Ulead VIDEOSTUDIO 7 User Manual

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First English edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0, January 2003.

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The big picture ...................................................................... 7

Analog vs. Digital ................................................................................ 7

DVD, VCD, and SVCD......................................................................... 8

How VideoStudio works ...................................................................... 9

What’s New ....................................................................... 10

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

Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio ............................... 12

DV IEEE 1394 capture card .............................................................. 13

Analog capture card .......................................................................... 15

USB port ............................................................................................ 15

Installing and running VideoStudio ........................................... 16

Configuring VideoStudio ........................................................ 17

DV (IEEE 1394 capture card)............................................................ 17

Analog capture card .......................................................................... 18

USB input device............................................................................... 18

Getting around VideoStudio .................................................... 19

The Options Panel ............................................................................ 20

Capture Settings tab ..................................................... 20

Batch Capture tab ......................................................... 20

Video tab ...................................................................... 21

Filter tab ........................................................................ 22

Edit tab ......................................................................... 23

Motion tab ..................................................................... 23

Edit tab ......................................................................... 24

Animation tab ................................................................ 24

Voiceover tab ................................................................ 25

Music tab ....................................................................... 25

The Navigation Panel ....................................................................... 27

Timeline: The VideoStudio Work Area.............................................. 28

The Library ........................................................................................ 29

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Getting started ................................................................... 31

The File menu ................................................................................... 31

Creating a new project ...................................................................... 32

Setting your preferences ................................................................... 34

Preferences: General tab ...................................................................... 34

Preferences: Quality & Duration tab ..................................................... 36

Preferences: Capture tab ...................................................................... 37

Preferences: Preview tab ..................................................................... 38

Creating movie templates ................................................................ 39

Steps to create your movie ..................................................... 40

Capture .............................................................................................. 42

Checklist for successful video capture ................................................ 42

Seamless DV and MPEG Capture.......................................................... 43

Capturing DV video ................................................................................ 43

Capturing analog video .......................................................................... 45

Direct video capturing to MPEG Format ................................................ 46

Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video ................................. 47

Video Capture Property Settings dialog box ........................................ 50

Capturing TV footage ............................................................................. 51

Split by Scene......................................................................................... 52

Batch Capture ......................................................................................... 53

Capturing still images ............................................................................. 54

Edit..................................................................................................... 55

Storyboard Mode .................................................................................... 55

Timeline Mode ......................................................................................... 56

SmartRender and Play Project/Clip button ............................................ 57

Preview Files Manager .......................................................................... 58

Inserting a clip into the Timeline............................................................. 58

Trimming a clip ........................................................................................ 59

Split by Scene......................................................................................... 60

Extract Video .......................................................................................... 61

Saving trimmed clips .............................................................................. 62

Playback Speed ...................................................................................... 63

Capturing still images in the Edit Step.................................................... 63

Using color clips..................................................................................... 64

Using video filters .................................................................................. 65

Key frame Settings ................................................................................ 66

Effect .................................................................................................. 68

Creating effects ..................................................................................... 68

Customizing effects ............................................................................... 69

Overlay............................................................................................... 70

Inserting video/image in the Overlay Track........................................... 70

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Title .................................................................................................... 72

Creating text titles .................................................................................. 72

Fading in & out........................................................................................ 74

Other title animation effects .................................................................. 75

Audio.................................................................................................. 76

Creating voiceover narration ................................................................. 76

Adding background music ..................................................................... 77

Inserting audio files ................................................................................ 78

Trimming audio clips ............................................................................... 78

Mixing it together .................................................................................... 79

Fade ........................................................................................................ 79

Share ................................................................................................. 80

Creating and saving a video file ............................................................ 80

Video Save Options ............................................................................... 82

Project Playback ..................................................................................... 86

Creating an audio file ............................................................................. 86

Exporting your movie ............................................................................. 87

Creating disc........................................................................................... 94

Working with Ulead COOL 3D ................................................. 102

Appendix A. Technology Overview ........................................... 105

SmartRender Technology ............................................................... 105

DV SmartPlay .................................................................................. 105

Appendix B. Tips and techniques ............................................. 106

A. DV camcorder tips ...................................................................... 106

B. Video capture and editing tips ................................................... 106

C. Web video tips ............................................................................ 107

D. Troubleshooting tips .................................................................. 107

Shortcuts ......................................................................... 109

Glossary .......................................................................... 111

Index .............................................................................. 121

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Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio 7, the video editing software that allows even beginners to come up with professional-looking movies. It provides you with a complete set of tools to cut, mix, run clips, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible with your work.

This user guide was produced to assist you as you navigate through the program and learn basic operating procedures. It will familiarize you with the program interface and workflow. Most importantly, it will provide you with easy-to-follow procedures for every videoediting task that you need to accomplish.

Although little experience in actual video production is required from the user to understand this manual, it may prove useful to acquire relevant information from other sources, including Ulead’s tutorials on the basic aspects of video. For details, please visit Ulead’s Web site at www.ulead.com.

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The big picture

Digital video editing used to be dominated only by professionals. Advances in technology, however, made it possible for almost anyone to create desktop video productions even at home.

Analog vs. Digital

With repeated use, the magnetic tape used in High-8, 8 mm, VHS, and S-VHS becomes prone to wear and tear. It gets thinner and thinner until the video could no longer be played. On the other hand, the quality of digital video doesn’t diminish over time. You can play DVs countless times and still expect the quality to be as sharp as it originally was. Digitization also extends a video’s life span and allows you to enhance its original sound and picture quality.

Digitizing analog videos is a breeze with VideoStudio, wherein data captured from an analog device are automatically converted to digital format. Once digitized, you can edit these footage and output them in any disc format of your choice.

Footage can be captured from your analog source and digitized for editing in your PC.

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DVD, VCD, and SVCD

There are several factors to consider in choosing an output format for your project. These include your desired output quality, target playback device, and viewing screen size, among others. Here are the advantages and disadvantages that picking each output format entails:

• Video Compact Disc (VCD) is a special version

of a CD-ROM that uses the MPEG-1 format. The quality of the exported movie is almost the same, but usually better than VHS tapebased movies. A VCD can be played back on a CD-ROM drive, VCD player, and even on a DVD player.

• Super Video CD (SVCD) is commonly

described as an enhanced version of VCD. It is based on MPEG-2 technology with Variable Bit Rate (VBR) support. The typical running time of an SVCD is about 30-45 minutes. Although you could extend this to 70 minutes, you will have to compromise sound and image quality. SVCDs can be played back on stand-alone VCD/SVCD players, most DVD players, and all CD-ROM/DVD-ROM with a DVD/SVCD player software.

• Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is popular in

video production because of its quality. Not only does it guarantee superb audio and video quality, it can also hold several times more data than VCDs and SVCDs. DVDs make use of the MPEG-2 format, which has a much bigger file size than MPEG-1, and can likewise be produced as single or dual-sided, and single and dual-layered. They can be played on stand-alone DVD players or on the DVDROM drive of your PC.

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How VideoStudio works

VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks remain uncomplicated from start to finish. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes.

VideoStudio breaks up your movie into separate tracks, giving you broad creative freedom. Changes to one track do not affect others.

After transferring footage from your camcorder, you can arrange scenes, apply special effects, overlay images, add animated titles, sync in a voiceover narration, and use background music from your favorite CDs in formats such as WAV and MP3. All these can be done using drag-and-drop, cut-and-paste, or select-and-apply operations.

All the tracks in your movie are then organized into a video project file (*.VSP), which contains all the video and audio information on how your movie is put together.

When everything is all set to go, your computer collects all information needed to create your final movie file. This process is called rendering.

You can then output and distribute your movie as a DVD/VCD/ SVCD title, streaming Web page video, or an e-mail attachment. You can also record your movie back to your camcorder or VCR.

Components of a finished project as displayed in Timeline Mode

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What’s New

Take advantage of VideoStudio’s latest features and enhancements:

• Windows Media Format

Now you can capture directly from an analog source or DV camcorder straight to Windows Media Video (WMV) format. You can also directly insert Windows Media Format clips into a timeline for editing. (WMA, WMV, WMF)

• Seamless MPEG Capture

VideoStudio overcomes the 4GB video file limitation in Windows 98 and Me (also in Windows 2000 and XP, if they are installed in FAT 32 formatted drives), letting you capture MPEG, DV Type-1, and DV Type-2 video files as large as your hard drive will allow.

• Extract Video

Sometimes you have a long scene that you want to edit several parts out (like a TV show you recorded). Rather than repeatedly editing out a bit at a time, this tool lets you select all of the sections you want, then extract these segments all at once.

• Offline Scene Change Detection

In DV AVI and MPEG video, VideoStudio can detect actual scene changes (such as motion changes, camera shifting or lighting changes) and cut the video into separate files.

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• New Video Filters

Five new filters are being added to VideoStudio’s already huge selection, expanding your ability to give your video a creative flair like (like making your video look like an old movie with the Old

Film effect). Also includes Lightning, Lens Flare, Comic and Bubble effects.

In addition, video filters are now fully key-frameable. This allows you to customize a video filter at any point in a video clip.

• Enhanced Title Animation

VideoStudio provides you with more ways to make your titles come alive. Add your favorite captions, subtitles, popup titles, and compose end credits like you find in theatrical films.

• DVD Authoring Wizard

By integrating a DVD authoring wizard into VideoStudio, you can now create a DVD, SVCD or VCD complete with interactive scene selection menus and background music.

• Play Back DV Type-2 Video to

DV Camcorder

VideoStudio's DV Smart Playback feature now supports DV Type-1 and Type-2 video files. Both types can be played back to a DV camcorder.

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System requirements

Video demands a lot from your computer. When setting up your system for video editing, the basic factors to consider are the size and speed of your hard drive, RAM, and processor. These determine how much video you can store and how quickly you can process or render your files. If you can afford a bigger hard drive, higher RAM, and faster chip, go with it. Just remember that technology is changing so rapidly and by evaluating first the kind of video editing projects you plan to do, you can better determine the setup that works best for you.

Following are the system requirements for setting up VideoStudio:

• Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP

• 800 MHz above CPU speed is recommended

• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or above for editing)

• 500 MB of available hard disk space or above; 4 GB is recommended (best results can be achieved with a 30 GB Ultra-DMA/66 7200 rpm. hard disk)

• Video for Windows and DirectShow compatible video capture card

• Windows compatible sound card

• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

Tip: Follow the installation instructions of your hardware components carefully, particularly your capture card and consult the operating manual of your camcorder or capture device.

Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio

To ensure that your video production runs smoothly and troublefree, click Control Panel: System - Hardware - Device Manager and check if your devices are working properly in accordance with your Operating System (O/S).

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DV IEEE 1394 capture card

The following Windows operating systems support the IEEE 1394 capture card. Always remember to turn on your DV camcorder or VCR connected to the IEEE 1394 interface so that it can be detected as image device or sound, video and game controller.

Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows 2000

Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 include the Microsoft DV driver and still support the Texas Instruments DV driver. Check that the following devices are working properly:

• 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 DV driver only.)

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Windows Me fully supports the IEEE 1394 card. Check that the following devices are working properly:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• 61883 Device Class

• AVC Device Class

• (Brand name) DV Camcorder: The brand name depends on the DV camcorder connected to the IEEE interface card.

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Windows XP

Windows XP fully supports IEEE 1394 and is also the only PC O/S that offers wireless access to cameras and other devices over a network. On a wireless IEEE 802.11 home network, attach an IEEE 1394-enabled laptop to a Windows XP-based PC and instantly access all other connected devices.

To run VideoStudio under Windows XP, check that the following devices are working properly:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• 61883 Device Class

• AVC Device Class

• (Brand name) DV Camcorder: The brand name depends on the DV camcorder connected to the IEEE interface card.

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.

Enabling DMA for IDE disks

If you use IDE disks in Windows, enable DMA (Direct Memory Access) for all the hard disks that will be used for capturing video. DMA avoids possible drop frame problems when you are capturing video.

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Analog capture card

Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP supports analog capture cards. Remember to turn on the camcorder or VCR and connect it to your computer. Then check that the following devices are working properly:

• Sound, video and game controllers

USB port

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector lets you attach a wide array of devices to your computer quickly and easily. These devices include digital cameras, Webcams, and just about every computer peripheral. Since Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP fully support USB, installing the driver for this device is quick and easy too. Check that the following device is working properly:

• Universal serial bus controller

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Installing and running VideoStudio

To install VideoStudio:

1. Place the VideoStudio CD into

your CD-ROM drive.

2. When the Setup screen

appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio onto your computer.

Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by doubleclicking 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.

Please install also the following applications, because they are very important in making digital video work well on your computer. The installation program will walk you through installing:

VideoStudio installation screen

• QuickTime

• Windows Media Format

• RealPlayer

• Acrobat Reader

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.

Note: Skip this step if you already have newer versions of the above supporting applications installed in your PC.

Running VideoStudio from Windows Start menu

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Configuring VideoStudio

Camcorders, VCRs, and VCD/DVD players are common sources of video footage. To ensure a smooth interaction between these video sources and your computer, make sure that the settings of VideoStudio are configured properly depending on the capture device you are using.

DV (IEEE 1394 capture card)

To check the setup of VideoStudio for DV interface:

1. Connect your camcorder to

your IEEE 1394 capture card.

2. 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.

3. Click Capture Step and check

if your device is displayed in the Options Panel under

Source.

Note: When your camcorder is in

Record mode (usually named CAMERA or MOVIE), you can still capture real-time video directly in VideoStudio, even if there’s no video tape inserted.

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Analog capture card

To check the setup of VideoStudio for analog interface:

1. Connect your camcorder, VCR, or

other video source device to your analog capture card.

2. Insert your videotape into the

capture device and switch it on. Make sure it is in the playback mode (usually named VTR or VCR). See your machine’s manual for specific instructions.

3. Your Capture plug-in will be

detected automatically.

4. Click Capture Step and check if

your device is displayed in the

Options Panel under Source.

Note: If your capture device supports

multiple video sources, the Input Source 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 input device

To check the setup of VideoStudio for USB interface:

1. Connect your video source device

to your USB port using a standard USB cable and switch it on.

2. Your Capture plug-in will

automatically be detected.

3. Click Capture Step and check if

your device is displayed in the Options Panel under Source.

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Getting around VideoStudio

The VideoStudio interface has been designed to make the sometimes complicated task of editing movies on your PC intuitive and enjoyable. This illustration shows the major components of the program. The next few pages will detail each component’s specific features and functions.

Options Panel

Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you could use to customize the settings of the selected clip. The contents of this panel change depending on the step you are in.

Preview Window

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

Timeline

Displays all the clips, titles, and effects included in your project. Select the media track that contains the clip you want to edit.

Navigation Panel

Use these buttons to go through a selected clip for precision editing or trimming.

Library

Stores and organizes all of your media clips.

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The Options Panel

The Options Panel changes depending on the program’s mode and the step or track you are working on. The Options Panel may contain one or two tabs. Information in each tab vary, depending on the selected clip.

Capture Options Panel

Capture Settings tab

• Duration: Sets the length of time for the capture.

• Source: Displays the detected capture device and lists other capture device drivers installed in your computer.

• Format: Where you select a file format for saving your captured video.

• Split by Scene: Automatically separates captured video into several files based on changes in recording date and time. (This feature can be used only when capturing video from a DV camcorder.)

• Capture folder: Where a copy of your captured file is saved.

• Options: Displays a menu allowing you to modify your capture settings.

• Capture Video: Transfers video from your source to your hard disk.

• Capture Image: Captures the displayed video frame as an image.

Batch Capture tab

• Capture Video: Begins the batch capturing process. Batch Capturing allows you to choose DV segments from a tape from a DV device, and capture them all in a single session.

• Play Selected Tasks: Plays the selected video clip from the list.

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• Current mark-in: Displays the selected video

clip’s mark-in. The Mark-in is the point where you want your clip to begin.

• Task list: Displays the mark-in and mark-out

of the clips you’ve selected from your video for batch capturing.

• Delete the selected task(s): Removes the

selected task(s).

• Deletes all tasks: Removes all tasks on the

list.

• Modify a task: Changes the timecode of

either the starting or the ending point.

Edit Options Panel

Video tab

• Duration: Displays the duration of the

selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can trim the selected clip by changing the clip duration.

• Clip volume: Allows you to adjust the

volume of the audio segment of your video.

• Mute: Silences the audio segment of your

video without deleting it.

• Fade In/Out: Gradually increases/decreases

the volume of the clip for a smooth transition. Select File: Preferences - Quality & Duration to set the fade in/fade out duration.

• Split by Scene: Splits a captured DV AVI

file based on the recording date and time, or the changes in video content (i.e., motion change, camera shifting, brightness change, etc.). For an MPEG file, this feature can only split video based on changes in video content.

• Extract Video: Allows you to choose desired

segments from a video file and extract them.

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• Properties: Displays information about the currently selected clip.

• Save Trimmed Video: Applies any trimming modifications to a clip and

saves it to a new video file.

• Save as Still Image: Saves the displayed video frame as an image file (*.jpg or *.bmp).

• Export: Provides you with a number of ways to export and share a video file. A video file can be exported to a Web page, converted to an executable greeting card, and sent by e-mail. It can be exported to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard for burning to DVD-RAM. You can also directly output a video file to your DV camcorder and record it onto a DV tape.

• Playback Speed: Launches the Playback Speed dialog box where you can adjust the pace of your clip.

Filter tab

• Applied filters: Displays a list of video filters that have been applied to a clip.

• Remove: Deletes previously applied filters from your clip.

• Customize Filter: Allows you to specify your preferred settings for your selected filter.

Effect Options Panel

The contents of the Options Panel under the Effect Step varies with the type of transition effect selected.

• Duration: Shows the duration of the applied effect on the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values.

• Border: Determines the thickness of the border. Enter 0 to remove the border.

• Color: Determines the hue of the transition effect’s border or flap.

• Soft edge: Specifies how well you want the transition effect to blend with the clips. A Strong soft edge results in a less pronounced transition, thus creating a smooth progression from one clip to another. This option works best for irregular shapes and angles.

• Direction: Specifies the direction of a transition effect. (This is only applicable to some of the transition effects.)

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Overlay Options Panel

Edit tab

• Duration: Displays the duration of the

selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values.

• Clip volume: Allows you to adjust the

volume of the audio segment of your video.

• Mute: Silences the audio segment of your

video without deleting it.

• Fade In/Out: Gradually increases/

decreases the volume of the clip for a smooth transition. Select File: Preferences

- Quality & Duration to set the fade in/ fade out duration.

• Playback Speed: Launches the Playback Speed dialog box where you can adjust

the pace of your clip. The higher the speed, the shorter the duration. The lower the speed, the longer the duration.

• Properties: Displays the attributes of a selected clip.

Motion tab

• Direction/Style: Determines the type of movement to be applied to the overlay clip.

• Position: Sets the location of the overlay video with reference to the window.

• Zoom: Determines the size for the overlay clip. Each magnification size in the list is a percent of the original overlay clip’s dimensions. Entering 100 retains its original size.

• Transparency: Sets the opacity of the video clip/image. Click the arrow or enter a value to adjust transparency.

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Title Options Panel

Edit tab

• Create/Update Title: What you click to enter a

title on an underlying video.

• Duration: Displays the duration of the selected

clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values.

• Title list: Shows the title clips that you created.

To modify a title clip, select it from the dropdown list and click on the Preview Window.

• Font face: Where you select your desired font

style.

• Font size: Where you set your desired font size.

• Line spacing: Sets the spacing, or leading,

between lines of text.

• Font style: Bold, italic and underline.

• Alignment: Aligns horizontal text to the left,

center, or right. Or, aligns vertical text to the top, center, or bottom.

• Vertical Title: Makes the orientation of the title

vertical or horizontal.

• Color: Click on this to specify your preferred

font color.

• Border/Shadow/Transparency Allows you to

add shadow and border as well as adjust the transparency for your title.

Animation tab

• Type: Where you can select your preferred

animation effect for your title.

• Start unit: Determines how the title enters the

scene.

• Start position: Denotes the trail from where

the motion of the title will start.

• End unit: Determines how the title exits the

scene.

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• End position: Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will end.

• Pause: Applies a break between the start and end direction of the animation.

• Enable Animation: Enables or disables animation on the title clip.

Audio Options Panel

Voiceover tab

• Record Voice: Records audio and creates a new clip to the right of the current position of the Voice Track in the Timeline. This transforms into Stop during the recording process.

• Duration: Displays the duration of the recording in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can also pre-set the the length of the recording by entering the desired duration.

• Clip volume: Allows you to adjust the volume level of your audio.

• Fade In: Gradually increases the volume of a clip.

• Fade Out: Gradually decreases the volume of a clip.

• Properties: Displays the attributes of a selected clip.

Music tab

• Disc: Where you select the CD drive of the songs to be recorded.

• Track: Where you select the particular audio track you’d like to record.

• Record Selected Track: Records the selected audio CD track.

• Play Selected Track: Plays the selected audio CD track.

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• Duration: Displays the duration of the audio

track in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can also pre-set the length of the recording by entering the desired duration.

• Clip volume: Adjusts the volume level of the

recorded clip.

• Fade In: Gradually increases the volume of

the clip.

• Fade Out: Gradually decreases the volume of

the clip.

• Properties: Displays the attributes of a

selected clip.

Share Options Panel

• Create Video File: Creates a video file of your

project.

• Create Disc: Invokes the DVD authoring

wizard and allows you to burn your project in DVD, SVCD or VCD format.

• Project Playback: Clears the screen and

displays the whole project or a selected segment against a black background. It can also output to a videotape if you have a VGA to a TV converter, camcorder, or a video recorder connected to your system. It also allows you to manually control the output device when recording.

• Export: Provides you with a number of ways

to export and share a video file. A video file can be exported to a Web page, converted to an executable greeting card, and sent by email. It can be exported to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard for burning to DVD-RAM. You can also directly output a video file to your DV camcorder and record it onto a DV tape.

• Create Sound File: Allows you to save the

audio segment of your project as a sound file.

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The Navigation Panel

The Navigation Panel is used to preview and edit the clips used in your project. Use the Navigation Controls to move around a selected clip or your project. Use the Trim Bar and Jog Bar to edit your clips.

When capturing video, the set of buttons will differ. Instead of the Navigation Panel, device control buttons will be shown. Use these buttons to control your DV camcorder or any other video device.

Home

Returns to the starting point of a project, clip, or selected area.

Mark-in / out

Use to mark the point where you want a clip to start and end.

Play mode

Select whether you want to preview your entire project or only the selected clip.

Play

Click to play a VideoStudio project, video or audio clip. Hold down the [Shift] to play only the selected duration (between Mark in and Mark out) on the Trim Bar. During playback, click the button again to stop.

Moves to the point right after the present point of a project, clip, or selected area.

Moves to the preceding point of a project, clip, or selected area.

Repeat

Plays a project, clip, or selected area continually.

End

Moves to the ending point of a project, clip, or selected area.

Trim Bar

Used for trimming, editing, and cropping video clips.

System Volume

Click and drag the slider to adjust the volume of a clip’s audio output or music. This adjusts the volume of your speakers at the same time.

Jog Bar

Click and drag these controls to scroll through a clip. The position is shown in the Preview Window’s content.

Timecode

Allows you to directly jump to a part of your project or selected clip by specifying the exact timecode.

Enlarge Preview Window

Click to preview your project or clip on a bigger window.

Split Video

Cuts the selected clip into two. Position the Jog Bar to where you want the first clip to end and the second one to start, then click this button.

Undo and Redo

Any changes you make that you don’t like can be instantly fixed or undone by clicking the left button. And if you change your mind, simply click Redo.

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Timeline: The VideoStudio Work Area

This work area allows you to more precisely orchestrate the flow of your movie. It consists of separate tracks for your video, title, music, and voice clips. It likewise has a ruler that shows the current time-scale for determining clip and project length.

Time units

Storyboard and Timeline

Click tabs to switch between Storyboard Mode and Timeline Mode.

Insert media files

Displays a menu allowing you to place video, audio or image clips directly on the project.

Zoom controls

Increase or decrease the number of frames displayed in the Timeline.

Project scroll controls

Use the left and right buttons or grab the Scroll Bar to move around your project.

Selected range

These color bars represent the trimmed or selected part of a clip or project.

Track buttons

Each activates a track to edit. Click a button to change the Preview Window and available options accordingly.

Represents the timing of the project or clips in hours:minutes: seconds.frames.

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The Library

The Library is a storage depot for everything you need to create a movie: video clips, video filters, audio clips, still images, transition effects, music files, titles and color clips. These are collectively known as media clips.

To add media clips to the Library:

1. Click Load media to open a

dialog box for locating the media clip to insert in the Library.

2. Select the desired file.

3. Click Open when you are

finished.

Note: You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer straight to the Library.

The type of clip you can insert depends on which track you are working on (such as Title or Audio). Use your mouse to drag and drop single or multiple clips from the Library to its destination.

Load media allows you to locate the clip you want to add to the Library.

To add clips to your project, you can drag and drop clips from the Library to the Timeline whether you are in Timeline Mode or Storyboard Mode.

Right-click a clip in the Library to view the clip’s properties as well as copy, delete, or split by scene.

Hold [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple clips.

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To delete media clips from the Library:

1. Select the clip to remove from

the Library. Then, press [Del].

Or,

Right-click the clip in the Library and select Delete .

2. When prompted, verify

whether you also want to delete the source file from your hard disk.

Note: Deleting source files from your hard disk permanently removes them from your computer. You may not be able to recover them.

Library Manager

The Library Manager organizes your custom Library folders. These folders help you store and manage all kinds of media files.

To use the Library Manager:

1. Click File: Library Manager to

launch the Library Manager dialog box. You can also click the Folder arrow and select Library

Manager from the drop-down list.

2. Select a media type from the Available custom folders list.

3. Click New to display the New Custom Folder dialog box and

create a new folder. Specify a library Folder name and a Description. Click OK.

Click Edit to rename or modify the description of a selected custom folder.

Click Delete to remove a selected custom folder from the Library.

4. Click Close.

The Folder arrow button

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