Corel VideoStudio Pro - X5 Instruction Manual
Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Minimum system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Recommended system specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported input/output devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hardware acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing and uninstalling the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting and quitting the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessing the Corel Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Learning how to use the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Preparing for video capture and editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Registering Corel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Updating the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Corel Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Corel VideoStudio Pro Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Step Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Preview Window and Navigation Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Project Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storyboard View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Timeline View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding and deleting media clips in the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tagging Files as 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saving Titles to the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Thumbnail Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starting a new movie project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating new projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Instant Project templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting your preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting project properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting a preview range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Showing and hiding grid lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Saving projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving projects by using Smart Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Capture Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Capturing Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Split by scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Controlling the DV camcorder with the Navigation Panel . . . . 45
High Definition Video (HDV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Digital TV or DVB-T video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Analog video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TV footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DV Quick Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Importing from digital media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Creating stop motion animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Creating screen capture videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Toolbar Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording your screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Working with clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Speed and Time-lapse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reversing video playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing media clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Multi-trimming your video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Edit Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Assets and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adding transitions to My Favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Saving your titles to My Favorites in the Library . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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The Title Safe Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Editing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Modifying text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Applying animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Applying title effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding Color Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding Objects or Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adding Flash animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Customizing objects, frames and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Key frame settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Copying and pasting media clip attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Taking snapshots in the Edit Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Enabling and disabling tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Editing with Smart Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Enhancing clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Adjusting color and brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adjusting white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adjusting tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Applying pan and zoom effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Resizing and distorting clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Adding cues and chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Working with Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding clips to the Overlay Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adding Multiple Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Working with Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trimming Overlay clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Repositioning the current Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Resizing an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Distorting an Overlay clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Applying motion to an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Enhancing Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chroma keying an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adding a mask frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Painting images and animations using Painting Creator . . . . . . . 118
Painting Creator interface basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Painting Creator control buttons and sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Painting Creator modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Working with Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adding voice-over narration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adding background music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Importing music from an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Auto Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Using the Clip Volume Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trimming and cutting audio clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Audio view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Using the Surround Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjusting stereo channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mixing Surround Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Applying audio filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The Share Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Creating video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Creating 3D video files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Creating HTML5 video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Creating sound files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Creating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Assembling files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Adding and Editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Creating disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Burning your project onto a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Copying a disc image file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Creating disc labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Exporting to mobile device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Project Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Recording to a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Recording to an HDV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Uploading to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Creating movie templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Appendix A: Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Menu command shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Step Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Navigation Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Timeline shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Multi-trim Video shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Layout settings shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Screen capture shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Appendix B: DV-to-DVD Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Scanning for scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Applying templates and burning to DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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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 Blu-ray Disc
or the Web.
The availability of features depends on the version of the software
you have.
This section contains the following topics:
• Introducing Corel VideoStudio Pro
• What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X5?
•System requirements
• Installing and uninstalling the application
• Starting and quitting the application
• Accessing the Corel® Guide
•Learning how to use the application
• Preparing for video capture and editing
• Registering Corel products
• Updating the application
• Corel® Support Services™
•About Corel
™
, mobile devices,
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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 a hundred transitions, professional titling capabilities, and simple
tools for creating soundtracks.
To produce a video, you must capture or import footage from a
camcorder or another 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 Blu-ray Disc, 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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What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X5?
Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 provides you with advanced features that
support the latest video editing technologies, making it possible to create
home movies with ease.
• Screen capture — You can now capture mouse movements and
other actions on your computer screen by using the Active Screen
Capture option. This is a great way to make presentations that
require the visual environment of your computer. It is perfect for
producing training and demo videos. If visuals are not enough, you
can also define the capture area and simultaneously record voiceovers for a better understanding of your videos!
For more information, see “Creating screen capture videos” on
page 53.
• Track Visibility — Just like showing and hiding layers in photo editing
software such as Corel PaintShop Pro, you can now enable or disable
any track in the Timeline with a single button! Disable tracks to
exclude media when you render your video.
For more information, see “Enabling and disabling tracks” on
page 98.
• 3D video support — Fascinated with 3D media? You can now make
3D movies from your own home videos and photos from 3D
camcorders and cameras! Tag videos and photos as 3D media clips
to easily identify them in the Library and Timeline.
For more information, see “Creating 3D video files” on page 141 and
“Tagging Files as 3D” on page 28.
• Corel PaintShop Pro Layer Support — Maximize interoperability with
your Corel video and photo software! Import Corel
PSPIMAGE files (*.pspimage) directly into Corel VideoStudio Pro X5!
As an added feature, the program automatically detects the layers in
®
PaintShop™ Pro
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each file, which can be used as individual media clips in the Video,
Background and Overlay tracks.
For more information, see “Adding photos” on page 59.
• Optional Paste Attributes — To improve media clip customization in
your video, you can now select media clip attributes that you want
to apply to other clips in the Timeline.
For more information, see “Copying and pasting media clip
attributes” on page 94.
• HTML5 output for the Web — Corel VideoStudio Pro X5 now
supports HTML 5! You can create more interactive videos that
support the latest technologies in sharing videos to the Web. Embed
hyperlinks in your video and choose from the available project
dimension presets.
For more information, see “Creating HTML5 video files” on page 142
and “Adding cues and chapters” on page 107.
• More Overlay Tracks — Explore the possibilities of video editing with
a total of 21 editing tracks combined for your media clips!
For more information, “Adding Multiple Tracks” on page 111.
• More Burning Options — With an improved integrated burning and
authoring capability, you can now create multiple copies of discs
from ISO disc image files!
For more information, “Creating discs” on page 143.
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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
Processor
®
• Microsoft Windows
®
Vista
SP1 or SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows® XP SP3
operating system software
•2 GB of RAM
• Minimum display resolution: 1024 × 768
®
•Windows
-compatible sound card
• Windows-compatible DVD-ROM (for program installation)
• Windows-compatible DVD Burner (for DVD output)
Recommended system specifications
•Intel® Core™ i5 or i7 Processor, or AMD Phenom™ II X4 or X6
Processor
• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit edition), Windows Vista SP2
(32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows XP SP3 operating system
software
• 4GB of RAM or higher
• 1GB of VRAM or higher
• Minimum display resolution: 1024 × 768
• Windows-compatible sound card
• Windows-compatible Blu-ray Disc
output)
7 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit edition), Windows
™
Burner (for Blu-ray Disc and DVD
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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 XP and Broadcast Driver Architecture support
for Windows Vista and Windows 7)
• Analog and digital TV capture device (Broadcast Driver Architecture
support)
• Camcorders that record to internal memory, memory card, DVD disc
or hard drive
• USB capture devices, PC cameras, webcams
• Windows-compatible Blu-ray Disc, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVDRAM and CD-R/RW drive
®
•iPhone
Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Nokia
, iPad®, iPod Classic® with video, iPod touch®, Sony® PSP®,
®
mobile phones
Hardware acceleration
Depending on your hardware specifications, Corel VideoStudio Pro lets
you optimize the performance of your system by optimizing hardware
acceleration.
Hardware decoder and encoder acceleration is supported only by
Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operating
system software and requires at least 512 MB of VRAM.
To change hardware acceleration settings
1 Select Settings > Preferences [F6].
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2 Click the Performance tab and select the following options under
Editing Process and File Creation:
• Enable Hardware Decoder acceleration — enhances editing
performance and improves clip and project playback by using
video graphics acceleration technologies of the computer’s
available hardware
• Enable Hardware Encoder acceleration — improves the rendering
time required for producing your movies
Note: For optimum performance, VGA cards must support DXVA2
VLD mode with Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later.
If you want the program to automatically detect the hardware
acceleration capabilities of your system and determine the
optimum settings, select all hardware acceleration options in
Performance Optimization, including Enable hardware
acceleration optimization.
If the feature is not supported by your system, some hardware
acceleration options will be grayed out.
Installing and uninstalling the application
The Corel VideoStudio Pro installation disc has an autorun feature that is
designed to start installing the application automatically.
To install Corel VideoStudio Pro
1 Insert the Corel VideoStudio Pro installation disc 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
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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:
• DirectX
• Microsoft
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2007
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Visual C++® 2005 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package
• SmartSound
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• Adobe® Flash® Player
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 X5, 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 X5 icon on the Windows
desktop.
Note: You can also start Corel VideoStudio Pro from the list of
programs on the Windows Start menu.
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To quit the application
• Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the application
window.
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
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tool or command, you can type keywords to display a list of
relevant topics.
You can also press F1 to launch the Help.
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.
• 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 check the Knowledgebase articles on how to
register your Corel products.
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
button
, and choose Check for Updates.
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 X5 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 the Corel Software Support page of your region.
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
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widely recognized and popular software brands, including Corel
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Studio
Technical Suite, Corel PaintShop Pro, Corel
WinDVD
, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®
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VideoStudio® Pro, Corel®
Digital
headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, and our major offices are in the
United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.
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Corel VideoStudio Pro Editor
Corel VideoStudio Pro provides a hands-on workflow to produce
professional-looking videos, giving you the freedom to customize all the
elements in your video project.
This section introduces you to the Corel VideoStudio Pro application
window and workspace tools and briefly explains the steps involved in
creating a movie.
This section contains the following topics:
•Workspace
•Step Panel
•Menu Bar
• Preview Window and Navigation Panel
•Toolbar
• Project Timeline
•Options Panel
•Library
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Workspace
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The new workspace is designed to provide you with a better editing
experience. You can now customize the size of the program window and
change the size and position of the elements on your screen for full
control of your editing environment.
Each panel bahaves like an independent window that can be modified
according to your editing preferences. This is very useful when you are
using large displays or dual monitors.
Part Description
1 — Step Panel Contains the Capture, Edit, and Share buttons,
which correspond to the different steps in the
video editing process.
2 — Menu Bar Contains the File, Edit, Tool s, and Settings
menus, which provide different sets of
commands.
3 — Player Panel Contains the Preview Window and Navigation
Panel.
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Part Description
4 — Library Panel Contains the Media Library, Media Filters and
Options Panel.
5 — Timeline Panel Contains the Toolbar and Project Timeline.
To move a p a n e l
• Double-click the top-left corner of the Player Panel, Timeline Panel or
Library Panel.
When the panel is active, you can minimize, maximize, resize each
panel.
You can also drag the panel outside the main application window
into the second display area for dual-monitor setups.
To customize the size of the program window
• You can do one of the following:
• Click the Restore button and drag the ends of the program
window to the desired size.
• Click the Maximize button for full screen editing.
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To dock a panel
1 Click and hold an active panel.
The docking guide appears.
2 Drag your mouse over the docking guide and choose a docking
position to snap the panel in place.
To save a custom workspace layout
• Click Settings > Layout Settings > Save to and click a Custom
option.
To load a custom workspace layout
• Click Settings > Layout Settings > Switch to and choose Default or
one of the custom settings you have saved.
To know more about hotkey combinations assigned for each preset,
see “Layout settings shortcuts” on page 173.
You can also change the layout settings from the UI Layout tab in
Settings > Preferences.
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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.
Menu Bar
The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing Corel
VideoStudio Pro, opening and saving movie projects, working with
individual clips, and more.
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Preview Window and Navigation Panel
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The Navigation Panel provides buttons for playback and for precision
trimming of clips. Use the Navigation Controls to move around a selected
clip or your project. Use the Tr i m M a r k e r s and Scrubber to edit your clips.
In the Capture Step, this panel also acts as the device control for the DV
or HDV camcorder.
Part Description
1 — Preview Window Shows the current project or clip being
played.
2 — Scrubber Lets you scrub through the project or clip.
3 — Trim Markers Lets you drag to set a preview range in the
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project or to trim a clip.
Part Description
4 — Project/Clip
Mode
Specifies a preview of the entire project or of
a selected clip only.
5 — Play Plays, pauses, or resumes the current project
or a selected clip.
6 — Home Returns to the starting segment or cue.
7 — Previous Moves to the previous frame.
8 — Next Moves to the next frame.
9 — End Moves to the end segment or cue.
10 — Repeat Loops playback.
11 — System Volume Lets you adjust the volume of your
computer's speakers by dragging a slider.
12 — Timecode Lets you jump directly to a part of your
project or selected clip by specifying the
exact timecode.
13 — Enlarge Preview
Increases the size of the Preview Window.
Window
14 — Split Clip Splits the selected clip. Position the Scrubber
to where you want the clip to be split, and
then click this button.
15 — Mark-in/Markout
Sets a preview range in the project, or sets
the start and end points for trimming a clip.
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Tool ba r
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The toolbar provides easy access to many editing commands. You can
change your project view, zoom in and out on the Project Timeline, and
launch different tools that can help you edit efficiently.
Part Description
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, add and
position other elements such as titles,
overlays, voice-over and music.
3 — Undo Undoes the last action.
4 — Redo Repeats the last action that was undone.
5 — Record/Capture
Option
6 — Sound Mixer Launches the Surround Sound Mixer and the
7 — Auto Music Launches the Auto Music Options Panel for
Shows the Record/Capture Option panel,
where you can capture video, import files,
record voice-overs and take snapshots.
multitrack Audio Timeline, which lets you
customize your audio settings.
adding Smartsound background music to
your project in a variety of styles and moods.
You can set the music to match the duration
of your project.
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