User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. November 2000 First English edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 5.0, November 2000. © 1992-2001 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 ICI Library © 1991­1992 C-Cube Microsystems. Ulead Systems, Inc., Ulead, the Ulead logo, and Ulead VideoStudio are 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. GoMotion (c) 2000 Ligos Corporation. All rights reserved. Ligos, the Ligos Logo, GoMotion and GoMotion logo are trademarks of Ligos Corporation. 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. North & South America: Ulead Systems Inc. http://www.ulead.com E-mail: info@ulead.com International: Ulead Systems, Inc. http://www.ulead.com http://www.uleadasia.com http://www.ulead.com.tw E-mail: info@ulead.com.tw Europe: Ulead Systems GmbH http://www.ulead.de E-mail: info@ulead.de Japan: Ulead Systems, Inc. http://www.ulead.co.jp E-mail: info@ulead.co.jp Table of Contents The big picture ....................................................................................................................................... 4 An introduction to Digital Video ................................................................................................................. 4 An introduction to MPEG ........................................................................................................................... 5 How VideoStudio works ............................................................................................................................ 6 Whats New? .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio ..................................................................................... 10 Installation and DV configuration ....................................................................................................... 12 Getting around Ulead VideoStudio ...................................................................................................... 14 The Library ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Library Manager ......................................................................................................................... 19 Steps to create your movie .................................................................................................................. 20 Start ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Capture ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Checklist for successful video capture .......................................................................................... 24 Capturing MPEG video ................................................................................................................ 26 Split by scene ............................................................................................................................ 27 Capturing still images ................................................................................................................. 27 Video file size in Windows ........................................................................................................... 27 Batch capture ............................................................................................................................ 28 Storyboard ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Storyboard mode ....................................................................................................................... 30 Timeline mode ........................................................................................................................... 31 The Tracks ................................................................................................................................. 31 The Options panel ...................................................................................................................... 32 The Play project button .............................................................................................................. 32 Working with clips ...................................................................................................................... 34 Using image clips ....................................................................................................................... 38 Capturing still images in the Storyboard step ............................................................................... 39 Using color clips ......................................................................................................................... 39 Using video filters ....................................................................................................................... 40 Effects ................................................................................................................................................... 42 Transition magic ......................................................................................................................... 43 Title ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 Rolling & scrolling ....................................................................................................................... 46 Fading in & out .......................................................................................................................... 47 Putting it all together .................................................................................................................. 48 Using video or image clips as titles .............................................................................................. 48 Voice & Music ........................................................................................................................................ 50 Voiceover narration .................................................................................................................... 51 Background music ...................................................................................................................... 52 Working with background music .................................................................................................. 53 Mixing it up ................................................................................................................................ 54 Fade away ................................................................................................................................. 55 Finish .................................................................................................................................................... 56 Sending a movie by E-mail .......................................................................................................... 58 Putting a movie on the Web ........................................................................................................ 58 Electronic greeting cards ............................................................................................................. 59 Make Movie Manager .................................................................................................................. 60 Projects, templates & video save options ..................................................................................... 61 MPEG-1 file for VCD ................................................................................................................... 63 MPEG-2 file for DVD ................................................................................................................... 64 Recording back to DV camcorder ................................................................................................. 65 The Internet .............................................................................................................................. 66 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................... 68 Index .................................................................................................................................................... 70 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The big picture Editing video in computers used to be dominated by professionals only. Nowadays, with the introduction to video editing software programs such as Ulead VideoStudio, editing video in your computer is easy and fun, even if you're new to the digital video world! An introduction to Digital Video Tens of millions of camcorders have been sold around the world and computers have become standard fare in the home. It hasn't taken long for video capture cards to make the connection between the two. So what's the big deal with Digital Video (DV)? The viewing area of the DV is big in 720x480 pixels, with more than 500 horizontal resolution and PCM 16 / 12 -bit stereo sound. For the DV camcorders themselves, they are usually compact and lightweight. In addition, the tiny DV tape is easy to carry, and its digital record and playback format, are superior to analog ones such as High-8, 8mm, S-VHS and VHS. What's more, capturing DV data into your computer or recording back to your DV camcorder is simple through the IEEE 1394 (also known as FireWire or i.LINK) interface card, in a purely digital form without loss of quality. No wonder DV has taken the world by storm, becoming the format of choice for enthusiasts. That's why Ulead VideoStudio fully supports DV editing. You can even control your camcorder with Ulead VideoStudio and the mouse! (See page 13 for details on setting up VideoStudio.) DV camcorders Video storage media 4 THE BIG PICTURE Yet, what about those long existing analog camcorders, tapes, as well as other analog video sources like TV and VCR? VideoStudio doesn't leave them behind. Through an analog video capture card, you can still capture, edit and record your video in VideoStudio. Ulead VideoStudio An introduction to MPEG Another recent development is MPEG. Ulead VideoStudio gives you the power to edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies with amazing frame-accurate technology. The wide availability of CD-Recordable (CD-R) allows anyone to create their own Video CD (VCD). Ulead VideoStudio lets you create WhiteBook standard MPEG-1 (Video CD 2.0) movies that are ready to be written to a VCD. Ulead VideoStudio also allows you to create amazing DVD quality movies using the MPEG-2 format, which is also used in the upcoming digital television era. Start by capturing MPEG-2 video straight from your camcorder (depending on your video capture card's capabilities, see page 26), then trim and edit your movie with frame accuracy. Finally, take advantage of DVD quality (see page 64) to create your final MPEG-2 movie. 5 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm. By working on one step at a time, editing tasks remain uncomplicated throughout the entire process, from start to finish. What's more, editing your video on the computer offers the ease of mouse clicks, drag and drop operations, as well as cut and paste operations. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes. Ulead VideoStudio workspace Getting video off your camera and onto your PC's hard drive is the first step in creating digital video. This process is known as capturing video. You will ...