Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. November 2001
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Table of Contents
The big picture ................................................................................ 6
An introduction to digital video ....................................................................................... 6 Key features of DV ......................................................................................................... 7 Analog to digital ............................................................................................................. 7 An introduction to MPEG ............................................................................................... 8
MPEG-1 ............................................................................................................................... 8 MPEG-2 ............................................................................................................................... 8
How VideoStudio works ................................................................................................. 9
Whats new? ................................................................................. 10 System requirements ....................................................................... 12 Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio ........................................... 13
DV IEEE 1394 capture card ......................................................................................... 13 Analog capture card ..................................................................................................... 15 USB port ...................................................................................................................... 15
Installing and running VideoStudio ....................................................... 16 Configuring VideoStudio .................................................................... 17
DV (IEEE 1394 capture card) ...................................................................................... 17 Analog capture card ..................................................................................................... 18 USB input device ......................................................................................................... 18
Getting around VideoStudio ............................................................... 19
The Library ................................................................................................................... 23
Library Manager ................................................................................................................24
Steps to create your movie ................................................................. 25
Start ............................................................................................................................. 27
Creating a new project ..................................................................................................... 27 Selecting a template ......................................................................................................... 29
Capture ........................................................................................................................ 31
Checklist for successful video capture ............................................................................ 31 Capturing DV video ........................................................................................................... 32 Capturing analog video .................................................................................................... 32 Direct capturing MPEG video ............................................................................................ 33 Scene Detection / Split by Scene ..................................................................................... 34 Capturing still images ...................................................................................................... 35 Captured video file size in Windows ................................................................................ 35 Batch Capture ................................................................................................................... 36
Storyboard ................................................................................................................... 38
Storyboard Mode ............................................................................................................... 38 Timeline Mode .................................................................................................................. 39 The Options Panel ............................................................................................................ 40 SmartRender and Play Project button ............................................................................. 41 Preview Files Manager ..................................................................................................... 42 Inserting a clip into the Timeline ...................................................................................... 42 Trimming a clip ................................................................................................................. 43 Working with clips ............................................................................................................. 44 Capturing still images in the Storyboard Step ................................................................. 46 Using color clips ............................................................................................................... 46 Using video filters ............................................................................................................. 47
Effect ........................................................................................................................... 49
Creating effects ................................................................................................................. 49 Customizing effects .......................................................................................................... 50
Overlay ......................................................................................................................... 51
Inserting video/image in the Overlay track ....................................................................... 51 Customizing overlays ....................................................................................................... 52
Title .............................................................................................................................. 53
Creating text titles ............................................................................................................. 54 Rolling & scrolling ............................................................................................................ 56 Fading in & out .................................................................................................................. 57 Putting it all together ......................................................................................................... 57
Audio ........................................................................................................................... 58
Creating voiceover narration ............................................................................................ 60 Creating background music ............................................................................................. 61 Customizing background music ...................................................................................... 62 Mixing it together ............................................................................................................... 62 Fade ................................................................................................................................... 63
Finish ........................................................................................................................... 64
Creating and saving a video file ....................................................................................... 64 Video Save Options .......................................................................................................... 66 Creating a DVD / VCD / SVCD Title .................................................................................. 71 Project Playback ................................................................................................................ 71 Creating an audio file ....................................................................................................... 71
Exporting your movie ........................................................................ 72
Burning DVD/VCD/SVCD ............................................................................................. 72
Compressing video for the Web ........................................................................................................................ 74
Putting a movie on the Web ......................................................................................... 74
Posting your video on a Web page .................................................................................. 75
Sending a movie by E-mail .......................................................................................... 76 Electronic greeting cards ............................................................................................. 77 Recording back to a DV camcorder ............................................................................. 78
Shortcuts ..................................................................................... 79 Need more help? ............................................................................ 80 Glossary ....................................................................................... 81 Index ........................................................................................... 83
6 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE
The big picture
Digital video editing used to be dominated only by professionals. Advances in technology, however, made it possible for almost anyone to create desktop video productions even at home. As personal computers become increasingly powerful, video editing software also become smarter. Ulead VideoStudio puts you at the cutting edge of video technology by providing a complete set of tools to cut, mix, run titles, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible with your work. Even novices achieve professional results as VideoStudio turns the complex process of video editing into a simple and fun affair.
An introduction to digital video
Tens of millions of camcorders and personal computers have been sold around the world and video capture cards serve as the connection between the two. These cards allow the transfer of video data from the camcorder to the computer hard disk. The introduction of the IEEE 1394 interface technology also known as FireWire or i.Link and the emergence of a generation of entirely digital camcorders and a new format to emerged - digital video (DV). VideoStudio fully supports digital video (DV) editing and puts all the advantages of working with this format in ...
