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............................................ 9 Installing a capture card ................................................. 9 Connecting a video camera to the computer ...................... 9 DV or Digital 8 camcorder ......................................... 9 Analog video sources .............................................. 13 USB camera .......................................................... 18 Preparation for video capturing and editing ...................... 20 Getting started ........................................................... 21 DV-to-DVD Wizard ....................................................... 21 Step 1: Scan for scenes .......................................... 21 Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD ...... 23 Movie Wizard ............................................................... 23 Step 1: Add video and images ................................. 24 Step 2: Select a template ....................................... 27 Step 3: Finish ........................................................ 31 VideoStudio Editor ....................................................... 31 The user interface .................................................. 31 The Step Panel ...................................................... 32 The Menu Bar ........................................................ 33 The Options Panel .................................................. 34 The Navigation Panel .............................................. 34 The project timeline ............................................... 35 The Library ........................................................... 39 Starting a new movie project ......................................... 43 Setting your preferences ......................................... 44 Setting project properties ....................................... 44 Adding clips .......................................................... 45 Previewing ............................................................ 45 Undoing and redoing actions ................................... 47 Showing and hiding grid lines .................................. 47 Saving your project ............................................... 48 Capture ...................................................................... 50 Seamless DV and MPEG capture ..................................... 50 The Capture Step Options Panel ..................................... 51 Capturing video ........................................................... 51 Digital Video (DV) .................................................. 53 Analog video ......................................................... 55 Importing from DVD/DVD-VR .................................. 58 4 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE DV Quick Scan .......................................................59 Direct video capturing to MPEG format ......................59 Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video ..........61 Capturing still images ....................................................64 Edit ............................................................................. 65 Adding clips to the Video Track .......................................65 Video clips .............................................................65 Images .................................................................66 Color clips .............................................................66 The Edit Step Options Panel ...........................................67 Split by Scene ..............................................................69 Trimming a clip ............................................................70 Multi-trim Video ...........................................................72 Saving trimmed clips .....................................................74 Ripple Editing ...............................................................75 Adjusting color and brightness ........................................77 Reversing video playback ...............................................77 Playback Speed ............................................................77 Resizing and distorting clips ...........................................78 Capturing still images in the Edit Step .............................79 Pan & Zoom .................................................................80 Applying video filters .....................................................82 Key frame settings .................................................83 Effect .......................................................................... 86 Adding transitions .........................................................86 The Effect Step Options Panel .........................................87 The Album transition .....................................................88 The Flashback transition ................................................91 The Mask transitions .....................................................92 Overlay ....................................................................... 94 Adding clips to the Overlay Track ....................................94 The Overlay Step Options Panel ......................................99 Adding Objects or Frames ............................................ 101 Adding Flash animations .............................................. 101 Title ..........................................................................103 Adding text ................................................................ 103 Modifying text attributes .............................................. 105 The Title Step Options Panel ........................................ 106 Applying animation ..................................................... 107 Animation effects ................................................. 108 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 5 Audio ........................................................................ 112 The Audio Step Options Panel .......................................112 Adding voiceover narration ...........................................114 Adding background music ............................................115 Adding and importing music from an audio CD ..........115 Adding audio files .......................................................117 Trimming and cutting audio clips ...................................117 Stretching audio duration .............................................118 Fading-in/out ............................................................119 Mixing audio tracks .....................................................120 Using the Clip Volume Control ................................120 Using the Audio Mixing Panel ..................................120 Duplicating an audio channel ..................................121 Volume rubber banding .........................................121 Applying audio filters ...................................................122 Share ........................................................................ 124 The Share Step Options Panel .......................................124 Creating movie templates ............................................125 Creating and saving a video file ....................................126 Burning a DVD, VCD or SVCD .......................................128 Assembling files ....................................................129 Adding/Editing chapters .........................................131 Creating selection menus .......................................132 Previewing ..........................................................134 Burning your project onto a disc .............................135 Project Playback .........................................................136 Exporting your movie ..................................................138 Exporting videos to Ulead DVD DiskRecorder ............139 Posting your video on a Web page ...........................141 Sending a movie by e-mail .....................................142 Electronic greeting cards ........................................143 Setting your video as your desktop screen saver .......144 Creating an audio file ..................................................145 Recording back to a DV camcorder ..........................145 Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes ...................... 148 Menus .......................................................................148 File menu ............................................................148 Edit menu ............................................................149 Clip menu ............................................................150 Tools menu ..........................................................151 Help menu ...........................................................152 Dialog boxes ..............................................................153 6 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Advanced Options ................................................ 153 Advanced Settings (DV-to-DVD Wizard) .................. 154 Audio Save Options ............................................... 155 Batch Convert ...................................................... 156 Border/Shadow/Transparency ................................ 157 Capture Options ................................................... 158 Change Capture Plug-in ......................................... 159 Output Options ..................................................... 160 Preferences: File menu .......................................... 161 Preferences (Create Disc) ..................................... 167 Preview Playback Options ...................................... 168 Project Properties ................................................. 169 Project Options .................................................... 170 Project Settings (Create Disc) ................................ 170 Preview Files Manager ........................................... 171 Select Device Control ............................................ 172 Video and Audio Capture Property Settings .............. 173 Video Color Manager ............................................. 175 Video Save Options ............................................... 176 Appendix B: Shortcuts .............................................182 Menu command ...