Honestech Video Editor 7.0 User Manual

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Video Editor 7.0

User Guide

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Table of Contents

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ....................................................................................... 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................................ 4

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 6

1-1. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................... 6

2. OVERVIEW OF STEPS ...................................................................................................... 7

3. HONESTECH VIDEO EDITOR INSTALLATION ................................................................ 10

4. USING HONESTECH VIDEO EDITOR ............................................................................... 14

4.1. IMPORTING VIDEO, IMAGES AND AUDIO FILES ..................................................... 15

4.2. ADDING TO THE STORYBOARD OR TIMELINE ....................................................... 24

4.2.1. Editing in Storyboard ........................................................................... 26

4.2.2. Editing in the Timeline ......................................................................... 28

4.2.3 Editing a Clip ......................................................................................... 29

4.3 ADDING SPECIAL EFFECTS ...................................................................................... 32

4.4 ADDING TRANSITION EFFECTS ................................................................................ 35

4.4 ADDING TRANSITION EFFECTS ................................................................................ 35

4.5. ADDING OVERLAY EFFECTS ................................................................................... 37

4.6. ADDING TITLE EFFECTS ........................................................................................... 39

4.7. THE OUTPUT WIZARD ............................................................................................... 41

4.7.1 Create a video file .................................................................................. 42

4.7.2. Creating a Disc ................................ ..................................................... 48

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4.7.3. Writing to DV-Tape ................................................................................ 49

4.7.4. Creating audio files. ............................................................................. 50

4.7.5. Creating Custom Output Profiles ........................................................ 51

4.8. OUTPUT TO DISC ...................................................................................................... 52

4.8.1. Screen Menu Settings .......................................................................... 53

4.8.2. Changing Text ....................................................................................... 54

4.8.3. Changing the Background Image ........................................................ 54

4.8.4. Number of movie clips per Menu Page ............................................... 55

4.8.5. Navigational Buttons ............................................................................ 55

4.8.6. Output Options ..................................................................................... 56

4.8.7 OUTPUT SPECIFICATION...................................................................... 58

5. UNINSTALL HONESTECH VIDEO EDITOR ...................................................................... 59

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1. INTRODUCTION

Thanks for choosing honestech Video Editor!

 honestech Video Editor is a powerful piece of video editing software that can help you

produce a professional-looking video from personal videos, digital still images, and audios.

 honestech Video Editor employs a user-friendly interface and smart and useful features to

make it easy, even for first-time users, to navigate through it without getting lost or
confused.

 honestech Video Editor's high performance MPEG encoding engine saves edited digital

videos into small, high quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI (including compressed AVI), DV-AVI,
and WMV (Window Media) format.

 honestech Video Editor can manage and edit multiple files simultaneously. Each video file

can be edited on "Full Rendering", "Smart Rendering" and "GOP (Group Of Picture)" level.

 honestech Video Editor allows you to insert text into video clips and add music files for the

audio function.

 Title, Transition, Special Effects, and Overlay functions have been added and now provide

a more convenient editing environment.

 A Timeline feature, which combines drag-and-drop editing and easy-to-understand editing

functions, has been added.

1-1. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Processor: Intel Pentium IV 1GHz or equivalent
Operating System: Windows XP , Vista
Memory: 256MB of RAM
Direct-X: 9.0
CD Burner: for VCD/SVCD
DVD Burner: for DVD
Others:

Direct-X 9.0
Windows Medial Format SDK 9
Windows Media Player 7

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2. OVERVIEW OF STEPS

1. Easily add or move files with simple drag-and-drop.
 Use drag-and-drop to move files easily from the Source Collection area to the Storyboard

or Timeline.

 DV-AVI video clips can be transferred to a digital camcorder. Note: AVI files need to be

converted to DV-AVI first.

 Supported file formats include:

1. MPEG-1 (VCD)

2. MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD)

3. WMV (Window Media Format)

4. DV- AVI

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Note

To compress an AVI file lnto DV-AVI format, you must have appropriate CODEC installed
on your PC.

2. Streaming Video Merge Method:

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 Fast MPEG merge (GOP boundary cut)

1. Performs editing in GOP (Group Of Picture) frame units.

2. “Fast” editing and saving requires no additional encoding.

3. Ideal for merging two (or more) files in identical MPEG formats.

 Smart Rendering

1. Uses GOP editing mode for MPEG files and “Key Frame" editing mode
for AVI files.

2. Encodes only the edited portion of video files.

3. Property setting changes can be applied to only specific clips/frames of
video.

4. Does not support DV-AVI, Type-1 video format files.

 Full Rendering

1. Customizable: editing can be done on a frame-by-frame basis.

2. Flexible:

a. Render video files in different formats together.
b. Create output files in different formats.
c. Select the format of output video files after editing (titling,

audio, special and transition effects) is completed.

3. Re-encodes all the video frames.

 Add titles to existing video clips.
 Create titles in straight or curved line formats.
 Display titles over the entire video or selected scenes only.

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4. Special effects

 Add a variety of special effects (filters) to your video.
 Three types of filters available: color, effect, and transition.

5. New overlay functions
 Similar to the picture-in-picture feature seen on many televisions, this feature allows

you to display two clips on a single screen.

6. Timeline feature makes it easy to edit video.
 Edit video easily using simple drag-and-drop, making your editing tasks incredibly

simple.

 You can zoom in or out of Timeline for project overview and for precise editing.

7. You can import and record video clips from a PC camera, TV (TV tuner) or camcorder.

8. You can burn your movies on DVD, VCD, SVCD or mini-DVD in either NTSC or PAL format.

9. Project File Automatic Save function.
Automatically saves project files, safeguarding your projects from accidental loss and
eliminating the need for manual saving. To enable this feature, the “Project File
Automatic Save” option must be turned on.

10. Change the speed of video or audio clips.
You can add dynamic effects to your video and audio by increasing or decreasing the
playback speed. The slow motion playback option can add dramatic effects to
emotional scenes. The fast motion playback option is great for humorous or action
scenes.

11. Undo/Redo
You can undo or redo editing. You can easily move back and forth between the
previous and current stages of your work.

12. Jump Function
You can jump to a specific frame/time in the video file.

13. Detect Scenes function

Detects where you made a break in the recording and automatically splits your video into
separate scenes of clips.

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14. Split/Combine Clip.

15. Mute the audio portion of a Video Clip.

16. Adding audio fade in / fade out.

17. Change the volume level of video or audio clip.

18. Supports WMV9 User Defined Profile. (Supports all Windows Media Video (WMV) V8/9)

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3. honestech VIDEO EDITOR INSTALLATION

3.1. Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

3.2. Setup process will automatically start. If the installation does not start automatically, please

double-click on honestech VideoEditor70.EXE file.

3.3. Installation process will start with the following screen.

3.4. Following welcome screen will appear. Click [Next >] to continue.

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3.5. The End-User License Agreement will appear as shown below, if you accept, click [Yes] to

continue.

3.6. Use the default destination folder or change it by clicking on [Browse…] button. Then click

[Next] to continue.

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3.7. Select Program Folder screen will be displayed next. Accept the default folder or choose your

program folder and click [Next >] to continue.

3.8. Setup status screen will appear as shown below. This step is done automatically.

3.9. Windows Media Runtime Setup window will appear, click [Yes] to continue.

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3.10. Windows Media User License Agreement will appear, click [Yes] to continue.

3.11. Files will automatically install and following the setup completed window will appear. Click [OK]

to finish Windows Media Runtime Setup.

3.12. honestech Video Editor Setup is now complete; click [Finish] to complete the installation.

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4. USING honestech VIDEO EDITOR

You can start using honestech Video Editor 7.0 by simply double clicking on this icon.

You can also start the program by running:
START  PROGRAMS  honestech VIDEO EDITOR 7.0  honestech VIDEO EDITOR 7.0

The main screen will be displayed when you start Video Editor 7.0.

Starting a Project

It is strongly recommended that you save your project. All your works can be saved as a project,
allowing you to come back and continue working from where you left off.

1. New Project : This creates a new project. Enter the name of the new project in the New
Project Dialog Box.

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2. Open Project : Open an existing project in a new window. You can only open one project at
a time.

3. Save Project : Saves the current project with its current name and directory.

4. Save Project As : Saves the current project under a new project name.

5. Project Properties : Displays the properties of the current project. You can assign the

author name, company info and comments for the project.

6. Project File Automatic Save : This feature will save the project automatically. To enable
this feature, the “Project File Automatic Save” option must be turned on.

4.1. Importing video, images and audio files

You can select the source video clip(s) you want to edit.

 Options:

1. Capture

2. Directly from Camcorder

3. Open from file

To capture from a device such as PC cameras, click the button. This will open the
capture option screen in the left panel as shown below.

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4.1.1. Selecting Video Capture Device

From the drop-down menu shown above, select your video input source. Video Editor 7.0 will
automatically detect all available video input devices and list them here.

1. Video Device: Select the video device from the list in the drop-down menu.

2. Set Video Device Settings : Change TV tuner setting, input source, and device type.

4.1.2. Selecting Audio Device

1. Audio Device : Select the audio device.

2. Set Audio Device Settings : Select the input source of the device selected. (Select

Line-in normally)

4.1.3. Capture Device: Capture Settings

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1. Select video format. (VCD / SVCD / DVD)

2. Select video type. (NTSC / PAL)

3. Select video quality. (Best/Good/Normal/Average – higher video quality will
result in bigger file size)

4. Split Size takes the guess work out by automatically splitting the file size of

the captured video according to the format and capacity of the disc capacity
you are planning to burn the movie to. The output files are partitioned
according to the capacity of the disk to be burned (CD/DVD).

5. The maximum recording time is determined depending on the output

format and the available space on your hard drive. Files cannot be created which exceed this time.
(This is ideal for monitoring and recording activities at home while you are away for a short period
of time. Not recommended for an extended period of time)

6. Set the recording duration time. If you know the length of

the source video, you don’t have monitor the entire capture

process from beginning to the end. By setting the duration
time, and Video Editor 7.0 will record for the amount of the time set and then stop automatically.
If you do not set a recording duration time, the recording will continue until you manually stop it.

7.

Specify the location where the capture video will be saved. You can also change the file name to
help identify your video clip better.

8. Click this button to start recording/capturing

9. Click this button to stop the recording/capturing.

10.

Displays the status of the recording depending on your recording duration time, and/or the maximum
recording time.
To capture from devices such as TV, click the button. This will open the capture option
screen in the left panel as shown below.

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1. TV Channel
: Move channel up.
: Move channel down.
: CATV (Cable TV)
: TV w/ antenna.

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4.1.4. Camcorder : Capture Settings

Click the button to capture from a camcorder. The following screen will be displayed.

1. Select the video format (VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc.).

2. Select the quality setting (Best/Good/Normal/Average).

3. Select the output size based on the writable media that you are using.
Please not that this will split the file into multiple files if the output file is
larger than the output size selected.

4.

Specify the location where the capture video will be saved. You can also change the file name to
help identify your video clips better

5.

Player control buttons: Record, Play, Stop, Fast Forward, Fast Rewind, Fast Forward, and Step
Reverse.

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4.1.5. Microphone : Capture Settings

You can record audio and use it as background music or narration in your video projects.

Set Audio Device Setting
: Select the input source and audio levels.

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4.1.6. Adding and Deleting Video Clips

Click the button to add video clips to the library. Each video clip added will be displayed as
a thumbnail in the Video library. Select video from the top menu.

You may also remove the video clips from your video library by selecting the video clip and clicking

button.

4.1.7. Adding and Deleting Image Clips

Change the selection to Image, and then click to add, and click button to remove.

4.1.8. Adding and Deleting Audio Clips

Change the selection to Image, and then click to add, and click button to remove
images.

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4.1.9. Adding and Deleting Color Clips

Change the selection to color, and then click to add, and click button to remove.

NOTE

When you click button, [New Color Clip…] dialog opens as shown below.
In [New Color Clip…] dialog, you can select a color.

4.1.10. View Source Clip Properties

This allows you to see the properties of the Source Clip (format, file path, file size, frame rate, etc.)

To view the properties of a Source Clip

Right-click on the selected Source Clip and choose PROPERTIES. The Properties dialog box will
open.

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4.1.11. Detect Scene function

Detects where you made a break in the recording and automatically splits your video into
separate scenes of clips.

Using the “Detect Scenes” function, to automatically split your video into separate scenes or clip.

1. Select a video clip that you want to split using the “Detect Scene” function.

2. Right-click on the selected clip, and you will see a popup menu screen.

3. Select “Detect Scenes” in the popup menu, and scene detection progress will be
displayed to the right side in the player window.

 To stop the scene detection process before completion, click STOP or select

CLOSE in the play window popup menu.

4. The video clips that contain detected scenes show icon in the corner of the
original video clip.

NOTE

 To show the detected scenes, select the small folder icon, or select a "View

Detect Scenes List" in the popup menu.

 To return to the Video Clip Collection, click button.

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4.2. Adding to the Storyboard or Timeline

After adding various video, photo, and audio clips to the library, you can move the files to the Player
Window for additional editing.

Video clips can be added to the Player Window for editing or dragged directly into the Storyboard or
Timeline.

B

C

A

A. Adding Directly to the Storyboard (Drag-and-Drop)
B. Moving clips into the Player Window for editing
C. Using the Cut marked frames button to move editited clips to the Storyboard

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Photo Images can be with ease by moving them directly into the Storyboard or Timeline with a simple
drag-and-drop.

A

B

Audio clips can be added to the Player Window for trimming or added directly into the timeline.

B
C

A. Move directly into the Storyboard or Timeline. (Drag-and-Drop)
B. Double click to view it in the player.

A

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A. Drag an audio file directly the timeline. There are two audio tracks, and you can

add audio file to either one of them.

* You can add a voice-over on one track and background music on another track.
B. Audio file moved into the player window for trimming.
C. Using the “Cut Marked Frames” button to move edited audio clips to the timeline or

storyboard.

4.2.1. Editing in Storyboard

You can combine video clips, image clips, transitions, and special effects.

To add transitional effects:

1. Select the Transition tab.

2. Select the Transition marker between the two clips you want to provide a transition for.

3. In the Transition Properties window, you can make changes to the transition.

To change the length of a video clip:

1. Select a video clip.

2. In the Player Window, use the buttons to change how long the video
will play.

[Video Clip]

You can change the display duration for the image clips:

1. Select an image clip.

2. Right-click on the clip.

3. From the popup menu, select "Set photo duration..."

4. Set photo duration (ex. 5 second) for the selected image. (This setting will
determine how long each photo image will be displayed.)

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[Image Clip]

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NOTE

Image clip duration can only be changed from within the Storyboard. The position of the
clip is controlled from the Timeline.

4.2.2. Editing in the Timeline

You can combine video clips, image clips, audio clips, and various effects in the Timeline. You can
change the position and duration of the clips and add various effects.

• Move Clip: Select a clip and move it to a different position within the Timeline.

• Adjust Clip Size: Position the cursor at the edge of each clip. When the cursor changes to

.. , move to the left or right to adjust the clip size.

1. (Timeline Zoom In): Zoom into the timeline, for more precise editing.

2. (Timeline Zoom Out): Zoom out to see the overall timeline.

3. (Video Track): Apply Transitions and Special Effects after moving video or image clips to
the Video Track.

4. (Overlay Track): Use this track to apply overlays, transitions and special effects to video
clips.

5. (Title Track): This is for titles only.

6. (Audio Track): This is for audio files only.

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4.2.3 Editing a Clip

4.2.3.1 Split a Clip

You can split or cut video clips on the timeline, creating multiple video clips out of a single clip. This
can be done by using the split feature.

To split a clip, To Split a Clip

1. Select a clip. Move the time slider to the position of the split.

2. Right-click on the clip to display a popup menu.

3. Select SPLIT in the popup menu, and you can split the clip.

4.2.3.2 Change the speed of a Video or Audio Clip:

You can increase or decrease the speed of your clip with the motion speed feature.

You can add dynamic effects to your video and audio by increasing or decreasing the
playback speed. The slow motion playback option can add dramatic effects to
emotional scenes. The fast motion playback option is great for humorous or action
scenes.

To change the speed of a Video or Audio Clip,

1. Select a clip.

2. Right-click on the clip to display a popup menu.

3. Select "motion speed"

* You can change the speed of clip from 0.125X to 8X.

* When you change the speed of a video clip, you may need to mute
...the audio to avoid unexpected audio effects.

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4.2.3.3 To mute the audio portion of a Video Clip

To mute the audio portion of a video clip,

1. Select the clip you want to modify.

2. Right-click the clip to display the popup menu.

3. From the popup menu, select "Audio Mute." The muted clip will display the "x" icon.
This can also be done by selecting the Mute button in the bottom right corner of the
screen.

4.2.3.4 To add a Fade in/Fade out to the audio portion of a video or audio clip.

Fade in and Fade out the audio of an individual clip by using the audio Fade in/Fade out tool.

To Fade in/Fade out the audio portion of a clip.

1. Select the clip you want to modify.

2. Press the Fade In button to add a fade in or the Fade out button for a fade out.
These buttons are contained in a box, located to the right of clip volume control in
the bottom right corner of the screen.

3. When applied to a clip, the button turns blue in color.

4.2.3.5 Restoring the original volume of a video or audio clip.

To restore the original volume:

1. Select the clip you want to modify.

2. Right-click the clip to display the popup menu.

3. From the popup menu, select "Restore to Original Volume"

* “Restore to Orignal Volume” does NOT reset the audio Fade in/out setting. To reset the

Fade In/Out setting, you must deselect the Fade In/Out buttons.

4.2.3.6 Changing the volume

To adjust the volume,

1. Select the clip you want to modify.

2. Adjust the volume by moving the volume control slide to the left or right.

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* This only changes the volume of an individual clip, not the entire timeline.

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4.3 Adding Special Effects

There are 6 different groups of special effect filters you can apply to your video
clips or photos.

1. (Color Filter) : Adjust the color of a video clip or photo.

2. (Effect Filter) : Zoom in/out, diffusion, mosaic, etc…

3. (Ghost & Noise Reduction Filter) : Blur, sharpen, contrast, etc…

4. (Transition In Filter) : A variety of animated transitions that transition from black to the

5. (Effect Filter) : A variety of effects that are applied to the entire length of the clip.

6. (Transition Out Filter) : A variety of animated transitions that transition to black from the

You can easily apply one of the many effects to your clips using the drag-and-drop method.

end of the clip.

start of the clip.

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Once the effect is dragged into the clip, you will see the effect icon
appear inside the thumbnail

This icon represents that the clip has an effect applied to it. As
soon as the effect is applied, the effect properties window will
appear on the right side of the effect list window as shown.

 When an effect is applied to video clips, you can set the area

and level of effect.

 Effect setting has 2 modes:

1. Basic setting: the effect level will remain same.

2. Advanced setting: the effect level can change.

Within the effect properties window you can assign an area that the
effect will be applied to by simply dragging the dotted box to where
you want the effect to be applied.

You can also change the intensity of the effect by the LEVEL slide
bar.

After you have chosen your area, and intensity, you can click on to apply the effect or you
can click to exit the properties.

1. Basic effect settings

 An area can be designated so the effect occurs only

within the specified area.

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2. Advanced effect settings

 An area and level can be set so that the effect occurs

only within the specified area and level.

After you add various effects to your clips, you can preview the result by clicking on the preview
button. If you do not like the effect that you have added, you can remove the effect by right-clicking
on the clip and selecting .

4.4 Adding Transition Effects

Add beautiful transitions between your clips. Choose from 86 transtition effects
available.

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You will see small transition markers between the video clips as shown below. Simply drag-and­drop the transition effect you wish to use into the small window shown below to add the transitional
effect.

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Transition Types : There are multiple transition effects to choose from.

Setting Up Transitions

3D Transitions Wipe Transitions

Slide Transitions Stretch Transitions

Etc : Diverse Transitions

You can also change the transition view by selecting a different view.
View from Icon & Name, Icon Only and Name Only choices.

A A. Preview Window: Provides immediate playback of video edits.

B. Background Color: Set the background color.
C. Direction: Set the direction of the transition.
D. Section Setup: You can adjust the section where the two clips

overlap. On the Timeline, you can adjust the section by
moving the clips.

B E. Number of horizontal and vertical lines: Adjust the number of

horizontal and vertical lines.

C E

Click on this button to accept changes

D

Click this button to cancel and exit the properties

4.5. Adding Overlay Effects

Overlay is similar to the picture-in-picture feature on many TV sets. It allows you
to display two clips on a single screen or overlap two clips.

To Apply an Overlay:

1. Select the Overlay option.

2. An overlay list will appear on the left side of the screen.

3. Drag and drop the overlay you want to apply onto the Overlay Track.

4. Once the overlay has been added, the Overlay Properties window will open on the right
side of the screen.

5. This icon will indicate the clip that the overlay has been applied to.

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[Result Screen]

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NOTE

An overlay can only be applied to video clips in the Overlay Track.

Setting Up Overlays:

You can change the Overlay Properties to achieve different overlay effects.

A. Mixing/Mixing 2 property (image transparency) and

Luminance keys

B. Color key property (removes or displays only the selected

color)
C. Changes the selection area (selected area or entire area).
D. Changes the effect you have set up.

C
D
B
A

The following images show the overlay effect. For example, the image in the tab “B” is displayed on
top of the image in the tab “A” (zoom in or zoom out mode).

[Tab A] [Result Screen] [Tab B]

4.6. Adding Title Effects

Add a title to your video.

To add a title to your clip:

1. Select Title option.

2. A title list will appear on the left side of the screen.

3. Drag and drop the title you want to apply into the Title Track.

4. Once the title has been added, the Title Properties window will open.

5. You can set attributes including size, width, border, and shadow.

NOTE

Titles can be applied only in the Timeline.

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Title Editing

When you select the button from the Title Properties window, the Text Input (title entry)
window will appear as shown below.

A

B D

C E

A. Set font type and size
B. Set font color.
C. Add shadow effect and color.
D. Change outline color and thickness.
E. When the Outline option is checked, you can adjust the level of the outline (fade in or fade

out).

4.7. The Output Wizard

All the effects and changes you have made in the Timeline or Storyboard are
applied and merged into a single file. When you press the OUTPUT button, The
Output Wizard Window opens.

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The output window contains four output options on the left and a preview screen on the right. The
Output Options are described below:

1. (Create a video file) : To create files in MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI, DV-AVI, or WMV format.

2. (Creating a Disc) : To produce a movie file that you can burn to a disc.

3. (Writing to DV-Tape) : To write to a DV-Tape.

4. (Create an audio file) : To create an audio file in WAV format.

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4.7.1 Create a video file

Video Editor 7.0 allows you to create video files in various formats including AVI, DV-AVI, WMV,
MPEG-1, and MPEG-2 format.

F

A
B

C

D

E

To create a video file,

A. Select MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI, DV-AVI, and WMV.
B. Select a profile. (If there is no profile that suits your needs, you can create a custom profile.)
C. Confirm the folder and file names. To change the folder and file names, click button.
D. Confirm whether the selected profile fits your desired output settings.
E. Click the Record/Output button. This process may take a long time.

 To stop the process before completion, click the button or select

from the popup menu in Player window.

 You can preview your video prior to output by selecting the play button.

F. To return to the edit mode after completion, click the button.

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4.7.1.1 Save in MPEG format

Rendering Method : Fast MPEG merge (GOP boundary cut)

 To use the Fast Method, all video clips being rendered must be the same MPEG format.

This makes inserting and deleting frames simple and fast.

 The output video format will match the original MPEG format.
 Customizing of video and audio settings is not possible; function property settings are

made inactive.

 Type : Displays MPEG format of file to be rendered.
 Video

o Resolution: Displays video resolution (screen size).
o Frame Rate: Displays Frames Per Second (fps).
o Bit Rate: Displays Bits Per Second (bps).

 Audio

o Sampling Rate: Displays Sampling Frequency (KHz).
o Bit Rate: Displays Bits Per Second (bps).

Rendering Method : Smart Rendering

 Encodes only a portion of the entire video as needed.
 Only the edited title, audio, and the segments with special effects of the original streaming

video will be encoded, while the remainder of the original video will be saved as is.

 If various effects are applied to the entire movie clip, the whole movie will be re-rendered.
 When movie clips with different video formats are combined, the format of the output file

will be set to match the format of the Base streaming video file. Movie clips with formats
that do not match the Base streaming video file will be re-rendered.

 Select the Base streaming video file using the button.
 The video settings cannot be changed, and only the audio settings can be changed.

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 Type : Display MPEG type
 Video

o Resolution: Displays Resolution (screen size).
o Frame Rate: Displays Frames Per Second (fps).
o Bit Rate: Displays Bits Per Second (bps).

 Audio

o Sampling Rate: Displays sampling frequency (KHz).
o Bit Rate: Displays Bits Per Second (bps).

Rendering Method : Full Rendering

 Flexible: Renders movie clips together that are formatted with different video and audio

settings

 Customizable: Allows manual selection of the output video and audio settings
 Encoding: Entire video will be be encoded.

o Type : Select MPEG type

 Supports MPEG-1, VCD, MPEG-2, SVCD and DVD. Both NTSC and

PAL standards are supported.

o Video

 Resolution: Select resolution (screen size).
 Frame Rate: Select Frames Per Second (fps).
 Bit Rate: Select Bits Per Second (bps).

o Audio

 Sampling Rate: Select Sampling Frequency (KHz).
 Bit Rate: Select Bits Per Second (bps).

4.7.1.2 Save in AVI Format

1. Smart Rendering:
 Only edited segments (title, audio and special effects) are encoded while unedited

segments maintain the original image. This improves video quality.

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 If the video clip being edited is the entire video, the entire video is rendered again.
 If more than one streaming video is edited, all of the videos are encoded and saved to the

format of the "base streaming file" format.

 Videos being encoded are fixed in their format while the audio track may be adjusted.

2. Video (Supports NTSC and PAL):
 Resolution: select video screen size (Resolution: 160 x 120 ~ 720 x 576). Resolution

settings are inactive when the Smart Rendering method is deactivated.

 Frame Rate (FPS): Set video frame rate (Frames Per Second: FPS) range: 10 FPS ~ 30

FPS. This feature is deactivated when Smart Rendering is selected.

 Video CODEC: Displays a drop-down list of CODECs registered on the user's PC.
 Set Video Properties for the selected video CODEC, using the button.

3. Audio
 Sampling Rate: Set Audio Sampling Frequency (Sampling Frequency: 16000Hz ~

48000Hz).

 Audio CODEC: Show the list of audio CODEC's registered on the user’s PC.

NOTE

For more information about a CODEC, refer to manual provided by the codec developer.

4.7.1.3 Save in DV-AVI format

1. DV-AVI Type
 Type 1: Video file in Digital Video format.

- This is the native format of video in a digital camcorder.

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- Video and audio are in the same stream.

- Requires a splitter that divides video and audio.

 Type 2: Video file in general AVI format.

- Video is compressed in DV format.

- Video and audio are in separate streams.

- Needs to be converted into type 1 to be transferred to a digital camcorder.

2. Video resolution: Select NTSC or PAL.

 NTSC: 720 x 480 resolution
 PAL: 720x 576 resolution

3. Audio sample rate: Select audio frequency.

 32kHz
 48kHz

4. Video output is generated.

4.7.1.4 Saving Windows Media (WMV) File

Select a Profile Index from the list.

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1. Profile : The profile includes the audio and video codecs, output video size, audio sample
rate, bit rate , etc. If there is no preference profile, then you can create a custom profile
by using the Profile Generator of Windows Media Encoder.

Output using your own custom profile,

o Check . Then button will be enabled.

o Using button, you can import a custom profile.
o You can modify the bit-rate, audio codec, and audio format. (However, the

imported profile will not store these values.)

o Click OK button to create an output in WMV format.

NOTE
For more information on making a custom profile, please refer to the manual provided by
Windows Media Encoder.

2. Video: Supports NTSC or PAL standards (Video broadcasting standards used in different
regions of the world). NTSC is the video standard used in North America and Japan, and
PAL is the video standard used in Europe.

 Resolution: Displays the video resolution or picture size (width x length)
 Frame Rate: Display video frame rate - Frames Per Second (fps)
 Bit Rate: Displays Bits Per Second (bps).

3. Audio

 Sampling Rate: Displays the Audio Sampling Frequency (Hz)
 Bit Rate: Displays the Audio Bit Rate - Bit Per Second (bps)
 Stereo: Displays the audio presentation type (Stereo, Mono)

NOTE

Contact Microsoft(R) for more information about the settings and uses of Windows Media
Format (Video/Audio CODEC). All rights to Microsoft CODECs belong to Microsoft(R).

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4.7.2. Creating a Disc

F

A
B

C
D

E

To produce a movie file that you can burn to disc.

A. Select VCD, SVCD, or DVD Format.
B. Select NTSC or PAL from the drop-down list.
C. Confirm the folder and file names. To change the folder and file names, click button.
D. Confirm whether the selected profile fits to your desired output.
E. Click the Record/Burn button. This process may take a long time.

 To stop the process before completion, click button or select

from the popup menu in the play window.

 You can confirm the output process through the preview window on the right.

F. To return to the edit mode after completion, click button.

4.7.3. Writing to DV-Tape

D

B

A
C

To write to DV-Tape.

A. Confirm the write position of the DV-Tape.
B. Import the file you want to write to DV-Tape by selecting icon.
C. Click the Record/Write button. This process may take a long time.

• To stop the process before completion, click button.

• You can confirm the output process through the preview window on the right.

D. To return to the edit mode after completion, click button.

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4.7.4. Creating audio files.

Creating files in WAV format.

E

A
B
C
D

To create an audio file,

A. Select the audio Codec and format.
B. Confirm the folder and file names. To change the folder and file names, click button.
C. Confirm whether the selected profile fits to your desired output.
D. Click the Record/Output button. This process may take a long time.

• To stop the process before completion, click button or select
from the popup menu in play window.

• You can confirm the output process through the preview window on the right.

E. To return to the edit mode after completion, click button.

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4.7.5. Creating Custom Output Profiles

The profile includes specified audio and video codecs, output video size, audio sample rates, bit
rates, etc.

To create a new custom profile,

1. Select CUSTOM category. The , , and
buttons will now be available.

2. Create a new profile by clicking the button.

3. Remove the current selected profile by using the button.

4. To view the detailed information of the profile, click the button.

5. To edit the selected project file, select the button.

NOTE

When you select from the DEFAULT category, you cannot use ,
and buttons

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4.8. Output to Disc

Click “Burn” to create a VCD, SVCD, or DVD disc.

Specify the format of the output video.

You can also import video clips that you have previously worked on or saved to your computer by
clicking on the button. This button will open a dialogue window allowing you to browse your
file system and locate your files. You can then select video files (e.g. mpeg, DVD) to add as a part
of your movie clip. To remove any movie clips from the movie file pool click on the button.

Begin by selecting the output video format that matches your disc format.

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Click on the chapter button to open the ADD CHAPTER window and add chapters to your
movie.

You will notice movie clip(s) added to your movie file pool will automatically be added into the screen
menu shown below.

4.8.1. Screen Menu Settings

Screen menu settings allow you to change the appearance of the main title page for your VCD,
SVCD, or DVD.

 The text of the menu title and movie clip name
 Background image of your menu
 Number of clips per menu page
 Navigational buttons

NOTE

When the CREATE MENU option is unchecked; the Screen Menu will not appear.

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4.8.2. Changing Text

One of the ways to organize your movies is by setting a proper title. You can change your menu title
and movie clip name within the screen menu by simply double clicking on the menu title or the movie
clip. The screen below will appear.

The text input window, allows you to change the name of your movie clip or menu title, as well as the
font type, size, and color. You can also use BOLD, italic, or the UNDERLINE font features.

4.8.3. Changing the Background Image

You can change the background image by clicking on this button and selecting your
preferred image from the list of thumbnail choices.

Besides choosing from the list of default background image, you can
also personalize your screen menu by adding your own background
images. Simply click on the Add Photo(s) button and choose your own
background image.

Your new background image will then be applied to the menu title page.

If you have multiple menu pages, you can apply different background
images for each page.

4.8.4. Number of movie clips per Menu Page

You can set the number of movie clips to be displayed on each menu page. Use the
drop-down menu and select the number of clips you wish to place on each page.

4.8.5. Navigational Buttons

Use this button to change the navigational buttons.

Navigational buttons only appear if you are using more than one menu
page. They allow you to browse between menu pages and select the
movie clip(s) you want to play when watching your disc.

There are many button designs to choose from. Simply click on the
button you wish to use, and click [OK].

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4.8.6. Output Options

Use the output options to configure your disc prior to burning your movie.

Clicking the Output Options button will display the option window below and allow you
to change your disc configuration.

1. Select the CD/DVD writing device.

2. Select video standard

NTSC is used in North America and Japan; PAL is used in Europe.

3. Select sound format

4. Make UDI File

5. Record to media

LPCM encodes at 96 kHz/24-bit comparable to the WAV format.

Check this box to make a UDI (Universal Disc Image) file on your hard drive
instead of burning your movie to a disc.

If you select this menu, your movie will be burned to a CD or DVD.

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6. After burning, remove a created file. Removes the temporarily created disc image from

the Temp Folder location below. Recommended
when burning to disc.

7. Disc Name

Create a custom title for your CD/DVD.

8. Temp Path

Click on this icon to browse and select the directory to be used as a Temp folder.

9. OK/Exit

Save the setting and close the Option Dialogue window.

Cancel setting changes and close the Option Dialogue window.

10. Eject CD/DVD Drive

11. Close CD/DVD Drive

12. Erase Rewritable Disc

13. Press the Burn Button to start burning.

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4.8.7 OUTPUT SPECIFICATION

• DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) Spec

NTSC

 Size: MPEG2 720 X 480 pixels
 Video bit rate: Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec
 Frame rate: 29.97 frames/sec
 Audio: LPCM, MPEG-1 Layer2

PAL

 Size: MPEG2 720 X 576 pixels
 Video bit rate: Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec
 Frame rate: 25.00 frames/sec
 Audio: LPCM, MPEG-1 Layer2

• VCD (Video CD)

MPEG1 352 X 240 NTSC

 Size: MPEG1 352 X 240 pixels
 Video bit rate: 1150 kbit/sec
 Frame rate: 29.97 frames/sec
 Audio: 224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

MPEG1 352 X 288 PAL

 Size: MPEG1 352 X 288 pixels
 Video bit rate: 1150 kbit/sec
 Frame rate: 25.00 frames/sec
 Audio: 224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

• SVCD (Super Video CD)

NTSC

 Size: MPEG2 480 X 480 pixels
 Video bit rate: max 2524 kbit/sec MPEG-2 (if the audio is in 224 kbit/s), audio

+ video max bitrate is 2748 kbit/s.

 Frame rate: 25.00 frames/sec
 Audio: from 32 - 384 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

PAL

 Size: MPEG2 480 X 576 pixels
 Video bit rate: max 2524 kbit/sec MPEG-2 (if the audio is in 224 kbit/s), audio

+ video max bitrate is 2748 kbit/s.

 Frame rate: 25.00 frames/sec
 Audio: from 32 - 384 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

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5. UNINSTALL honestech VIDEO EDITOR

5.1. Find program group

You can uninstall VIDEO EDITOR 7.0 from its program group. Go to the Start Menu and find
the VIDEO EDITOR 7.0 program group, and then follow the steps below.

START  PROGRAMS  honestech VIDEO EDITOR 7.0  Uninstall honestech VIDEO EDITOR

7.0

5.2. Select to uninstall

When you click UNINSTALL, you will see a pop-up screen for confirmation.
Please click [Yes] to uninstall.

5.3. Start Uninstall Process

The uninstall process will begin. Please wait for the process to complete.

5.4. Uninstall Completed

When the confirmation message is displayed, click [OK] to finish the process.

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and edit amazing videos.

Compress and save your edited videos in high
quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, DV-AVI and WMV
video format.

Various rendering options: Full Rendering, Smart
Rendering or Fast GOP (Group of Pictures)
encoding methods.

Title, Transition, Special Effects, and Overlay
features allow you to personalize your videos with
ease.

Features

1. Cut/Merge video clips.

2. Add special effects to your video clips (82

special effects provided).

3. Add Transiton effects to your video clips (84

transition effects provided).

4. Add Title effects to your video clips (79 title

effects provided).

5. Import video from various video sources (VCRs,

camcorders, TV, etc.) using your video capture
device.

6. Create DVD, VCD, SVCD, and mini-DVD.

System Requirements

• Video Input:
AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
VCD, SVCD, DVD, WMV,
DVR-MS(only Windows XP)

• Image input:
JPEG, BMP, PNG

• Audio input:
MP3, WAV

• Video Output:
AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
WMV, VCD, SVCD, DVD

• Audio Output:
WAV

• Operating system:
Windows XP, Vista

• Processor:
Pentium IV 1GHz or equivalent

• Memory:
256MB of RAM

• Other:
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
Windows Media Format SDK 9
(or higher)
Windows Media Player 7
(or higher)
CD Writer for VCD, SVCD

DVD Writer for DVD

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honestech

Easy Video Editor 2.0

honestech Easy Video Editor 2.0 is an easy-to-use
program that allows even a novice to split and
merge video files of various formats.

Features

1. Supports various video formats: AVI, DV-AVI,

MPEG and WMV and are supported for input
and output. WMV output format is supported for
video streaming on the internet.

2. Multiple video files can be rendered

simultaneously.

3. Large files can easily be split to several smaller

video files: split by play time, number of files, or
by file size.

4. Merge multiple small files, regardless of video

formats.

Operation System

Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista Ready
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

System Requirements

Intel Pentium MMX or IV
64MB RAM or more
DirectX 8.1 (or above)
Windows Media Player 7 (or above)
Windows Media Format 9 (or above)

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honestech

Photo DVD 3.0

honestech Photo DVD 3.0 is a simple program
that allows you to create personalized photo slide
shows on CD/DVD to watch on your television or
computer. You can even add background music
or a narrated audio file to your slide show.

Features

1. Create photo slide shows to various video

formats including DVD, VCD, SVCD, mini-DVD,
MPEG, AVI, DV-AVI, and WMV.

2. Edit Pictures

honestech Photo DVD 3.0 allows you to edit
your pictures and add text or special effects.

3. Add Background Music

You can add audio files to your photo slide show.

4. Add Transition Effects

You can add transition effects between your
pictures.

5. Preview

Preview your photo slide show before burning it
to CD/DVD.

Operation System

Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista Ready
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

System Requirements

DirectX 9.0 or higher
Pentium IV 1GHz or higher
256MB RAM or more
15GB HDD or more
CD or DVD writer

honestech

Video Patrol 5.0

honestech Video Patrol 5.0 provides a
comprehensive personal video monitoring
surveillance solution. You can monitor your
home or office from anywhere with broadband
internet access. You can control up to three
cameras at a time, send e-mail notices to specified
email accounts, and schedule monitoring time
slots. You can record surveillance videos in
MPEG format when a motion is detected.

Features

1. Basic Surveillance

Record video (in mpeg format) continuously or
only when a motion is detected. You can also
specify motion from certain area within viewing
area of PC camera to trigger the surveillance
system.

2. Email Notification

Send email notices to specified e-mail
adresses

3. Scheduled Monitoring

Specify desired monitoring time slots for
surveillance system to be active. (e.g…: one,
daily, or weekly)

4. Multiple PC Cameras

Supports up to three PC cameras, and you
select individual detection mode and response
action for each PC camera. In order to avoid
conflict in device recognition by your PC, we
recommend that you use different brand or
model for multiple PC camera opration.

5. Data Backup/Burning

You can create backup video files on CD or
DVD

6. File List Management

Easily manage the recorded video files with
browsing and selection feature for watching or
burning.

7. FTP Server Option

Back up your videos by uploading them to your
FTP server or burn DVD (if available)

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8. Free Online membership (www.my-iptv.com)

View surveillance video from PDA, Sony PSP
and PDA mobile phone

System Requirements

• Capture Device:
USB Camera

• Operating System:
Windows XP
Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

• Processor:
Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or
equivalent

• Memory:
256MB of RAM

• Other:
DirectX 8.1 or higher
Windows Media Player 6.4
(or higher)
CD Writer for Data-CD
DVD Writer for Data-DVD

• Video Output:
MPEG-1, MPEG-1 VBR

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honestech

MY-IPTV Anywhere™
Deluxe

MY-IPTV Anywhere™ provides a sensible solution
to set up your own broadcasting company from
home. The software allows you to deliver your
home or local TV programs to anywhere in the
world as long as you have broadband internet
access. Experience your local, hometown TV
programs while traveling to another city, state or
even overseas.

Your local, hometown TV programs can be
delivered to you using MY-IPTV AnywhereTM's built
in MPEG-4, H.264 software compression
technology.

Once you have registered with honestech's free
online membership, connection to your home PC
and local TV programs is completely hassle free.
No need to worry about IP addresses or servers.
The connection is peer to peer so you can be
assured of a secured connection.

Features

1. Channel Changing & Surfing

Switch and search TV channels from outside
your home or anywhere else in the world.

2. PVR and Scheduled Recording

Schedule and record TV programs with an
intuitive Internet based TV programming tool.

3. DVD Burning

Burn recorded TV programs onto a DVD with
ease (DVD burner required).

4. High Quality Picture

MY-IPTV Anywhere™ utilizes the latest MPEG-
4 H.264 giving a television quality broadcast.

Operation System

Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

System Requirements

USB 2.0 Connection
Pentium IV 1.4 GHz or higher
128MB RAM or more
2GB HDD or more
DirectX 9.0 or later
Windows Media Player 6.4 or higher
Broadband Internet Connection Required

* MY- IPBOX (USB 2.0 TV/Video Capture Box) included.

71. Video Editor 7.0

honestech

MY-IPTV&CAM Anywhere™
Deluxe

MY-IPTV & CAM Anywhere™ combines the power
to access your home TV programs and personal
video monitoring surveillance system from
anywhere in the world where broadband internet is
available!

MY-IPTV Anywhere™

The software allows you to deliver your home or
local TV programs to anywhere in the world as
long as you have broadband internet access.
Experience your local, hometown TV programs
while traveling to another city, state or wherever
your travels take you. Your local, hometown TV
programs can be delivered to you using MY-IPTV
Anywhere™'s built-in H.264 video compression
technology.

MY-IPCAM Anywhere™

Provides a comprehensive personal video
monitoring surveillance solution. With MY-IPCAM

Anywhere™, your PC becomes a powerful

surveillance system. MY-IPCAM Anywhere™
records video when motion is detected, and
provides remote real-time monitoring function.
Controls up to three cameras at a time, send e­mail notices to specified email accounts, and
schedule monitoring time slots. You can record
and burn surveillance videos in MPEG format.

You can manage watching TV and monitoring
personal surveillance from Honestech’s FREE
online membership, which also takes care of
hassle-free per-to-peer connection to your PC
from anywhere.

Features

1. MY-IPTV Anywhere™

• Channel Changing & Surfing

• PVR and Scheduled Recording

• DVD Burning

• High Quality H.264 video compression

2. MY-IPCAM Anywhere™

• Basic Surveillance

• Email Notification

• Scheduled Monitoring

• Multiple PC Cameras

• Data Backup/Burning

• File List Management

Operation System

Windows XP SP2
Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

System Requirements

Designed for analog signals/channels only.
USB 2.0 host controller
Processor : Pentium IV 1.8 GHz or higher
Memory : RAM 256MB or higher
HDD : 2GB or more
DirectX 9.0 or later
Windows Media Player 6.4 or higher
Broadband Internet Connection Required

* MY-IPBOX - TV&CAM (USB 2.0 TV/Video Capture
Device & PC Camera) included.

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honestech

DVD Player 3.0

honestech DVD Player 3.0 is a small but powerful
DVD player. Supports all standard formats, and
provides complete navigation controls. You can
also customize the DVD player with various skins
provided.

Features

• Parental controls

• Various skins available

• Auto-resume playback

• Bookmark feature

Video Support

• MPEG 1 / 2 decoding

• Subtitle display

• Video always on top

Audio Support

• Dolby

• LPCM

• MPEG 1 Layer 2

Operation System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

System Requirements

DirectX 8.1 or higher
Windows Media Player 6.4 or higher
Pentium III 700 MHz or higher
256MB RAM or more
DVD Optical Drive
VGA Card with H/W acceleration
Sound Card

73. Video Editor 7.0

honestech

Rapid Video Blogger

Easily create User-Generated Content from any
media type with the honestech Rapid Video
Blogger.
Compile a video blog content with your music,
photos, video and more.

Features

• Various Templates

• Photo Editing

• Supports TV/video capture cards &

USB PC cameras

• Video Editing

• Preview

• Various Output Formats

System Requirements

• Operating System:
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

• Processor:
Pentium III 1.0 GHz or equivalent

• Memory:
512MB of RAM

• Other:
16 MB or more of video memory
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or higher

Optional Devices

• DVD Burner

• TV/video capture card or

USB PC cam

Input/Output Formats

• Video Input:

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV,
ASF, AVI

• Photo Input:

BMP, JPEG

• Audio Input:

MP3, WAV

• File Output:

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV

• Disc Output:

VCD, SVCD, DVD

• Photo Editing:

BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF

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honestech

Claymation Studio

Capture images using a digital camera, webcam
or DV camcorder,
create characters, apply small changes, and add
background images
and music to create your own claymation movies.

Features

• Onionskin

• Rotoscope

• Chroma key

• Supports WMV & AVI format

• Audio Recording

• Simple Frame Editing

• Supports Project Format

System Requirements

• Operating System:
Windows XP

Windows Vista
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

• Processor:

Pentium IV 1.8GHz or equivalent

• Memory:

128MB of RAM

(256MB or higher recommended)

• Other:

Microsoft DirectX 9.0(or higher)

Windows Media Format
SDK 9 (or higher)
Windows Media Player 7
(or higher)

Optional Devices

• Video Capture Device:
Web Camera , DV-Camcorder

• Audio Capture Device:
microphone

Input/Output Formats

• Image input:
JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

• Audio input:
MP3, WAV

• Video Output:
AVI, WMV

honestech

Backpack Journalist

Powerful digital video editing software that allows
users to capture and edit audio/video and then
transmit over the internet, all in real-time.

Features

1. Capture

• DV Connection Display

• Device Control

• Auto Capture

• Manual Capture

• Batch Capture

• Scene Change Detection (SCD)

• Continuous recording and Pre-Roll playback

option

• Timer

• Audio Information Display

2. Editong

• 3 timeline tracks

• Clip source management based on Bin type

• Automatic clip insertion from Clip monitor to

timeline

• Adding still images to the beginning or the end
of a clip

• .Customizing the timeline for production of
news clips with time length restriction

3. Rendering & Transmission

• Easy Transmission

• Transmission Configuration

• Auto Error Correction

System Requirements

• Operating System:

Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista Ready
(http://www.honestech.com/vista)

• Processor:

Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or equivalent

• Memory:

512MB of RAM
(1024 MB or more recommended)

75. Video Editor 7.0

Coming soon..

• HDD:
20 GB+ hard drive space for video capture

and editing

• Screen Resolution:
1024 x 768, 32-bit color or above

• Microphone:
Required for recording voice-overs

• Video Capturing Device:
DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant

IEEE1394

• File Transfer:
Internet connection request for file transfer

• Other:
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c (or higher)
Windows Media Player 7 (or higher)

• Video Input:
DV-AVI

• Image Input:
JPEG, BMP, TGA

• Audio Input:
MP3, WAV

• Video Output:
WMV, DV

• Output Resolution:
720x480, 360x240

76. honestech

Honestech, Inc.

North and Latin America

P.O. Box 26365 Austin, TX 78755

Phone : [phone] or 512-514-6222
Fax : [phone]
eMail :[e-mail]
France: [e-mail]

http://www.honestech.com

Honest Technology Taiwan

Address : Room 6E08, No. 5, Sec. 5, Hsin-Yi
Road., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
< Taipei World Trade Center >

Tel : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
eMail : [e-mail]

Honest Technology Japan

Address : MS Bldg 6F, 2-25-4, Taitou, Taitou-Ku,
Tokyo, 110-0016 JAPAN
eMail : [e-mail]

Honest Technology Korea

Address : Kyung-Dong Bldg, 5F, 906-5 Jijok­Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Korea 305-330

Tel : [phone]~8
Fax : [phone]

eMail : [e-mail]