User manual ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO 6

MediaStudio Pro VERSION 6.0 User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. January 2000 First English edition for MediaStudio Pro version 6.0, January 2000 © 1992­2000, Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks Ulead, Ulead Systems logo, MediaStudio and MediaStudio Pro are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Sample files Files provided as samples on the program CD can be used for personal demonstrations, productions and presentations. No rights are granted for commercial reproduction or redistribution of any sample files. Ulead Systems, Inc. contact information: North and South America 970 West 190th Street, Suite 520 Torrance, CA 90502 Tel: +1-310-523-9393 Fax: +1-310-523-9399 E-mail: info@ulead.com http:// www.ulead.com International 10F, No. 45 Tung Hsing Rd. Taipei, Taiwan 110 Tel: +886 -2-2764-8599 Fax: +886-2-2764-9599 E-mail: info@ulead.com.tw http:// www.ulead.com Europe Ulead Systems GmbH Wolfenbütteler Str. 33 38102 Braunschweig Germany Tel: +49-531-220-7920 Fax: +49-531-220-7999 E-mail: info@ulead.de http://www.ulead.de Japan Ulead Systems, Inc. No. 202, TE Building 4-5-16 Yohga, Setagaya-ku Tokyo 158-0097 Japan Tel: +81-3-5491-5661 Fax: +81-3-5491-5663 E-mail: info@ulead.co.jp http:// www.ulead.co.jp Table of Contents Introduction Welcome to MediaStudio Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Help! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 More info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing Acrobat Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . README . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 - What's new? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizable workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Source window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Track control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preview window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Digital Video (DV) support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced MPEG: capture, edit, and create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . More new tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 Tutorials Tutorial 1: Video Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Capturing Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Capturing MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Tutorial 2: Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating your first video project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding clips to your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying transition effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previewing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 30 31 32 33 34 4 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Artistic and creative techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying a video filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a moving path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating rolling credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the amplification of an audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing advanced techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing a transition effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Moving paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synchronizing audio to video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 35 36 37 38 39 39 40 42 Tutorial 3: Video Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Getting to know Video Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating your first project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with images in an edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing your brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working over multiple frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing common techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying a video filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cloning an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a video matte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 44 45 46 47 49 49 50 51 Performing advanced techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Performing an erase effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Performing an advanced power duplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating background sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retouching images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Macros: Creating a laser beam effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced cloning: Disappearing act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 54 56 57 58 Tutorial 4: CG Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Performing common techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing regular shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and distorting text objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying gradients to your objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manipulating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a corporate logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Animating objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing advanced techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a corporate logo (advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling the timing of multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing fades and distortions over time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 66 67 68 69 INTRODUCTION 5 Video Capture Video Capture: Chapter 1 - Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Understanding the basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Preparing video for display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting to an analog video source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing your displayed video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining audio input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving your video signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calibrating your display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting color with your video capture board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing Video Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 76 76 77 78 79 79 82 83 84 Video Capture: Chapter 2 - Capturing video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Tips for capturing good video and audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting the right hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Techniques for improving your video captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Techniques for improving your audio captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing your capture options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dropped frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing single frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing a color palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing a file's properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a controllable device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and editing a batch list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing using a controllable device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 86 87 87 88 88 92 93 93 94 95 96 98 99 Capture plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 6 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Video Editor Video Editor: Chapter 1 - Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Understanding the workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Standard toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Timeline toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Working with video projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a new video project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing a video project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a project as a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a video project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Packaging a video project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smart Relink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving the layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 106 107 108 108 109 109 109 109 Using the Production Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Placing clips into the Production Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Storyboarding your clips before Timeline insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Working with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Drag-and-drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Viewing Production Library thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Adding effects to the Production Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Working with the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Inserting clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Inserting video, audio and image clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Push Away insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Inserting title, color, and silence clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Working with tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Determining the visibility of clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Displaying clips on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Zooming in/out on the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Using the Quick Command Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Inserting Ulead video file types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Inserting UIS files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Converting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Smart Check & Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Customizing Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 INTRODUCTION 7 Video Editor: Chapter 2 - Editing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Making selections in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Clip Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Time Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Track Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Track buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grouping clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pasting attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snapping to clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splitting the audio from video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the speed of clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing the frames of a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relinking clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calibrating video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freezing a frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting field options for video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 130 131 132 132 133 133 134 135 135 136 136 136 137 137 138 Working with cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Placing project cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Placing clip cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Locating clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Locating an empty time slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Trimming clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Trim window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Scissors tool to trim clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining trim options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smart Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ripple Editing examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automatically trimming an inserted clip (No Ripple) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a clip into a full Timeline (Ripple) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting clips into the middle of an existing clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 144 144 145 145 147 147 147 148 Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Using the Source window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Trimming clips in the Source window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Previewing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing scrub previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing preview files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 154 154 155 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 8 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Video Editor: Chapter 3 - Performing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Using transition effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition effects basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing a transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fade to black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video overlay effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlay key types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Alpha Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Gamma correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 158 160 161 163 Using keyframe controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 166 168 169 170 Working with mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Creating image and video mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Using Grayscale mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Applying video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Applying a regional matte to a video filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Creating a moving path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Creating 3D moving paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Managing keyframes on a moving path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Applying audio filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Changing the amplification of an audio clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Adding a soundtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Creating titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Video Editor: Chapter 4 - Creating and outputting your files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Creating a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Determining your video save options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Performing a batch video creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Analyzing a video file's data rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Creating an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Creating an image sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Creating an edit decision list (EDL) file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Posting timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Outputting to video tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Creating a VCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Creating MPEG-2 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Working with a Digital Video camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 INTRODUCTION 9 Video Paint Video Paint: Chapter 1 - Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Understanding the basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Filmstrip panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with edit windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening files into Video Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a new Video Paint project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a video or image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing Cut and Copy operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a paste operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating changes over frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Placing cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing edit windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming on an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Global Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fitting an image in the edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with frames in a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 216 217 217 218 219 220 221 221 222 224 225 225 226 227 227 228 229 229 229 Customizing Video Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Video Paint: Chapter 2 - Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Working in different display modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normal mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruby Mask mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Onionskin mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Source Video mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the selection marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting in the Composite and Paint Layer modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting regularly shaped areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting irregularly shaped areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting an area containing similar colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding to or subtracting from a selection area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a selection area marquee (mask) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 238 238 240 241 242 242 243 243 244 245 246 247 10 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Color palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting colors from the Color Picker pop-up menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting colors with the Eyedropper tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading and saving color tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 248 249 250 250 Using the painting tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Specifying Brush panel attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Filling an area with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Transforming selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Using the Clone tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Using the Retouch tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Recording macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Applying filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Previewing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Performing a flick preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Performing a preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 CG Infinity CG Infinity: Chapter 1 - Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Understanding the basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a new CG Infinity project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the background of an edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the view of an edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating video and image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing Cut and Copy operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a paste operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling the alignment of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Displaying grid and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aligning objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 272 272 273 274 274 275 275 275 276 277 277 277 278 Customizing CG Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 INTRODUCTION 11 CG Infinity: Chapter 2 - Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Defining an object's style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Setting your default object style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Creating text and shape objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Text tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Shape tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Freehand tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Path tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting and transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting multiple objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grouping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layering objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Envelope tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a moving path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the shape of a moving path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the size and style of an object over time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the speed of an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timing the movement of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 291 291 292 292 293 Adjusting shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 296 297 298 299 300 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Audio Editor Audio Editor: Chapter 1 - Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Understanding the basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a new edit window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dragging-and-dropping to Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 308 308 309 310 310 312 Recording sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Tips for determining audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Customizing Audio Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 12 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Audio Editor: Chapter 2 - Editing audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Creating selection areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Creating precise selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Working with cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound sweetening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the amplification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quantizing a waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing background noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calibrating files recorded from different sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 320 321 322 323 323 324 325 325 326 327 Mixing tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Removing a mixed track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 329 329 330 331 331 332 333 The chapter in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Applying special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a stereo pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing an echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Performing a cross fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix Background information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 The world of analog video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Inside the video signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 How analog video is displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 The world of digital video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside digital video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the data rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the frame rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the frame size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding data types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding video compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 340 340 341 341 342 34 2 Index Index entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347-360 INTRODUCTION 13 Introduction Welcome to MediaStudio Pro Congratulations on purchasing Ulead MediaStudio Pro, the ultimate video editing solution for desktop professionals and digital video enthusiasts. Built around a powerful suite of versatile and high performance programs, MediaStudio Pro is the first choice for anyone wanting to work with and control digital video. This software package is ideal for graphic designers, multimedia producers, Internet developers, home video directors, and independent filmmakers. With intuitive controls and seamless integration, creating video has never been easier or more accessible. In this introduction you will learn about: · Using the MediaStudio Pro documentation .............................................. p.14 · Installing MediaStudio Pro on your system .............................................. p.16 · Starting MediaStudio Pro programs .......................................................... p.17 · What's new in MediaStudio Pro .................................................................. p.18 14 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Getting started MediaStudio Pro is a high caliber, professional level video editing software suite. More than just a simple video editor, it is truly, a complete digital studio, encompassing computer graphics effects, rotoscope animation, and other amazing filters and effects. Acclaimed by industry experts as being the most intuitive and easy to use video editing software around, it is a powerful program that needs ample time to master. Our best advice to you is to begin first by browsing through this manual, then reading the sections you are interested in. Now, you are ready to fire up the program and give it a try. We strongly recommend working through the Tutorials section of this manual and checking out the sample projects found in the Samples folder of MediaStudio Pro before really digging into the advanced stuff. Once the basics are covered, you should be able to begin editing your own movies in just half a day. Help! As you work, you will certainly have many questions that can be quickly answered by accessing the extensive online Help. Hold your mouse over an object in the program that you have a question about and press F1 on the keyboard. Every item has a help topic associated with it, so this is a surefire way to get instant answers. You can also look at the bottom of these topics (which are usually just simple definitions of the item) and find links to Related Topics. Check the Index of both the Help and the manual to get to topics quickly. INTRODUCTION 15 The manual We consider the Online Help to be a definitive reference for instant and comprehensive information about every aspect of MediaStudio Pro. It is not meant to be read through as a complete document. The manual, on the other hand, is much more readable but is meant as an introduction and is limited in scope. It contains a broad overview of all of the program modules with detailed step-by-step instructions covering all of the basic functions, clearly outlining the most commonly used tasks. More info Once you've played with the program a little and can already edit clips, apply transitions, and add a title or two, you might want to return to the manual for tips, tricks, and ideas. The companion CD has hundreds of megabytes of samples and additional tutorials. The MediaStudio Pro Web site also has a number of additional resources. There are also a few private Web sites that have great tutorials and sample projects. One of the best is the MediaStudio User's Group, or MUG, at www.mugcentral.com. This is the home base for the MUG mailing list, which you can subscribe to at this site. Everyday, dozens of users, including quite a few video professionals, ask and answer questions in an amazingly useful forum. 16 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Installation The MediaStudio Pro installation program runs from within Windows and contains complete instructions to take you through the installation process. To install MediaStudio Pro: 1. Read the license agreement that comes with the MediaStudio Pro package. The license agreement contains important legal requirements that you need to be aware of. If you agree to abide by it, continue with the installation. Note: Please take a moment to fill out the registration card during installation. Becoming a registered user entitles you to product updates and upgrade information, as well as technical support. You can also instantly register online (electronically) after installing the program. 2. Insert the MediaStudio Pro CD into your CD-ROM drive. Windows should detect the CD and then automatically run the installtion program. If the automatic detection feature is turned off, use Windows Explorer to run the SETUP.EXE program directly from your CD-ROM drive. Follow the installation program instructions. While the program is installing files, a window will appear, displaying information about MediaStudio Pro and the installation status. If you want to browse the contents of the MediaStudio Pro CD, run AUTOEXEC.EXE found in the Setup folder from your CD-ROM drive. INTRODUCTION 17 Installing Acrobat Reader An electronic copy of this user guide is also available in the Adobe Acrobat format (PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT - PDF). To view this, first run the AR40ENG.EXE file (in the DRIVERS folder of the first MediaStudio Pro CD) and follow the installation instructions. After successfully installing the Reader program, run the program and click File: Open to open the file MSPMANUAL.PDF. You can then view the user guide online. Running the programs To run the MediaStudio Pro programs, click on the appropriate command in the Start: Programs: Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6.0 submenu. This submenu may differ depending on the choices you made during installation. If you are already working in any of these programs, the easiest method to run another MediaStudio Pro program is by using the Switch menu, located on the right of the Menu bar. README In the fast paced world of software, change occurs almost daily. While we have tried to keep this manual as up to date as possible, there will inevitably be some things that did not make it into the book by press time. Please browse through the README file installed in the MediaStudio Pro directory to find out about the latest notes, drivers, and troubleshooting tips. 18 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE 6.0 - What's new? This is a major revision for MediaStudio Pro and that is reflected by the jump from 5.2 to 6.0. Already a mature program, the 6.0 version is a stable and solid piece of software that has evolved to become the industry leader. The engine, or core, of the program has been significantly updated to take advantage of the latest technological advances in hardware and software, creating a faster, more efficient, and more stable editing platform. For those of you who are veteran MediaStudio Pro users, here's a brief look at some of the more significant changes. Customizable workspace The new user interface is completely customizable. Even the Timeline can be floated outside of the program window and onto your desktop. Or you can dock it to the menu bar in a more traditional arrangement. It's totally up to you. Don't forget to save your layout. (See pages 104 and 109.) The traditional Windows interface is still highly customizable Floating toolbars and Timelines give you even more flexibility INTRODUCTION 19 Track control Small changes here and there have led to polished track controls that are easy to use. You can lock tracks to protect them from changes, temporarily hide (mute) tracks to make your editing easier, and select entire tracks with a click. (See page 132.) Ripple Editing The Ripple Editing aspects of MediaStudio Pro have been vastly improved and include Push Away Insertion of clips. Ripple Editing simply controls the behavior of other clips in your Timeline while you insert clips (e.g. automatically moving an entire project so that a new clip can be inserted at the beginning). The power of these different tools is amazing and it is well worth the effort to master the techniques. (See page 146.) Preview window The Preview window now has its own set of controls that dramatically speed up your work. Use the Shortcut keys (like the SPACEBAR to play the preview area) to work even more efficiently. (See page 153.) Preview Area handles Navigation Controls Source window Double-click your clips on the Timeline or in the Production Library to open them in the Source Window. Grab the Trim handles to edit the clips, and click the Apply button to instantly execute the edit. (See page 149.) Apply button Trim handles 20 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE More new tools In addition to the tools listed on the previous few pages, you'll find a new Audio Cross-fade tool, a new selection tool, and more brushes in Video Paint, as well as other convenient buttons and shortcuts. Full Digital Video (DV) support Previous versions of MediaStudio Pro supported even the very first DV products on the market. The latest version now offers comprehensive support for DV in all of its manifestations. This includes, but is not limited to, Type-1, Type-2, PAL, NTSC, and even the direct control of your camcorder. Please see the Tutorials section on pages 25 and 28 for details. Advanced MPEG: capture, edit, and create MediaStudio Pro gives you the power to edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies with amazing frame-accurate technology. The wide availability of CD writing hardware, or CD-R, allows anyone to create their own Video CD (VCD). MediaStudio Pro lets you create WhiteBook standard MPEG-1 movies that are ready to be written to a VCD. See page 207. MediaStudio Pro 6.0 also allows you to create amazing DVD quality movies using the MPEG-2 format, which is also used in direct digital satellite television. Start by capturing MPEG video straight from your camcorder, if your hardware supports it (See page 28), then trim and edit your movie with frame accuracy. Finally, take advantage of DVD quality to create your final MPEG-2 movie. (See page 208. ) This flexible technology allows you to create MPEG-2 movies from any source for a truly professional solution. One revolutionary new idea is to capture and edit using the lossless quality of DV and then create a highly compressed MPEG-2 movie from the DV source material. Note: Because of the very special nature of MPEG, full MPEG support is not included with all versions of MediaStudio Pro. Special hardware may be required for smooth playback and/or capture. INTRODUCTION 21 Internal changes Probably the most important changes in MediaStudio Pro are the internal changes to the underlying software that will become obvious as you use the program. MediaStudio Pro's basic editing engine is now a 6th generation tool, completely rewritten by an experienced staff of engineers. Faster and more robust than any tool on the market, you can expect to take advantage of the following: · Faster, smarter rendering SmartRender was a revolutionary new concept in the 5.0 version that has been perfected in this version. Not only does this feature save you time, but it also maintains 100% of the original quality of the clip. · Improved quality Transitions, overlays, filters, etc. all render faster and with much higher quality. This improved quality also applies to the audio portions of the suite as well. · Broad support New technologies are constantly emerging, but you can be assured that MediaStudio Pro is up to date, with full support for DV and new MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 editing. Open architecture means that MediaStudio Pro will already be ready to accept third party plug-ins and additions. The 2GB file limitation is also a thing of the past. · Advanced SmartTools SmartTools automatically take care of many convenient tasks. Smart Trim This feature automatically takes clips that are trimmed in the Timeline and physically trims the files on your disk, thus saving space. (See page 145.) Smart Check & Convert This checks to see if the files in your project match your project settings (e.g. frame size, rate, codec) . Files that do not match your project settings can then be converted in a onetime event so that they do not need to be re-rendered in the future. (See page 122.) Smart Relink Sometimes you may want to move a project to a new folder or to a new AV hard drive. This feature automatically changes the paths in the project to the new location. (See page 109. ) 22 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Tutorials Tutorial 1 Video Capture Video Capture is where you'll begin. Hook up your camcorder and you're ready to import video files to your computer for professional editing. MediaStudio Pro introduces a number of amazing technological innovations including Digital Video (DV) and native MPEG capture, editing and movie creation. These new features are the focus of the first tutorial. In this tutorial you will learn about: · Capturing Digital Video (DV) ..................................................................... p.26 · Setting up your device control and batch capturing ................................. p.26 · Capturing MPEG video ............................................................................... p.28 26 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Capturing Digital Video (DV) Digital Video (DV) is a video format that is fundamentally different from traditional analog formats like VHS, Hi-8, and S-VHS. It is much easier for your computer to capture DV than it is to capture other formats because DV is widely supported and the data rate is lower. In addition, the quality of the video is exceptional because it is retained in a purely digital form, from capturing to editing, and finally back to your camcorder. Before you begin the DV capturing process, first make sure that you have configured your hardware and software, and then follow this procedure: To capture DV video: 1. Turn on your camcorder and set it to Play mode (or VTR mode). See your camcorder's manual for specific instructions. 2. Run Video Capture. 3. From the View menu, select Preview. You should be able to see the output from your camcorder in the Video Capture Preview window. 4. Use the navigation controls to locate the section of video you want to capture. 5. Click the Record button. This opens the Capture Video dialog box. In the Options tab, select Auto. 6. Click OK to begin capturing. Press ESC to stop. In step 5, there are a number of parameters you can modify. This can be done before you begin the capture procedure. For most projects the easiest way to capture your video is by doing a Batch capture, instead of capturing clips one at a time. Batch capturing requires a camcorder or device that can be controlled by the computer. To set up the DV device control: 1. Turn on your camcorder and set it to Play mode (or VTR mode). See your camcorder's manual for specific instructions. 2. Run Video Capture. TUTORIAL ONE: VIDEO CAPTURE 27 3. Click Setup: Device Control. 4. In the Device Control dialog box, click the Current device list. 5. Select your device. This will vary depending on your hardware: MS 1394 Device Control or TI 1394 Device Control. 6. From the Setup Menu, select Switch Capture Plug-in. 7. Select the appropriate DV Capture Plug-in (for example: Ulead DirectShow Capture Plug-in). 8. Restart Video Capture. The above is not exclusive to DV: it will work for any computer controllable device. Likewise, the following procedure is not only for batch capturing DV. A more detailed presentation of this procedure begins on page 96. To capture DV by batch: 1. Turn on your camcorder and set it to Play mode (or VTR mode). See your camcorder's manual for specific instructions. 2. Run Video Capture. 3. From the View menu, select Preview. You should be able to see the output from your camcorder in the Video Capture Preview window. 4. Use the navigation controls to roll the source tape to the location where you want to start. 5. Click the Mark In button at the beginning of a sequence you want to capture. Click Mark Out at the end of the sequence. 6. Repeat step 5 until you have marked all the portions to include in the capturing process. Each Mark In/Out point will be added to the batch capture list. 7. When you are finished, click Record. 8. In the Capture Video dialog box on the Options tab, select Device control. 9. Click OK to begin capturing. 28 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Capturing MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Capturing MPEG is one of the most exciting developments in computer video since DV was introduced. MediaStudio Pro gives you the flexibility to choose MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, depending on your needs. MPEG-1 is recommended for older computers and for people who want to create VCDs, while MPEG-2 is more suitable for those with faster computers who demand excellent quality video in a highly compressed format. To capture MPEG video: 1. Connect your video device to your capture board. 2. Turn on the device and set it to Play mode (or VTR mode). See your device's manual for specific instructions. 3. Run Video Capture. 4. From the Setup menu, select Switch Capture Plug-in. 5. Select Ulead MPEG VFW Capture Plug-in (or Ulead MPEG DirectShow Capture Plug-in) and restart Video Capture. 6. From the Capture menu, select Video. 7. Click the Properties button and choose the type of MPEG you want to capture. 8. Capture your video as you normally would. You can also set up the details of the MPEG file to be captured by clicking Setup: Video Properties. Click the Help button in any of these dialog boxes for specific information on a particular attribute. Note: Your video capture board must support RGB or YUV to capture MPEG video using software compression. TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 29 Tutorial 2 Video Editor Video Editor is where you combine all the elements from the other MediaStudio Pro programs to create a final video production. Here you can insert your files and then arrange them into their playing sequence, adding impressive transition effects, overlays and moving paths as you go. In this tutorial you will learn about: · Creating video projects .............................................................................. p.30 · Working with clips ....................................................................................... p.32 · Adding special effects ................................................................................ p.35 30 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE The basics Video Editor is a rich, professional editing tool. As such, it can take some time to truly master. We're going to try, however, to walk you through the complete process of creating a finished movie as quickly and professionally as possible. Creating your first video project The critical first step to making movies is to create a project. A project is simply a small file that collects and controls the details of your movie. It is not a finished movie, but rather is the workspace where you build your movie. You can save changes to a project and make as many edits as you want without affecting your source material. To create a new project: 1. Run Video Editor. Click File: New. 2. In the New dialog box, select an Existing project template. (You can also open this dialog box at any time by clicking the New button). 3. Click OK. When you save your project, you will save it as a *.DVP file, which can be opened only in MediaStudio Pro. Selecting a project type is a one time event, but it can be a complicated process that depends on what country you are in (PAL or NTSC) and your eventual final movie format (e.g. Streaming Internet Video or DV). If needed, click the Create button in the New dialog box (or File: Project Settings) to customize these settings and save them as a new project template. Please refer to your capture board's manual for specific advice and see pages 106 and 193 for additional information. You can then save this customized information (from any project) as a template by clicking File: Save Project Template. TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 31 Adding clips to your project The Timeline is the heart of Video Editor. This is where you put video, audio, and other media files that will make up your movie. Daunting at first glance, it is amazingly easy to use. You can also see how long each video/ audio segment is and how it relates to other parts of your project. To insert files into the Timeline: 1. Click the Insert Video button on the Timeline toolbar to open the Insert Video File dialog box. 2. Browse for a video file (clip). There are a number of sample files on the MediaStudio Pro CD or use a file you have previously captured. 3. Click Open. 4. Move your cursor to the beginning of the Va track and click. How your Timeline should look Try repeating the above procedure with another video clip, this time inserting it into the Vb track just below the first clip. Any material placed in lower tracks appears over, or on top of, clips placed in the higher tracks. Therefore, if you make the clip in Vb overlap Va, the material on the Va track will be partly or totally hidden. This is an important concept, because clips will often overlap to create overlays, titles, and transition effects. 32 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Working with clips Any media file in a project is referred to as a clip. Clips can be images, video, sound files, titles or colors. Changing the order of clips and positioning clips on the Timeline is a natural and intuitive process: just drag-anddrop. The power of editing video on your computer comes in part from the ability to edit with frame accuracy. Although there are a number of techniques you can use, the following is one of the easiest. To trim a video clip: 1. Select a video clip on the Timeline by clicking on it. 2. Move the cursor to the very right edge of the clip. The cursor should change to a double arrow. 3. Click and drag the edge to the left to trim it. This will shorten the clip in the project and on the Timeline, but will not alter the original source clip in any way. You can use the "-" and "+" keys to zoom in and out for more precise trimming. The Trim window (click Window menu: Trim window) is also an ideal way to accurately trim clips. Trimming a clip using the Trim window TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 33 Applying transition effects Transition effects between scenes in a movie are a ubiquitous part of any video production. Whether you stick with a simple cross-fade or go for any one of the hundred or so fancier special effects, this is sure to be one of the more fun parts of editing. To create a transition effect: 1. Insert one clip into Va and another into Vb. Make sure the clip in Vb overlaps the one in Va by about a second. 2. Go to the Transition Effect folder in the Production Library. (Click Window: Production Library if it is not already visible.) 3. Browse for the transition effect thumbnail you want to use. 4. Drag the effect to the Fx track where the two clips overlap. 5. In the dialog box that opens, set up the details of your effect. In most cases, you may not have to change anything. 6. Click OK. Performing a Flow transition effect between two clips 34 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Previewing your work Previews are an important aspect of any video project as they allow you to see how your work is developing. The process of creating a movie or a preview is called rendering and, depending on the speed of your computer, this can take some time. MediaStudio Pro is a sophisticated piece of engineering, and by previewing often, you can actually speed up the rendering process. The details of the preview are determined by your Project settings, so it is important to make sure those are set up correctly. Previewing takes place in the Preview window. You can use the controls there to play, rewind, fast-forward or step through your movie. It is often the case that you will only want to preview a small portion of your movie, like the transition effect you just added on the previous page. To perform a partial preview: 1. Click Window: Preview Window if the Preview window is not already open. 2. Click on the Trim bar. Then, drag the handles on either side of the Trim bar to set the duration of the preview. 3. Click the Play the Preview Range button. Performing a partial preview. Notice that the preview range is represented as a blue line both within the Preview window and at the top of the Timeline. TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 35 Artistic and creative techniques Beyond the everyday work discussed in the previous section, Video Editor also contains a host of remarkable tools you can use either to clean up your video or to create special creative touches. Applying a video filter Video filters are effects which you can apply to clips in order to change their appearance or style. You can improve the color balance of a clip (or remove the color all together) or make the video look like a painting. Filters are applied over each frame in a clip. By specifying different start and end values, you can control the intensity and speed of a filter as it moves from the first frame to the last. To apply a video filter: 1. Select the Video Filter: 2D Mapping gallery from the Production Library and drag-and-drop the Ripple filter onto a clip in the video track of the Timeline. The Ripple dialog box opens. 2. In the Direction group box, select the From center option and in the Frequency group box, select the Medium option. 3. Set the Level slider to 20. (This controls how much of a ripple effect appears at the first frame of the clip.) 4. Click the End keyframe and select a level of 360. (This controls how much of a ripple effect appears at the last frame of the clip.) Note: Click the Lock button so you can preview the clip with or without the effect applied to it. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the filter. Applying a Ripple filter to a video clip 36 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Creating a moving path During your video editing work, you will often make use of moving paths to enable video clips to move over another in the background clip. These clips can move in any number of different directions, changing shape and size, and even rotating in three dimensions. To create a moving path: 1. Insert a clip into one of the overlay tracks (V1-V99). 2. From the Production Library, select the Moving Path: 2D Basic gallery. 3. Drag-and-drop the 2D Basic thumbnail onto a clip in a video overlay track of the Timeline. The 2D Basic Moving Path dialog box opens. 4. Adjust the path in the Motion control box. 5. Click the Play button to preview the path. 6. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the moving path. Drag the control points to the position where you want the moving clip to enter and exit the scene. Preview the path animation by clicking the Play button. Performing a 2D Basic moving path TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 37 Creating rolling credits Credits are an important part of any video production and are used to set the scene for the video and to mention the cast and characters. When you create credits, they are often rolling, moving up or across the screen as the video plays. To create rolling credits: 1. Click the Insert Title Clip button on the Timeline toolbar to open the Insert Title Clip dialog box. 2. In the text entry box, enter your credits. This text can be in multiple lines. 3. Select the Enable rolling option to enable the Rolling tab and then select the following options in the Font tab, if not already selected. Note: If you align text in the center, it works only on the text within the clip. To align the actual clip, you need to use a moving path to position it. 4. Click the Rolling tab and select the following options, if not already selected: · Direction (Up) · Placed at (select Center) · Start (select Off the Screen) · Stop (select Off the Screen) · Duration: Customize (select Fast) · Repeat (set to 1 time) 5. Click OK to accept the settings and insert the clip into the Timeline. Rolling end credits over a video Use the Open button to select a text file (*.TXT) to use as your credits. This file can be created in any text editor (for example, Notepad). 38 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Changing the amplification of an audio track In Video Editor, you can change an audio track's amplification directly from the Timeline by adjusting its baseline. By changing the amplification of an audio clip from the Timeline, you can quickly perform fade in and out effects as well as temporarily adjust audio levels as you work. To change the amplification of an audio clip: 1. Select the audio clip whose amplification you want to change. 2. Click on the baseline of the clip. A control point is placed on the base line at the cursor position. 3. Drag the control point upward to increase amplification: downward to decrease it. Place additional control points to determine where to start and end your changes. (To remove a control point, drag it off the top or bottom edge of the clip.) Note: Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging a control point to view a precise volume indication as a percentage (%) and in decibels (dB). Changing the amplification of an audio clip from the Timeline While you can manually fade clips in and out with the above method, you can automatically cross-fade the audio between two overlapping clips with just three clicks. To cross-fade the audio: 1. Click the Audio Cross-fade button. 2. Click on one of the two overlapping audio clips. 3. Click on the other clip. Two clips with audio cross-fade TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 39 Performing advanced techniques Many effects in MediaStudio Pro can be precisely controlled and animated using keyframes. You can set the degree of the effect from the start to the end frame of your clips. MediaStudio Pro then interpolates the effect between the keyframes. Customizing a transition effect You can control the transition from one clip to another by adjusting the keyframe settings. This allows you to create effects such as wipe, peel, or split screen. Below is an example of how to create a split screen. To create a split screen effect: 1. Insert a clip into Va and another into Vb. 2. From the Transition Effect gallery, click the Slide folder. Then, drag the Side thumbnail to the Fx track. 3. Set the Transition degree to 50% for the Start keyframe. 4. Click the End keyframe and set the Transition degree to the same value as the Start keyframe. Since the keyframe settings are the same, there is no animation interpolated between them. 5. Select From Vb to Va. 6. Click OK to apply the effect. Transition effect locked at 50% for the first and last keyframes, creating a split screen effect 40 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Using Moving paths Moving paths are invisible lines that an overlay clip can follow during an animation. In the simplest case, a clip can move from a starting keyframe position to an ending one. More complex Moving paths can rotate and zoom clips in three dimensions. To create a Picture-in-Picture: 1. Place a clip for the background on the Va track, and the clip to appear as the foreground directly over it in an overlay track (V1). 2. From the Production Library, drag-and-drop the 2D Basic Moving Path thumbnail onto the clip in the overlay track. The 2D Basic Moving Path dialog box opens. 3. Click the Keep aspect ratio option and enter a new width value of one-third the size of the original in the Width spin box for both the start and end keyframes. 4. Drag the Start control point to the location where you want the overlay video to appear. 5. Click on the End control point. Manually enter the X and Y positions to match the Start control point. Since the keyframe settings are the same, there is no animation interpolated between them. 6. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the path. Creating a video window using a moving path TUTORIAL TWO: VIDEO EDITOR 41 Moving paths can be applied to a video clip. This tool can also be used on image and title clips. To scroll titles into the distance: 1. Create a suitable Rolling title sequence in the V1 track. (See page 37.) 2. From the Production Library, drag-and-drop the 2D Advanced Moving Path onto the title clip. This opens a dialog box. 3. Adjust the Distortion by dragging the green boxes at the corners. 4. Click the End keyframe and repeat the distortion. Try to make it the same as the Start keyframe. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the path. 2D Advanced moving path applied to a rolling title sequence 42 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Synchronizing audio to video One essential aspect of audio editing is synchronizing actions and events with sound, such as matching subtitles to dialogue or the crackle of burning wood with a fire. To synchronize audio to video: 1. Click the Display Mode button to open the Timeline Display Mode dialog box. Select the Show cue bar options in both the Video and Audio group boxes and click OK. 2. Insert both the audio and video clips you want to synchronize into the Timeline. 3. Double-click on the audio clip to open it in the Source window. Play back the clip and when you hear the sound you wish to synchronize the video clip to, press F5. This places a cue on the cue bar above the waveform. Click the Apply button and then close the Source window. 4. Repeat this procedure to add a cue in the video clip. 5. Click the Next Edit Point button (or press PageDown) repeatedly until the Vertical preview line is lined up with the audio cue. 6. Move the video clip and align the video cue with the audio cue. Click View: Ruler Unit and change the time measurement to have a larger view of the Timeline for easier and more precise lining up of the video and audio cues. Synchronizing audio to video Tutorial 3 Video Paint Video Paint is the program where you add all your effects animation and rotoscoping to individual frames of a video project. With it, you can create such effects as laser blasts, background mattes, and cloned actors and props. In this tutorial you will learn about: · Getting to know Video Paint ...................................................................... p.44 · Performing common techniques .............................................................. p.49 · Performing advanced techniques ............................................................ p.52 44 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Getting to know Video Paint Video Paint is a special effects animation program that allows you to paint (rotoscope) over the frames in a video. These animations can range from the simple, such as signing your name across an opening title sequence, to the complex, such as painting background sets and removing video noise. Creating your first project In Video Paint, you can create a project from scratch, such as when building background sets, or opening an existing video or image file to work on. When opening a video file, you can choose which frames in the sequence to open, rather than having to open several hundred at one time. This ability to partially edit video can be a great time saver and allows you to perform edits quickly without draining system resources. To open a video file for editing: 1. Click the Open Video File button on the Standard toolbar to open the Open Video File dialog box and select any video file from the Samples folder of your MediaStudio CD. 2. Click the Duration button to open the Duration dialog box. 3. Drag the Preview slider to locate the first frame of the sequence you want to open and click the Mark-In button. Now find the last frame and click the Mark-Out button. (At first, it is best to open just one or two seconds of video until you are more comfortable with how Video Paint works.) When happy with your selection, click OK to return to the Open Video File dialog box. 4. Click OK to open the video as a clip in Video Paint. Each frame of the clip appears in the Filmstrip panel, with the first frame displayed as an image in an edit window. Filmstrip panel TUTORIAL THREE: VIDEO PAINT 45 Working with images in an edit window The edit window displays the image of the currently selected frame in a Video Paint project. Once displayed, you can begin working on the image by selecting or painting over parts of it. At any given time, you will be working in one of two modes: Composite or Paint Layer. Which mode you choose depends on the type of work you are doing as well as the type of effect you want to create. To work on an image in an edit window: 1. Click the Paint tool on the Tool panel and start painting over an image in an edit window. 2. Switch to the Shape Selection tool and then drag over part of the image to select it. As you drag, a selection marquee appears outlining the area included in the selection. When finished, move the selection to a new location on the image. (This selection is now referred to as a floating selection and appears in the Paint Layer.) 3. To better see the Paint Layer, click the No Source Video button on the Standard toolbar. The image disappears from view, leaving only the background film color plus your edits. 4. Click the Normal button on the Standard toolbar to return the image into view and then click the Paint Layer Mode button on the Standard toolbar. 5. Create another selection area, making sure that it includes your edits, and then click the Shrink Mode button on the Attribute toolbar. The selection marquee changes to select only your edits, leaving the underlying image untouched. Creating a selection in Composite Mode (left) and Paint Layer Mode (right) 46 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Customizing your brushes Most of your work in Video Paint will be done with the paint, clone, and retouch tools. Each of these tools has various attributes which determine the way they work as well as how they apply paint. These attributes are specified in the Brush panel and a number of presets can also be selected from various galleries in the Production Library. To create a felt-tip pen brush: 1. Click the Paint tool on the Tool panel and then select the Marker brush from the Attribute toolbar. (If the brush panel does not automatically appear, click the Show/Hide Brush Panel button in the Attribute toolbar.) 2. In the Shape tab of the Brush panel, click the Lock button and then adjust either the vertical or horizontal slider tabs until the Height and Width spin boxes read 7. Once completed, set the Brush Angle to 0 and the Soft Edge to 34. 3. In the Options tab, set the Application method to Pigment, and then click the Freehand button. (Also set the Transparency and the Wet Control both to 0, if not already set.) 4. In the Color tab, right-click the color square and select a color from the available palette or from a color picker. 5. In the Advanced tab, set a Spacing of 5 and then click the Fade Out button and set the fade to 0. The Marker brush has now been customized as a felt-tip pen. 6. Click the Save Options button on the Attribute toolbar and assign a name and Production Library folder to store the new brush. To use the brush again, or any other preset, find its corresponding thumbnail in the Production Library folder and then double-click it. Painting with a customized brush TUTORIAL THREE: VIDEO PAINT 47 Working over multiple frames One of Video Paint's strengths is its ability to allow you to copy edits over multiple frames. For example, you can paint a line and then have that line appear in the same position and at the same size over all frames in the project, or have it progressively appear over each successive frame. The two operations you will use most often to perform these tasks are power duplication and macro recording. To perform a power duplication: 1. Paint over an image in an edit window. 2. Click Edit: Power Duplicate to open the Power Duplicate dialog box. 3. Select the Paint Layer option in the Source group box and the Apply after current frame option in the Apply group box. In the same group box, set the duration to cover the number of frames you want your edits to appear over. (The default is the maximum number of frames in your project.) 4. Click OK to apply your edits over the specified number of frames. (If the number of frames exceeds the value specified in the Clear undo history for multiple frame actions option in the Preferences dialog box, a message box appears indicating that if you continue all undo history will be discarded to help improve performance.) Duplicating an edit over multiple frames 48 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE To perform and apply a macro: 1. Click the Paint tool on the Tool panel, select the brush to paint with from the Attribute toolbar and then specify the brush's attributes in the Brush panel. Note: You can only perform macro recording using the Paint and Retouch tools. 2. Click the Recording button on the Attribute toolbar. The edit window is centered in the workspace and a message box appears preparing for recording. 3. Click OK and start painting over an image. When finished, click the Recording button again to end the recording. The Add To Library dialog box opens prompting you to specify the folder and location to store your macro. (You can also give it a name and description.) 4. Click OK. The macro is saved to the proper location and the edits are removed from the edit window. Note: To have the macro play back automatically, select the Play macro after recording option in the Preferences dialog box. 5. Click the Production Library button on the Standard toolbar and locate the folder you saved the macro to. 6. Double-click the thumbnail of the macro to apply it to the active edit window. The Macro Playing Options dialog box opens. 7. Specify the number of frames to apply the macro over in the Number of frames spin box. 8. Click the Progressive option in the Playing method group box to have the macro play back progressively over the specified number of frames. 9. Click OK. The macro plays back over the specified number of frames. Applying a macro progressively over multiple frames TUTORIAL THREE: VIDEO PAINT 49 Performing common techniques Now that you have the essentials of Video Paint out of the way, let's take a look at some of the more common techniques used to add special effects to a video production. These techniques are the stepping stones to creating Hollywood-style illusions and effects. Applying a video filter The video filters you can apply in Video Paint are the same as those in Video Editor. The difference lies in how you apply them and how to determine which frames within the project are affected. To apply a video filter: 1. Drag over the Preview bar in the Filmstrip panel to select the frames you want to apply the filter to. (If you want to apply the filter to the entire clip, make no selection.) 2. Select the Video Filter: Camera Lens gallery from the Production Library and drag-and-drop the Kaleidoscope filter onto the edit window containing the image you want to apply the effect to. The Kaleidoscope dialog box opens. 3. Drag the View circle on the Original preview image and place it where you want the effect to start. 4. Click on the End keyframe and drag the View circle to where you want the effect to end. (You can have the view move over the image in a number of different directions by placing additional keyframes and adjusting the view circle's position accordingly.) Note: Click the Lock button to automatically update the Preview window when you change frames in the Original window. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box and place the filter. Applying the Kaleidoscope video filter 50 MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE Cloning an image Cloning is a great way to quickly duplicate an object or feature in one frame and replicate it over other frames in the sequence. For example, you could remove an annoying object by cloning over it with parts of the background, or create the impression of more stars in a night scene by cloning additional stars into the background. To clone an image: 1. Click the Clone tool on the Tool panel and select a brush from the Attribute toolbar. Then, specify the brush's attributes in the Brush panel. (In the Options tab of the Brush panel, click the Absolute button, if it is not already selected.) 2. Move to the image you want to clone and, holding down the Shift key, click over the object or feature you want to clone. A crosshair pointer appears indicating the area to be cloned. 3. Start painting where you want the object or feature to appear. As you paint, a brush head marquee appears around the crosshair pointer indicating the portions of the image being cloned. 4. Move to another area of the image and click again to clone the same object or feature. Keep repeating this until you have cloned as many objects or features you want. When finished, click Edit: Power Duplicate to apply the exact same edits over other frames in the project. Cloning an image to remove part of the background