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United Kingdom http://www.ulead.co.uk Support: http://www.ulead.co.uk/tech France http://www.ulead.fr Support: http://www.ulead.fr/tech ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 3 Table of Contents Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 How VideoStudio works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing a capture card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting a video camera to the computer . . . . . . . . Connecting a Digital TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting analog video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting the capture or tuner card to the sound card Installing and running VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparation for video capturing and editing . . . . . . . . . . . . DV-to-DVD Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Scan for scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD Movie Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Add video and images . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Select a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 3: Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VideoStudio Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting your preferences . . . . . . Setting project properties . . . . . Adding clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a preview range . . . . Undoing and redoing actions . . . Showing and hiding grid lines . . . Saving your project . . . . . . . . . . Saving project as Smart Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 11 11 14 14 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 28 28 29 38 39 39 39 40 40 41 41 41 The VideoStudio Launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Starting a new movie project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Seamless DV and MPEG capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The Capture Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Capture Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE DV Quick Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing from DVD/DVD-VR . . . Importing from Mobile Devices . . Direct video capturing to MPEG format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 48 49 50 51 52 52 54 54 55 55 56 58 60 60 60 61 62 63 63 63 63 65 65 67 69 70 72 73 74 75 75 76 76 77 Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 The Edit Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . Working with clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding clips to the Video Track . . . . . Sorting clips in the Library . . . . . . . . Playback Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing video playback . . . . . . . . . Trimming a clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split by Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-trimming your video . . . . . . . . Saving trimmed clips . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting a video file . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing still images in the Edit Step Ripple Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabling Smart Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting multiple files . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enhancing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting color and brightness . . . . . Adjusting White balance . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resizing and distorting clips . . . . . . . Adding cues and chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 The Effect Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . Adding transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Album transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Flashback transition . . . . . . . . . . . The Mask transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mask transition options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding transitions to My Favorites . . . . . . . Applying selected transition effect to all clips Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 The Overlay Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Adding clips to the Overlay Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 5 Adding multiple Overlay Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repositioning the current Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resizing an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distorting an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying motion to the Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enhancing Overlay clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying transparency to the Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . Chroma Keying an Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a mask frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying a filter to the Overlay clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the same attributes for different Overlay clips . . . . Adding Objects or Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Flash animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing the current object, frame, or Flash animation The Title Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding preset text to your project . . . . . . . . . . Inserting subtitles to your project . . . . . . . . . . . Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rearranging the stacking order for multiple titles Repositioning a text in a multiple-title clip . . . . . Rotating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Animation effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving your titles to the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Audio Step Options Panel . . . . . Adding audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding voiceover narration . . . Adding background music . . . . Using the Clip Volume Control . . . . Trimming and cutting audio clips . . . Stretching audio duration . . . . . . . . Fade-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixing audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Surround Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...