Corel VideoStudio Pro - X8 Instruction Manual
Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X8
User Guide
Contents
Quick start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X8? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparing for video editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing and uninstalling the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting and quitting the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Updating the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Corel Support Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Help system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 User Guide PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Understanding VideoStudio terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Learning with video tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using Web-based resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Workspace tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Exploring the workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching between workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Player panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Using the toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Customizing the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Capture and import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Options panel in the Capture workspace . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Capturing videos and photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Capturing digital video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using DV Quick Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Capturing analog video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Importing from digital media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Scanning and splitting scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Project basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Creating new projects and opening projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using Instant Project templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting project properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Creating custom profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Editing with Smart Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Previewing your project or clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Showing and hiding grid lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Saving projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Saving projects by using Smart Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding cues and chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Organize and find media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Sorting, viewing, and filtering clips in the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Resizing thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Tagging files as 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching between Timeline views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Showing and hiding tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding and swapping tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Edit media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using the Options panel in the Edit workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Adding video clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Modifying video playback speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Freeze Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing media clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Trimming video into multiple clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Taking a snapshot from a video clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Enhancing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adjusting white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Applying pan and zoom effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Saving and deleting transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Titles and subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Using the Title Safe area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Adding titles using the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adding titles with the Subtitle Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Applying text effects and animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Converting titles to image and animation files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adding color clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adding color patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adding backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adding objects or frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adding Flash animations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Customizing objects, frames, and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Applying filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Marking filters as favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Applying multiple filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Customizing filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Adding clips to overlay tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Adjusting overlay clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Combining Overlay clips to create an Ultra HD (4K) video . . . . . 138
Applying motion to an overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Adjusting the overall transparency of overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Adding borders to overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Blending overlay clips with the background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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Adding a mask frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using video masks with overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Motion tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tracking motion of video objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Matching motion to a tracking path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Customizing motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tracking paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Adjusting tracking paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Using objects on tracking paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Using the Path Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Using Audio Ducking to automatically adjust volume. . . . . . . . . 177
Splitting an audio track from a video clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Using Auto Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using the Clip Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trimming and cutting audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Applying fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using the Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Adjusting stereo channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using the Surround Sound Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Mixing Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Applying audio filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Painting Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Working with Painter Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Switching between Painting Creator modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Creating images and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
FastFlick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Creating a FastFlick project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Selecting a template (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adding media clips (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Editing titles (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adding music (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Applying Pan & Zoom effects (FastFlick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Setting movie duration (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Saving to video files for computer playback (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . 202
Uploading to the Web (FastFlick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Editing your movie in VideoStudio (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Screen capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Starting a screen capture project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Recording your screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Stop motion animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Creating a Stop Motion project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Capturing stop motion images in Corel VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . 213
Using the DSLR Enlarged Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Save and share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Choosing a sharing option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Saving to video files for computer playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Saving to video files for mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Saving HTML5 video files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
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Uploading to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Creating 3D video files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Creating video files from part of a project (trimmed) . . . . . . . . . 228
Creating sound files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Working with custom profiles in the Share workspace . . . . . . . . 230
Burn discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Saving a project to disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Assembling files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adding and editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Editing a menu template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Creating advanced menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Previewing your movie and menu before burning . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Burning your project onto a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Copying a disc image file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Creating disc labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Menu command shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Workspace shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Navigation area shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Timeline shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Multi-trim Video shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Layout settings shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Screen capture shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Other Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
DV-to-DVD Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Scanning for scenes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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Applying templates and burning to DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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Quick start
If you want to dive into Corel VideoStudio Pro right away, this tutorial
will walk you through the key tasks. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how
to:
• Import video clips to the Library
• Add your clips and photos
• Review and trim your video clips
• Add titles
• Apply transitions
• Add music
• Save and share
The same basic steps can be applied to create a photo slideshow or any
multimedia presentation that includes photos, video clips, and music.
For a quick movie, try the FastFlick. For more information, see
“FastFlick” on page 197.
For more details about starting movie projects, see “Project basics” on
page 47.
Import video clips to the Library
Let’s start with the most common situation—the shoot is done and
you’ve transferred your video clips and photos from your camera to
your computer. We can open Corel VideoStudio Pro, and jump directly
Edit workspace and the Library.
to the
Quick start 1
The Library is the source for all your media, including video clips,
photos, and music. It also houses templates, transitions, effects, and a
variety of other media assets that you can use in your projects.
1 Click the Edit tab at the top of the application
window to open the Edit workspace. The Library panel appears in
the upper right corner o
2 Create a folder for your project to keep all your videos together by
f the application.
clicking the Add a new folder button
3 Type a name for the folder.
4 At the top of the Library, click the Import Media Files button ,
.
select the video clips and photos that you want to use, and click
Open.
Note that the buttons at the top of the Library can be enabled and
disab
led to filter the thumbnails by video, photos, and music. If you
don’t see the media you expect to see, check the state of these media
buttons.
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Add your clips and photos
Adding clips and photos to a video project is as easy as dragging
thumbnails for the video clips and photos that you want to use from
Library to the Timeline.
the
If you’re looking for a way to get polished results quickly, you can use
an Instant Project template. For more information, see
Project templates” on page 49.
“Using Instant
Review and trim your video clips
The key to a successful video is to keep it short enough to hold your
viewer’s interest. Let’s review and trim the video clips.
Quick start 3
1 In the Edit workspace, click a video clip in the Timeline.
2
1
2 In the Navigation area of the Player panel, click Clip, and click the
Play button.
3 After you review the clip, drag the orange Tri m M ar k er from the
original starting position to the new starting position. The
Scrubber moves to the selected frame and this frame displays in
the
Preview Window.
1. Trim Marker (one on each end). 2. Scrubber.
4 Now drag the second Trim M ar k er from the original end position
to the new end position.
5 Click Play.
Note: Changes made to files imported into the Library do not
affect the original files.
You c a n a ls o t r im video clips in the Timeline itself by dragging the end
handles of a clip.
Want to edit a section in the middle? Try Multi-Trim Video. For more
information, see
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“Trimming video into multiple clips” on page 99.
Add titles
Now let’s add a title.
1 Drag the Scrubber to the position you want.
2 Click the Title button to the left of the Library thumbnails.
3 You can type directly in the Preview Window, but the easiest way
to get a professional-looking title, is to drag one of the title
thumbnails from the Library to the Title track in the Timeline.
4 You can drag the title to any position in the Title track and adjust
the duration of the title by dragging the end handles of the clip.
5 To edit the title text, double-click the title clip in the Timeline, in
the Preview Window, select the text and type new tex
text inside the box that displays near the edges of the Preview
W
indow (called the Title Safe area).
t. Keep the
Quick start 5
6 The Options panel for titles displays below the thumbnails in the
Library. Use any of the controls to format your
title text. For
example, you can align the text and change the font, size, and
color.
Apply transitions
You can add transitions between clips or between photos. Transitions
can be used to fade in or fade out or to dissolve one photo into the
next. There are many transition options to choose from.
1 In the Library, click the Tran si ti on button .
2 Click the Gallery drop-list at the top of the Library, and choose All
if you want to see what is available.
3 Drag the thumbnail for the transition you want to the Timeline
and place it between two clips or photos.
If you want to apply the same transition between all clips and photos
in the track, in the Library, right-click the transition thumbnail, and
oose Apply current effect to video track. You will be warned about
ch
eplacing any existing transitions.
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Add music
You can add songs from your computer by dragging a music file from
the Library to the Music track. You can also use Auto Music to choose
r
oyalty-free music to your project.
1 On the Timeline toolbar, click the Auto Music button .
1 In the Auto Music area that displays below the Library thumbnails,
experiment with different choices in the drop-lists and click Play
se
lected Music to listen to the selection.
2 To add your selection to the Timeline, click Add to Timeline.
3 The music is added to the Music track, and as with other clips, you
can drag it to a new position in the Timeline and trim it by
d
ragging the end handles.
4 To fade the music at the end of your project, click the Fade-out
button
in the Auto Music area.
Note that with any audio clips, or video clips that include sound, you
can control the volume of the clips. For more information about
adjusting audio, see “Audio” on page 175.
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Save and share
When you’re finished with your project, you can save it and share it in
a variety of ways. For this tutorial, we’ll upload it directly to the Web.
Before sharing, it’s important to save
a version of your project to the
native *.vsp format. This will give you maximum flexibility if you choose
to edit your project later or if you want to output it to a different
format.
1 Click the Share tab to view the Share workspace.
2 Click File > Save, choose a location from the Save in box, and type
a name in the File name box.
3 To share your video on the Web, click the Web button , then
click YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, or Vimeo, and click Log In to sign
in
to your account or to create an account. After you sign in and
approve the link between Corel VideoStudio Pro and the account,
ch
oose the settings you want for your video upload and click
Start.
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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
ols for capturing, editing, and sharing your video, slideshow, and
to
multimedia projects.
The availability of features depends on the version of the
software you have.
This section contains the f
• What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X8?
• System requirements
• Hardware acceleration
• Preparing for video editing
• Installing and uninstalling the application
• Starting and quitting the application
• Updating the application
• Corel Support Services
• About Corel
ollowing topics:
What’s new in Corel VideoStudio Pro X8?
New creative features as well as enhancements to favorite features and
performance improvements means that you can create stunning videos
more quickly in Corel VideoStudio Pro X8. The key features are listed
below.
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• Audio Ducking — Don’t let background music overpower
important audio or narration in your video. The Audio Ducking
feature in VideoStudio Pro X8 detects audio or narration and
automatically lowers the volume of background sound. You can
adjust the Level and Sensitivity to get the results you want. For
more information, see
“Using Audio Ducking to automatically
adjust volume” on page 177.
• Freeze Frame — Whether it’s a beautiful smile, your child scoring
a goal or stunning scenery, sometimes you want to add extra
impact by temporarily stopping the action to focus on a single
frame. The new Freeze Frame feature makes it easy to select the
frame and set the duration to get the effect you want. For more
information, see
“Using Freeze Frame” on page 92.
• Creative overlay options — Create new looks by adjusting how
overlay objects blend with the background. With new Add,
Multiple and Grey Key options, you can create unique semitransparent and color blend results. Use a video mask to hide or
reveal different parts of your video for interesting special effects or
title sequences. For more information, see
“Blending overlay clips
with the background” on page 141 and “Using video masks with
overlay clips” on page 144.
• Enhanced Live Screen Capture—Recording directly from your
screen is a great way to add custom content to presentations,
demos, or training videos. With enhanced Live Screen Capture,
you can easily capture both system audio and microphone sound.
Snap View lets you capture in Windows 8.
• More formats supported — Enjoy more compatibility with import
support for MKV files, which act as multimedia containers that
can hold video, audio and subtitles in a file. Support for export to
MOV (H.264 format) has also been added.
• Convert titles to Alpha channel files — Create stylish, professionallooking titles by converting them to alpha channel images or
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animations. Converting the titles lets you access a wide range of
overlay settings and effects. For more information, see
“Converting titles to image and animation files” on page 124.
• NewBlue Effects pack — Create incredible special effects with
bonus tools from industry leader, NewBlue. Video Essentials II
offers over 100 presets in 10 plugins to create vignettes, enhance
and adjust color, and much more.
• Tri p le Sc oo p M us ic — Capture the mood of your movie with the
pe
rfect soundtrack. VideoStudio X8 includes 17 royalty-free music
tracks from Triple Scoop Music. For information about adding
audio to your projects, see “Adding audio files” on page 176.
• ScoreFitter — No movie is complete without a soundtrack. Auto
Music now uses the Scorefitter library, a
collection of royalty-free
sounds and songs—they even automatically adjust to fit the
length of your movies. For more information, see “Using Auto
Music” on page 180.
• Enhanced 4K hardware acceleration — The 4K hardware
acceleration is optimized for upcoming Intel 5th Generation
processors.
• XAVC S — Based on MP4-AVC/H.264, XA
VC S is a new standard
for video cameras that can support resolutions up to 4K 3840 x
2160.
• Combine projects—Now you can add existing video projects to
ne
w projects thanks to multi-project support. For more
information, see “Creating new projects and opening projects” on
page 47.
• Thumbnail ticking — The thumbnails in the Library now show a
check mark when a clip has been used in the Timeline to help you
avoid reusing the same footage.
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• Smart Package with disc settings— Now all disc modifications,
including menu and chapter updates, can be included when you
save your project files to a Smart Package. For more information,
“Saving projects by using Smart Package” on page 58.
see
• Save and reuse your custom settings — My Favorites has been
extended to let you save and re-use your customized Filter or
Transition settings.
• Right to left titles — VideoStudio Pro X8 supports right to left
titles, making it easier to create titles in right-to-left languages.
• Easier Media library management—Backup and restore all
customized folders or media in VideoStudio Pro X8 and later
versions.
• HD Capture — Capture HD quality video with your web camera or
other capture devices.
• More motion tracking settings — Choose from different mosaic
shapes and enjoy better size control so that you can blur video
content such as a face, trademarked logo, or car plate. For more
information, see
“To blur parts of tracked objects” on page 170.
• Enhanced List view in the Library — The List view in the Library
now includes more information about your media files, such as
resolution, frame rate, and start/end time. For more information
about choosing views, see
“Sorting, viewing, and filtering clips in
the Library” on page 67.
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
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• Microsoft Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit
edition) 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 8.1, Windows 7 (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 Burner (for Blu-ray Disc and
DVD output)
Supported input/output devices
• Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras
• Camcorders that record to internal memory, memory card, DVD
disc or hard drive
• USB capture devices, PC cameras, webcams
• 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)
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• Analog and digital TV capture device (Broadcast Driver
Architecture support)
• Windows-compatible Blu-ray Disc, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVDRA
M and CD-R/RW drive
• iPhone, iPad, iPod Classic with video, iPod touch, Sony PSP and
droid smartphones
An
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
1Select Settings > Preferences [F6].
2 Click the Performance tab and select the following o
Editing Process and File Creation:
• Enable Hardware Decoder acceleration — enhances editing
pe
rformance and improves clip and project playback by using
video graphics acceleration technologies of the computer’s
available hardware
• Enable Hardware Encoder acceleration — improves the
r
endering 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.
ptions under
If you want the program to automatic
acceleration capabilities of your system and determine the
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ally detect the hardware
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.
Preparing for video editing
Video editing tasks 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 before you launch Corel
• It is recommended that you close other applications when
working with Corel
VideoStudio Pro. To avoid interruptions while
capturing, it is best to turn off any automatically launched
software.
• 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.
• 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.
When you are in Corel VideoStudio Pro, you can choose settings that
let you balance the quality of the playback and the speed of the
application. For example, is your playback fast but fuzzy? Or is your
playback too slow? The tips below can help you find the right settings
VideoStudio Pro.
in Corel
• Clearer, higher quality playback is available if your computer
system meets or exceeds the recommended system requirements.
You can work with HD projects and you can preview your project
VideoStudio Pro.
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in HD. For more information, see “Setting project properties” on
page 51 and “Previewing your project or clips” on page 54.
• To speed up less powerful systems, consider using Smart Proxy
and review the hardware acceleration options. For more
information, see
“Hardware acceleration” on page 14.
“Editing with Smart Proxy” on page 53 and
Installing and uninstalling the application
You can install Corel VideoStudio Pro from a disc or from installation
files that you download.
To install Corel VideoStudio Pro
1 Close any open applications.
2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive or double-click the associated .exe
file that you downloaded.
If the disc-initiated setup does not start automatically, navigate to
the DVD drive on your computer, and double-click
3 Follow the instructions on your screen.
Note: In addition to Corel VideoStudio Pro, the following
programs and drivers are automatically installed:
• DirectX 2010
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package
• Adobe Flash Player
• Apple QuickTime player
• Haali Media Splitter
• Matroska
Setup.exe.
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To uninstall Corel VideoStudio Pro
1 Open the Windows Control Panel.
2In the Programs category, click the Uninstall a program link.
3In the Programs and Features window, click
Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 in the list of applications.
4 Click Uninstall/Change.
5 Follow the instructions
on your screen.
Starting and quitting the application
You c a n s ta r t C or el VideoStudio Pro from the Windows desktop or
Start menu, and quit the program from the application window.
To start the application
•From the Start menu, choose All Programs >
Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 (Windows 7 or earlier) or use the
Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 application icon or tile on your desktop
or Start screen (Windows 8).
To quit the application
• Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the
application window.
Updating the application
You can check for and install product updates. Updates provide
important new information about your application.
To update the application
• Choose Help > Check for Updates.
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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 providing some of
the industry’s best-known graphics, productivity and digital media
products. Boasting the most comprehensive portfolio of innovative
software, we've built a reputation for delivering solutions that are easy
to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of creativity and
productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for
innovation, design and value.
Used by millions of people around the world, our product lines include
CorelDRAW®
Corel®
information on Corel, please visit
Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter, Corel® PaintShop® Pro,
VideoStudio® and Corel® WordPerfect® Office. For more
www.corel.com.
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Learning resources
You can learn how to use Corel VideoStudio Pro in various ways: by
searching the Help or the user guide, by accessing video tutorials in the
Discovery Center, or by exploring the Corel Web site (
This section contains the following topics:
• Documentation conventions
• Using the Help system
• Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 User Guide PDF
• Understanding VideoStudio terminology
• Learning with video tutorials
• Using Web-based resources
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the Help.
Convention Description Example
www.corel.com).
Menu
>Menu
command
drop-list A list of options that drops
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A menu item followed by a
menu command
down when a user clicks a
down arrow button
Click Settings >
Preferences > Edit.
Select a profile from the
Profile drop-list.
Convention Description Example
A note containing
information that is
important to the preceding
steps. It may describe
conditions under which the
procedure can be
performed.
A tip containing
suggestions for performing
the preceding steps. It may
present alternatives to the
steps, or other benefits and
uses of the procedure.
Enable Flatten audio and
background video if your
browser can only support
a single track for audio
and video.
For best results, use a
tripod when you shoot
photos and videos that
you want to use in your
stop motion animation
project.
Using the Help system
The Help that is available from within the program is the most
comprehensive source of information for Corel
Help system provides two ways to find information. You can choose a
topic from the Contents page, or use the Search page to search for
specific words and phrases. You can also print topics from the Help.
Online and local Help
If you are connected to the Internet, the application displays the online
Help. When you are online, you have access to the latest and most
helpful links. If no Internet connection is available, the application
displays the local Help that is installed on your computer.
VideoStudio Pro. The
To use the Help system
1 Do one of the following:
• Click Help > Help topics.
• Press F1.
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