Corel VideoStudio Pro - X9 User Guide

Corel® VideoStudio® X9

User Guide

Quick start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What’s new in Corel VideoStudio X9? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the Help system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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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

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Using the Player panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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

Using Smart Proxy for a faster, smoother editing experience . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Resizing thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Options panel in the Edit workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Adding video clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Adding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Modifying video playback speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Using Freeze Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Replacing media clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Using Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Trimming video into multiple clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Taking a snapshot from a video clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Enhancing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Adjusting white balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Applying pan and zoom effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Adding transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Saving and deleting transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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Titles and subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using the Title Safe area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Adding titles using the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Adding titles with the Subtitle Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Applying text effects and animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Converting titles to image and animation files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Adding color clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Adding color patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Adding backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Adding objects or frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Adding Flash animations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Customizing objects, frames, and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Applying filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Marking filters as favorites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Applying multiple filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Customizing filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adding clips to overlay tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adjusting overlay clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Combining Overlay clips to create an Ultra HD (4K) video . . . . . 142

Applying motion to an overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Adjusting the overall transparency of overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Adding borders to overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Blending overlay clips with the background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Adding a mask frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using video masks with overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Motion tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Tracking motion of video objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Matching motion to a tracking path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Customizing motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Tracking paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Adjusting tracking paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using objects on tracking paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Using the Path Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Using Audio Ducking to automatically adjust volume. . . . . . . . . 181

Splitting an audio track from a video clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Using Auto Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Balancing the volume of multiple clips with Normalize Audio. . . 185

Using the Clip Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Trimming and cutting audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Applying fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Using the Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Adjusting stereo channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Using the Surround Sound Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Mixing Surround Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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Applying audio filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Painting Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Working with Painter Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Switching between Painting Creator modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Creating images and animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Screen capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Starting a screen capture project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Recording your screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

FastFlick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Creating a FastFlick project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Selecting a template (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Adding media clips (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Editing titles (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Adding music (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Applying Pan & Zoom effects (FastFlick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Setting movie duration (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Saving to video files for computer playback (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . 213

Uploading to the Web (FastFlick). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Editing your movie in VideoStudio (FastFlick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Making FastFlick templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Terminology for FastFlick templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Rules for creating FastFlick templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Creating FastFlick templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Stop motion animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Creating a Stop Motion project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Capturing stop motion images in Corel VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . 227

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Using the DSLR Enlarged Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Multi-Camera Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

The Multi-Camera Editor workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Basic steps in multi-camera editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Importing video and audio clips into the Multi-Camera Editor . . 235

Synchronizing video and audio clips in multi-camera projects . . 236

Choosing an audio source for your multi-camera project . . . . . . 238

Editing multiple clips to create a multi-camera compilation . . . . 239

Adding picture-in-picture (PIP) in the Multi-Camera Editor . . . . . 242

Managing multi-camera source files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Saving and exporting your multi-camera project . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using Smart Proxy with the Multi-Camera Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Save and share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Choosing a sharing option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Saving to video files for computer playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Saving to video files for mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Saving HTML5 video files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Uploading to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Creating 3D video files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Creating video files from part of a project (trimmed) . . . . . . . . . 258

Creating sound files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Working with custom profiles in the Share workspace . . . . . . . . 260

Burn discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Saving a project to disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Assembling files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Adding and editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

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Editing a menu template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Creating advanced menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Previewing your movie and menu before burning . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Burning your project onto a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Copying a disc image file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Creating disc labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Menu command shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Workspace shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Navigation area shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Timeline shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Multi-trim Video shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Layout settings shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Screen capture shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Other Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

DV-to-DVD Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Scanning for scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Applying templates and burning to DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

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Quick start

If you want to dive into Corel VideoStudio 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 207.

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, and jump directly to

Edit workspace and the Library.

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 In the Navigation area of the Player panel, click Clip, and click the

Play button.

3 After you review the clip, drag the orange Trim Marker 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 Marker 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 can also trim 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 101.

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 Window (called the Title Safe area).

t. Keep the

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6 The Options panel for titles displays below the thumbnails in the

Library. Use any of the controls to f

ormat 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 Transition 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

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 selected 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 179.

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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 s

ign in to your account or to create an account. After you sign in and approve the link between Corel VideoStudio and the account, ch

oose the settings you want for your video upload and click

Start.

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Welcome

Welcome to Corel VideoStudio, the surprisingly creative video-editing software that lets you produce professional-looking videos, regardless of your skill level. Corel VideoStudio provides a complete set of tools

capturing, editing, and sharing your video, slideshow, and

for multimedia projects.

The availability of features depends on the version of the software you have. For more information, see Compare on http://videostudiopro.com.

This section contains the f

• What’s new in Corel Vide

• 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:

oStudio X9?

What’s new in Corel VideoStudio X9?

New creative features as well as enhancements to favorite features means that you can create stunning videos faster in Corel VideoStudio. T

he key updates are listed below.

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• New Multi-Camera Editor — Create professional-looking video

compilations from footage of events that have been captured on different cameras, from different angles. The easy multi-view workspace lets you edit on the fly, as the video clips play back simultaneously. With a simple click, you can switch from one video clip to another in the same way a broadcast studio switches from one camera to another to capture a different angle or element of a scene. For more information, see

“Multi-Camera Editing” on

page 231.

• Enhanced Normalize Audio — When you are working with

several audio recordings from different devices, either as part of a video clip or an audio-only clip, inevitably the volume of each clip varies—sometimes substantially. Normalize Audio lets you balance the volume of multiple clips, so that your project plays within the same volume range throughout. For more information, see “Balancing the volume of multiple clips with Normalize Audio” on page 185.

• Enhanced Audio Ducking — Fine-tune the lead in and out time

for Audio Ducking—the automatic lowering of background sounds that lets you hear a narrator more clearly. For more information, see

“Using Audio Ducking to automatically adjust

volume” on page 181.

• Optimized for the speed and performance — Speed and

performance are always important when you’re editing video. By optimizing VideoStudio for the latest 6th Gen Intel chips and by improving MPEG 4 and MOV playback performance, VideoStudio keeps the editing flow smooth and fun.

• More formats supported — Enjoy more compatibility with

support for HEVC (H.265) and *MXF (XAVC). HEVC improves on H.264 by offering improved compression (files can be in the range of 50% smaller), making the new format ideal for keeping files sizes lower—especially when creating 4K projects.

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• Enhanced motion tracking — Apply a mosaic blur to people or

moving objects with more ease and accuracy by setting the

tracker in Trac k Mot ion to automatically adjust the size and

Point

Multi-

shape of the mosaic blur as the person or object in the video changes angles or moves closer or further from the camera. For more information, see

“Tracking motion of video objects” on

page 151.

• Enhanced Timeline — Stay in the editing flow in the Timeline by

using new right-click access to insert and delete tracks. For more information, see

“To insert or delete tracks in the Timeline” on page 78. Also enjoy the flexibility of additional Music tracks—you can now add up to eight audio tracks.

• New FastFlick template creation — Create FastFlick X9 templates

in VideoStudio X9. Unlike Instant Project templates, which are essentially previously saved static projects, FastFlick templates are designed to automatically expand or contract to fit the number of photos and videos that a user drops into the template. For more information, see

“Making FastFlick templates” on page 217.

• Enhanced Library — Audio filters are now available in the Library

alongside the video filters. In addition, the improved importing and backup means that your custom libraries and profiles are preserved, making it easy to back up and restore your profiles and media files when you upgrade or change devices.

• More NewBlue video effects — Create incredible special effects

with bonus tools from industry leader, NewBlue. VideoStudio Ultimate X9 adds *NewBlue Video Essentials VII to the long list of effect filters, to help you correct color, tone, and detail, or add special effects, such as gradient fills, PIP, auto pan, and more.

*Available in VideoStudio Ultimate only.

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System requirements

For optimal performance of Corel VideoStudio, make sure that your system meets the recommended specifications. Note that some formats and features require specific hardware or software (as indicated).

Minimum system requirements

• Internet connection required for updates

• Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, 64-bit OS highly recommended

• Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz, Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

2.0 GHz

• Intel Core i5 or i7 1.06 GHz required for AVCHD & Intel Quick

Sync Video support

• Intel Core i7 or AMD Athlon X4 for UHD or Multi-Camera

editing

• Intel 6th Generation processor (Skylake) is required for HEVC

hardware encoding

• 2 GB of RAM, 4 GB for Windows 64-bit, 8+GB highly recommended for UHD or Multi-Camera editing

• Graphics card supports DXVA2 VLD mode with Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 and 512 MB VRAM for hardware decoding acceleration

• HEVC import requires Windows 10 and graphics card hardware support

• 128 MB VGA VRAM

• Display resolution: 1024 x 768

• Windows-compatible sound card

• 6 GB HDD space for full installation

• Digital download available for installation

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Supported input/output devices

• Import from AVCHD and other file-based camcorders, digital still cameras, mobile devices and discs

• Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire port)

• Capture from analog camcorders with compatible analog capture card

•Capture from USB capture devices, PC cameras, webcams

Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Supported file formats

The supported file formats are listed below. Please review release notes for any updates to supported files.

Import formats

• Video: AVCHD, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, DVR-MS, DivX*, SWF*, UIS, UISX, M2T, M2TS, TOD, MOD, M4V, WebM, 3GP, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles, MOV, MKV, XAVC, MXF**, HEVC

• Audio: AC3, MP3, MPA, MOV, WAV, WMA, MP4, M4A, Aiff, AU, CDA, AMR, AAC, OGG

• Image: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF87a, IFF, IMG, JP2, JPC, JPG, MAC, MPO, PCT, PIC, PNG, PSD, PXR, RAS, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF/TIFF, UFO, UFP, WMF, PSPImage, Camera RAW, 001, DCS, DCX, ICO, MSP, PBM, PCX, PGM, PPM, SCI, WBM, WBMP

Export formats

• Video: AVCHD, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1/-2/-4, UIS, UISX, M2T, WebM, 3GP, HEVC, WMV, QuickTime*

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• Device: Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad/TV, Sony PSP/PS3/PS4, Nintendo

Wii, Microsoft Xbox compatible formats

• Audio: AC3, M4A, OGG, WAV, WMA

• Image: BMP, JPG

Blu-ray support

• Requires purchase of a separate plug-in from within the product

• Requires Blu-ray Disc reader and/or burner

*MOV, DivX & SWF: QuickTime driver fo Flash player for SWF are required to enable these formats.

**VideoStudio Ultimate only

r MOV, DivX codec for DivX and

Hardware acceleration

Depending on your hardware specifications, Corel VideoStudio 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 follo

Editing Process and File Creation:

• Enable Hardware Decoder acceleration — enhances editing

rformance and improves clip and project playback by using video graphics acceleration technologies of the computer’s available hardware

wing options under

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• 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 acceler

ation capabilities of your system and determine the

optimum settings, select all hardware acceleration options in

Performance Optimization, including Enable hardware acceleration optimizat

ion.

If the feature is not supported by your system, some hardware acceler

ation 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 VideoStudio.

• It is recommended that you close other applications when working with Corel VideoStudio. To avoid interruptions while capturing, it is best to turn off any a software.

• If you have two hard drives in your sy you install Corel VideoStudio to your system drive (usually C:) and st

ore 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) s RAM.

utomatically launched

stem, it is recommended that

ize to twice your amount of

When you are in Corel VideoStudio, you can choose settings that let

ou balance the quality of the playback and the speed of the

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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 in Corel

VideoStudio.

• 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 in HD. For more information, see 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 experience” on page 53 and “Hardware acceleration” on page 14.

“Using Smart Proxy for a faster, smoother editing

“Setting project properties” on

Installing and uninstalling the application

You can install Corel VideoStudio from a disc or from installation files that you download.

To install Corel VideoStudio

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, you might be prompted to install supporting Windows extensions and third-party programs and drivers.

Setup.exe.

To uninstall Corel VideoStudio

1 Open the Windows Control Panel.

2In the Programs category, click the Uninstall a program link.

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3In the Programs and Features window, click Corel VideoStudio

X9 in the list of applications.

4 Click Uninstall/Change.

5 Follow the instructions

on your screen.

Starting and quitting the application

You can s t a r t C o r e l VideoStudio from the Windows desktop or Start menu, and quit the program from the application window.

To start the application

• From the Windows Start menu or Start screen, choose Corel VideoStudio X9.

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.

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.

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About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies, boasting some of the industry's best-known graphics, productivity and digital media products. We've built a reputation for giving customers more choice, and delivering solutions that are easy to learn and use. Our mission is simple: help people achieve new levels of creativity and productivity. Corel's product lines include CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter®, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, Pinnacle Studio™, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast® and WinZip®. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

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Learning resources

You can learn how to use Corel VideoStudio 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 X9 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 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. The Help

To use the Help system

1 Do one of the following:

• Click Help > Help topics.

• Press F1.

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