Ulead VIDEOSTUDIO 10 PLUS User Manual

User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. March 2006

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English edition for Ulead® VideoStudio® 10, March 2006.

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Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

How VideoStudio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing and running VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing a capture card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting a video camera to the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DV or Digital 8 camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Sony HDV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Analog video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

USB camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Preparation for video capturing and editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

DV-to-DVD Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Step 1: Scan for scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Movie Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Step 1: Add video and images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Step 2: Select a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Step 3: Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

VideoStudio Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

The user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

The Step Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

The Project Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

The Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

The Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Starting a new movie project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Setting your preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Setting project properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Adding clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Showing and hiding grid lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Saving your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Seamless DV and MPEG capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

The Capture Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Capturing video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

High Definition Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Digital TV DVB-T video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Analog video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Capturing TV footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

DV Quick Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Importing from DVD/DVD-VR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Importing from Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Direct video capturing to MPEG format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

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Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Selecting a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Editing and customizing a video profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Capturing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

The Edit Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Adding clips to the Video Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Color clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adding chapters using Chapter Point Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Enabling Smart Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adjusting color and brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Playback Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Reversing video playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Capturing still images in the Edit Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Multi-trimming your video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using Ad-Zapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Applying video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Key frame settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Resizing and distorting clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Adding transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Effect Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

The Album transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

The Flashback transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

The Mask transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adding clips to the Overlay Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Multiple overlay tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

The Overlay Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adding Objects or Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Adding Flash animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Adding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Modifying text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

The Title Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Applying animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Animation effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

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The Audio Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Adding voiceover narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Adding background music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Importing music from an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Trimming and cutting audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Mixing audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Using the Clip Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Using the Surround Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Volume rubber banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Applying audio filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

The Share Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Creating movie templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Creating and saving a video file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Burning a DVD, VCD, SVCD or HD DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Assembling files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Adding/Editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Creating selection menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Burning your project onto a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Project Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Exporting your movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Export to Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Output video file to a different medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Posting your video on a Web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Sending a movie by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Electronic greeting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Setting your video as your Movie Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Recording back to a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Clip menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Advanced Settings (DV-to-DVD Wizard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Audio Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Batch Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Border/Shadow/Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Capture Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Change Capture Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Burning Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

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Preferences: File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Preferences (Create Disc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Preview Playback Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Project Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Project Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Project Settings (Create Disc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Preview Files Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Select Device Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Video and Audio Capture Property Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Video Color Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Video Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Appendix B: Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Menu command shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Step Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Navigation Panel shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Timeline shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Multi-trim Video shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Appendix C: Technology Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Analog vs. Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

HD Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

SmartRender Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

DV SmartPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

DVD, VCD, SVCD and HD DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Appendix D: System tweaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Enabling DMA for IDE disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Disabling Write-Behind Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Setting the Paging File size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Appendix E. Tips and techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

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Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio

Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio, the video editing software that allows even beginners to produce professional-looking movies. VideoStudio provides you with a complete set of tools to capture videos, edit them, and share your final production on CD, DVD, HD DVD, or the Web.

Note: The availability of features depends on the VideoStudio version you have.

How VideoStudio works

VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm that lets you easily capture, edit, and share your video. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes.

To make a movie production, first capture footage from a camcorder or another video source. You can then trim the captured videos, arrange their order, apply transitions, and add overlays, animated titles, voiceover narration, and background music. These elements are organized in separate tracks. Changes to one track do not affect other tracks.

Components of a project as displayed in Timeline View

A movie production is in the form of a VideoStudio project file (*.VSP), which contains information on the path location of the clips and how the movie has been put together. After you have finished your movie production, you can burn it to a VCD, DVD, HD DVD or record the movie back to your camcorder. You can also output your movie as a video file for playback on the computer. VideoStudio uses

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the information in the video project file to combine all the elements in your movie into a video file. This process is called rendering.

Installing and running VideoStudio

The VideoStudio CD has an auto-run feature that automatically starts up the installation.

Back up your projects and media files first before installing the new version of VideoStudio.

To install VideoStudio:

1. Insert the VideoStudio CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2. When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio on your computer.

Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by double-clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop, then double-clicking the icon for the CD-ROM drive. When the CD-ROM window opens, double-click the Setup icon.

3. In addition to VideoStudio, these programs and drivers will be automatically installed:

•QuickTime

• SmartSound

•DirectX

•Indeo

• Windows Media Format

To run VideoStudio:

• Double-click the VideoStudio icon on your Windows desktop.

OR,

• Select the VideoStudio icon from the VideoStudio program group on the

Windows Start menu.

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Setting up your computer

Before you can start making movie projects using your own video footage, you first need to capture video from your video camera into your computer. Your computer needs to be equipped with the proper capture card or interface port for connecting your video camera and for capturing video to your computer. Since capturing and video editing require a lot of computer resources, your computer must also be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth editing of your videos.

Installing a capture card

If your capture card is a PCI-based card, install the card on your computer by inserting it in an available PCI slot on the computer’s motherboard.

Connecting a video camera to the computer

The type of capture card or interface port that you will need to connect your video camera to your computer depends on the type of video camera you have.

DV or Digital 8 camcorder

If you are using a DV (Digital Video) or Digital 8 camcorder, you will need an IEEE1394 interface on your computer. Some newer computers already have built-in IEEE-1394 ports. If you do not have them on your computer, install an IEEE-1394 card.

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6-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a desktop computer

4-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a notebook computer

Connecting the camcorder to the IEEE-1394 interface

Use an IEEE-1394 cable to connect your digital camcorder to the IEEE-1394 port. Before purchasing one, check first the pin connectors used on your camcorder and your computer. Most DV and Digital 8 camcorders have a 4-pin connector, whereas desktop computers that come with IEEE-1394 ports or installed with IEEE-1394 cards usually have 6-pin connectors. The IEEE-1394 cable that is required for desktop computers is a 4-pin to 6-pin cable. Most notebook computers have 4-pin connectors which require a 4-pin to 4-pin cable.

Connecting the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV camcorder

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Connecting a 4-pin to 6-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a desktop computer

Connecting a 4-pin to 4-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a notebook computer

Checking the hardware setup

After connecting your digital camcorder to the computer, check if the device is detected by your Windows system. If you installed an IEEE-1394 card on your computer, check also if the card is detected.

To check if the IEEE-1394 card and digital camcorder are detected:

1. Insert your video tape into the camcorder and switch it on. Make sure it is in playback mode (usually named VTR or VCR). Check your camcorder's manual for specific instructions.

2. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager.

3. Make sure the following device names are listed in the Device Manager.

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Under Windows XP or Windows Me:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• <Brand name> DV Camcorder (The brand name depends on the DV camcorder connected to the IEEE-1394 interface.)

Under Windows 2000:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• Image Device: Microsoft DV Camera and VCR (For Microsoft DV driver only.)

• Sound, video and game controllers: 1394 camcorder (For Texas Instruments

Windows XP: Device Manager DV driver only.)

Windows XP: Device Manager

Windows 2000: Device Manager

4. If your digital camcorder has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture

Step and check if your camcorder is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel.

Note: In addition to commonly used Texas Instruments and Microsoft DV drivers,

there are other drivers available. Consult your camcorder's manual for suitable drivers.

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Sony HDV camcorder

If you have connected your Sony HDV camcorder before to your computer, check the Device Manager to see if your camcorder is detected as a DV device or AV/C tape device (see image below). If the camcorder is detected as an AV/C tape device, you can capture HDV footage.

HDV Mode

Analog video sources

VHS, S-VHS, Video-8, and Hi8 camcorders and VCRs are examples of analog video sources. To capture video from analog sources, you will need to install an analog capture card in your computer.

Conventional broadcast television is also an analog source. To capture TV footage, you need to have a TV tuner card installed in your computer.

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Note: TV capture cards provide S-Video/Composite inputs and a TV tuner, which can be used to capture both video and TV footage.

Connecting the video device to the analog capture card

To connect your video device to the analog capture card, use either an S-Video or RCA Composite cable depending on your device's video output. If your video device has both types of output, use the S-Video connection for higher video quality captures.

S-Video cable

Connecting the S-Video source to the capture card

If you want to use the Composite output of your video device, connect the yellow plugs of the Composite cable to the video output of your video device and the video input port of the analog capture card.

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Composite cable Connecting the Composite video

source to the capture card

Most higher-end analog capture cards do not have the Composite/S-Video input ports crowded on the side of the cards. Instead, these cards come with an external breakout box that provide all the video input ports at the front of the box. Video devices can be connected to the capture card more easily through the breakout box.

Breakout box

Connecting a TV antenna to the tuner card

A tuner card has a TV antenna input just like the regular television monitor. Plug your TV antenna to the TV connector of the tuner card.

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TV antenna cable

Connecting TV antenna to the tuner card

Note: When purchasing a tuner card, make sure you acquire one that provides the correct TV system (NTSC or PAL) for your region.

Connecting the capture or tuner card to the sound card

Most capture and tuner cards only allow video capture. To preview the audio from your video device or TV and to capture the audio into your computer, you need to connect the audio output of the capture or tuner card to the sound card's Line In port. The required cables for connecting to the sound card are different for each type of video source:

Line-in and audio cables for S-Video

S-Video connection

Line-in and audio cables for Composite video

Line-in cable for TV tuner card

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Composite video connection

TV tuner connection

Line-in cable for high-end TV capture card

High-end TV capture card connection

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Checking the hardware setup

After connecting your analog source to the capture or tuner card, check if the card is detected by your Windows system.

To check if the capture or tuner card is detected:

1. If you are using a video device such as a camcorder as your source, insert your videotape into the video device and switch it on. Make sure it is in the playback mode (usually named VTR or VCR).

2. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager.

3. In the Device Manager, double-click Sound, video and game controllers. Check if your capture or tuner card is listed in this folder.

4. If your capture or tuner card has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the

Capture Step and check if your capture or tuner card is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel.

Note: If your capture device supports multiple video sources, the Video and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box allows you to select your desired video

source such as Composite, Tuner, or S-Video. Likewise, if you have multiple audio sources, this dialog box allows you to select your desired audio source.

USB camera

To capture live video and still images from a USB camera, connect the camera to an available USB port on your computer.

USB cameras may require installation of a device driver, depending on the Windows version you are using. For information on how to install your USB camera, refer to its accompanying manual.

After properly installing your USB camera, check if it is detected by your Windows system.

To check if the USB camera is detected:

1. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager.

2. In the Device Manager, double-click Imaging devices. Check if your USB camera is listed in this folder.

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3. If your USB camera has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture

Step and check if your USB camera is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel.

Preparation for video capturing and editing

Capturing and video editing are tasks that require a lot of computer resources. Your computer must be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth video editing. Below are some tips on how to prepare your digital camcorder and optimize your computer for capturing and editing.

• For better workability of DV Quick Scan and camcorder device control,

correct timecode on the DV tape is a must. To do this, before shooting your video, use the standard playback (SP) mode and shoot a blank video (for example, leaving the lens cover on while recording) without interruption from start to end of a tape.

• It is recommended that you close all other applications when working with

VideoStudio. You should also turn off any automatically-launched software like screen savers to avoid possible interruptions while capturing.

• If you have two hard drives in your system, it is recommended that you

install VideoStudio to your system drive (usually C:) and store captured videos in your other drive (usually D:).

The choice of what hard disk to use is also crucial. Using a dedicated video hard drive, preferably with Ultra-DMA/66 7200 rpm and 30GB free space, is recommended.

•Make sure DMA is enabled for your hard disk.

• Disable Write-Behind Caching on the hard drive used for video capture.

• Increase the Paging File (Swap File) size to twice your amount of RAM.

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Getting started

When you run VideoStudio, a startup screen appears which allows you to choose between the following video editing modes:

• VideoStudio Editor gives you the full editing features of VideoStudio. It provides you total control over the movie production process, from adding clips, titles, effects, overlays, and music to making the final movie on disc or other medium.

• Movie Wizard is ideal for users who are new to video editing. It guides you through the movie production process in three quick, easy steps.

• DV-to-DVD Wizard allows you to capture video, add a theme template to it, then burn it onto a disc.

Tip: Select 16:9 to use widescreen for your project.

DV-to-DVD Wizard

Use the DV-to-DVD Wizard to easily create a movie from the content of your DV tape then burn it onto a disc.

Step 1: Scan for scenes

Scan the DV tape and select the scenes you want to add to your movie.

1. Connect your camcorder to your computer and turn on the device. Set it to Play (or VTR/VCR) mode.

2. Select a recording device under DV Device.

3. Click the Capture format arrow to select a file format for captured videos.

4. Specify whether to burn all videos of the tape (Burn whole tape) or scan your DV tape (Scene detection).

To burn whole tape:

1. Select Burn whole tape and then specify the tape duration under Duration.

2. Click Next to apply template and burn onto DVD.

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To use Scene detection:

1. After selecting Scene detention, choose whether to scan the tape From beginning or From current position.

• From beginning: Scans the tape for scenes from the beginning. VideoStudio

will automatically rewind the tape if the tape position is not in the beginning.

• From current position: Scans the tape for scenes from the current tape

position.

2. Specify the scan speed, then click Start Scan to begin scanning the DV device for scenes. Scenes are video segments that are distinguished by shooting date and time.

Storyboard

3. In the Storyboard, choose the scenes you want to include in your movie. To do this, select a scene then click Mark Scene.

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4. Click Next to go to the next step.

Tips:

• Click and select Save DV Quick Scan Digest to save scanned file and import

without having to scan again or Save DV Quick Scan Digest as HTML to manage large number of tapes by printing this HTML file and attaching it with your tapes.

Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD

1. Specify a Volume name and Recording format for your movie.

Note:

If you have more than one burner installed in your computer or the default drive is not a burner, specify the burner you want to use in the Advanced Settings dialog box.

2. Select a theme template from one of the available presets to apply to your movie then select its output video quality.

3. Click to burn your movie file to disc.

Tip: If you see at the bottom of the dialog box that the movie is too big to fit

onto a DVD, click Fit & Burn.

Movie Wizard

If you are new to video editing or you want to quickly make a movie, you can use the VideoStudio Movie Wizard to assemble video clips and images, add background music and titles, then output the final movie as a video file, burn it onto a disc, or further edit the movie in VideoStudio Editor.

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Step 1: Add video and images

Assemble your video and images into a movie.

To add video and images:

1. Click one the following buttons to add video and images to your movie.

Click Capture to import video footage or images into your computer.

Click Insert Video to add video files of different formats such as AVI, MPEG, and WMV.

Click Insert Image to add still images. (You can create a photo slideshow if you choose to only add images.)

Click Insert DVD/DVD-VR to add video from a DVD-Video/DVD-VR formatted disc or from your hard drive.

Click Import from Mobile Devices to add video from MS Windowsrecognized devices.

Tip: Click Library to open the media library that contains media clips that come with VideoStudio. To import your own video or image files to the Library, click .

2. If you selected multiple clips, the Change Clip Sequence dialog box will appear where you can arrange the order of the clips.

Drag the clips to the desired sequence then click OK.

3. The video and image clips that you selected for your movie will be added to the

Media Clip List. Right-click a clip to open a menu with more options.

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Library

Jog Slider

Mark-in/ Mark-out handles

Media Clip List

Navigation Panel

Tip: You can also arrange clips in the Media Clip List by dragging them to the desired sequence.

4. To preview the clips, select each clip in the Media Clip List and use the Jog Slider and Navigation Panel buttons. When trimming a clip, drag the Mark-in and Mark-out handles to select the desired start and end points of the clip.

5. Click to retrieve lost data from captured videos.

Click to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them to the

Media Clip List.

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Click to automatically split video clips into smaller clips based on their shooting date and time.

You can also click to sort clips in the Media Clip List according to their

Name or Date.

To capture video and images:

1. Connect your camcorder to your computer and turn on the device. Set it to Play (or VTR / VCR) mode.

2. Check if your camcorder is selected in the Source list.

3. Click the Capture tab in the VideoStudio Movie Wizard.

4. Select the video file format to use for saving captured video files from the Format list. Specify the Capture folder in which to save the files.

5. Choose Split by Scene to separate scenes in your DV video clip into several clips based on frame content or shooting date and time.

Note: Click Options to customize capture settings specific to your video device.

6. Play the videotape in your camcorder, and position the tape on the part of the video where to start capturing.

Tip: If you are capturing video from a DV or HDV camcorder, use the Navigation Panel to play your videotape.

7. Click Capture Video to start capturing. Click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing.

8. To capture a still image from the video footage, pause the video on the desired image then click Capture Image.

9. Click Enable/Disable Audio Preview to play or stop DV audio preview while capturing.

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Step 2: Select a template

Select a movie template to apply to your project. Each template provides a different theme which comes with preset start and ending video clips, transitions,

title and background music.

Notes:

• To save your project, click then select Save.

• If you accessed VideoStudio Movie Wizard from within VideoStudio Editor, the above button will not appear and you will have to save from the File Menu when you go back to the editor.

To apply a Theme template:

1. Select a theme template from the Theme template list. Home Movies templates allow you to create movies that include both video and images while Slideshow templates are used exclusively for creating image slideshows.

2. To set the overall length of your movie, click .

For Home Movies, specify the following options in the Duration dialog box:

• Fit to video duration: Keeps the

current movie duration.

• Fit to background music: Adjusts the

movie duration to fit into the length of the background music. (The background music is added to your movie in the second step of the Movie Wizard.)

• Specify duration: Lets you define a

custom duration for the whole movie.

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For Slideshow templates, specify Smart Pan & Zoom in the Settings dialog box. Smart Pan & Zoom automatically focuses the pan and zoom motion to important parts of the image like the face.

• Fit to image duration: Trims the music background to fit the total duration of the slideshow.

Tip: Select Keep Previous to use the image duration you set in the previous page of the Movie Wizard.

• Fit to background music tempo and duration: Adjusts the duration of each clip and the total duration of the slideshow to fit the background music's tempo and duration.

• Fit to background music tempo: Adjusts the duration of each clip to fit the background music's tempo.

3. For Home Movies, click to open the Mark Clips dialog box. Select a clip then click Must or Optional to specify whether or not to include the clip in the

show.

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Note: Click Auto to let the program decide which clips to retain or exclude.

4. To replace the title, first select the preset title from the Title list. Double-click the preset text in the Preview Window, then type in your text.

Double-click to edit text

Drag corner to resize text

Drag to position shadow

5. Click to change text formatting.

In the Text Properties dialog box, select a font type, size and color for the text, and set the desired shadow color and transparency.

6. To replace the background music, click to open the Audio Options window. Locate and select the desired music file.

Click to specify music file settings.

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Note: Make sure that your background music is 30 seconds or longer if you want to fit the video to the music. If the music duration is less than 30 seconds, the music will not be looped leaving the remaining video without any background music.

7. Use the Volume slider to adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio. Dragging the slider to the left increases the volume of the background music and decreases the volume of the video's audio.

Remove Background Music

Load Background Music

8. Click Next.

Note: If you opened the VideoStudio Wizard within VideoStudio Editor, clicking Next will skip the last step and directly insert the clips onto the Timeline in the VideoStudio Editor.

Step 3: Finish

Select how to output the final movie:

Click Create Video File to output your movie as a video file that can be played back on the computer.

Click Create Disc to burn your movie onto a disc.

Click Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor to make further edits to your movie using VideoStudio Editor.

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VideoStudio Editor

VideoStudio Editor provides a step-by-step workflow that makes creating movies simple and easy.

This section introduces you to the VideoStudio Editor interface and briefly explains the steps involved in creating a movie. Refer to the succeeding chapters for more in-depth information on each step.

The user interface

1 Step Panel

Contains buttons that correspond to the different steps in video editing.

2 Menu Bar

Contains menus that provide different set of commands.

3Preview Window

Shows the current clip, video filter, effect, or title.

4 Navigation Panel

Provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. In the Capture Step, this also acts as the device control for the DV or HDV camcorder.

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