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Create Slideshow Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direct to Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erase Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burn from Disc Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Print Disc Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 Create Video Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Add Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Capturing video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Capturing DV video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Capturing analog video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Capture Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Video and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting the field order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Capturing TV footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Split by Scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Capturing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Capturing video directly to MPEG format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Adding video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Creating a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Importing DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setup Preferences, Project Settings and other options . . . . . . . . 28 Settings and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Project settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Print Disc Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Edit Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Trimming a video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-trimming a video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joining/Separating videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enhancing your video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Effect tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options for the Effect tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Text tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options for the Text tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Audio tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options for the Audio tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 33 34 35 35 36 37 38 38 39 Adding/Editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Editing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Options for output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 The Output Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Direct to Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 For DVD, VCD, or SVCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Edit Disc (on-disc editing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Print Disc Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Print Disc Label dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating custom paper templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designing a disc label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a disc label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a disc label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing a disc label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 64 66 67 68 68 Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 DVD MovieFactory launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Ulead DVD MovieFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Print Disc Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 5 Welcome To Ulead DVD MovieFactory Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your disc-authoring needs. You can instantly create video or slideshow discs through a user-friendly, wizard-type process and specific task oriented features. You can also enhance your video by adding transition effects, text, audio, interactive menus, and many others, or print disc label or cover to make your discs more attractive and interesting. With DVD MovieFactory, creating professional-looking video or slideshow discs has never been easier! Note: The availability of program modules depends on the DVD MovieFactory version you have. What's New? · Direct to disc and on-disc editing available to standard DVD-Video disc. With the Direct to disc feature, you can capture your videos and burn them directly onto a disc. On-disc editing allows you to directly edit the content of your DVD-RW/+RW or DVD-RAM without having to capture the content for editing and burn it back onto the disc. · Disc label and index printing Design and print vivid disc labels and case covers with the Print Disc Label feature. · Normalize audio in output process Different video clips may have different audio recording levels when created. When these video clips are put together, the volume may vary greatly from one to another. With Normalize audio function, each audio waveform is evaluated and adjusted so that the highest peak reaches a certain level, correcting the rest accordingly to lessen the volume variation. 6 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE · Support for Sony MICROMV Use DVD MovieFactory to capture your videos from Sony MICROMV camcorders. · UDF 2.01 system drive for Windows This version of Ulead UDF file system driver provides recordable and rewritable media support. It allows you to use a CD or DVD disc like a floppy disk or to drag and drop files to write to the disc using Windows Explorer. ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 7 System requirements To be able to run DVD MovieFactory on your computer, make sure the following minimum requirements are met: · Intel® Pentium IIITM 800 MHz CPU or higher (Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz recommended) · Microsoft® WindowsTM 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP · 128MB of RAM (256MB RAM or higher recommended) · 200MB of available hard disk space for program installation · 4GB or more of hard disk space for video capture and editing · Windows-compatible display with at least 800x600 resolution · CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive · Windows-compatible mouse, display card, and sound card To utilize the full capabilities of DVD MovieFactory, the following additional components are recommended: · Separate Audio/Video hard disk for storing captured videos and temporary project files · CD-R/RW and DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW drives for creation of DVD/ VCD/SVCD · TV tuner card, USB or video capture card for analog capture · OHCI compliant IEEE-1394 interface card for use wi ...