User manual ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO 11

User Guide InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation March 2007 English edition for Ulead® VideoStudio® 11, March 2007. © 2007 Corel Corporation 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 Corel Corporation. 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 ICI Library © 1991­1992 C-Cube Microsystems. Copyright © 2007 Corel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Corel, the Corel logo, Ulead, the Ulead logo, VideoStudio, InterVideo, the InterVideo logo, and WinDVD are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. 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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 81 81 81 81 82 82 83 83 83 84 85 85 86 86 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 92 93 93 93 93 94 96 Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 . 97 . 98 . 98 . 99 .100 .100 .101 .102 .102 .102 6 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Duplicating an audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Volume rubber banding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Applying audio filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 The Share Step Options Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating movie templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimizing MPEG videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and saving a video file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burning a DVD, VCD, SVCD or HD DVD . . . . . . . . Assembling files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding/Editing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating selection menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burning your project onto a disc . . . . . . . . . . Project Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting your movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Export to Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output video file to a different medium . . . . . Posting your video on a Web page . . . . . . . . . Sending a movie by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic greeting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting your video as your Movie Screen Saver Creating an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording back to a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording back to an HDV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . Sharing your videos online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clip menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Settings (DV-to-DVD Wizard) Audio Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batch Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Border/Shadow/Transparency . . . . . . . Capture Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change Capture Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . Burning Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 108 108 109 112 113 114 115 117 117 119 121 121 121 121 122 123 124 125 125 126 127 128 128 129 129 130 131 131 131 132 132 133 134 134 134 Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 7 Preferences: File menu . . . . Preferences (Create Disc) . . Preview Playback Options . . Project Properties . . . . . . . . Project Options . . . . . . . . . . Project Settings (Create Disc) Preview Files Manager . . . . . Select Device Control . . . . . Menu command shortcuts Step Panel shortcuts . . . . Navigation Panel shortcuts Timeline shortcuts . . . . . . Multi-trim Video shortcuts Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 .139 .140 .140 .140 .142 .143 .143 .144 .144 .144 .145 .146 .146 .147 .147 .148 .148 .148 Appendix B: Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Appendix C: Technology Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Analog vs. Digital . . . . . . . . . HD Technology . . . . . . . . . . . SmartRender Technology . . . . DV SmartPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD, VCD, SVCD and HD DVD . . . . . Appendix D: System tweaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Enabling DMA for IDE disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 Disabling Write-Behind Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 Setting the Paging File size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Appendix E. Tips and techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 8 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio, the video editing software that allows even beginners to produce professional-looking movies. VideoStudio provides you with a complete set of tools to capture videos, edit them, and share your final production on CD, DVD, HD DVD, or the Web. Note: The availability of features depends on the VideoStudio version you have. How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm that lets you easily capture, edit, and share your video. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes. To make a movie production, first capture footage from a camcorder or another video source. You can then trim the captured videos, arrange their order, apply transitions, and add overlays, animated titles, voiceover narration, and background music. These elements are organized in separate tracks. Changes to one track do not affect other tracks. Components of a project as displayed in Timeline View A movie production is in the form of a VideoStudio project file (*.VSP), which contains information on the path location of the clips and how the movie has been put together. After you have finished your movie production, you can burn it to a VCD, DVD, HD DVD or record the movie back to your camcorder. You can also output your movie as a video file for playback on the computer, import it to mobile devices or share it online. VideoStudio uses the information in the video project file ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 9 to combine all the elements in your movie into a video file. This process is called rendering. VideoStudio contains a sample finished project that lets you have a general overview of most of the features that are available in the program. This sample project also lets you experiment and get a general feel of how to use VideoStudio. Select Sample Project from the VideoStudio program group on the Windows Start menu. 10 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Getting Started Before you install VideoStudio, make sure that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements to get the best performance. System Requirements For general and Proxy HDV Editing Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 Home Edition/Professional, Windows® XP Media Center Edition, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows® Vista 512 MB of RAM or higher (1 GB of RAM may be recommended depending on the video capture device used) 1 GB of available hard disk space for program installation Windows-compatible sound card (multi-channel sound card for surround sound support recommended) Windows-compatible CD-ROM for installation Non-Proxy HDV editing Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or higher with Hyper-Threading technology Microsoft® Windows® XP (Service Pack2 for HDV camcorder support recommended) 1 GB of RAM (2GB or more recommended) 16X PCI ExpressTM display adapter Input/Output Device Support 1394 FireWire cards for use with DV/D8/HDV*/AVCHD* camcorders Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 and 1394 Adaptec 8940/ 8945 Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW & WDM support for XP and BDA support for Vista) Analog and Digital TV capture device (BDA support) USB capture devices, PC cameras, and DVD/hard drive camcorders Windows® compatible HD DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive Apple iPod with video*, Sony PSP*, WMV Pocket PC, WMV Smartphone, Nokia Mobile phone, Microsoft Zune * Plus version ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 11 Setting up your computer Before you can start making movie projects using your own video footage, you first need to capture video from your video camera into your computer. Your computer needs to be equipped with the proper capture card or interface port for connecting your video camera and for capturing video to your computer. Since capturing and video editing require a lot of computer resources, your computer must also be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth editing of your videos. Installing a capture card If your capture card is a PCI-based card, install the card on your computer by inserting it in an available PCI slot on the computer's motherboard. Note: The type of capture card or interface port that you will need to connect your video camera to your computer depends on the type of video camera you have. Connecting a video camera to the computer Use an IEEE-1394 cable to connect your digital camcorder to the IEEE-1394 port. Before purchasing one, check first the pin connectors used on your camcorder and your computer. Most DV and Digital 8 camcorders have a 4-pin connector, whereas desktop computers that come with IEEE-1394 ports or installed with IEEE-1394 cards usually have 6-pin connectors. The IEEE-1394 cable that is required for desktop computers is a 4-pin to 6-pin cable. Most notebook computers have 4-pin connectors which require a 4-pin to 4-pin cable. 12 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Connecting the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV camcorder Connecting a 4-pin to 6-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a desktop computer Connecting a 4-pin to 4-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a notebook computer ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 13 Checking the hardware setup After connecting your digital camcorder to the computer, check if the device is detected by your Windows system. If you installed an IEEE-1394 card on your computer, check also if the card is detected. To check if the IEEE-1394 card and digital camcorder are detected: 1. Insert your video tape into the camcorder and switch it on. Make sure it is in playback mode (usually named VTR or VCR). Check your camcorder's manual for specific instructions. 2. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager. 3. Make sure the following device names are listed in the Device Manager. Under Windows XP: · 1394 Bus Controller · DV Camcorder (The brand name depends on the DV camcorder connected to the IEEE-1394 interface.) Windows XP: Device Manager 4. If your digital camcorder has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture Step and check if your camcorder is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel. Note: In addition to commonly used Texas Instruments and Microsoft DV drivers, there are other drivers available. Consult your camcorder's manual for suitable drivers. 14 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Connecting a USB camera To capture live video and still images from a USB camera, connect the camera to an available USB port on your computer. USB cameras may require installation of a device driver, depending on the Windows version you are using. For information on how to install your USB camera, refer to its accompanying manual. After properly installing your USB camera, check if it is detected by your Windows system. To check if the USB camera is detected: 1. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager. 2. In the Device Manager, double-click Imaging devices. Check if your USB camera is listed in this folder. 3. If your USB camera has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture Step and check if your USB camera is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel. Connecting a Digital TV To capture digital television broadcasts, you need to install a Digital TV capture card or a digital TV adapter. Check the hardware's user guide to learn information on how to connect it to your computer. Connecting analog video sources VHS, S-VHS, Video-8, and Hi8 camcorders and VCRs are examples of analog video sources. To capture video from analog sources, you will need to install an analog capture card in your computer. Conventional broadcast television is also an analog source. To capture TV footage, you need to have a TV tuner card installed in your computer. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 15 Note: TV capture cards provide S-Video/Composite inputs and a TV tuner, which can be used to capture both video and TV footage. Connecting the video device to the analog capture card To connect your video device to the analog capture card, use either an S-Video or RCA Composite cable depending on your device's video output. If your video device has both types of output, use the S-Video connection for higher video quality captures. S-Video cable Connecting the S-Video source to the capture card If you want to use the Composite output of your video device, connect the yellow plugs of the Composite cable to the video output of your video device and the video input port of the analog capture card. 16 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Composite cable Connecting the Composite video source to the capture card Most higher-end analog capture cards do not have the Composite/S-Video input ports crowded on the side of the cards. Instead, these cards come with an external breakout box that provide all the video input ports at the front of the box. Video devices can be connected to the capture card more easily through the breakout box. Breakout box Connecting a TV antenna to the tuner card A tuner card has a TV antenna input just like the regular television monitor. Plug your TV antenna to the TV connector of the tuner card. TV antenna cable Connecting TV antenna to the tuner card Note: When purchasing a tuner card, make sure you acquire one that provides the correct TV system (NTSC or PAL) for your region. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 17 Connecting the capture or tuner card to the sound card Most capture and tuner cards only allow video capture. To preview the audio from your video device or TV and to capture the audio into your computer, you need to connect the audio output of the capture or tuner card to the sound card's Line In port. The required cables for connecting to the sound card are different for each type of video source: Line-in and audio cables for S-Video S-Video connection Line-in and audio cables for Composite video Composite video connection 18 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Line-in cable for TV tuner card TV tuner connection Line-in cable for high-end TV capture card High-end TV capture card connection Installing and running VideoStudio The VideoStudio CD has an auto-run feature that automatically starts up the installation. Back up your projects and media files first before installing the new version of VideoStudio. To install VideoStudio: 1. Insert the VideoStudio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio on your computer. Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by double-clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop, then double-clicking the icon for the CD-ROM drive. When the CD-ROM window opens, double-click the Setup icon. 3. In addition to VideoStudio, these programs and drivers will be automatically installed: ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 19 · QuickTime · SmartSound To run VideoStudio: · DirectX · Windows Media Format · Double-click the VideoStudio icon on your Windows desktop. OR, · Select the VideoStudio icon from the VideoStudio program group on the Windows Start menu. Preparation for video capturing and editing Capturing and video editing are tasks that require a lot of computer resources. Your computer must be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth video editing. Below are some tips on how to prepare your digital camcorder and optimize your computer for capturing and editing. · For better workability of DV Quick Scan and camcorder device control, correct timecode on the DV tape is a must. To do this, before shooting your video, use the standard playback (SP) mode and shoot a blank video (for example, leaving the lens cover on while recording) without interruption from start to end of a tape. · It is recommended that you close all other applications when working with VideoStudio. You should also turn off any automatically-launched software like screen savers to avoid possible interruptions while capturing. · If you have two hard drives in your system, it is recommended that you install VideoStudio to your system drive (usually C:) and store captured videos in your other drive (usually D:). The choice of what hard disk to use is also crucial. Using a dedicated video hard drive, preferably with Ultra-DMA/66 7200 rpm and 30GB free space, is recommended. · Make sure DMA is enabled for your hard disk. · Disable Write-Behind Caching on the hard drive used for video capture. · Increase the Paging File (Swap File) size to twice your amount of RAM. 20 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The VideoStudio Launcher When you run VideoStudio, a startup screen appears which allows you to choose between the following video editing modes: VideoStudio Editor gives you the full editing features of VideoStudio. It provides you total control over the movie production process, from adding clips, titles, effects, overlays, and music to making the final movie on disc or other medium. Movie Wizard is ideal for users who are new to video editing. It guides you through the movie production process in three quick, easy steps. DV-to-DVD Wizard allows you to capture video, add a theme template to it, then burn it onto a disc. Tip: Select 16:9 to use widescreen for your project. DV-to-DVD Wizard Use the DV-to-DVD Wizard to easily create a movie from the content of your DV tape then burn it onto a disc. Step 1: Scan for scenes Scan the DV tape and select the scenes you want to add to your movie. 1. Connect your camcorder to your computer and turn on the device. Set it to Play (or VTR/VCR) mode. 2. Select a recording device under Device. 3. Click the Capture format arrow to select a file format for captured videos. 4. Specify whether to burn all videos of the tape (Burn whole tape) or scan your DV tape (Scene detection). To burn whole tape: 1. Select Burn whole tape and then specify the tape duration under Duration. 2. Click Next to apply template and burn onto DVD. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 21 To use Scene detection: 1. After selecting Scene detection, choose whether to scan the tape from the Beginning or Current position. · Beginning: Scans the tape for scenes from the beginning. VideoStudio will automatically rewind the tape if the tape position is not in the beginning. · Current position: Scans the tape for scenes from the current tape position. 2. Specify the scan speed, then click Start Scan to begin scanning the DV device for scenes. Scenes are video segments that are distinguished by shooting date and time. Storyboard 3. In the Storyboard, choose the scenes you want to include in your movie. To do this, select a scene then click Mark Scene. 4. Click Next to go to the next step. 22 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Tip: Click and select Save DV Quick Scan Digest to save scanned file and import without having to scan again or Save DV Quick Scan Digest as HTML to manage large number of tapes by printing this HTML file and attaching it with your tapes. Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD 1. Specify a Volume name and Recording format for your movie. Note: If you have more than one burner installed in your computer or the default drive is not a burner, specify the burner you want to use in the Advanced Settings dialog box. 2. Select a theme template from one of the available presets to apply to your movie then select its output video quality. 3. To customize the theme template text, click Edit Title. 4. In the Begin tab of the Edit Template Title dialog box, double-click the text to modify. You can also modify its attributes like font, color or shadow settings. 5. Click the End tab to modify its text. Click OK. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 23 6. To mark your video clips with its date information, click Add as title in Video date information. Select Entire video if you want it to appear from beginning to end. Or specify duration. 7. Click to burn your movie file to disc. Tip: If you see at the bottom of the dialog box that the movie is too big to fit onto a DVD, click Fit & Burn. Movie Wizard If you are new to video editing or you want to quickly make a movie, you can use the VideoStudio Movie Wizard to assemble video clips and images, add background music and titles, then output the final movie as a video file, burn it onto a disc, or further edit the movie in VideoStudio Editor. Step 1: Add video and images Assemble your video and images into a movie. To add video and images: 1. Click one the following buttons to add video and images to your movie. Click Capture to import video footage or images into your computer. Click Insert Video to add video files of different formats such as AVI, MPEG, and WMV. Click Insert Image to add still images. (You can create a photo slideshow if you choose to only add images.) Click Insert DVD/DVD-VR to add video from a DVD-Video/DVD-VR formatted disc or from your hard drive. Click Import from Mobile Device to add video from MS Windowsrecognized devices. Tip: Click Library to open the media library that contains media clips that come with VideoStudio. To import your own video or image files to the Library, click . 24 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 2. If you selected multiple clips, the Change Clip Sequence dialog box will appear where you can arrange the order of the clips. Drag the clips to the desired sequence then click OK. 3. The video and image clips that you selected for your movie will be added to the Media Clip List. Right-click a clip to open a menu with more options. Jog Slider Library Mark-in/ Mark-out handles Media Clip List Navigation Panel Tip: You can also arrange clips in the Media Clip List by dragging them to the desired sequence. 4. To preview the clips, select each clip in the Media Clip List and use the Jog Slider and Navigation Panel buttons. When trimming a clip, drag the Mark-in and Mark-out handles to select the desired start and end points of the clip. 5. Click Click to retrieve lost data from captured videos. to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them to the Media Clip List. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 25 Click to automatically split video clips into smaller clips based on their shooting date and time. You can also click name or date. To capture video and images: 1. Connect your camcorder to your computer and turn on the device. Set it to Play (or VTR / VCR) mode. 2. In VideoStudio Movie Wizard, click Capture. 3. Check if your camcorder is selected in the Source list. 4. Select the video file format to use for saving captured video files from the Format list. Specify the Capture folder in which to save the files. 5. Choose Split by Scene to separate scenes in your DV video clip into several clips based on frame content or shooting date and time. Note: Click Options to customize capture settings specific to your video device. to sort clips in the Media Clip List according to their 6. Play the videotape in your camcorder, and position the tape on the part of the video where to start capturing. Tip: If you are capturing video from a DV or HDV camcorder, use the Navigation Panel to play your videotape. 7. Click Capture Video to start capturing. Click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing. 8. To capture a still image from the video footage, pause the video on the desired image then click Capture Image. 9. Click Enable/Disable Audio Preview to play or stop DV audio preview while capturing. Step 2: Select a template Select a movie template to apply to your project. Each template provides a different theme which comes with preset start and ending video clips, transitions, title and background music. 26 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Notes: · To save your project, click then select Save. · If you accessed VideoStudio Movie Wizard from within VideoStudio Editor, the above button will not appear and you will have to save from the File Menu when you go back to the editor. To apply a Theme template: 1. Select a theme template from the Theme template list. Home Movie templates allow you to create movies that include both video and images while Slideshow templates are used exclusively for creating image slideshows. 2. To set the overall length of your movie, click . For Home Movie, specify the following options in the Duration dialog box: · Fit to video duration: Keeps the current movie duration. · Fit to background music: Adjusts the movie duration to fit into the length of the background music. (The background music is added to your movie in the second step of the Movie Wizard.) · Specify duration: Lets you define a custom duration for the whole movie. For Slideshow templates, specify Smart Pan & Zoom in the Settings dialog box. Smart Pan & Zoom automatically focuses the pan and zoom motion to important parts of the image like the face. · Fit to image duration: Trims the music background to fit the total duration of the slideshow. Tip: Select Keep Previous to use the image duration you set in the previous page of the Movie Wizard. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 27 · Fit to background music tempo and duration: Adjusts the duration of each clip and the total duration of the slideshow to fit the background music's tempo and duration. · Fit to background music tempo: Adjusts the duration of each clip to fit the background music's tempo. 3. For Home Movie templates, click to open the Mark Clips dialog box. Select a clip then click Must or Optional to specify whether or not to include the clip in the show. Note: Click Auto to let the program decide which clips to retain or exclude. 4. To replace the title, first select the preset title from the Title list. Double-click the preset text in the Preview Window and then type in your text. Drag yellow handles to resize text Drag blue-green handle to position or resize shadow Drag purple handles to rotate text 5. Click to change text formatting. In the Text Properties dialog box, select a font type, size and color for the text, and set the desired shadow color and transparency. 6. To replace the background music, click Locate and select the desired music file. Click to specify music file settings. to open the Audio Options window. 28 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Note: Make sure that your background music is 30 seconds or longer if you want to fit the video to the music. If the music duration is less than 30 seconds, the music will not be looped leaving the remaining video without any background music. 7. Use the Volume slider to adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio. Dragging the slider to the left increases the volume of the background music and decreases the volume of the video's audio. 8. Click Next. Note: If you opened the VideoStudio Movie Wizard within VideoStudio Editor, clicking Next will skip the last step and directly insert the clips onto the Timeline in the VideoStudio Editor. Step 3: Finish Select how to output the final movie: Click Create Video File to output your movie as a video file that can be played back on the computer. Click Create Disc to burn your movie onto a disc. Click Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor to make further edits to your movie using VideoStudio Editor. VideoStudio Editor VideoStudio Editor provides a step-by-step workflow that makes creating movies simple and easy. This section introduces you to the VideoStudio Editor interface and briefly explains the steps involved in creating a movie. Refer to the succeeding chapters for more in-depth information on each step. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 29 The user interface 1 2 8 3 7 4 5 6 1 Step Panel Contains buttons that correspond to the different steps in video editing. 2 Menu Bar Contains menus that provide different set of commands. 3 Preview Window Shows the current clip, video filter, effect, or title. 4 Navigation Panel Provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. In the Capture Step, this also acts as the device control for the DV or HDV camcorder. 5 Toolbar Contains buttons for switching between three project views and other quick settings. 6 Project Timeline Displays all the clips, titles, and effects included in your project. 7 Options Panel Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the settings of the selected clip. The contents of this panel change depending on the step you are in. 8 Library Stores and organizes all of your media clips. Note: To change the user interface layout, click Preferences: UI Layout. 30 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The Step Panel VideoStudio simplifies the process of creating movies into seven simple steps. Click the buttons in the Step Panel to switch between steps. Once a project is opened in VideoStudio, video can be recorded directly to your computer's hard disk in the Capture Step. Footage from a videotape can be captured as a single file or automatically divided into multiple files. This step allows you to capture video and still images. The Edit Step and the Timeline are the heart of VideoStudio. This is where you arrange, edit, and trim your video clips. Video filters can also be applied to your video clips in this step. The Effect Step lets you add transitions between video clips in your project. Choose from the variety of transition effects in the Library. The Overlay Step allows you to superimpose multiple clips over another to create a picture-in-picture effect. No movie would be complete without opening titles, captions and closing credits. In the Title Step, you can create animated text titles or choose from various presets in the Library. Background music sets the mood of your movie. The Audio Step lets you select and record music files from one or several CD-ROM drives attached to your computer. You can also dub over your video in this step. When your movie is complete, you can create a video file for sharing on the Web or output the movie on tape, DVD, or CD in the Share Step. Note: These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the order that they are presented. The Menu Bar The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing VideoStudio, opening and saving movie projects, working with individual clips, and more. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 31 The Navigation Panel The Navigation Panel is used to preview and edit the clips used in your project. Use the Navigation Controls to move around a selected clip or your project. Use the Trim Handles and Jog Slider to edit your clips. When capturing video from a DV or HDV camcorder, the Navigation Controls are used for device control. Use these buttons to control your DV or HDV camcorder or any other DV device. 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Play Mode Select whether you want to preview your project or only the selected clip. 3 Home Returns to the starting frame. 5 Next Moves to the next frame. 7 Repeat Loops playback. 2 Play Plays, pauses or resumes the current project or a selected clip. 4 Previous Moves to the previous frame. 6 End Moves to the end frame. 8 System Volume Click and drag the slider to adjust the volume of your computer's speakers. 10 Jog Slider 9 Timecode Allows you to directly jump to a part of Allows you to scrub through the project or clip. your project or selected clip by specifying the exact timecode. 11 Mark-in/out 12 Cut Clip Use these buttons to set a preview range Cuts the selected clip into two. Position the in the project, or to mark the start and Jog Slider to where you want the first clip end points where to trim a clip. to end and the second one to start, then click this button. 13 Enlarge Preview Window Click to increase the size of the Preview Window. You can only preview, not edit, your clips when the Preview Window is enlarged. 14 Trim Handles Allows you to set a preview range in the project or trim a clip. 32 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The Toolbar The toolbar allows you to easily access buttons for editing. You can change your project view or zoom your project timeline by adjusting your Timeline ruler. Click Smart Proxy Manager to speed up editing of your HD videos and other large source files. Or use the Overlay Track Manager to add more overlay tracks. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 Timeline View 1 Storyboard View Allows you to perform frame-accurate Shows image thumbnails of your movie on editing of your clips. the timeline. 4 Zoom controls 3 Audio View Allows you to change the timecode Shows the audio waveform view, allowing increments in the Timeline ruler. you to visually adjust the volume levels of your video clips, narration or background music. 6 Insert media files 5 Fit Project in Timeline Window Displays a menu allowing you to place Zooms in or out to display all the project's video, audio or image clips directly on clips on the Timeline. the project. 7 Undo Lets you undo a previous function. 8 Redo Allows you to redo an undone function. 10 Batch Convert 9 Enable/Disable Smart Proxy Toggles between Enable and Disable Converts multiple video files to one video format. Smart Proxy and allows you to customize proxy settings when creating working copies of your HD videos with lower resolution. 11 Overlay Track Manager 12 Enable/Disable 5.1 Surround Allows you to create multiple overlay tracks. Enables you to create 5.1 Surround audio tracks. The Project Timeline The project timeline at the lower part of the VideoStudio Editor window is where you assemble your movie project. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 33 There are three types of views for displaying the project timeline: Storyboard, Timeline and Audio View. Click the buttons at the left side of the toolbar to switch between different views. Click Enlarge to maximize the Storyboard display or show all tracks of the Timeline and Audio View. With a larger workspace, you can arrange video clips and apply transitions without having to scroll down to locate different tracks. Click to enlarge Storyboard View to show all video and image clips of the project. Click to enlarge Timeline View and Audio View and show all tracks of the project. Storyboard View Storyboard View is the fastest and simplest way to add video clips to your movie. Each thumbnail in the storyboard represents an event in you movie, an event being a video clip or a transition. Thumbnails show at a glance the chronological 34 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE order of events in your project. The duration of each clip is shown at the bottom of each thumbnail. You can drag and drop video clips to insert and arrange them. Transition effects can be inserted between video clips. A selected video clip can be trimmed in the Preview Window. Timeline View Timeline View gives you the most comprehensive display of the elements in your movie project. It divides a project into separate tracks for video, overlay, title, voice and music. 6 1 2 7 8 3 9 10 11 12 4 5 2 Ripple Editing 1 Add/Remove Chapter/Cue Point Enable/Disable Ripple Editing. When Click to set chapter or cue points in your enabled, allows you to select which movie. tracks to apply it to. 3 Track buttons Click the buttons to switch between different tracks. 4 Timeline scroll control Enable/disable scrolling along the Timeline when previewing a clip that extends beyond the current view. 6 Selected range 5 Project scroll controls This color bar represents the trimmed Use the left and right buttons or drag the or selected part of a clip or project. Scroll Bar to move around your project. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 35 7 Timeline ruler Displays the project's timecode increments in hours: minutes:seconds.frames, which helps you determine clip and project length. 9 Overlay Tracks Contains overlay clips, which can be video, image or color clips. 11 Voice Track Contains voiceover clips. 8 Video Track Contains video/image/color clips and transitions. 10 Title Track Contains title clips. 12 Music Track Contains music clips from audio files. To switch to different tracks: · Click a Step button in the Step Panel that corresponds to the track. · Click the Track buttons. · Double-click the desired track, or click a clip on the track. Tips: · The wheel mouse can be used to scroll through the Timeline. · When the pointer is over the Zoom Controls or Timeline ruler, you can use the wheel to zoom in and out of the Timeline. Audio View Audio View allows you to visually adjust the volume levels of video, voice and music clips. Volume rubber band Clips that contain audio are displayed with a volume rubber band that you can click and drag to adjust their volume. The Options Panel The Options Panel changes depending on the program's mode and the step or track you are working on. The Options Panel may contain one or two tabs. The controls and options in each tab vary, depending on the selected clip. 36 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The Library The Library is a storage depot for everything you need to create a movie: video clips, video filters, audio clips, still images, transition effects, music files, titles and color clips. These are collectively known as media clips. Tips: · You can print images directly from the Library. Right-click the image to print then select Print Image and select an image size. · Right-click the image then select Print Options to specify print alignment and borders. To add media clips to the Library: 1. Click Load media to open a dialog box for locating the media clip to insert in the Library. Load media allows you to locate the clip you want to add to the Library. 2. Select the desired file. 3. Click Open when you are finished. Note: You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer straight to the Library. Right-click a clip in the Library to view the clip's properties as well as copy, delete, or split by scene. Hold [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple clips. To delete media clips from the Library: 1. Select the clip to remove from the Library, then press [Delete]. Or, right-click the clip in the Library and select Delete. 2. When prompted, verify whether you want to delete the thumbnail from the Library. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 37 Library Manager The Library Manager organizes your custom Library folders. These folders help you store and manage all kinds of media files. To use the Library Manager: 1. Click to launch the Library Manager dialog box. You can also click the Folder arrow and select Library Manager from the drop-down list. 2. Select a media type from the Available custom folders list. 3. Click New to display the New Custom Folder dialog box and create a new folder. Specify a Library Folder name and a Description. Click OK. Click Edit to rename or modify the description of a selected custom folder. Click Delete to remove a selected custom folder from the Library. 4. Click Close. 38 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Starting a new movie project When you run VideoStudio, it automatically opens a new project and lets you start composing your movie production. A new project always uses VideoStudio's default settings. To check what these settings are, click File: Project Properties. Project settings determine how your movie project is rendered when you preview it. Rendering is the process by which VideoStudio converts raw video, titles, sounds, and effects into a continuous stream of data which can be played back in your computer. You can modify the project settings in the Project Properties dialog box. When you capture or insert your first video clip into the project, VideoStudio automatically checks the properties of the clip and your project. If properties such as file format, frame size, etc. are not identical, VideoStudio automatically adjusts the project settings to match the clip's properties. Changing the project settings to conform with clip properties allows VideoStudio to perform the SmartRender function. Tip: The above message box lets you change the project properties to be the same as the first video clip inserted into the Timeline. To toggle between displaying and not displaying the message box, select or clear Show message when inserting first video clip into the Timeline in the Preferences dialog box. Setting your preferences Customize the program's working environment through the Preferences dialog box. You can specify a working folder for saving files, set undo levels, choose preferred settings for program behavior, enable Smart Proxy and more. To open the Preferences dialog box, select File: Preferences [F6]. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 39 Setting project properties Project Properties serve as your template for previewing your movie projects. The project settings in the Project Properties dialog box determine the appearance and quality of a project when it is previewed on-screen. To customize project settings, select File: Project Properties. When customizing project settings, it is recommended that you make the settings the same as the attributes of the video footage that will be captured to avoid distorting the video images and have smooth playback without jumping frames. When you customize project properties to be the same as the desired output settings for your project (for instance, setting project properties to DVD settings if you will output the project to a DVD disc), you can have more accurate previews of your final movie. Adding clips There are three ways you can do to add clips to your project: · Capture video clips from a video source. The video clips will be inserted onto the Video Track. · Drag clips from the Library onto the correct tracks. · Click to directly insert media files to the different tracks. Previewing The Play button in the Navigation Panel serves two purposes: for playback of your entire project or a selected clip. To play back, click Project or Clip, then click Play. While working on your project, you will want to preview your work frequently to see how your project is progressing. VideoStudio offers you two preview options: Instant Playback and High Quality Playback. Select File: Preferences General, then choose the preview method that you prefer in Playback method. · Instant Playback allows you to quickly preview changes in your project without the need to create a temporary preview file, however, playback may be jerky depending on your computer resources. 40 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE · High Quality Playback renders your project as a temporary preview file then plays this preview file. Playback is smoother in High Quality Playback mode, but rendering your project for the first time in this mode may take a long time to complete depending on the size of your project and computer resources. Note: When Perform non-square pixel rendering is selected in the Project Options dialog box (opened from Project Properties dialog box), Instant Playback performance may be affected if computer resources are insufficient. In High Quality Playback mode, VideoStudio uses SmartRender technology which renders only the changes you made such as transitions, titles and effects, and eliminates re-rendering the entire project. SmartRender saves time when generating previews. Setting a preview range For faster previews, you may choose to play only a part of your project. The selected range of frames to preview is referred to as the preview range, and it is marked as a red bar in the Ruler Panel. To play the preview area only: 1. Use the Trim Handles or the Mark-in/out buttons to select the preview range. The Preview range mark-in and Preview range mark-out timecodes will then be displayed in the Options Panel. 2. To preview the selected range, select what you want to preview (Project or Clip), then click Play. To preview the entire clip, hold [Shift], then click Play. Undoing and redoing actions You can undo or redo the last set of actions that you performed while working on your movie by clicking Undo [Ctrl+Z] or Redo [Ctrl+Y] in the toolbar. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 41 Showing and hiding grid lines You can use grid lines to guide you when repositioning or resizing images and videos or when adding titles to your movie. · To show grid lines in the Edit and Overlay steps, select a clip in the Timeline then select the Attribute tab. Select Distort clip then select Show grid lines. · To show grid lines in the Title step, select Show grid lines in the Edit tab. Tip: Click to adjust grid line settings. Saving your project While composing your movie project, select File: Save [Ctrl + S] to frequently save your project and avoid accidental loss of your work. VideoStudio project files are saved in .VSP file format. To automatically save your work, select File: Preferences - General then select Automatically save project every: and specify the time interval between saves. To open an existing project, select File: Open Project [Ctrl + O]. To create a new project again, select File: New Project [Ctrl + N]. Saving project as Smart Package Packaging a video project is useful if you want to back up your work or transfer your files for sharing or for editing in a laptop or another computer. To save projects as Smart Package, select File: Smart Package. Specify the Folder path, Project folder name and Project file name. Click OK when done. To open an existing project, select File: Open Project [Ctrl + O]. Browse for the project folder and choose the project file you want to open. 42 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Capture The bulk of video work involves working with raw footage. Transferring footage from a source device to the computer involves a process called capturing. When capturing, video data is transferred from a source (usually a video camera) through a capture card to the computer's hard drive. VideoStudio lets you capture video from DV or HDV camcorders, mobile devices, analog sources, VCRs and digital televisions. Seamless DV and MPEG capture VideoStudio runs on Windows operating systems and is subject to limitations in file size when capturing or rendering video. VideoStudio automatically performs seamless capture, saving video into a new file every time the maximum allowable file size for a single video file has been reached. Seamless capture will be performed only when capturing DV Type-1 or DV Type-2 (from DV camcorder), or when capturing MPEG video (from DV and HDV camcorder or analog capture device). The maximum captured file size per video file is 4 GB in Windows operating systems that use the FAT 32 partition file system. Captured video data in excess of 4 GB are automatically saved to a new file. In Windows XP which can use the NTFS file system, there is no limit in the captured file size. Seamless capture is not available in VFW (Video For Windows) capture. Note: VideoStudio automatically detects your file system and performs seamless capture only in a FAT 32 partition file system. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 43 The Capture Step Options Panel The Capture Step Options Panel consists of four options: Capture Video, DV Quick Scan, Import from DVD/DVD-VR and Import from Mobile Device. Capture Video The steps on how to capture are similar for all types of video sources except for the available capture settings in the Capture Video Options Panel that can be selected for each type of source. To capture video: 1. Click the Capture Step then click Capture Video. 2. To specify a capture duration, enter the values in the Duration box in the Options Panel. 3. Select your capture device from the Source list. 4. Select a file format to use for saving your captured video from the Format list. 5. Specify a Capture folder in which to save video files. 6. Click Options to open a menu for customizing more capture settings. 7. Scan your video to search the part to capture. 8. When you get to the part of the video that you want to capture, click Capture Video to start capturing. 9. If you specified a capture duration, wait for the capture to complete. Otherwise, click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing. Notes: · When your camcorder is in Record mode (usually named CAMERA or MOVIE), you can capture live video. · The available settings in the Video Properties dialog box vary, depending on the capture file format that you have chosen. Capture Video Options Panel · Duration: Sets the length of time for the capture. · Source: Displays the detected capture device and lists other capture devices installed in your computer. · Format: Where you select a file format for saving your captured video. · Capture folder: Where a copy of your captured file is saved.