creativity into
moviemaking, you’ll want to showcase your video
for an audience. With VideoStudio Pro X4, you
have an array of options that help you connect
with viewers — no matter the medium. You can
burn a DVD, AVCHD, BD-J, or Blu-ray disc, export
specifically for a variety of mobile devices or game
consoles, and upload directly to Facebook, Flickr,
Vimeo, or YouTube.

Enhanced! Create Disc: VideoStudio Pro X4

now provides integrated disc authoring
functionality that lets you create advanced DVD,
AVCHD, Blu-ray, and BD-J discs from your video­editing projects. You can choose from 39
customizable menu templates to give your discs a
personalized, professional appearance.

The intuitive features make it easy to add
chapters, decorations, music, and titles to your
disc’s navigation menu. You can even add GIF
animations, graphics, or photos. A preview
windows lets you see exactly what your audience
will see as you design your menus. By integrating
a disc burning and menu authoring wizard,
VideoStudio Pro X4 reduces the steps needed to
share your projects on disc.

Give it a try

To create an AVCHD™ disc with menu
navigation

1 Click the Share step, click Create Disc

, and choose

2 In the Corel VideoStudio Pro disc burning

window, ensure that the
checkbox is enabled, and click

3 In the

4 In the Preview Window, click on any of the

5 Click

Enhanced! Web sharing:

Gallery tab, click an icon to choose a

menu template.
Click the

background music and imagery.

current menu text to edit it, and click

Settings

You can also click on the various menu
elements to reposition or resize them.

Edit tab to adjust the settings for

Next, and then click Burn .

expressway to connect with an audience. When
you’re ready to share your video, you can choose
from several output options that are specifically
optimized for the web. VideoStudio Pro X4 provides
presets for uploading directly to YouTube, Vimeo,
Facebook, and Flickr in both HD and SD formats.

AVCHD from the drop-down.

Create Menu

Next.

Font

to adjust the style of the text.

The web is your

You can create professional-looking menus with the

new, integrated disc authoring functionality.

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Sharing to Vimeo®: With a focus on user-

created, high-quality videos, Vimeo is a natural
place to share your video productions. To that
end, you can upload projects to Vimeo directly
from VideoStudio Pro X4 in both SD and HD.

You can upload video files to Vimeo directly from

within VideoStudio Pro X4.

Give it a try

To uplo a d to Vimeo®

1 Click File ` Open Project, navigate to the

folder containing the video that you want to
share, click to select it, and then click

Open.

2 Click the

to Web

options from the drop-menu:

•

• MPEG-4 (4:3)

3 In the Create Video File dialog box, click

Save.

4 If you’re already a Vimeo member, type your

Username and Password, and click Next.

If you’re new to Vimeo, click
follow the instructions to create an account.

Share step, click Upload

, and choose one of the following

MPEG-4 HD (16:9)

Join Vimeo and

New! 3D export: With VideoStudio Pro X4, you

can easily convert 2D video clips into 3D files. In

Share step, you simply click Create Video,

the
and then choose the appropriate 3D preset. There
are presets for 3D output on DVD, Blu-ray, and
AVCHD discs, as well as WMV 3D formats suitable
for mobile devices.

New! 3D export to YouTube™: The new

YouTube 3D output option lets you quickly and
easily convert a 2D video into 3D and upload it
directly to YouTube.

Enhanced! Smart Package: The newly

integrated WinZip

®

technology provides
additional compression and encryption options
for Smart Package. Invaluable for students,
collaborators, or anyone wanting the freedom to
create movies on multiple PCs, Smart Package
gathers all video, photo, and audio files used in a
project into one folder. With VideoStudio Pro X4,
Smart Package now offers multiple compression
options, a best method for each file type, and
presets for CD, DVD, or Fat32 file systems. What’s
more, you can also choose a custom compression
method and secure your Smart Package with
password encryption.

With Smart Package and integrated WinZip

technology, you can easily package, compress,

and encrypt video projects.

Give it a try

To create a Smart Package

1 Click File ` Smart Package.

2 In the

3 In the

4 Click

5 In the

6 In the

Smart Package dialog box, enable the

Zip file option.

Folder path area, click the Browse

button, navigate to the drive where you want
to save the project, and click

OK to start the compression process.

Zip project package dialog box, click

Change Compression, choose one of the

available presets, and then press

Split Zip File area, choose Do Not

Split

, and click OK.

OK.

OK.

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