Ulead VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION User Manual

User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. August 2004
English edition for Ulead VideoToolBox 2 Home Edition, August 2004.
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Table of Contents
Welcome to Ulead Video ToolBox .............5
What’s new .......................................................5
System requirements ........................................5
Supported file formats .......................................5
Installing Video ToolBox ....................................6
User interface ....................................................6
Navigation Panel ................................................ 7
File menu ......................................................... 8
Convert menu ................................................... 8
Help menu ........................................................ 8
Creating a video file ..........................................9
Step 1: Determine video output setting. ............. 10
Step 2: Add/Edit media clip ............................... 10
Inserting clips into your project ................................11
Capturing digital video ............................................11
Capturing analog video ...........................................12
Capturing still images .............................................13
Trimming a clip ......................................................13
Multi-trim Video .....................................................14
Creating an image slideshow ...................................16
Rotating an image ..................................................16
Rearranging the position of the clips .........................16
Step 3: Choose a style ..................................... 16
Selecting a movie style ...........................................16
Changing the transition effect ..................................17
Editing text ...........................................................17
Changing the background music ...............................18
Step 4: Create Video File .................................. 19
Appendix .................................................20
Dialog boxes ....................................................20
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Batch Convert ................................................. 20
Preferences ..................................................... 21
Video and Audio Capture Property Settings ......... 22
Video Save Options .......................................... 25
Advanced Options ..................................................29
Index ...................................................... 30
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Welcome to Ulead Video ToolBox
Ulead Video ToolBox allows you to capture and edit video and output them to various formats so you can view the video on a computer. Video ToolBox’s guided workflow lets you easily capture, edit and export video. Capture video from various sources such as a DV camcorder then edit it by selecting from various movie styles, trimming, adding text, and more. After editing, save them to formats such as MPEG-4, WMV, and more.
What’s new
Designed for Home User-friendly design, so there are simple, task­focused wizards for most common tasks.
Batch Conversion Save time by converting a series of videos into any supported format, without the need for a separate application.
Auto-Enhancement Auto-adjust the hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast of videos and photos.
System requirements
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and XP
128MB of RAM (256MB or more recommended)
200MB of available hard drive space for program installation
2GB+ hard drive space for video capture and editing
Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768 resolution
CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW
Windows compatible sound card
Supported file formats
Import
Video: 3GPP, ASF, AVI, DVD (DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV
Audio: AC-3, AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AU, MP3, WAV, MPA, MP4, WMA
Image: BMP, CLP, CUR, DCS, EPS, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PXR, RAS, RLE, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF, WMF
Note: Different video formats are supported depending on region or product version.
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Export
Video: DV AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and WMV. 3GPP and 3GPP2 are supported in Batch Convert mode.
Installing Video ToolBox
To install Video ToolBox, insert the disc into the disc drive then click Install on the setup screen and follow the instructions.
User interface
1 Visit Ulead Web site
Click to launch your Web browser and connect to the Ulead Web site.
2File menu
Select to open a menu where you can save your project file and set project preferences. (See “File menu” on page 8).
3Convert menu
Click to open a menu where you can convert multiple video files that have different formats to a single format.
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4Help menu
Click to open a menu where you can access the help file and view product information.
5 Options Panel
Displays controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the project. The contents of this panel change depending on the step you are in and the selected project element.
6 Step buttons
Click to go to the next or previous step.
7 Media Clip List
Displays the clips, transition effects and text that are used in the project.
Click to remove the clip from the Media Clip List or click to view the selected clip’s properties.
8 Step Panel
Displays buttons that correspond to the different video editing steps.
9Preview Window
Displays the video playback here.
10Navigation Panel
Displays buttons for playback and trimming clips.
Navigation Panel
1Trim Bar
Drag the ends of the bar to trim clips.
2Mark-in
Click to mark the current position of the Jog Bar as the start of the clip.
3Home
Returns to the starting frame.
4Play
Plays, pauses or resumes the playback of the project.
5Mark-out
Click to mark the current position of the Jog Bar as the end of the clip.
6Jog Bar
Allows you to scrub through the project or clip.
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File menu
New Select to create a new project. Video ToolBox prompts you to save the current project before creating the new project.
Open Select to open a previously saved Video ToolBox project (VTP).
Save Saves the current project using the same file name.
Save As Allows you to save the project file using another file name or path.
Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog box where you can set capture options and set the frequency to check for updates on the Ulead Web site. (See “Preferences” on page 21).
Convert menu
Batch Convert Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can choose multiple video files in different file formats and convert them to a single video file format. (See “Batch Convert” on page 20).
Help menu
Ulead Video ToolBox Help Opens the online help.
About Ulead Video ToolBox Displays product and copyright information.
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Creating a video file
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Step 1: Determine video output setting.
Select a video format and quality option.
Step 2: Add/Edit media clip
Select the type of media you want to add or capture then edit the media clip.
Add media clip Options Panel
Tip: Please read the Description to view the properties of the video
format or the mobile carrier you selected.
Insert Video Allows you to add a video file to the project.
Insert Image Allows you to add an image file to the project.
Insert DVD/DVD-VR Allows you to add video from a DVD-Video or DVD-VR formatted disc to the project.
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Edit media clip Options Panel
Inserting clips into your project
Insert video, image and DVD/DVD-VR video into the project’s Media Clip List. To insert a clip, just click the button of the media clip you want to insert then in the dialog box that opens, locate the file and click Open/OK.
Capturing digital video
Video ToolBox lets you capture video from DV devices such as DV camcorders. Video ToolBox automatically saves the captured video in the DV AVI format.
Capture Digital Video Opens a dialog box where you can capture video from a digital source (e.g. DV camcorder).
Capture Analog Video Opens a dialog box where you can capture video from an analog source (e.g. TV tuner card).
Multi-trim Video (Video only) Allows you to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them. (See “Multi-trim Video” on page 14).
Split Video (Video only) Cuts the selected clip into two. To cut, position the Jog Bar to where you want the first clip to end and the second one to start, and then click this button. (See “Trimming a
clip” on page 13).
Rotate (Image only) Click to rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.
Auto-enhance Select to automatically adjust hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast of the clip.
Note: Video ToolBox can only import DVD videos from non-copy­protected DVD discs or folders.
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To capture digital video:
1. Click Capture Digital Video .
2. Click Toggle Display .
3. Specify a Capture folder in which to save video files.
4. Click Options to open a menu for customizing more capture settings. The available options in the menu depends on the selected capture plug-in.
5. Use the Navigation Panel to scan your video to search the part to capture. The device control must be properly set up to be able to control the DV camcorder.
To set up the device control, click Options and select Select Device Control. In the dialog box, select the device control to use in Current device.
6. When you locate the start of the section that you want to capture, click Capture Video to start capturing.
7. Click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing.
8. Click OK.
Capturing analog video
When footage is captured from analog sources such as VHS, Video­8, or TV, it is converted to a digital format that can be read and stored by the computer. Video ToolBox automatically saves the captured video in the DV AVI format.
To capture analog video:
1. Click Capture Analog Video .
2. Click Toggle Display .
3. Specify a Capture folder in which to save video files.
4. Capture Video to start capturing. Click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing.
5. Click OK.
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Capturing still images
In addition to capturing video, Video ToolBox also allows you to capture still images. Images are saved in JPEG format and the size depends on the source video’s frame size.
To capture still images:
1. Depending on your device, click Capture Digital Video or Capture Analog Video.
2. If you are capturing from a DV device, click Play in the Navigation Panel to play your DV tape.
If you are capturing from an analog camcorder, press the Play button on your device to play your videotape.
3. When you see the image you want to capture in the Preview Window, click Capture Image.
4. Click OK.
Trimming a clip
Cut out unwanted parts in your video or split your video into two clips.
To split a video clip:
1. Select the clip you want to split on the Media Clip List.
2. Drag the Jog Bar to the point where you want to cut the clip.
3. Click Split Video to cut the clip into two clips.
To remove one of these clips, select the unwanted clip and press
[Delete].
To trim a video clip with the Trim Bar:
1. Select a clip on the Media Clip List.
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2. Click and drag the Trim handles on the Trim Bar to set the Mark-in/Mark-out points on the clip.
The Mark-in/Mark-out points can also be set by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively. Drag the Jog Bar to the point in the clip that you want to set as the start/end of the clip then click Mark-
in/out .
Multi-trim Video
The Multi-trim Video feature is another method for splitting a clip into multiple segments. Multi-trim Video gives you complete control over the clips you wish to extract, making it easier for you to manage your project.
To trim a video file into multiple clips:
1. Click Multi-trim Video in the Options Panel.
2. In the Multi-trim Video dialog box, view
the whole clip first by clicking to determine how you want to mark segments. If you want to mark segments to retain, click Selection Mode then select Retain selection.
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Otherwise, select Delete selection if you prefer to mark segments that you want taken out from the clip.
3. Drag the Jog Bar until you locate the point in the video that you want to use as the beginning frame of the first segment. Click
Start.
Drag the Jog Bar again, this time, to the point where you want
the segment to end. Click End.
4. Repeat step 3 as required until you have marked all the segments you want kept or removed.
5. Click OK when finished. The video segments that you kept are then inserted onto the Media Clip List.
Tip: To mark segments, you can also press [F3] and [F4] while playing the video.
Navigation controls in the Multi-trim Video dialog box:
Reverses or advances through the video in fixed increments. By default, these buttons move up or down through the video in increments of 25 seconds. To change this, set the Go back/forward button duration to the desired increment value.
Drag the Shuttle Control to quickly reverse or advance through the video.
Plays the trimmed segments.
Plays the whole video.
Moves to the start or end frame of a trimmed segment.
Moves to the previous/next frame in the video.
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Creating an image slideshow
You can create a video slideshow using your images. To create, click
Insert Image then in the dialog box, select the images (press [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple files) you want to include in the
slideshow and click Open. The duration of each image can be set in the Preferences dialog box. (See “Preferences” on page 21).
Rotating an image
Use the rotate buttons to change the orientation of the selected image.
Rearranging the position of the clips
Rearrange the clips in the Media Clip List by dragging and dropping the clip to the desired position.
Step 3: Choose a style
Choose a movie style for your project then customize movie style attributes such as transition effects, background music and text.
Selecting a movie style
In the Options Panel, click the style you want to use.
Tip: If you do not want to apply a style to your project, select the white thumbnail in the Options Panel.
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Changing the transition effect
Transition effect Options Panel
To change the transition effect:
1. In the Media Clip List, click the transition effect you want to change.
2. In the Options Panel, select a transition effect from the drop­down menu.
Editing text
Text Options Panel
Transition effect Select the transition effect you want to use in the drop-down menu.
Delete All Click to remove all transition effects in the Media Clip List.
Tip: Click Delete All to remove all transition effects from the project.
Font face Select your desired font style.
Font size Set your desired font size.
Vertical text Makes the orientation of the title vertical.
Font style Set the text as bold, italic and/or underlined.
Alignment Aligns horizontal text to the left, center, or right. Or, aligns vertical text to the top, center, or bottom.
Color Specify your preferred font color.
Shadow Select to add a shadow to the text. Click the color box to change the shadow color.
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To edit the text:
1. In the Media Clip List, click the text you want to edit.
2. In the Preview Window, double-click the text box to edit the text. Click an empty space in the Preview Window when you are done editing the text.
3. Adjust the text attributes using the settings in the Options Panel.
Changing the background music
Audio Options Panel
To change the background music:
1. Click Change Background Music .
2. In the Options Panel, click Open Audio File . In the dialog box, locate the audio file you want to use for your background music and click Open.
3. Use the Volume slider to adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio. Dragging the slider to
Open Audio File Opens a dialog box where you can locate an audio file to use as the background music.
Remove background music Removes the background music from the project.
Music/Video slider Adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio.
Normalize Audio Select to automatically adjust the volume to a standard level. This is useful when the background music used is recorded at varying volume levels.
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the left increases the volume of the background music and decreases the volume of the video's audio.
Step 4: Create Video File
Create a video file using one of the supported output video formats.
To create a video file:
1. Click Create.
2. In the Create Video File dialog box, enter the file name then click Save.
If you have Ulead VideoStudio 8 or Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 installed in your computer, the Burn button will be displayed in the Options Panel. Click Burn to use VideoStudio or MovieFactory to burn your video onto a disc.
Note: The Burn button is only available for the DVD, VCD and SVCD formats.
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Appendix
Dialog boxes
Batch Convert
Batch Convert List Displays the video files to be converted. The size, type, date modified and path of the video files are also displayed.
Add Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can select the files you want to convert.
Remove Deletes the selected file from the Batch Convert List.
Remove All Deletes all the files in the Batch Convert List.
Save in folder Click Browse to select a folder where to save the converted video files.
Save as type Select the file format to which the video files will be converted.
Convert Starts the conversion process.
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Cancel Closes the dialog box without converting the video files.
Options Opens the Video Save Options dialog box where you can define save and compression settings for the selected file format. (See “Video Save Options” on page 25).
Preferences
Image clip duration Specify the clip length for all image clips that will be added in your video project. The unit of time for duration is in seconds.
Press OK to capture Allows you to press OK to start capturing.
Stop DV tape when capturing stops Enables the DV camcorder to automatically stop the tape playback after a video capture process is completed.
Check Ulead Web site every Select to specify how often the program checks the Ulead Web site for news and updates.
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Video and Audio Capture Property Settings
Source tab
Video
Input Source Determines where your data comes from. Select Video Composite if you have a video input jack and one (Mono) or two (Stereo) audio input jacks. Select Video Tuner for TV input and Video S-video for S-video input.
TV system Specify whether to use NTSC or PAL, depending on your region. NTSC is predominant in North America and many Asian countries. PAL is the television standard in Europe and the South Pacific.
Audio
Audio device Select the audio device where you want to capture audio from.
Input source Indicates the current sound input device. Should there be any problems with your audio, simply check if you've selected the appropriate sound input device from the Audio input source drop-down list.
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Channel tab (TV tuner only)
Country/Region: Determines the available channels in your place.
TV input type: Determines the mode of your television input. Select Antenna if you're using an antenna to watch television or Cable, if your television utilizes a cable TV system.
TV audio: Select the audio format currently used by the TV.
Channel: Enter the channel of the television program you plan to capture footage from.
Advanced: Click to open the TV Channel Manager dialog box where you can scan for the TV channels available in your region.
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Color tab
Allows you to adjust the analog source’s video properties such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation before you capture the video into Video ToolBox.
There are various video property options that you can adjust in this dialog box. Drag the sliders for each item to increase or decrease the value. Click Set Default to reset the values to their original settings.
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Video Save Options
General tab
Data track: Specify whether to create the video file or the video track only or include the audio track.
Frame rate: Specify the frame rate to use for the resulting video file.
Frame type: Select between saving your work as field-based or frame-based video files. Field-based video stores video data as two distinct fields of information for each frame. If your video is only for computer playback, you should save your work as frame-based.
Frame size: Select the size of the frame or define your own for the video file.
Display aspect ratio: Select from a list of supported pixel aspect ratios. By applying the correct aspect ratio, images appear properly when previewed thus avoiding distorted motion and transparency on images.
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Compression tab (MPEG files)
Media type: Select MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 for basic MPEG options. If you want to strictly follow the DVD, VCD or SVCD specifications, you should select one of the media types available on the drop-down menu. Select either NTSC or PAL depending on your region.
Speed/Quality: Drag the slider to control the compression of a file. Dragging the slider to the right produces a higher quality video but at the expense of fluid motion of the video. Dragging the slider to the left produces a fluid motion video but at the expense of quality of the video.
Video settings
Video data rate: Select either to use constant bit rate (CBR) or variable bit rate (VBR) to encode your video file. The value must be between 390-14648 kbps. When CBR is selected, the data rate entered will be used all the time regardless of the amount of information of the video. It may fluctuate at some points but overall it will try to approximate the data rate entered. When VBR is selected, the data rate will adjust itself depending whether the material is simple or complex. It will not exceed the data rate entered in the box.
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I-frames only By selecting this option, the MPEG encoder will only compress the video to something called I-frames (and not P or B frames). This makes the quality better but the file size will be much larger. For most people, you should leave this option unselected, as it disables an important part of MPEG compression.
DVD-VR compliant: Select to automatically set the video data rate to be compliant to DVD-VR specifications.
Audio settings
Audio format: Select an audio coding format for DVD-Video. MPEG video encoding format include audio encoding, which use lossy information. Linear PCM (LPCM) is an uncompressed audio format which is similar to CD audio, but with higher sampling frequencies and quantizations. LPCM's maximum bit rate is 6.144 Mb/s, which is much higher than MPEG-2 coding. LPCM offers high quality but its drawback is that higher data rates leave little bandwidth for video. AC-3 audio is the digital standard for compressed audio files. It is a new and unique way of digitally compressing and decoding audio channels into a very small space to produce high quality audio playback. It covers eight different channel combinations ranging from conventional monophonic or stereophonic sound up to a 6­channel surround-type format.
Audio type: Select from Mono, Stereo or Joint Stereo (often used in MPEG compression).
Audio frequency: This is a measure of the quality of the audio: 44100Hz is considered CD quality.
Audio bit rate: This is a measure of the data rate of the audio: White Book MPEG-1 audio is 224 kbps.
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AVI tab
Compression: Shows the available compression schemes. A no compression option is also available.
Quality: Drag the slider to control the compression of a file.
Configure: Click for additional compression options.
Key frame for every _ Frames: Specify the distance between "key" frames used by the compression scheme.
Data type: Select from the list of available data types of the currently selected video compression scheme.
Use common palette: Select the color palette to use for saving the video.
Load: Click to load a previously saved color palette.
Audio: Click to open the Audio Format dialog box where you can change the audio characteristics.
Advanced: Click to open the Advanced Options dialog box where you can specify additional settings for your saved video.
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Advanced Options
Target playback drive: Specify the data rate of your storage device.
Check data rate: Select to compare the data rate of the compressed file to the selected Target Playback Drive. Change this rate to more closely match the data rate of the target storage device.
Tolerance: Specify the acceptable percentage of difference on the specified data rate and the data rate of the compressed file.
Recompress: Select this option to force the program to re­render (recompress) the project. In most cases, you should leave this option unchecked.
Interleave audio and video: Select to be able to specify the interleave ratio between the audio and video data.
Pack audio data for every _ Frames: Specify when the next portion of audio data follows the video data.
Pad frames for CD-ROM: Select to help make your CD-ROM more efficient in playback by standardizing the video data structure when saving.
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Index
A
Add/Edit media clip 10 Auto-enhance 11
B
Batch Convert 8
C
Capture Analog Video 11 Capture Digital Video 11 Capturing analog video 12 Capturing digital video 11 Capturing still images 13 Changing the background music 18 Changing the transition effect 17 Choose a style 16 Choose sharing method 10 Create Video File 19
E
Editing text 17
I
Insert DVD/DVD-VR 10 Insert Image 10 Insert Video 10 Inserting clips 11
M
Media Clip List 7 Multi-trim Video 11
N
Navigation Panel 7
O
Options Panel 7
P
Preferences 8 Preview Window 7
R
Rotate 11
S
Selecting a movie style 16 Split Video 11 Step buttons 7 Step Panel 7
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