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First English edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0, January 2003. © 1992-2003 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 © 1991Â1992 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.
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The big picture ...................................................................... 7
Analog vs. Digital ................................................................................ 7 DVD, VCD, and SVCD ......................................................................... 8 How VideoStudio works ...................................................................... 9
What's New ....................................................................... 10 System requirements ............................................................ 12 Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio ............................... 12
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 Options Panel ............................................................................ 20 Capture Settings tab ..................................................... 20 Batch Capture tab ......................................................... 20 Video tab ...................................................................... 21 Filter tab ........................................................................ 22 Edit tab ......................................................................... 23 Motion tab ..................................................................... 23 Edit tab ......................................................................... 24 Animation tab ................................................................ 24 Voiceover tab ................................................................ 25 Music tab ....................................................................... 25 The Navigation Panel ....................................................................... 27 Timeline: The VideoStudio Work Area .............................................. 28 The Library ........................................................................................ 29
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Getting started ................................................................... 31
The File menu ................................................................................... 31 Creating a new project ...................................................................... 32 Setting your preferences ................................................................... 34
Preferences: General tab ...................................................................... 34 Preferences: Quality & Duration tab ..................................................... 36 Preferences: Capture tab ...................................................................... 37 Preferences: Preview tab ..................................................................... 38
Creating movie templates ................................................................ 39
Steps to create your movie ..................................................... 40
Capture .............................................................................................. 42
Checklist for successful video capture ................................................ 42 Seamless DV and MPEG Capture .......................................................... 43 Capturing DV video ................................................................................ 43 Capturing analog video .......................................................................... 45 Direct video capturing to MPEG Format ................................................ 46 Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video ................................. 47 Video Capture Property Settings dialog box ........................................ 50 Capturing TV footage ............................................................................. 51 Split by Scene ......................................................................................... 52 Batch Capture ......................................................................................... 53 Capturing still images ............................................................................. 54
Edit ..................................................................................................... 55
Storyboard Mode .................................................................................... 55 Timeline Mode ......................................................................................... 56 SmartRender and Play Project/Clip button ............................................ 57 Preview Files Manager .......................................................................... 58 Inserting a clip into the Timeline ............................................................. 58 Trimming a clip ........................................................................................ 59 Split by Scene ......................................................................................... 60 Extract Video .......................................................................................... 61 Saving trimmed clips .............................................................................. 62 Playback Speed ...................................................................................... 63 Capturing still images in the Edit Step .................................................... 63 Using color clips ..................................................................................... 64 Using video filters .................................................................................. 65 Key frame Settings ................................................................................ 66
Effect .................................................................................................. 68
Creating effects ..................................................................................... 68 Customizing effects ............................................................................... 69
Overlay ............................................................................................... 70
Inserting video/image in the Overlay Track ........................................... 70
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Title .................................................................................................... 72
Creating text titles .................................................................................. 72 Fading in & out ........................................................................................ 74 Other title animation effects .................................................................. 75
Audio .................................................................................................. 76
Creating voiceover narration ................................................................. 76 Adding background music ..................................................................... 77 Inserting audio files ................................................................................ 78 Trimming audio clips ............................................................................... 78 Mixing it together .................................................................................... 79 Fade ........................................................................................................ 79
Share ................................................................................................. 80
Creating and saving a video file ............................................................ 80 Video Save Options ............................................................................... 82 Project Playback ..................................................................................... 86 Creating an audio file ............................................................................. 86 Exporting your movie ............................................................................. 87 Creating disc ........................................................................................... 94
Working with Ulead COOL 3D ................................................. 102 Appendix A. Technology Overview ........................................... 105
SmartRender Technology ............................................................... 105 DV SmartPlay .................................................................................. 105
Appendix B. Tips and techniques ............................................. 106
A. DV camcorder tips ...................................................................... 106 B. Video capture and editing tips ................................................... 106 C. Web video tips ............................................................................ 107 D. Troubleshooting tips .................................................................. 107
Shortcuts ......................................................................... 109 Glossary .......................................................................... 111 Index .............................................................................. 121
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Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio 7, the video editing software that allows even beginners to come up with professional-looking movies. It provides you with a complete set of tools to cut, mix, run clips, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible with your work. This user guide was produced to assist you as you navigate through the program and learn basic operating procedures. It will familiarize you with the program interface and workflow. Most importantly, it will provide you with easy-to-follow procedures for every videoediting task that you need to accomplish. Although little experience in actual video production is required from the user to understand this manual, it may prove useful to acquire relevant information from other sources, including Ulead's tutorials on the basic aspects of video. For details, please visit Ulead's Web site at www.ulead.com.
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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 production ...
