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User Guide

Ulead Systems, Inc.

March 2004

English edition for Ulead VideoStudio 8, March 2004.

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Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio .................................... 7

How VideoStudio works ......................................... 7

What's new .......................................................... 8

System requirements ...........................................12

Installing and running VideoStudio .........................13

Setting up your computer .......................................... 15

Installing a capture card .......................................15

Connecting a video camera to the computer ............15

DV or Digital 8 camcorder ....................................... 15

Analog video sources .............................................. 19

USB camera .......................................................... 24

Preparation for video capturing and editing .............25

Getting started ........................................................... 26

VideoStudio Movie Wizard .....................................26

Step 1: Add video and images ................................. 26

Step 2: Select a template ....................................... 29

Step 3: Finish ........................................................ 32

VideoStudio Editor ...............................................33

The user interface ................................................. 33

The Step Panel ...................................................... 34

The Menu Bar ..................................................... 35

The Options Panel ................................................. 36

The Navigation Panel .............................................. 36

The project timeline ............................................... 37

The Library ........................................................... 41

Starting a new movie project .................................44

Saving your project ................................................ 45

Setting your preferences ......................................... 46

Setting project properties ....................................... 46

Adding clips .......................................................... 47

Previewing ............................................................ 47

Capture ...................................................................... 49

Seamless DV and MPEG capture ............................49

The Capture Step Options Panel .............................50

Capturing video ...................................................51

Digital Video (DV) .................................................. 53

Analog video ......................................................... 55

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Direct video capturing to MPEG format ......................58

Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video ..........59

Batch Capture .....................................................62

Capturing still images ...........................................63

Edit ............................................................................. 64

Adding clips to the Video Track ..............................64

Video clips .............................................................64

Images .................................................................65

Color clips .............................................................65

The Edit Step Options Panel ..................................66

Split by Scene .....................................................67

Trimming a clip ...................................................69

Multi-trim Video ..................................................71

Saving trimmed clips ............................................73

Playback Speed ...................................................73

Capturing still images in the Edit Step .................... 74

Pan & Zoom ........................................................75

Applying video filters ............................................77

Key frame settings .................................................79

Effect ..........................................................................81

Adding transitions ................................................81

The Effect Step Options Panel ................................82

The Album transition ............................................83

Overlay ....................................................................... 87

Adding clips to the Overlay Track ...........................87

The Overlay Step Options Panel .............................91

Adding decorations ..............................................92

Title ............................................................................ 94

Adding text .........................................................94

Modifying text attributes .......................................97

The Title Step Options Panel .................................98

Applying animation ..............................................99

Animation effects ...................................................99

Audio ........................................................................103

The Audio Step Options Panel .............................. 103

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Adding voiceover narration .................................. 104

Adding background music ................................... 106

Adding audio files .............................................. 107

Trimming audio clips .......................................... 108

Fading-in/out ................................................... 108

Mixing audio tracks ............................................ 109

Using the Clip Volume Control ................................109

Using the Audio Mixing Panel ..................................109

Volume rubber banding .........................................110

Applying audio filters .......................................... 111

Share ........................................................................ 112

The Share Step Options Panel .............................. 112

Creating movie templates ................................... 112

Creating and saving a video file ........................... 114

Burning a DVD, VCD or SVCD .............................. 116

Assembling files ....................................................117

Adding/Editing chapters .........................................118

Creating selection menus .......................................120

Previewing ..........................................................122

Burning your project onto a disc .............................122

Project Playback ................................................ 124

Exporting your movie ......................................... 126

Exporting videos to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard ................126

Recording back to a DV camcorder ..........................129

Posting your video on a Web page ...........................130

Sending a movie by e-mail .....................................131

Electronic greeting cards ........................................132

Creating an audio file ......................................... 133

Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes ...................... 134

Menus ..............................................................134

File menu ............................................................134

Edit menu ............................................................135

Clip menu ............................................................136

Tools menu ..........................................................137

Help menu ...........................................................138

Dialog boxes ..................................................... 139

Audio Save Options ...............................................139

Batch Convert ......................................................140

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Burner Advanced Settings .....................................141

Border/Shadow/Transparency ................................142

Capture Options ...................................................143

Change Capture Plug-in .........................................144

Output Advanced Settings ..................................... 144

Preferences: File menu ..........................................145

Preferences (Create Disc) .....................................151

Preview Playback Options ......................................152

Project Properties .................................................153

Project Options ....................................................153

Project Settings (Create Disc) ................................154

Preview Files Manager ...........................................155

Select Device Control ............................................156

Video and Audio Capture Property Settings .............. 157

Video Color Manager .............................................159

Video Save Options ...............................................160

Appendix B: Shortcuts .............................................166

Menu command shortcuts .................................. 166

Step Panel shortcuts .......................................... 166

Navigation Panel shortcuts .................................. 167

Timeline shortcuts ............................................. 168

Multi-trim Video shortcuts ................................... 168

Others ............................................................. 169

Appendix C: Technology Overview ...........................170

Analog vs. Digital .............................................. 170

SmartRender Technology .................................... 171

DV SmartPlay .................................................... 171

DVD, VCD, and SVCD ......................................... 172

Appendix D: System tweaks ....................................173

Enabling DMA for IDE disks ................................. 173

Disabling Write-Behind Caching ........................... 176

Setting the Paging File size ................................. 179

Appendix E. Tips and techniques .............................182

Glossary ...................................................................184

Index ........................................................................194

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Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio

Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio, 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 capture

videos, edit them, and share your final production on tape, DVD,

CD, or the Web.

How VideoStudio works

VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks

remain uncomplicated from start to finish. 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.

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 DVD, VCD or

SVCD or record the movie back to your camcorder. You can also

output your movie as a video file for playback on the computer.

Components of a project as displayed in Timeline View

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VideoStudio uses the information in the video project file to

combine all the elements in your movie into a video file. This

process is called rendering.

What's new

Take advantage of VideoStudio's latest features and enhancements:

VideoStudio Movie Wizard

Batch Convert

Batch Convert your video, audio and image files to other formats

and save valuable time. (See “Batch Convert” on page 140).

Shuttle Control

The new VideoStudio Movie

Wizard helps novice users

finish stylish movies in only

three steps. Choose from

preset styles such as

romantic, travel, celebration

and more. (See “VideoStudio

Movie Wizard” on page 26).

Shuttle Control lets you

navigate to exact scenes in

your DV camcorder. (See

“Controlling the DV camcorder

with the Navigation Panel” on

page 54).

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More effects, filters and content

The Auto Exposure filter repairs uneven brightness. Amaze your

viewers with effects like the Duotone Filter for tints on videos –

perfect for creating scene flashbacks – or the Diffuse Glow Filter

for a dream-like appearance. Filters are fully adjustable to match

your theme. (For information on applying video filters, see

“Applying video filters” on page 77).

Stylize your videos with objects and frames. (See “Adding

decorations” on page 92).

The Album transition simulates leafing through a book full of

memories. (See “The Album transition” on page 83).

Pan and Zoom lets you scan over and gives you a closer view to

add more emphasis to your still images. (See “Pan & Zoom” on

page 75).

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Audio Filters like Audio Normalization, Remove Noise, Amplify,

Long Echo and Stadium, can repair tracks or add special effects.

(See “Applying audio filters” on page 111).

Enhanced Overlay Step

Versatile title design

Easily make informative and eye-catching titles.

• Multiple Text Objects can

be placed anywhere on a

single title clip, each with its

own look and animation,

directly on the screen. (See

“Adding text” on page 94).

• Title animations such as

Drop, Swing, and Moving

Path give new options in

making text move gracefully on the screen. directly on the

screen. (See “Applying animation” on page 99).

•Add Solid and Gradient Bars behind Titles to increase the

visibility of text. (See “Modifying text attributes” on page 97).

VideoStudio gives more flexibility

in using video and image

overlays. You can now apply

filters and special effects on

overlays; and also move and

resize them directly on the

screen. (See “Overlay” on

page 87).

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Greater audio control

VideoStudio helps you match volume with particular scenes in the

movie.

• Audio Mixer is ideal if you want to change the volume of

specific points in your audio track or decrease background

music during dialogue. (See “Using the Audio Mixing Panel”

on page 109).

• Rubber Banding Timeline lets you visually adjust audio

levels at any point simply by clicking and dragging. (See

“Volume rubber banding” on page 110).

• Stereo Panning allows you to mix and balance the volume

for left and right audio channels. This can be used to direct

sounds to the left or right speaker. For example, make the

realistic sound of an object moving from left and right. (See

“Using the Audio Mixing Panel” on page 109).

Auto Music Generator

Need background music for a scene? VideoStudio’s Auto Music

Generator uses award-winning SmartSound™ technology that

provides original tunes to fit perfectly with each scene’s mood and

duration. (See “Adding background music” on page 106).

Enhanced DVD authoring wizard

DVDs without Pre-Rendering can be accomplished by sending

projects to the DVD Wizard directly from the Timeline.

Choose from a wider choice of DVD menu templates for more

variety and customization in layout and design. (For information on

creating movie projects on disc, see “Burning a DVD, VCD or SVCD”

on page 116).

Full Screen Preview

Full Screen Preview lets you see your movie on the entire screen

with no distortion at any time during the project. (See “Tools

menu” on page 137).

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System requirements

Video demands a lot from your computer. When setting up your

system for video editing, the basic factors to consider are the size

and speed of your hard drive, RAM, and processor. These determine

how much video you can store and how quickly you can process or

render your files. If you can afford a bigger hard drive, more RAM,

and faster chip, go with it. Just remember that technology is

changing so rapidly and by evaluating first the kind of video editing

projects you plan to do, you can better determine the setup that

works best for you.

The following are the system requirements for VideoStudio:

•Intel

Pentium

III 800 MHz or higher

•Microsoft

Windows

98 SE, ME, 2000, XP

• 256MB of RAM (512MB or above for editing)

• 600MB of available hard drive space for program installation

• 4 GB+ hard drive space for video capture and editing

• Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768

resolution

• Windows compatible sound card

• CDROM, CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW

Real-time features perform best with at least:

• Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz CPU

• 512 MB of RAM

• 7200 rpm IDE hard drive

Input/Output device support

• 1394 FireWire cards for use with DV/D8 camcorders

• Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 and 1394 Adaptec

8940/8945

• Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW & WDM

support)

• USB capture devices and PC Cameras

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• Windows-compatible DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW

•Sony MicroMV™

File format support

• Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MICROMV, WMV, QuickTime,

FLC, FLI, GIF, UIS

• Image: BMP, CLP, CUR, DCS, EPS, FPX, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG,

JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PXR, RAS, RLE, SCT,

SHG, TGA, TIF, WMF

• Audio: AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AU, AVI, MOV, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,

QT, WAV

Output formats

• Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), and Super Video CD (SVCD)

movie titles

• Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, QuickTime, WMV, FLC, FLI, FLX,

UIS, WMV

• Image: BMP, CLP, EPS, FPX, GIF, IFF, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG,

PSD, PXR, RAS, RLE, SCT, TGA, TIF, WMF

• Audio: WAV, MPA, RM, WMA

Installing and running VideoStudio

Tip: Follow the installation instructions of your hardware

components carefully (especially your capture card), and consult

the operating manual of your camcorder or capture device.

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.

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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 onto your computer.

3. Install also the following applications for playing back video files

and for viewing the electronic file of this user guide. The

installation program will walk you through the installation.

To run VideoStudio:

• Double-click the VideoStudio icon on your Windows desktop.

OR,

• Select the VideoStudio icon from the VideoStudio program

group on the Windows Start menu.

Note: If you have a previous version of Ulead VideoStudio installed

in your system, it is recommended that you uninstall it only after

installing Ulead VideoStudio 8. During installation, the Setup Wizard

will auto-detect your capture device plug-in and specially supported

codecs (such as MPEG-4, AC-3, 3GP, DivX) from the previous

VideoStudio version and integrate them onto VideoStudio 8.

However, if you installed Ulead VideoStudio 8 then you uninstalled

the older version, program files and fonts that are used by both

versions will also be deleted. To install them back to VideoStudio 8,

double-click Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select

Ulead VideoStudio 8, click Change/Remove, then click Repair.

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.

•QuickTime

• SmartSound

• Windows Media Format

• RealPlayer

• Acrobat Reader

•DirectX

• Sony MicroMV

•Indeo

Note: Skip this step if you already have newer versions of the

above supporting applications installed in your PC.

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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.

Connecting a video camera to the computer

To connect your video camera to your computer, the type of capture

card or interface port that you will need depends on the type of

video camera you are using.

DV or Digital 8 camcorder

If you are using a DV (Digital Video) or Digital 8 camcorder, you will

need an IEEE-1394 interface on your computer. Some newer

computers already have built-in IEEE-1394 ports. If you do not

have them on your computer, install an IEEE-1394 card.

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Connecting the camcorder to the IEEE-1394 interface

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.

6-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a desktop

computer

4-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a notebook

computer

Connecting the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV camcorder

Connecting a 4-pin to 6-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a desktop computer

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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 or Windows Me:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• <Brand name> DV Camcorder (The brand name depends on

the DV camcorder connected to the IEEE-1394 interface.)

Under Windows 2000 or Windows 98SE:

• 1394 Bus Controller

• Image Device: Microsoft DV Camera and VCR (For Microsoft

DV driver only.)

Connecting a 4-pin to 4-pin IEEE-1394 cable to a notebook computer

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• Sound, video and game controllers: 1394 camcorder (For

Texas Instruments DV driver only.)

Windows XP: Device Manager Windows 2000: Device Manager

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.

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.

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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. (See

“Installing a capture card” on page 15).

Conventional broadcast television is also an analog source. To

capture TV footage, you need to have a TV tuner card installed in

your computer.

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.

Note: TV capture cards provide S-Video/Composite inputs and a TV

tuner, which can be used to capture both video and TV footage.

S-Video cable Connecting the S-Video source to the

capture card

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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.

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.

Composite cable Connecting the Composite video

source to the capture card

Tip: If your analog capture card provides S-

Video input only and you are using a

Composite video source, you need a

Composite to S-Video adapter to make the

connection.

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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.

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:

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.

Line-in and audio cables for S-Video

S-Video connection

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Line-in and audio cables for

Composite video

Composite video connection

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

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Checking the hardware setup

After connecting your analog source to the capture or tuner card,

check if the card is detected by your Windows system.

To check if the capture or tuner card is detected:

1. If you are using a video device such as a camcorder as your

source, insert your videotape into the video device and switch it

on. Make sure it is in the playback mode (usually named VTR or

VCR). See your machine's manual for specific instructions.

2. Open the Control Panel, then

open System: Hardware -

Device Manager.

3. In the Device Manager, double-

click Sound, video and game

controllers. Check if your

capture or tuner card is listed in

this folder.

4. If your capture or tuner card 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

capture or tuner card is

displayed under the Source list

in the Options Panel.

Note: If your capture device supports multiple video sources, the

Video and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box allows

you to select your desired video source such as Composite, Tuner, or

S-Video. Likewise, if you have multiple audio sources, this dialog box

allows you to select your desired audio source. (See “Video and

Audio Capture Property Settings” on page 157).

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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:

USB ports

Connecting a USB camera

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.

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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 batch capture 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. (See “Enabling

DMA for IDE disks” on page 173).

• Disable Write-Behind Caching on the hard drive used for video

capture. (See “Disabling Write-Behind Caching” on

page 176).

• Increase the Paging File (Swap File) size to twice your amount

of RAM. (See “Setting the Paging File size” on page 179).

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Getting started

When you run VideoStudio, a startup screen appears which allows

you to choose between two modes of video editing:

• VideoStudio 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.

• 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.

VideoStudio 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. If you have not captured any video footage or images into your

computer yet, click the Capture tab and capture. (See “To

capture video and images:” on page 28).

2. Use these buttons to collect video and images for your movie.

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4. The video and image clips that you selected for your movie will

be added to the Media Clip List.

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 or DVD-VR formatted disc.

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 .

3. 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.

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5. To preview the clips, select each clip in the Media Clip List and

use the Jog Bar and Navigation Panel buttons. When

trimming a clip, drag the Mark-in and Mark-out handles on the

Trim Bar to select the desired start and end points of the clip.

6. Click Auto Edit Options. In the Auto Edit Options dialog box,

select Split by scene to automatically split lengthy video clips

into smaller clips based on their shooting dates and times.

Select Auto-trim each clip if you want the wizard to analyze

individual clips based on video properties such as color and

lighting, and automatically remove poorly-shot scenes. Clips that

have long audio pauses in between scenes (such as pauses in

between dialogues) will also be segmented into smaller clips so

that they can be blended smoothly to the background music's

beat and tempo. This option is only available when Split by

scene is selected.

7. Click Next.

To capture video and images:

Tip: You can also arrange clips in the Media Clip List by dragging

them to the desired sequence.

1. Connect your camcorder to your

computer and turn on the device.

Set it to Play (or VTR / VCR) mode.

2. Check if your camcorder is selected

in the Source list.

3. Click the Capture tab in the

VideoStudio Movie Wizard.

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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. Play the videotape in your camcorder,

and position the tape on the part of

the video where to start capturing.

6. Click Capture Video to start capturing. Click Stop Capture or

press [Esc] to stop capturing.

7. To capture a still image from the video footage, pause the video

on the desired image then click Capture Image.

Step 2: Select a template

Select a style template to apply to your movie. Each template

provides a different theme which comes with preset start and

ending video clips, transitions, title and background music.

To apply a style template:

1. Select a template from the Style template list.

Note: Click Options to customize

capture settings specific to your

video device. For details, see

“Capturing video” on page 51.

Tip: If you are capturing video from

a DV camcorder, use the

Navigation Panel to play your

videotape.

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2. To customize the overall length of your movie, click . In the

Duration dialog box, select how you want the movie duration to

be adjusted:

3. Click to view more options.

• 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.

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4. To replace the background music, click . Locate and select

the desired music file.

5. 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.

6. To replace the title, first select the preset title from the Title list.

Double-click the preset text in the Preview Window, then type in

your text.

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.

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7. Click to change text formatting.

8. Click Next.

Step 3: Finish

Select how to output the final movie:

In the Text Properties dialog box,

select a font type, size and color for the

text, and set the desired shadow color

and transparency.

Note: If you opened the VideoStudio Wizard within VideoStudio

Editor, clicking Next will skip the last step and directly insert the

clips onto the Timeline in the VideoStudio Editor.

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. (For

details, see “Burning a DVD, VCD or SVCD” on page 116).

Click Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor to make further

edits to your movie using VideoStudio Editor.

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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.

The user interface

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 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.

4Preview Window

Shows the current clip, video filter, effect, or title.

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5 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 camcorder.

6Library

Stores and organizes all of your media clips.

7Timeline

Displays all the clips, titles, and effects included in your project.

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. (See “Capture”

on page 49).

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.

(See “Edit” on page 64).

The Effect Step lets you add

transitions between video clips in

your project. Choose from the

variety of transition effects in the

Library. (See “Effect” on

page 81).

The Overlay Step allows you

to superimpose one clip over

another to create a picture-in-

picture effect. (See “Overlay”

on page 87).

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The Menu Bar

The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing

VideoStudio, opening and saving movie projects, working with

individual clips, and more. For details on each command, see

“Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes” on page 134.

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. (See

“Title” on page 94).

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. (See “Audio” on

page 103).

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. (See “Share” on

page 112).

Note: These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the

order that they are presented.

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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.

See the Options Panel sections in the

succeeding chapters for details.

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 Bar and Jog Bar to edit

your clips.

When capturing video from a DV camcorder, the Navigation

Controls are used for device control. Use these buttons to control

your DV camcorder or any other DV device. (See “Controlling the

DV camcorder with the Navigation Panel” on page 54).

1Play Mode

Select whether you want to

preview your project or only the

selected clip.

2Play

Plays, pauses or resumes the

current project or a selected clip.

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The project timeline

The project timeline at the lower part of the VideoStudio Editor

window is where you assemble your movie project.

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 project timeline to switch between different views.

3Home

Returns to the starting frame.

4Previous

Moves to the previous frame.

5Next

Moves to the next frame.

6End

Moves to the end frame.

7 Repeat

Loops playback.

8 System Volume

Click and drag the slider to adjust

the volume of your computer's

speakers.

9Timecode

Allows you to directly jump to a

part of your project or selected

clip by specifying the exact

timecode.

10 Mark-in/out

Use these buttons to set a

preview range in the project, or

to mark the start and end

points where to trim a clip.

11 Trim Bar

Allows you to set a preview

range in the project or trim a

clip.

12 Jog Bar

Allows you to scrub through the

project or clip.

13 Split Video

Cuts the selected clip into two.

Position the Jog Bar to where

you want the first clip to end

and the second one to start,

then click this button.

14 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.

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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 your movie, an event being a video clip or a transition.

Thumbnails show at a glance the chronological 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. (See “Trimming a

clip” on page 69).

Click Enlarge to maximize the storyboard display. With a larger

workspace, you can arrange video clips and apply transitions more

easily. Furthermore, there is a small screen at the bottom of the

window where you can preview clips.

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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. Timeline View

allows you to perform frame-accurate editing of your clips.

1 Track buttons

Click the buttons to switch between

the different tracks.

2 Video Track

Contains video/image/color clips

and transitions.

3 Overlay Track

Contains overlay clips, which can

be video, image or color clips.

4 Title Track

Contains title clips.

5Voice Track

Contains voiceover clips.

6 Music Track

Contains music clips recorded from

audio CDs or acquired from Auto

Music's Library.

7Insert media files

Displays a menu allowing you to

place video, audio or image clips

directly on the project.

8 Project scroll controls

Use the left and right buttons or

drag the Scroll Bar to move around

your project.

9 Timeline ruler

Displays the project's timecode

increments in hours:minutes:

seconds.frames, which helps you

determine clip and project length

10 Selected range

This color bar represents the

trimmed or selected part of a clip

or project.

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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.

Audio View

Audio View allows you to visually adjust the volume levels of

video, voice and music clips.

Clips that contain audio are displayed with a volume rubber band

that you can click and drag to adjust their volume. For details, see

“Volume rubber banding” on page 110.

11 Zoom controls

Increase or decrease the number

of frames displayed in the

Timeline.

12 Fit project in Timeline window

Fits the whole project within the

Timeline window.

13 Zoom to

Allows you to change the

timecode increments in the

Timeline ruler.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse, its scroll wheel can be used to scroll

through the Timeline.

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In Audio View, the Options Panel also

displays the Audio Mixing Panel that can

be used to adjust the volume levels of the

Video, Overlay, Voice, and Music Tracks.

For details, see “Using the Audio Mixing

Panel” on page 109.

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.

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.

2. Select the desired file.

3. Click Open when you are finished.

Load media allows you to locate

the clip you want to add to the

Library.

Note: You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer

straight to the Library.

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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 also want to delete the

source file from your hard disk.

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.

Note: Deleting source files from your hard disk permanently

removes them from your computer. You may not be able to recover

them.

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Sorting clips in the Library

The way video clips are sorted by date depends on the file format.

DV AVI files (i.e., AVI files captured from DV camcorders) will be

arranged by order of the shooting date and time of the footage.

Other video file formats will be sorted by order of file date.

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 Tools: Library Manager to launch the Library Manager

dialog box. You can also click the Folder arrow and select

Library Manager from the drop-down list.

To arrange clips in the Library, click in

the Library to open the Options menu,

then select Sort by Name or Sort by

Date.

Notes:

• You can also right-click on the Library

then select the desired sorting type in

the Sort By submenu.

• To toggle between ascending and

descending order, select Sort by

Name or Sort by Date again.

The Folder

arrow

button

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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.

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. For details, see “Project Properties” on

page 153.

When you capture or insert your first video clip into the project,

VideoStudio automatically checks the properties of the clip and

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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. For information on SmartRender, see

“SmartRender Technology” on page 171.

Saving your project

Tip:

To toggle between displaying or not displaying the above message

box, select or clear Show message when inserting first video

clip into the Timeline in the Preferences dialog box.

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 open an existing project,

select File: Open Project

[Ctrl + O]. To create a new

project again, select File:

New Project [Ctrl + N].

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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, and more. To open the Preferences dialog box, select

File: Preferences [F6]. For details, see “Preferences: File menu”

on page 145.

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.

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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.

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. 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.

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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 Bar 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 of frames, hold [Shift], select

what you want to preview (Project or Clip), then click Play.

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.

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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.

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 camcorder or analog capture device). The maximum

captured file size per video file is 4 GB in Windows operating

systems (such as Windows 98 SE and Me) 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 2000 and 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.

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The Capture Step Options Panel

The Capture Step Options Panel consists of two tabs. The Capture

Settings tab allows you to switch between video sources to

capture from, customize capture settings, and capture video or still

images. The Batch Capture tab allows you to select segments of

video from a digital camcorder then capture them all at once.

Capture Settings tab

Note: VideoStudio automatically detects your file system and

performs seamless capture only in a FAT 32 partition file system.

• 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.

• Split by scene: Automatically separates

captured video into several files based

on changes in shooting date and time.

(This feature can be used only when

capturing video from a DV camcorder.)

• Capture folder: Where a copy of your

captured file is saved.

• Options: Displays a menu allowing you

to modify your capture settings.

• Capture Video: Transfers video from

your source to your hard disk.

• Capture Image: Captures the displayed video frame as an image.

• Enable Audio Preview: Allows you to preview audio on the computer

while capturing DV.

If the audio sounds choppy, there may be a problem with previewing

audio on your computer during DV capture. This does not affect the

audio capture quality. If this happens, click Disable Audio Preview to

mute the audio while capturing.

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Batch Capture tab

Capturing video

VideoStudio lets you capture video from DV camcorders, analog

camcorders, VCRs, and television. The steps on how to capture is

similar for all types of video sources except for the available

capture settings in the Options Panel that can be selected for each

type of source.

To capture video:

1. Click the Capture Step.

2. The Change Field Order dialog box will appear. If you will be

capturing video for playback on the computer, set the field order

to Frame-based. Otherwise, choose either Upper Field First or

Lower Field First depending on your video source.

• Capture Video: Begins the batch

capturing process. Batch capturing

allows you to choose DV segments

from a tape from a DV device, and

capture them all in a single session.

• Play Selected Tasks: Plays the

selected video clip from the list.

• Current mark-in: Displays the

selected video clip's mark-in. The

mark-in is the point where you want

your clip to begin.

• Task list: Displays the mark-in and

mark-out of the clips you've selected

from your footage for batch capturing.

• Delete the selected task(s):

Removes the selected task(s).

• Deletes all tasks: Removes all tasks

on the list.

• Modify a task: Changes the timecode

of either the starting or the ending

point.

Note: If you have not yet prepared your video device and computer

for capturing, see “Setting up your computer” on page 15 for

guidelines on how to set them up.

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3. To specify a capture duration, enter

the values in the Duration box in

the Capture Settings tab of the

Options Panel.

4. Select your capture device from the

Source list.

5. Select a file format to use for saving

your captured video from the

Format list.

6. Specify a Capture folder in which

to save video files.

7. Click Options to open a menu for

customizing more capture settings.

8. Scan your video to search the part

to capture.

9. When you get to the part of the video that you want to capture,

click Capture Video to start capturing.

10.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 and Audio Capture Property

Settings dialog box vary, depending on the capture file format that

you have chosen. (See “Video and Audio Capture Property

Settings” on page 157).

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Digital Video (DV)

DV AVI type-1 and type-2

When capturing DV, click Options in the Options Panel to open a

menu, then select DV Type in the menu and choose whether to

capture DV as DV type-1 or DV type-2.

DV is a data stream that itself contains video and audio. With DV

type-1, the video and audio channels are stored unmodified as a

single, interleaved stream in the AVI file. With DV type-2 (which is

the default), the video and audio channels are stored as two

separate streams in the AVI file.

The advantage of Type-1 is that the DV data does not need to be

processed, and is stored in its exact original format. The advantage

of Type-2 is that it is compatible with video software that is not

specially written to recognize and process Type-1 files.

To capture Digital Video (DV) in its

native format, select DV from the

Format list in the Options Panel. This

saves the captured video as a DV AVI

file (.AVI).

Note: To preview audio on the computer while capturing DV, click

Enable Audio Preview in the Options Panel.

If the audio sounds choppy, there may be a problem with previewing

audio on your computer during DV capture. This does not affect the

audio capture quality. If this happens, click Disable Audio

Preview to mute the audio.

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Split by scene

It often happens that a single DV tape contains several footage that

were shot at different times. VideoStudio saves you the hassle of

having to capture the segments one by one then save them as

separate files. The Split by scene feature will do that job for you.

To use Split by scene option in Capture Step:

1. Select the Split by scene option in

the Capture Settings tab in the

Capture Step.

2. Click Capture Video. VideoStudio will

automatically look for the scenes

according to their shooting date and

time and capture them as separate

files.

Controlling the DV camcorder with the Navigation Panel

When capturing from a DV camcorder, use the Navigation Panel

to scan your footage and locate the scenes you want to capture.

1 Shuttle Control

Drag the Shuttle Control to move

forward and back through the

footage at variable speeds. This is

a quick way to find scenes you are

looking for in your video.

2Play

Plays/Pauses the DV tape.

3Stop

Stops playing the DV tape.

4Rewind

Rewinds the DV tape.

5Preview Frame

Moves one frame back.

6Next Frame

Advances one frame forward.

7Forward

Fast forwards the DV tape.

8 System Volume

Click and drag the slider to adjust

the volume of your computer

speakers.

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Analog video

When footage is captured from analog

sources such as VHS, S-VHS, Video-8,

or Hi8 camcorders/VCRs, it is

converted to a digital format that can

be read and stored by the computer.

Before capturing, choose the desired

file format to use for saving the

captured video in the Options Panel’s

Format list.

Click Options then select Capture Options to choose how you

want footage to be captured. (See “Capture Options” on page 143).

To specify the type of video source you are capturing from, click

Options then select Video and Audio Capture Property

Settings. In the dialog box that opens, you can customize the

following capture settings:

•In the Source tab, choose whether you are capturing NTSC

or PAL video and select the Input source (S-video or

composite).

•In the Color tab, you can fine tune the video source to ensure

good quality captures.

•In the Capture tab, set the dimensions and compression

method to use for saving the captured video.

For more information on the dialog box, see “Video and Audio

Capture Property Settings” on page 157.

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Adjusting source volume

VideoStudio has a Source Volume Panel that allows you to adjust

the sound volume of the analog source during capture. To use this

panel, click Options, select Capture Options, then select Display

Source Volume Panel while capturing.

To ensure that the sound volume of captured videos is clear, test

capturing a short video first and use the Source Volume Panel to

adjust the volume level of the analog source while capturing.

After fine tuning the volume, you can start capturing footage from

your analog device. Use the controls on your analog device to scan

your videotape and locate the footage that you want to capture.

Note: The Source Volume Panel is not available when you are

capturing from an analog device that has no audio source or a DV

device.

Tip: A delay in capture may be due to the confirmation dialog box or

connection between devices. It is better to rewind your tape to an

earlier point before the actual footage you want to capture and just

trim the video later.

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Capturing TV footage

VideoStudio allows you to capture TV footage through a TV tuner.

Capture a segment of your favorite television show on regular TV or

cable then save it in your hard drive in AVI, MPEG, or Windows

Media Format.

Before capturing, you need to choose the following settings in the

Capture Settings tab:

1. Select your TV tuner device from the

Source drop-down list.

2. In the TV channel box, specify the

channel number from which to

capture.

3. Click Options: Video and Audio Capture Property Settings

to open the Video and Audio Capture Property Settings

dialog box. Check if the Video Input source, TV system, and

Audio Input source are set correctly. If not, adjust the settings

accordingly.

Click the Channel tab to choose Antenna or Cable TV, scan

available channels in your region, and more.

For details on this dialog box, see “Video and Audio Capture

Property Settings” on page 157.

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Direct video capturing to MPEG format

VideoStudio supports real-time capturing from DV, analog, or any

video source to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats. Capturing straight to

MPEG saves hard drive space as its file size is smaller compared

with DV AVI.

To capture video in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 format:

•In the Capture Settings tab, select

MPEG from the Format list to

capture MPEG files that are intended

for playback on the computer or for

sharing on the Web.

You can also capture VCD, SVCD or

DVD-ready MPEG files that can be

burnt onto disc by selecting one of

these formats from the Format list.

• Click Options and select Video and Audio Capture

Property Settings. In the dialog box that opens, click the

Capture tab then click Advanced. The MPEG Settings

dialog box then appears in which you can customize attributes

for the MPEG file.

Note: The Ulead DSW MPEG Capture Plug-in will be

automatically detected. If your capture device does not support

this plug-in, you need to manually select this plug-in in the

Change Capture Plug-in dialog box. (See “Change Capture

Plug-in” on page 144).

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Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video

Selecting a profile

The quality of a WMV file depends on the profile it is using. A

Profile covers various attributes for a Windows Media Format file

such as bit rate, number and type of streams, compression quality,

frame size and so on. When capturing a video directly to WMV

format, VideoStudio uses the default profile to complete the

capturing process. You also have the option to select other profiles

to attain preferred captured file quality.

To select a profile:

1. Click Options: Video and Audio Capture Property Settings.

In the dialog box, click Select to open Select Profile.

Now you can capture directly from an

analog source or DV camcorder straight

to Windows Media Video (WMV).

WMV is an extensible file format that

handles synchronized multimedia data

and supports "live content" transmission

over a wide array of networks. To

directly capture to WMV format, select

WMV from the Format list.

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2. Select the profile you want to use for capturing. Click OK.

Editing and customizing a video profile

Profile Selection lists all the profiles available in your system. You

can use the Manage Profile to edit, create, remove, and duplicate

a profile.

System-defined profiles cannot be edited. However, You can

create a customized one base from it. A Custom profile can be

edited by clicking Edit and changing specific profile attributes.

You can also create a new profile by clicking New. This will launch a

task wizard that will guide you in creating your profile.

To edit and customize a profile:

1. Click Options: Video and Audio Capture Property Settings.

In the dialog box, click Select to open Select Profile.

2. Under Select Profile, click Customize.

3. Manage Profiles lists all the available profiles installed in your

computer. The profiles are categorized into two types: System

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defined profiles and Custom profiles. Simply click Edit to

modify attributes of a Custom profile.

Note: System-defined profiles cannot be edited directly. You

must create a copy before editing the corresponding attributes. To

do this, select a system defined profile and then click Copy.

Select the created copy of the profile and then click Edit to modify

the attributes. Clicking Edit invokes Edit Profile. It will guide you

in specifying your preferred attributes.

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4. Under General Information, specify a reference name for the

created or edited profile in Name of Profile.

5. Select the media types supported by the profile in Media types.

6. Under Output, you may choose to allow the profile to compress

the video file or not. Enter a brief description of the profile under

Description. Click Next.

Batch Capture

If you have a controllable DV/D8 camcorder and video footage

recorded with timecode, you can choose which video segments you

want from the tape, and then capture them all in a single session.

This is called batch capturing. You can mark the starting and end

timecodes of each segment by logging them into a capture tasks

list. After you have marked all the portions that you want, simply

click a button to start capturing the video clips specified in the list.

Press [F3] and [F4] for all the other video segments to mark for

capturing.

To use Batch Capture:

1. In the Capture Step, click the Batch

Capture tab in the Options Panel.

2. Mark video segments for capturing.

Press [F3] to mark the start of a

desired segment and [F4] to mark the

end of the segment.

3. Continue to play the video, and then

repeat step 2 as needed.

Note: Batch capturing can be achieved only when you are using a

DV tape and the IEEE-1394 card for computer connection.

Note: The videotape automatically

plays once you click the Batch

Capture tab. Rewind or fast forward

your videotape first to cue it.

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4. Click Play Selected Tasks to view the selected segments

on tape. Click Modify a task to change a marked segment.

You can also double-click a task and enter a new timecode.

5. Click Capture Video.

6. Batch capture then starts. The process stops when the last

segment in the task list is captured. A report is displayed for

your reference.

Capturing still images

In addition to video, VideoStudio also allows you to capture still

images. The image format can be BMP or JPEG, and the size

depends on its source video. To choose your image format, click

File: Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box click the

Capture tab and set the format.

To capture still images:

1. If you are capturing from a DV

camcorder, click Play in the

Navigation Panel to play your

videotape.

If you are capturing from an analog

device, press the Play button on

your device to play your videotape.

2. When you see the image you want to

capture, click Capture Image in the

Capture Settings tab.

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Edit

The Edit Step is where you arrange, edit and trim the video clips

used in your project. In this step, you can apply fade-in/fade-out

effects to the existing audio of a video clip, multi-trim or split video,

and adjust a clip's playback speed. You can also choose from a wide

selection of video filters to apply to your clips.

Adding clips to the Video Track

You only work on the Video Track when you are in the Edit Step. On

the Video Track, you can insert three types of clips: video, image

and color clips.

Video clips

There are three alternative ways of inserting video clips to the

Video Track:

• Select a clip in the Library and drag and drop it to the Video

Track. Multiple clips can be selected by pressing [Shift] or

[Ctrl].

• Select one or more video files in Windows Explorer then drag

and drop to the Video Track.

• To insert a clip from a file folder directly to the Video Track,

click Insert Media Files located to the left of the

Timeline.

Notes:

• Aside from video files, you can also add video from DVD or DVD-VR

formatted discs.

•Use the Fade-in/out buttons to make the audio of the

video clips in your project smoothly fade from one clip to the next.

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Images

The ways of adding still images to the Video Track are the same as

when adding video clips. (See “Video clips” on page 64).

Before you start adding images to your project, determine first the

image size that you want for all your images. By default,

VideoStudio adjusts the size to keep the image’s aspect ratio. To

make the size of all inserted images the same as your project’s

frame size, select

File: Preferences - Quality & Duration then

change the Image resampling option default to Fit to project size.

Color clips

Color clips are solid colored backgrounds that are useful for titles.

For example, insert a black color clip as background for end credits.

You can use the preset color clips or create new color clips in the

Library.

To create a color clip in the Color Library:

1. Select Color from the Library drop-down menu.

Click Load color to open the New Color Clip dialog box.

Here, click the color box to select a color either from the Ulead

Color Picker or the Windows Color Picker

2. .Adjust the RGB values.

3. Click OK.

Once a color clip has been created in the Library, you can drag it to

the Video Track to add it into your movie project. Set the Duration

of the color clip in the Options Panel.

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The Edit Step Options Panel

The Edit Step Options Panel allows you to edit the video, image and

color clips that you added to the Video Track. Video filters that you

applied to your clips can be fine tuned in the Filter tab.

Video tab

Image tab

• Duration: Sets the duration of the

selected image clip.

• Rotate: Rotates the image clip.

• Resampling option: Sets how image

size is adjusted. There are two options:

Keep aspect ratio maintains the

relative width and height of the current

image; Fit to project size makes the

size of the current image the same as the

project’s frame size.

• Duration: Displays the duration of the

selected clip in

hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You

can trim the selected clip by changing

the clip duration.

• Clip volume: Allows you to adjust the

volume of the audio segment of your

video.

• Mute: Silences the audio segment of

your video without deleting it.

• Fade-in/out: Gradually increases/

decreases the volume of the clip for a

smooth transition. Select File:

Preferences - Edit to set the fade-in/

out duration.

• Split by Scene: Splits a captured DV AVI file based on the shooting date

and time, or the changes in video content (i.e., motion change, camera

shifting, brightness change, etc.). For an MPEG file, this feature can only

split video based on changes in video content.

• Multi-trim Video: Allows you to choose desired segments from a video

file and extract them.

• Playback Speed: Launches the Playback Speed dialog box where you

can adjust the pace of your clip.

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• Pan & Zoom: Applies the Pan & Zoom effect to the current image. (See

“Pan & Zoom” on page 75).

• Presets: Provides various Pan & Zoom presets. Choose a preset from

the drop-down list.

• Customize Pan & Zoom: Allows you to define how to pan and zoom the

current image.

Color tab

Filter tab

• Replace last filter: Allows the last filter

applied to a clip to be replaced when you

drag a new filter onto the clip. Clear this

option if you want to add multiple filters

to your clips.

• Applied filters: Lists the video filters

that were applied to a clip. Click or

to arrange the order of the filters;

click to remove a filter.

• Presets: Provides various filter presets.

Choose a preset from the drop-down

list.

• Customize Filter: Allows you to define how a filter transitions

throughout the clip.

Split by Scene

Use the Split by Scene feature in the Edit Step to detect different

scenes in a video file and automatically break it down into several

clip files.

The way VideoStudio detects scenes depends on the type of video

file. In a captured DVI AVI file, scenes can be detected in two ways:

• DV Recording Time detects scenes according to their

shooting date and time.

• Duration: Sets the duration of the

selected color clip.

• Color: Click the color box to adjust the

color.

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• Frame Content detects content changes, such as motion

change, camera shifting, brightness change, etc., and splits

them into separate video files.

In an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file, scenes can only be detected based on

content changes (i.e., by Frame Content).

To use Split by Scene on a DV AVI or MPEG file:

1. Go to the Edit Step and select a captured DV AVI file or an MPEG

file in the Timeline.

2. Click Split by Scene in the Options Panel. This will open the

Scenes dialog box.

3. Choose your preferred scan method (DV Recording Time or

Frame Content).

4. Click Options. In the Scene

Scanning Sensitivity dialog box,

drag the slider to set the

Sensitivity level. A higher value

means more precision in the scene

detection.

Click OK.

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5. Click Scan. VideoStudio then scans through the video file and

lists all the detected scenes.

6. You may merge some of the detected scenes into a single clip.

Simply select all the scenes that you want to join together then

click Join. The plus sign (+) and a number indicates how many

scenes are merged into that particular clip. Click Split to undo

any Join actions that you have done.

7. Click OK to split the video.

Trimming a clip

The best part of editing your movie on your computer is the ease

with which you can snip and trim your work with frame by frame

accuracy. There are three ways of trimming a clip:

To split a clip into two:

1. Select the clip you want to split on the Storyboard or Timeline.

2. Drag the Jog Bar to the point where you want to cut the clip.

Also, click or to locate the cutting point more precisely.

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3. Click Split Video to cut the clip into two clips.

To remove one of these clips, select the unwanted clip and press

[Delete].

To trim a clip with the Trim Bar:

1. Select a clip on the Storyboard or Timeline.

2. Click and drag the Trim handles on the Trim Bar to to set the

Mark-in/Mark-out points on the clip.

For more precise trimming, click on a Trim handle, hold it, and

use the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard to trim one

frame at a time. The Mark-in/Mark-out points can also be set by

pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively.

3. Hold down [Shift] and click Play Clip to preview only the

trimmed portion of the clip.

To trim a clip directly on the Timeline:

1. Click a clip in the Timeline to select it.

2. Drag the yellow Trim handles

on either side of the clip to

change its length. The Preview

Window reflects the position of

the Trim handle in the clip.

Or, click the timecode in the Duration box in the Options Panel

and enter the desired clip length.

Tip: You can also use Zoom controls to display each frame of your

video in the Timeline and trim one frame at a time. The Scroll Bar

makes navigating through your project quicker and easier. A wheel

mouse can also be used to scroll, and to zoom by pressing [Ctrl].

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3. Other clips in your project automatically reposition themselves

according to changes made.

Multi-trim Video

The Multi-trim Video feature is another method for breaking down

a clip into multiple segments. While Split by Scene is

automatically done by the program, Multi-trim Video gives you

complete control over the clips you wish to extract, making it even

easier for you to manage your project.

To trim a video file into multiple clips:

1. Go to the Edit Step and click Multi-trim Video in the Options

Panel.

2. In the Multi-trim Video dialog box, view the whole clip first by

clicking to determine how you want to mark segments. If

you want to mark segments to retain, click Selection Mode

then select Retain selection. Otherwise, select Delete

Note: Changes made in the video Duration box only affect the

Mark-out point. The Mark-in point remains unchanged.

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selection if you prefer to mark segments that you want taken

out from the clip.

3. Drag the Jog Bar until you get to the part of the video that you

want to use as the beginning frame of the first segment. Click

Start.

Drag the Jog Bar again, this time, to the point where you want

the segment to end. Click End.

4. Do steps 3 and 4 repeatedly until you have marked all the

segments you want kept or removed.

5. Click OK when finished. The video segments that you kept are

then inserted onto the Timeline.

Tip: To mark segments, you can also press [F3] and [F4] while

playing the video.

Navigation controls in the Multi-trim Video dialog box:

[F5][F6]

Reverses or advances through the video in fixed

increments. By default, these buttons move up or down

through the video in increments of 25 seconds. To

change this, set the Go back/forward button

duration [F7] to the desired increment value.

Drag the Shuttle Control to quickly reverse or advance

through the video.

Plays the trimmed segments.

Plays the whole video.

Moves to the start or end frame of a trimmed

segment.

Moves to the previous/next frame in the video.

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Saving trimmed clips

Frequently, when you make changes

(i.e., after auto-splitting clips using

Split by Scene, extracting clips using

Multi-trim Video, or manually

trimming clips), you may wish to

make a permanent change to the clip

and save the edited file. VideoStudio

gives you a margin of safety in that it

saves the trimmed video to a new file

and does not alter the original file.

To save, select a trimmed clip in the Storyboard, Timeline or the

Library and select Clip: Save Trimmed Video.

Playback Speed

You can modify the playback speed of your videos. Set your video

in slow motion to emphasize a movement, or set it to play at

lightning speed and give your movie a comical air. Simply adjust

the speed attributes for your video clip by clicking Playback Speed

under the Options Panel of the Edit Step. Drag the slider

according to your preferences (i.e., slow, normal or fast), or enter a

value. The higher the value you set, the faster the playback of your

clip. (Values range from 10-1000%). Click Preview to view the

results of your settings then click OK when finished.

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Capturing still images in the Edit Step

A still image can be captured in the Edit Step by selecting a

specific frame in the Timeline and saving it as an image file. In this

manner, possible distortions are avoided since the image is not

acquired from a running video, unlike in the Capture Step.

To capture still images:

1. Select File: Preferences -

Capture. Choose Bitmap or JPEG

as the Captured still image

save format. If you selected

JPEG, also set the Image

quality.

2. Select a video clip in your project.

3. Drag the Jog Bar to the frame you want to capture.

4. Switch to an image folder in the Library. The folder can be the

default Image folder, or the one created by yourself.

5. Select Clip: Save as Still Image. The new image file is saved

to the hard disk and is represented as a thumbnail in the image

folder you assigned.

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Pan & Zoom

Pan & Zoom is applied to still images, and

it emulates the pan and zoom effect of a

video camera. To apply this effect to an

image, select an image clip in the

Timeline, then select Pan & Zoom and

click Customize Pan & Zoom.

In the Pan & Zoom dialog box, the Start, Middle and End tabs

and the crosshairs in the Image Window represent the three

points (or key frames) in the image clip where settings can be

customized to produce the pan and zoom effect. When customizing

each key frame, use the Image Window to focus on an area or to

pan the image; use the tab settings to customize the zooming

effect.

The procedure below shows an example of how to first zoom in on a

subject, then pan and zoom out to show the whole image.

Note: Pan & Zoom cannot be applied to masked images.

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To apply Pan & Zoom:

1. Drag the Start key frame, represented by the left crosshair in

the Image Window, to the subject you want to focus.

2. Zoom in on the subject by minimizing the marquee box or by

increasing the Zoom ratio.

3. Set the Pause time to the amount of time to stay on the subject

before panning and zooming out.

4. Click the End tab. Drag the End key frame, represented by the

right crosshair in the Image Window, to the center of the image.

Zoom out to show the whole image by enlarging the marquee

box or by setting the Zoom ratio to the lowest value.

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5. Click to preview the effect.

6. Click OK to apply the effect to the image.

Applying video filters

Video filters are effects that you can apply to clips in order to

change their style or appearance. For example, you can improve

the color balance of a clip, or make it look like a painting.

To apply a video filter to a clip (video or image) in the Video

Track:

Tips:

• Click the Anchor boxes to move the marquee box at fixed positions

in the Image Window.

• To zoom in or out of a fixed area without panning the image, select

No panning.

• To include a fade-in/out effect, increase the Transparency. The

image will fade to the Background color. Click the color box to

choose a background color, or click to select a color on the

Image Window.

1. Select a clip in the Timeline.

2. Click the Filter tab in the

Options Panel.

3. Choose a video filter from the

Video Filter folder in the Library

to apply to your clip (by clicking

the thumbnail).

4. Drag and drop the video filter

onto your clip in the Video Track.

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5. Click Customize Filter in the Options Panel to customize the

attributes of the video filter. Available options depend on the

selected filter.

6. Preview how your clip looks with the video filter applied to it

using the Navigator.

Note: By default, the filter applied to a

clip is always replaced with the new filter

dragged onto the clip. Clear Replace last

filter to apply multiple filters to a single

clip. VideoStudio allows you to apply a

maximum of five filters to a single clip.

Notes: When there is more than one video filter applied to a clip,

you can change the order of filters by clicking or . Changing the

order of the video filters will have drastic effects on your clip.

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Key frame settings

VideoStudio allows you to customize video filters in a variety of

ways. One way is by adding key frames to your clips. Key frames

are frames in a clip where you can specify a different attribute or

behavior for your video filter. This gives you the flexibility to

determine how your video filter will look like at any point in a clip.

To set key frames for your clips:

1. Drag and drop a video filter from the Library onto a clip in the

Timeline.

2. Click Customize Filter. The dialog box for the video filter opens.

3. In the Original Window, drag the Jog Bar or use the arrows to

go to the frame where you'd like to change the attributes of your

video filter.

4. Click Add key frame to set that frame as a key frame in the

clip. You can adjust the video filter settings for that particular

frame.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add more key frames to your clip.

6. Use the Timeline controls to edit or to go to a key frame in the

clip.

Note: Settings available in the dialog box are different for each

video filter.

Note: A diamond-shaped mark on the Timeline Control bar will

appear. This indicates the frame is a key frame in the clip.

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• To delete a key frame, click Remove key frame .

• Click Reverse to reverse the sequence of key frames in

the Timeline such that the sequence starts with the last key

frame and ends with the first key frame.

• To move to the succeeding key frame, click Next key frame

• To move to the key frame prior to the one selected, click

Previous key frame .

7. Adjust the video filter settings according to your preferences.

8. Preview the changes you've made by clicking Play in the

Preview Window of the dialog box.

9. Click OK when finished.

Tips:

•If the Lock icon is at a lock position, clicking Play will play

the original clip and the clip with the video filter applied to it

simultaneously.

• You can preview the clip with applied video filter on VideoStudio’s

Preview Window or an external device such as a TV monitor or DV

camcorder.

Click , then click to open the Preview Playback Options

dialog box where you can choose the display medium. (See

“Preview Playback Options” on page 152).

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Effect

Transition effects make your movie smoothly change from one

scene to the next. They are applied between clips in the Video

Track and their attributes can be modified in the Options Panel.

Effective use of this feature can add a professional touch to your

movie.

Adding transitions

The Library provides a wide range of preset transitions from

crossfades to explosions that you can add to your project.

To add a transition:

1. Click the Effect Step, then select one of the categories of

transitions from the Folders list.

2. Scroll through the effects thumbnails in the Library. Select and

drag an effect to the Timeline, roughly between two video clips.

You can add

transitions either

in Storyboard View

or Timeline View.

Note: By default, you need to manually add transitions to your

project. If you want VideoStudio to automatically add transitions

between clips when you add clips to the Video Track, select File:

Preferences - General then select Use default transition effect.

This saves you time in selecting transitions, especially when you are

creating a slideshow project that contains images only, since

transitions are randomly chosen from the Library and automatically

added between images.

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Drop your effect and it will snap into place. You can only drag

and drop one clip at a time.

To replace a transition in your project, drag the new transition from

the Library onto the transition thumbnail to be replaced on the

Storyboard or Timeline.

The Effect Step Options Panel

VideoStudio pretty much takes care of all the details to make your

transitions smooth and professional. You can, however, further

customize your transitions after adding them to your project. The

Effect Step Options Panel displays the settings of your selected

transition so that you can change their various parameters. This

gives you complete control of exactly how your transitions will

behave in your movie.

Tip: Double-clicking a transition in the Library automatically inserts

it into the first empty transition slot between two clips. Repeating

this process will insert a transition into the next empty transition

slot.

Note: The attributes in the Options Panel vary depending on the

type of transition effect that is selected and applied to your project.

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• Duration: Shows the duration of the

applied effect on the selected clip in

hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can

adjust the duration by changing the

timecode values.

• Border: Determines the thickness of the

border. Enter 0 to remove the border.

• Color: Determines the hue of the

transition effect's border or flap.

• Soft edge: Specifies how well you want the transition effect to blend

with the clips. A Strong soft edge results in a less pronounced transition,

thus creating a smooth progression from one clip to another. This option

works best for irregular shapes and angles.

• Direction: Specifies the direction of a transition effect. (This is only

applicable to some of the transition effects.)

The Album transition

One of the transitions you will find in the Library is the Album

transition. Album simulates the turning pages similar to that of

flipping photo album pages. You can choose from a variety of album

layouts, change the album cover, background, size, and position,

and more.

To apply the Album transition:

1. Click the Effect Step then select Album from the Library.

Apply one of the preset transitions by dragging a transition

thumbnail in between two clips on the Video Track.

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2. Click Customize to open the Flip-Album dialog box.

3. In the Layout section, choose the desired look for the album.

4. In the Album tab, set the album’s Size, Position and

Orientation.

To change the album cover, select a preset from Album cover

templates, or select Custom album cover then import your

own cover image.

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5. Click the Background and Shadow tab.

To change the background of the album, select a preset from

Background templates, or select Custom background then

import your own background image.

To add a shadow, select Shadow. Set the shadow position by

adjusting the X-offset and Y-offset values. To make the

shadow look softer, increase Soft edge.

6. Click the Page A tab. Customize the first page of the album.

To change the image on the page, select a preset from Album

page templates, or select Custom album page then import

your own image.

Note: To change the shadow color, click the color box and choose

the desired color.

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To adjust the size and position of the clip on the page, adjust the

Size, X, and Y values.

7. Click the Page B tab. Customize the second page of the album.

Follow step 6 to make adjustments.

8. Use the slider and buttons below the Preview Window in the

dialog box to preview the results.

9. Click OK to apply the adjustments.

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Overlay

The Overlay Step allows you to add overlay clips to combine with

your videos in the Video Track. Use an overlay clip to create a

picture-in-picture effect or add a lower-third graphic to create more

professional-looking movie productions.

Adding clips to the Overlay Track

Drag media files to the Overlay Track on the Timeline to add them

as overlay clips for your project.

To add a clip to the Overlay Track:

1. In the Library, select the media folder that

contains the overlay clip that you want to add

to your project.

2. Drag the media file from the Library to the Overlay Track on

the Timeline.

3. Customize the overlay clip using the options available in the Edit

tab. (See “Edit tab” on page 91).

Tip: To load media files into the Library, click

. In the dialog box that opens, locate the

media file and click Open.

Tips:

• To insert a media file directly to the Overlay Track, right-click the

Overlay Track and select the type of file you want to add. The

file will not be added into the Library.

• You can also use color clips as overlay clips.

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4. Click the Motion & Filter tab. The overlay clip is then resized to

a preset size and positioned at the center. Use the options in the

Motion & Filter tab to apply motion to the overlay clip, add filters,

resize and reposition the clip, and more. (See “Motion & Filter

tab” on page 91).

To apply motion to the current overlay clip:

Tip: To make overlay clips with transparent backgrounds, you can

create a 32-bit alpha channel AVI video file or an image file with an

alpha channel. You can use an animation program such as Ulead

COOL 3D Production Studio or an image editing program such as

Ulead PhotoImpact to create these video and image files.

In the Motion & Filter tab, click the

Direction/Style box then select a

motion to apply.

Tip: Mouseover a preset to find out what type of motion it will apply

to the overlay clip.

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To apply transparency to the current overlay clip:

To add a border around the current overlay clip:

To resize the current overlay clip:

In the Motion & Filter tab, enter a value in

Transparency. The higher the value the

more transparent the overlay clip.

Note: Transparency cannot be applied to an overlay clip that has

fade-in/out type of motion.

In the Motion & Filter tab, enter the

thickness value in Border and click the

Color box to select the color for the

border. The higher the border value, the

thicker the border.

In the Motion & Filter tab, drag a

handle on the overlay clip on the

Preview Window to resize it. If you a

drag a corner handle, it will keep the

aspect ratio when you resize the clip.

In the Options Panel, click Fit to

Screen to resize the overlay clip to the

size of the project frame size.

It is recommended that you keep the

overlay clip within the title safe area.

(See “General tab” on page 145).

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The Keep Aspect Ratio option resizes the overlay clip based on

the width or height, depending on which is shorter in length, of the

overlay clip.

To reposition the current overlay clip:

In the Motion & Filter tab, drag the overlay clip to the desired area

on the Preview Window.

You can also right-click the overlay clip on the Preview Window to

open a menu where you can automatically place the overlay clip in

a preset position on the video. It is recommended that you keep the

overlay clip within the title safe area.

To apply a filter to the current overlay clip:

You can apply video filters to your overlay clips. To learn how to

apply, see “Applying video filters” on page 77.

To use the same attributes for different overlay clips:

You can use the attributes (size and position) of one overlay clip

and apply it to a different overlay clip on your movie project. To

apply the same attributes, first right-click the source overlay clip

then select Copy Attributes. Next, right-click the target overlay

clip then select Paste Attributes.

You can also right-click the overlay clip on the

Preview Window to open a menu where you

can resize the the overlay clip to keep the

aspect ratio, revert it to the default size or use

the original size of the overlay clip.

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The Overlay Step Options Panel

There are two tabs in the Overlay Step Options Panel: Edit tab and

Motion & Filter tab.

Edit tab

The Edit tab allows you to customize properties such as clip

duration, playback speed, and audio properties of the overlay clip.

The available options in this tab will depend on the selected overlay

clip. (See “The Edit Step Options Panel” on page 66).

Motion & Filter tab

The Motion & Filter tab allows you to apply motion, transparency,

filters and border to the overlay clip.

• Direction/Style: Determines the type of movement to be applied to the

overlay clip.

• Transparency: Sets the opacity of the clip. Drag the slider or enter a

value to adjust the transparency.

• Border: Enter a value to set the thickness of the border. Click the Color

box to select the border color.

• Fit to Screen: Click to resize the overlay clip to fit the project frame

size.

Video

Image/Decoration

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• Replace last filter: Allows the last filter

applied to a clip to be replaced when you

drag a new filter onto the clip. Clear this

option if you want to add multiple filters to

your clips.

• Applied filters: Lists the video filters that

were applied to a clip. Click or to

arrange the order of the filters; click to

remove a filter.

• Delete selected filter: Removes the

selected filter from the overlay clip.

• Presets: Opens a menu where you can

select a preset for the selected filter to apply

to the overlay clip.

• Customize Filter: Opens a dialog box where

you can define settings and options for the

selected filter.

Adding decorations

Add decorative objects or frames for your videos as overlay clips.

To add an object or frame:

1. In the Library, select Decoration: Object/Frame in the Folder

list.

2. Select an object/frame then drag it onto the Overlay Track on

the Timeline.

3. Click the Motion & Filter tab to resize and reposition the object/

frame.

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To customize the current object or frame:

Use the various options available in the Edit and Motion & Filter

tabs to customize your object and frame. You can add animation,

apply transparency, resize the object or frame, and more. (See

“The Overlay Step Options Panel” on page 91).

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Title

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, the text in your

video production (i.e., subtitles, opening and closing credits, etc.)

adds to the clarity and comprehensibility of your movie. In

VideoStudio's Title Step, create professional-looking titles,

complete with special effects, in minutes.

Adding text

Ulead VideoStudio allows you to add text either in multiple text

boxes or in a single text box. Using multiple text boxes gives you

the flexibility to position the different words of your text anywhere

on the video frame and allows you to arrange the stacking order of

the text. Use a single text box when you are creating opening titles

and end credits for your projects.

To add multiple titles:

1. In the Options Panel, select Multiple titles.

2. Use the buttons in the Navigation Panel to scan your movie

and select the frame where you want to add the title.

3. Double-click the Preview Window and type in your text.

Click outside the text when you are done typing. To add another

set of text, double-click again on the Preview Window.

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4. Repeat step 3 to add more sets of text. When you are done, click

the Timeline to add all the entered text to your project.

If you switch to Single title before adding to the Timeline the

multiple text that you entered, only the selected text or the first

text that you typed in (when no text box is selected) will be

retained. The other text boxes will be removed and the Text

backdrop option will be disabled.

To add a single title:

1. In the Options Panel, select Single title.

2. Use the buttons in the Navigation Panel to scan your movie

and select the frame where you want to add the title.

Double-click the Preview Window and type in your text.

3. In the Options Panel, set the Line spacing.

4. When you are done typing the text, click the Timeline to add

the text to your project.

It is recommended to keep your text within the title safe area. The

title safe area is the rectangular box on the Preview Window. By

keeping the text within the bounds of the title safe area, the whole

text will not be truncated when viewed on a TV screen. You can

display or hide the title safe area by selecting File: Preferences -

General tab - Display title safe area in Preview Window.

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To edit the text:

• For single titles, select the title clip on the Title Track and

click the Preview Window.

• For multiple titles, select the title clip on the Title Track and

click the Preview Window then click the text that you want to

edit.

To add preset text to your project:

The Library contains various preset text that you can use for your

projects. To use these preset text, select Title in the Library Folder

list then drag the preset text onto the Title Track.

Notes:

• Once a title clip has been inserted onto the Timeline, you can adjust

its duration by either dragging the handles of the clip, or entering a

Duration value in the Options Panel.

• To see how the title appears on the underlying video clip, select the

title clip and then click Play Clip or drag the Jog Bar.

Tip: When you are creating multiple title clips that share the same

attributes such as font type and style, it is a good rule of thumb to

store one copy of your title clip in the Library. (Just drag and drop

the title clip from the Timeline into the Library.) This way, you can

easily duplicate the title clip (by dragging it from the Library back

onto the Title Track) and then change the title.

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Modifying text attributes

Modify the attributes of your text, such as font face, style, size, and

more, by using the available settings in the Options Panel. (See

“The Title Step Options Panel” on page 98).

Click More options to access more options you can use to

modify your text attributes. These options allow you to set the style

and alignment, apply a Border, Transparency and Shadow and

add a Text backdrop to your text.

A text backdrop superimposes your text on a horizontal color bar

that stretches across the video frame. Click to open the Text

Backdrop dialog box to select whether to use a solid or gradient

color and to set the transparency of the text backdrop.

To rearrange the stacking order for multiple titles:

To reposition a text in a multiple-title clip:

In the Preview Window, click the text box you

want to rearrange. After selecting, right-click it

then on the menu that opens, select how you

want to restack the text.

Drag the text box to the new position.

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The Title Step Options Panel

The Title Step Options Panel allows you to modify text properties

such as font, size, and color.

• Duration: Displays the duration of the

selected clip in

hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can

adjust the duration by changing the

timecode values.

• Font face: Where you select your desired

font style.

• Font size: Where you set your desired

font size.

• Color: Click on this to specify your

preferred font color.

• Mulitple titles: Select to use multiple

text boxes for your text.

• Single title: Select to use a single text

box for your text. This is automatically

selected when opening a project file from

older versions of VideoStudio.

• Line spacing: Sets the spacing, or leading, between lines of text.

• Vertical text: Makes the orientation of the title vertical.

• Animation: Enables or disables animation of the title clip.

• Type: Where you can select your preferred animation effect for your

title.

• Presets: Select a preset for the selected animation type to apply to your

text.

• More options: Toggles between showing and hiding more options.

More options

• Font style: Set the text as bold, italic and/

or underlined.

• Alignment: Aligns horizontal text to the

left, center, or right. Or, aligns vertical text

to the top, center, or bottom.

• Border/Shadow/Transparency: Allows

you to add shadow and border as well as

adjust the transparency for your title.

• Text backdrop: Select to superimpose your text on a color bar. Modify

the attributes of the text backdrop, such as color and transparency by

clicking .

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Applying animation

Apply motion to your text with VideoStudio’s text animation tools

such as Fade, Moving Path, and Drop.

To apply animation to the current text:

1. In the Options Panel, select Animation.

2. Click the Type arrow then select the desired animation effect.

3. Click to open a dialog box where you can set how the

animation will be applied to your text.(See “Animation effects”

on page 99).

4. Click OK to apply the animation effect.

Animation effects

Drop dialog box

• Accelerate: Select to start animating the next unit of the title clip

before the current unit exits the screen.

• Unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene:

Text: The whole title appears in the scene.

Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time.

Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time.

Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.

Fade dialog box

Tip: You can also click the Presets arrow to select a preset to

apply to your text.

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• Unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene:

Text: The whole title appears in the scene.

Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time.

Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time.

Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.

• Pause Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the

animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly.

• Fade style:

Fade-in: Makes the title gradually appear.

Fade-out: Makes the title gradually disappear.

Cross-fade: Makes the title gradually appear when it enters the scene

and disappear as it exits the scene.

Fly dialog box

• Accelerate: Select to start animating the next unit of the title clip

before the current unit exits the screen.

• Start/End unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene:

Text: The whole title appears in the scene.

Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time.

Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time.

Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.

• Pause Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the

animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly.

• Enter/Exit: Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will

start and end. Click the center button to make the title static.

Moving Path

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Pop-up dialog box

• Unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene:

Text: The whole title appears in the scene.

Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time.

Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time.

Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.

• Direction Specify where the text will originate when the effect is

triggered.

Swing dialog box

• Pause Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the

animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly.

• Swing degree Select the level of curve applied to the text.

• Enter/Exit Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will start

and end.

• Clockwise Select to animate the curve in a clockwise direction.

Turn dialog box

• Enter/Exit Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will start

and end.

• Pause Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the

animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly.

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Zoom dialog box

• Show Title Select to display the title at the end of the animation.

• Unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene:

Text: The whole title appears in the scene.

Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time.

Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time.

Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.

• Zoom start/Zoom end: Enter the title zoom ratio at the start and end

of the animation.

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Audio

Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your

video production. VideoStudio's Audio Step allows you to add both

narration and music to your project.

The Audio Step consists of two tracks: Voice and Music. Insert

your narrations on the Voice Track and your background music or

sound effects on the Music Track.

The Audio Step Options Panel

The Audio Step Options Panel consists of two tabs: Music & Voice

tab and Auto Music tab. The Music & Voice tab allows you to copy

music from your audio CD, record your voice and apply audio filters

to your audio tracks. The Auto Music tab allows you to use third-

party music tracks for your project.

Music & Voice tab

• Disc: Select the disc drive where the songs

you want to record are located.

• Track: Where you select the particular audio

track you want to record.

• Record Selected Track: Records the

selected audio CD track. Click again to stop

recording.

• Play Selected Track: Plays the selected

audio CD track. Click again to stop playing

the track.

• Record Voice: Opens the Adjust Volume

dialog box where you can first test the

volume of your micophone. Click Start to

start recording. VideoStudio creates a new

clip to the right of the existing audio in the

Voice Track on the Timeline. This changes

into Stop during the recording process.

Note: You cannot apply audio filters to the audio of your clips on the

Video and Overlay Tracks.

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• Duration: Displays the duration of the audio track in

hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can also pre-set the length of the

recording by entering the desired duration.

• Clip volume: Adjusts the volume level of the recorded clip.

• Fade-in: Gradually increases the volume of the clip.

• Fade-out: Gradually decreases the volume of the clip.

• Properties: Displays the attributes of a selected clip.

• Audio Filter: Opens the Audio Filter dialog box where you can apply

audio filters to the selected audio clip.

Auto Music tab

• Library: Lists the available libraries from

which music can be imported.

• Music: Select the desired music to add to your

project.

• Duration: Displays the total duration of the

selected music.

• Variation: Select from a variety of musical

instruments and tempo to apply to the selected

music.

• Play Selected Music: Plays back the music

with the selected Variation.

• Add to Timeline: Inserts the selected track to

the Music Track of the Timeline.

• SmartSound Quicktracks: Opens a dialog

box where you can view information and

manage the SmartSound Library.

• Volume: Adjusts the volume level of the selected music. A value of 100

retains the music’s original volume level.

• Fade-in: Gradually increases the volume of the music.

• Fade-out: Gradually decreases the volume of the music.

Adding voiceover narration

Documentaries and news features often use narrations to help the

audience understand what is going on in the video. VideoStudio

allows you to record your own narration with crisp and clear results.

To add voiceover narration:

1. Click the Music & Voice tab.

2. Move to the section of the video where you want to insert your

narration by using the Jog Bar.

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3. Click Record Voice. The Adjust Volume dialog box appears.

4. Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds

accordingly. Use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the

volume of the microphone.

5. Click Start and begin speaking into the microphone.

6. Press [Esc] or click Stop to stop recording.

Note: You cannot record over an existing clip. When a clip is

selected, recording is disabled. Make sure that a clip is not

selected by clicking on an empty area on the Timeline.

Tip: The best way to record narrations is to do the recording in 10 to

15-second sessions. This makes it easier to remove a badly recorded

narration and redo it. To remove, just select the clip on the Timeline

and press [Delete].

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Adding background music

Set the tone of your movie with the background music of your

choice. VideoStudio can record and convert song tracks from your

CD into WAV files and then insert them onto the Timeline.

VideoStudio also supports MP3 files and other popular audio file

formats which you can directly insert onto the Music Track.

To add music from an audio CD:

1. Click the Music & Voice tab.

2. Insert the audio CD into your CD

drive.

3. To check if the disc is detected, see to

it that Disc and Track in the Options

Panel are enabled. Choose your

desired song track from the Track

drop-down list.

4. Click Play Selected Track to listen to the selected song track.

When you are ready to record the song track into the Timeline,

click Record Selected Track.

5. Press [Esc] or click Stop to stop recording.

When you load or add an audio track from an audio CD into the

Library or Timeline, VideoStudio converts the CDA audio file to

WAV. The converted file is saved in your working folder.

Note: You cannot record over an existing clip. When a clip is

selected, recording is disabled. Make sure that a clip is not selected

by clicking on an empty area on the Timeline.

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To add third-party music:

1. Click the Auto Music tab.

2. Select the Library from where to import

the music.

3. Under Music, select the music you want to

use.

4. Select a Variation of the selected music.

Click Play Selected Music to play back the

music with the variation applied.

5. Set the Volume level then click Add to

Timeline.

Adding audio files

VideoStudio provides a separate Voice Track and Music Track but

you may interchangeably insert voice and music files on either

track. Click Insert media files: Insert Audio and choose which

track to insert your audio file.

The VideoStudio CD also comes with several audio clips ready for

you to use. Click Load audio to add them to the Library for

easy access.

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Trimming audio clips

After recording voice and music, you can easily trim your audio

clips on the Timeline. There are two ways to trim audio clips:

• On the Timeline, a selected audio clip has two yellow handles

that can be used for trimming. Just grab a handle, either from

the beginning or end, and drag it to shorten a clip.

•Drag the Trim handles on the Trim Bar.

To play only the trimmed portion of the clip, hold [Shift] then click

Play.

Fading-in/out

Tip: You can also trim a clip in the Library by using the Trim Bar.

Note: VideoStudio also has an Auto-trim function. When you insert

an audio clip between two existing clips in the Timeline, it will

automatically be trimmed to fit the available space.

Background music that starts and ends

gradually is commonly used to create

smooth transitions. For each of your music

clips, you can click and to fade-in

and fade-out the volume at the start and

end of the clip.

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Mixing audio tracks

The key to making narrations, background music, and existing

audio of your video clips blend well together is to control the

volume of your clips. Blend the different audio tracks in your

project by using the Audio Step Options Panel, Audio Mixing Panel

or Audio Timeline.

Using the Clip Volume Control

Using the Audio Mixing Panel

The Audio Mixing Panel allows you to adjust the volume level of the

audio tracks in your project in real-time. You can only see the Audio

Mixing Panel when you are in Audio View. (See “Audio View” on

page 40).

To use the Audio Mixing Panel:

1. Click Audio View.

2. In the Options Panel, click the track

whose volume level you want to adjust.

3. In the Navigation Panel, click Project

to switch to Project Mode. You can only

use the Audio Mixing Panel in this mode.

4. Click . While the project is playing in

the Preview Window, drag the Volume

Fader to adjust the volume level of the

audio.

You will find the volume control in the

Options Panel. Clip volume represents the

percentage of the original recorded volume.

Values range from 0 to 500%, where 0%

completely silences the clip and 100% retains the original recorded

volume.

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Volume rubber banding

The volume rubber band is the horizontal line in the middle of the

track and can only be seen when you are in Audio View. You can

use the rubber band to adjust the volume of the audio track of

video clip and the audio clips in the Music and Voice tracks.

To adjust the volume level using the rubber band:

1. Click Audio View.

2. On the Timeline, click the track whose volume level you want to

adjust.

3. Click a point on the rubber band to add a key frame. This allows

you to adjust the volume level of the track based on this key

frame.

Tips:

• Click Solo to only play back the audio of the selected track. To play

back specific tracks, click the speaker button beside the track.

•Drag the Pan slider to make the audio only come out of the right or

left speaker of your playback device. This effect is useful in scenes

where two persons are at opposite ends of the screen and are

talking on the phone.

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4. Drag the key frame upwards/downwards to increase/decrease

the volume level at this point of the clip.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add more key frames to the rubber band

and to adjust the volume level.

Applying audio filters

VideoStudio allows you to apply filters such as Amplify, Echo,

Normalize and Stadium to your audio clips in the Music and

Voice tracks. You can only apply audio filters when are you are in

Timeline View. (See “Timeline View” on page 39).

To apply audio filters:

1. Click Timeline View.

2. Select the audio clip on which to apply an audio filter.

3. In the Options Panel, click Audio Filter. This opens the Audio

Filter dialog box.

In the Available filters list, select the desired audio filters and

click Add.

4. Click OK.

Note: An audio filter can be customized if the Options button is

enabled. Click Options to open a dialog box where you can define

the settings for the particular audio filter.

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Render your project into a video file format that is suitable for your

audience or purpose. You can export the rendered video file as a

Web page, multimedia greeting card, or send it to a friend by e-

mail. All these and more can be done in VideoStudio's Share Step.

A DVD authoring wizard is also integrated in this step, enabling you

to directly burn your project as a DVD, SVCD, or VCD.

The Share Step Options Panel

Creating movie templates

Movie templates contain settings which define how to create the

final movie file. By using the preset movie templates provided by

Ulead VideoStudio, or by creating your own templates in the Make

Movie Manager, you can have multiple variations of your final

• Create Video File: Creates a video file of your

project.

• Create Disc: Invokes the DVD authoring

wizard and allows you to burn your project in

DVD, SVCD or VCD format.

• Project Playback: Clears the screen and

displays the whole project or a selected

segment against a black background. It can

also output to a videotape if you have a VGA to

a TV converter, camcorder, or a video recorder

connected to your system. It also allows you to

manually control the output device when

recording.

• Export: Provides you with a number of ways to

export and share a video file. A video file can be

exported to a Web page, converted to an

executable greeting card, and sent by e-mail. It can be exported to Ulead

DVD-VR Wizard for burning to DVD-RAM. You can also directly output a

video file to your DV camcorder and record it onto a DV tape. You can

only export your project after you have created a video file.

• Create Sound File: Allows you to save the audio segment of your

project as a sound file.

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movie. For instance, you can create movie templates that provide

high quality outputs for DVD and videotape recording, and also set

up movie templates that give lower quality but acceptable outputs

for different purposes, such as Web streaming and e-mail

distribution.

To create movie templates:

1. Select Tools: Make Movie Manager. The Make Movie

Templates Manager dialog box opens.

2. Click New. In the New Template dialog box, select the File

format and type in a Template name. Click OK.

3. In the Template Options dialog box, set the options you want

in the General and AVI/Compression tabs.

4. Click OK.

Note: The available options in the tabs will depend on the type of

file format of the template.

Notes:

• Movie templates will appear in a selection menu when you click

Create Video File in the Share Step. If you do not want to use a

movie template, you can select Custom from the pop-up menu.

This allows you to choose your own settings for creating the final

movie or simply use the current project settings.

• To modify the settings of a movie template, click the Edit button in

the Make Movie Manager dialog box.

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Creating and saving a video file

Before rendering your entire project into a movie file, select File:

Save or Save As to save it first as a VideoStudio project file

(*.VSP). This allows you to return to your project anytime and

make edits.

If you want to preview your project before creating a movie file,

switch to Project Mode and click Play in the Navigation Panel.

How the project is played back depends on the option you have

selected in File: Preferences - General tab - Playback method.

To create a video file of the entire project:

1. Click Create Video File in the Options Panel. A selection menu

of movie templates then opens.

2. To create a movie file using the current project settings, select

Same as Project Settings.

Or, select one of the preset movie templates. These templates

let you create a movie file that is suitable for the Web or for

output to DVD, SVCD or VCD.

3. Enter the desired file name for your movie and click Save. The

movie file will then be saved and placed in the Video Library.

Note: To check current project settings, select File: Project

Properties. To check the saving options provided by a movie

template, select Tools: Make Movie Manager.

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You can also render your project partially. SmartRender allows

"changes only" rendering, eliminating the need to re-render an

entire video sequence when slight modifications have been made.

To create a video file of the preview range:

1. Click the ruler on top of the Timeline to make sure no clip is

selected.

2. Select a preview range using the Trim Bar. Or, drag the blue

triangle along the ruler then press [F3] and [F4] to mark the

start and end points respectively.

3. Click Create Video File in the Options Panel.

4. Select a movie template.

5. In the Create Video File dialog box, click Options. In the

Options dialog box, select Preview range. (For more

information on the Video Save Options dialog box and

recommendations, see “Video Save Options” on page 160.) Click

OK.

6. Enter a file name and click Save.

Tips:

• To save on rendering time, use the same settings for your

source video (e.g. captured video), VideoStudio project, and

movie template.

• You can create a video with a specified duration. To create, In

the Create Video File dialog box, click Options. In the Video

Save Options dialog box, click the Ulead VideoStudio tab and

select Create video file with specified duration then enter

the Duration.

Note: A red line representing the selected range should appear

on the ruler.

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Another method of partially rendering your project is to click Play-

Project while holding down the [Shift] key. You don't have to be in

the Share Step to do this. The selected range will be rendered

then shown in the Preview Window. Doing this will create a

temporary video file under the folder specified in the Preview tab

of the Preferences dialog box. (See “Preview tab” on page 150).

Burning a DVD, VCD or SVCD

Click Create Disc in the Options Panel to output your project

(together with other VideoStudio projects or videos) to create a

VCD, SVCD, or DVD.

In the Create Disc dialog box, first choose an output format.

Second, decide whether you want to add other projects and videos.

See the following sections for more information.

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Assembling files

Import videos or VideoStudio project files (VSP) you want to

include in your final movie.

To add videos:

1. Click Add Video.

Locate the folder where the videos are, and then select one or

more video projects you want to add.

2. Click Open.

You can trim a video and VideoStudio project using the Jog Bar,

mark-in/out, and navigation controls. Trimming a video gives you

the freedom to precisely edit the video length.

Adding/Editing chapters

This feature is only available when the Create menus option is

selected. By adding chapters, you can create submenus linked to

their associated video clip.

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Represented as a video thumbnail in a submenu, each chapter is

like a bookmark for a video clip. When viewers click on a chapter,

the playback of the video will start from the selected chapter.

To create or edit chapters linked to a video clip:

1. Select a video in the Media Clip List.

2. Click Add/Edit Chapters.

3. Drag the Jog Bar to move to a scene to set it as a chapter then

click Add.

4. Repeat Step 3 to add more chapter points. You can also use

Remove or Remove All to delete unwanted chapters.

5. Click OK.

Notes:

• You can create up to 99 chapters for a video clip.

•If the Create menus option is not selected, you will be guided to

the preview step immediately without creating any menus after

clicking Next.

• When you are creating a disc with only one VideoStudio project or

one video clip, do not select First clip as first play video if you

want to create menus.

Or, click Auto to let

VideoStudio automatically

select chapters.

Tips:

• If you want to use Auto, your video must be at least one minute

long or the video has scene change information.

•If you click Auto and your video is a DV-formatted AVI file

captured from a DV camcorder, Ulead VideoStudio can

automatically detect scene changes and add chapters

accordingly.

• If the selected video is an MPEG-2 file with scene change

information, Ulead VideoStudio automatically generates these

chapters for you when you click Auto.

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Creating selection menus

In this step, you can create the main menu and submenus. These

menus provide an interactive screen for your movie viewer to

choose which video to watch. Ulead VideoStudio includes a set of

menu templates for you to create your menus and submenus.

To help you better understand the DVD/SVCD/VCD menu structure,

see the illustration below.

In this example, Clip 1 has three chapters so when you click the

Clip 1 video thumbnail, it will jump to submenu #1. If you look at

Clip 2, it has no chapters assigned to it so when you click Clip 2, the

video will start playing from the beginning.

To edit menus:

1. By default, VideoStudio automatically makes all required menus

for you. Use Currently displayed menu to switch to the menu

you want to edit.

2. Click "My Title" to customize the menu heading. You can also

click the text description under each video thumbnail for

customization.

Note: If you skip Step 2, "My Title" and the thumbnail name will

be used as the menu heading and the text description respectively.

If you don't want to show the menu heading or the text

description, simply delete it.

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3. To change the image shown on each video thumbnail, click it

then drag the Jog Bar to change.

4. To change a menu layout, use the Menu template list and

select another preset.

5. You can also click to use your own background image, or

click to use your background music.

6. When you're done, click Next to preview the movie.

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Previewing

Burning your project onto a disc

This is the final step in the disc creation process. You can burn your

movie onto a disc, create a DVD folder structure on your hard drive

so you can play the DVD movie on your computer or create a disc

image file of your movie to save on your hard drive.

Now, it's time to see how

your movie looks like before

you burn it onto a disc.

Simply move the mouse and

click Play to watch your

movie and test the menu

selection on your computer.

Use the navigation controls

here as you would on a

standard remote control of a

home DVD player.

Tip: As you move between controls, a ToolTip pops up and tells you

its specific function.

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To burn your movie onto a disc:

1. Insert a disc that is compatible to the format of your video into

the disc burner.

2. Enter a volume name (up to 32 characters) for the output disc.

3. In Output settings, select one or more tasks you want to do.

For example, select the recording format that best suits your

need. (See the notes below). You can also click Output

Advanced Settings if you want to add additional components

such as a video disc player or your personal data.

4. Select a disc burner and make settings (such as the recording

speed) compatible with your output disc format.

5. Click Output.

6. The burning progress bar shows you the burning status. Once it

is done, click Close.

Notes on how to choose an appropriate recording format:

• Ulead VideoStudio provides an option, DVD-Video (fast

editable), that allows you to still use the industrial standard DVD-

Video format, however, it will only burn the necessary files you

need so you can edit your video content (e.g. menus) in the future.

This option saves time in copying files and hard drive space when

you edit the contents of your disc again but may result in your disc

not being compatible with some DVD players.

• If DVD-Video (fast editable) is selected, options in the Output

Advanced Settings dialog box such as Include personal

folder to disc will not be available.

• If DVD-Video (fast editable) is selected, keep in mind that there is

a 30MB file size limitation for menus, background audio and project

file combined. Audio files have larger file sizes and therefore it

takes up the bulk of this file size limitation. Reduce the file size of

your audio (e.g. shorter length) if you plan to have a lot of menus.

• If you choose DVD-Video, you will be using the industrial standard

DVD-Video format for maximum compatibility. However, you

cannot enjoy the advantages brought by the DVD-Video (fast

editable) option.

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Project Playback

Project Playback is used to output your entire project or part of it

to a DV camcorder. This also gives you an actual size preview of

your movie using the entire screen of either a PC or TV monitor. You

can only output your project on a DV camcorder if your project is

using a DV AVI template.

How your video is played back will depend on the Playback

method option that you selected in Preferences. (See “General

tab” on page 145).

To play back your project in actual size:

1. In the Options Panel, click Project Playback.

2. In the Project Playback - Options dialog box, click Finish. To

stop the play back, press [Esc].

To record your project to a DV camcorder:

1. Turn on your DV camcorder and set it to Play (VTR/VCR) mode.

2. In the Options Panel, click Project Playback.

3. In the Project Playback - Options dialog box, select Use

device control then click Next.

Note: If you only want to output the preview range of your project

to the monitor, select Preview range.

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4. In the Project Playback - Device Control dialog box, use the

Navigation Panel to go to the section of the DV tape where to

start recording your project.

5. Click Record. When recording is complete, click Finish.

Note: If you only want to output the preview range of your

project to the DV camcorder, select Preview range.

Tip: Click Transmit to device unit for preview to preview your

project on the DV camcorder’s LCD monitor.

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Exporting your movie

VideoStudio provides you with a number of

ways to export and share your movie, which

will be discussed in the following sections.

The Export button is only enabled after you

create a final video file of your project or

you select a video file that is in the Library.

You cannot export project files.

Exporting videos to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard

You can record or add your videos to a device that supports DVD-

RAM (using the DVD-VR format) or DVD-R.

To export videos to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard:

1. In the Library, select the DVD-VR formatted video files you want

to export. Next, click Export and select Ulead DVD-VR

Wizard.

2. The Ulead DVD-VR Wizard dialog box appears.

Choose an option below, and then click Next:

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• To record video files onto a new blank formatted DVD-RAM

disc, click New Disc Image.

• To add video files onto an existing disc (with some data

previously recorded), click Open Disc Image and then select

the "DVD_RTAV" folder on the DVD-RAM disc in the Browse

Folder dialog box.

• To add other files, click Add MPEG File and then select the

files you want to add in the Select Video File dialog box.

Next, click Open.

3. Select a playlist. (You can also add or delete a list as needed.) If

you select All, all video clips are arranged in its original

chronological order. Once you're done, click Next.

Tip: If you record your videos on a new DVD-RAM disc, it must be

pre-formatted in the DVD-VR format. After formatting, a

"DVD_RTAV" folder is automatically created on the disc.

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4. In Step 3, if you select All you can select multiple neighboring

clips to combine, or divide a clip. You can also select any clip to

preview its content. Once you're done, click Next.

In Step 3, if you select a playlist, the list is displayed in the lower

pane while the upper pane shows all available video clips. Here,

you can add or delete any clip in the playlist. (Drag-and-drop is

also supported.) Once you're done, click Next.

5. Use Select playlist to preview any content as needed. Once

you're done, click Record.

Note: Select Program shows different sets of programs

recorded in chronological order.

All Playlist

Notes:

• While recording is in

progress, all buttons are

temporarily disabled. When

recording is done, click

Finish to complete the task.

• While recording is in

progress, you can still cancel

recording by pressing [Esc].

By doing so, no files will be

recorded onto the disc.

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Recording back to a DV camcorder

After editing your project and creating a video file, VideoStudio

allows you to record the video to your DV camcorder. You can only

record a video that is using DV AVI format to your DV camcorder.

To record a movie to your DV camcorder:

1. Turn your camcorder on and set it to Play mode (or VTR / VCR

mode). See your camcorder's manual for specific instructions.

7. Click Record. After you are done recording your project to the

DV camcorder, click Finish.

2. Click the Share Step.

3. Select a compatible DV AVI file from the

Library.

4. Click Export: DV Recording.

5. The DV Recording - Preview Window dialog box opens. You

can preview the video file here. After you are done previewing,

click Next.

6. In the Project Playback - Record Window dialog box, use the

Navigation Panel to go to the section of the DV tape where to

start recording.

Tip: Click Transmit to device unit for preview to preview your

project on the DV camcorder’s LCD monitor.

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Posting your video on a Web page

The Internet is another medium where you can share your movies

but there are a few things you need to take into consideration. A

short three minute video can take up 60MB of disk space and will

take many hours to download. However, at reasonable file sizes,

viewers can download your movies from the Internet. Creating

video for the Internet requires proper use of video format and

compression to produce good quality but small file size video files.

After you have created a movie that is suitable for posting to the

Internet, VideoStudio can assist with the task of coding the HTML

document.

To export your video onto a Web page:

1. Select a video clip from the Library.

2. Select the Share Step then click Export in the Options Panel

and select Web Page.

3. A message will appear asking if you want to use Microsoft

ActiveMovie control or not.

ActiveMovie is a small plug-in for your Internet browser

(standard with IE 4.0 or above) which your viewers need to

install. If you choose No, the page will be set up with a simple

link to the movie.

4. Enter a name and location for the new HTML file.

5. Click OK.

Note: Before recording a video file back to your DV camcorder, make

sure the video is saved with the correct codec. For example, the

codec DV Video Encoder usually works well for most NTSC DV

camcorders. You can select it from the Compression tab in the

Video Save Options dialog box. (See “Compression tab (MPEG

files)” on page 162).

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Your default browser will open, displaying your page. When you

upload this page to your Web server, you need to change one line of

code to reflect the relative links to the associated movie file.

Sending a movie by e-mail

When you select E-mail, VideoStudio automatically opens your

default e-mail client and inserts the selected video clip into a new

message as an attachment. Enter the necessary infomation in the

fields then click Send.

If your e-mail program was not previously configured as the default

e-mail client, follow the instructions below to set up your e-mail

program. In MAPI-compliant programs such as Netscape Mail and

Eudora, you need to enable their MAPI (Messaging Application

Programming Interface) option.

To set up Microsoft Outlook Express as your default e-mail

program:

1. In Outlook Express, select Tools: Options.

2. Click the General Tab in the Options dialog box.

3. Under Default Messaging Programs, click the Make Default

button after the This application is NOT the default Mail

handler option.

4. Click Apply.

With Activemovie control Without Activemovie control

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To enable MAPI in Netscape Mail:

1. In Netscape Mail, select Edit: Preferences.

2. Select Mail & Newsgroups in the Category list.

3. Select Use Netscape Messenger from MAPI-based

applications.

4. Click OK.

To enable MAPI in Eudora:

1. In Eudora, select Tools: Options.

2. Select MAPI in the Category list.

3. Select Always under Use Eudora MAPI server.

Electronic greeting cards

Share your video with friends and relatives by creating multimedia

greeting cards. VideoStudio packs the movie into an executable

(EXE) file that automatically plays the video. In addition, you can

even display your video using your choice of background.

To create a greeting card:

1. Select a video clip from the

Library.

2. Select the Share Step then

in the Options Panel and

select Greeting Card.

3. Your video appears in a

bounding box in the

Multimedia Greeting Card

dialog box. Double-click an

image from the Background template to select it.

4. Drag the thumbnail to adjust the position. Another way is to

enter X and Y axis values. You can also resize the image using

Note: You cannot export

DV AVI files as a greeting

card.

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the black controls around the thumbnail, or enter Width and

Height values directly.

5. Enter a file name for the card in the Greeting card file entry

box.

6. Click OK to create the card.

The background templates that are provided with VideoStudio are

JPEG image files. You can create your own templates in any

graphics editor, or even use still frames captured from your movies.

To use your own backgrounds, search for images using Browse

next to the Background template file name entry box.

Creating an audio file

Sometimes, you want to save the audio track of your captured clips

or entire video project in a separate audio file. This is especially

useful when you want to use the same sound with another set of

images, or when you want to convert the audio of a captured live

performance into sound files. VideoStudio makes it easy for you to

create an audio file of your project in MPA, RM, or WAV format.

To create an audio file:

1. Open your project and click the Share Step.

Note: You can also create a sound file from an existing video file

by selecting it in the Library.

2. Click Create Sound File.

3. From the Save as type list,

select the audio format you

want to use and select Options

to display the Audio Save

Options dialog box.

4. Fine tune your audio attributes

and click OK.

5. Enter a file name and click

Save.

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Appendix A: Menus and dialog

boxes

Menus

File menu

• New Project: Creates a new Ulead

VideoStudio project file. This clears

the existing workspace and opens

the new project with the specified

settings in the New dialog box. If

you have an unsaved project

opened in the workspace when you

click New Project, Ulead

VideoStudio prompts you to save

the changes first.

• Open Project: Invokes the Open dialog box for selecting a

Ulead VideoStudio project file (VSP) to place in the

workspace. If you have an unsaved project opened in the

workspace, a message prompts you to save the changes.

• Save/Save As: Allows you to save your work as a new or

existing project file (*.VSP). It opens the Save As dialog box

where you can assign a file name and location for saving the

file.

• Project Properties: Displays the Project Properties dialog

box that includes information about the currently opened file.

Here you can also edit the project file template attributes.

• Preferences: Opens the Preferences dialog box where you

can customize the Ulead VideoStudio working environment.

(See “Preferences: File menu” on page 145).

• Relink: Displays the Relink dialog box, prompting you to

relink the currently selected clip whenever necessary. If you

move the folder containing the source files to another

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directory, select Smart search in the Relink dialog box. When

you relink one thumbnail, Ulead VideoStudio will relink all the

source files in the directory automatically.

• Insert Media File to Timeline: Displays a pop-up menu that

allows you to select video, DVD/DVD-VR, image, or audio, and

then insert it to the appropriate track.

• Insert Media File to Library: Displays a pop-up menu that

allows you to select video, DVD/DVD-VR, image, or audio, and

then insert it to the Library.

• Exit: Closes the Ulead VideoStudio program. It displays a

message, prompting you to save your current project.

Edit menu

• Undo: Reverses past actions that you

performed on your project. Ulead

VideoStudio allows you to go back up to the

last 99 actions. The number of steps that

you can undo depends on the settings you

specify in the File: Preferences - General tab. (See

“General tab” on page 145).

• Redo: Allows you to reverse up to 99 of the last undo

commands you performed. The number of steps you can redo

depends on the settings you specify in the File: Preferences

- General tab.

• Copy: Copies the currently selected media clip to the

clipboard so that it can be pasted into a Library folder.

• Paste: Pastes the copied media clip to the selected Library

folder.

• Delete: Removes the currently selected clip from the selected

Track/Library folder.

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Clip menu

• Change Image/Color Duration:

Opens the Duration dialog box where

you can change the length of a clip.

• Mute: Silences the audio of a video

clip. This option is helpful if you want

to apply a different music background

to a specific video clip.

• Fade-in: Gradually increases the

volume of a clip from zero to full

volume.

• Fade-out: Gradually decreases the volume of a clip from full

volume to zero.

• Split Video Cuts a video clip in two. With a video clip

selected, move the Preview Bar under the Preview Window to

select the point where you want to cut the clip.

• Multi-trim Video: Opens the Multi-trim Video dialog box

where you can select useful segments from a video clip and

break down the clip into these segments.

• Split by Scene: Opens the Scenes dialog box where you can

split the video file based on frame content or shooting date.

This option can also be used for clips in the Library.

• Save Trimmed Video: Cuts the selected part according to

the handles of the Trim Bar and saves it as a new video file.

After trimming to a video file, a thumbnail of this new video

appears in the Library.

• Save as Still Image: Saves the current frame in the Preview

Window as a new image file. A thumbnail of this new image

appears in the Library.

• Export: Provides a number of ways to export and share your

movie:

Ulead DVD-VR Wizard: Allows you to record or add your

videos to a device that supports DVD-RAM (using the DVD-VR

format) or DVD-R.

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DV Recording: Opens a dialog box allowing you to directly

send and record video data to an output device such as a DV

camcorder or other DV recording device.

Web Page: Allows you to put a selected clip or movie file on

a Web page.

E-mail: Runs the user’s default e-mail client (e.g. Outlook

Express) and attaches the selected video clip or movie file.

Greeting Card: Opens a dialog box allowing you to create a

multimedia greeting card using a selected clip or movie file.

• Properties: Displays information about the currently selected

clip.

Tools menu

• VideoStudio Movie Wizard: Opens

the Movie Wizard that allows you to

quickly create a movie. (See

“VideoStudio Movie Wizard” on

page 26).

• Create Disc: Allows you to output your

project (together with other

VideoStudio projects or videos) to

create VCD, SVCD, or DVD.

• Select Device Control: Opens a dialog box where you can

set up device control. This will allow you to control your DV

device using the Navigation Panel.

• Change Capture Plug-in: Displays the Change Capture

Plug-in dialog box that allows you to choose a plug-in for the

capture driver.

• Batch Convert: Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where

you can choose multiple video files in different file formats

and convert them to a single video file format.

• Full Screen Preview: Gives an actual size preview of your

project using the entire screen of a PC or TV monitor. This is

only available in the Capture and Share steps.

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• Save Current Frame as Image:Saves the current frame in

the Preview Window as an image file in the Library.

• Make Movie Manager: Create and manage templates that

contain all the information (file format, frame rate,

compression, etc.) required to create a video file from your

project. After you have created a template, when you click

Create Video File in the Share Step, you will be given the

option to use that template.

• Preview Files Manager: Opens the Preview Files

Manager dialog box, listing all the preview files created in the

project. You can select the preview files to delete, freeing

some of your system resources.

• Library Manager: Allows you to create custom media folders

in the Library.

Help menu

• Ulead VideoStudio Help:

Displays general program help

about Ulead VideoStudio.

• Online Registration: This opens

your browser to the Ulead VideoStudio Online Registration

page. This allows you to instantly register your product and

entitles you to full technical support, upgrade prices, special

offers on other Ulead products, and occasionally free

downloads.

• Ulead Home Page: Automatically opens your Web browser

and leads you to Ulead’s Web site for online registration, easy

updates, special offers, and a plethora of tips, tricks, and

ideas.

• About Ulead VideoStudio: Shows program version and

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Dialog boxes

Audio Save Options

Ulead VideoStudio tab

Compression tab

• Entire project:

Creates an audio file

containing the whole

project.

• Preview range:

Creates an audio file

containing only the

range you have marked

in the Timeline.

• Play after creating:

Select to play the audio

file after the file has

been created.

• Format: Click to open

the Audio Format

dialog box where you

can change the audio

characteristics.

• Attributes: Select from

the drop-down list of

audio characteristics to

use for saving.

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Batch Convert

• Batch Convert List: Displays the video files to be converted.

The size, type, date modified and path of the video files are

also displayed.

• Add: Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can

select the files you want to convert.

• Remove: Deletes the selected file from the Batch Convert

List.

• Remove All: Deletes all the files in the Batch Convert List.

• Save in folder: Click Browse to select a folder where to save

the converted video files.

• Save as type: Select to what file format to convert the video

files.

• Convert: Starts the conversion process.

• Cancel: Closes the dialog box without converting the video

files.

• Options: Opens the Video Save Options dialog box where

you can define save and compression settings for the selected

file format. (See “Video Save Options” on page 160).

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Burner Advanced Settings

• Perform test before recording: Select to simulate first (it

does not actually burn yet) the CD/DVD burning of the video

file. This will help you check if the system speed is enough to

send data to the CD/DVD writing device at a specified

recording speed. After the simulated burning, actual burning

then starts. Clear to burn the disc without performing a test.

• Buffer underrun protection: Select to use this technology

when burning your video file. This technology helps eliminate

the buffer underrun problem. Availability of this technology

depends on the disc burner you use.

• Format DVD+RW: Select to format the DVD+RW before

recording. Enabling this option will prolong the recording

process but will ensure a successful burn. This is

recommended when you are using the DVD+RW disc for the

first time.

• Do not close disc: Select to keep the CD/DVD open after the

burning process. This allows you to use the same disc to add

new files in the future using another CD/DVD burning

software.

• Quick eject: Select this function to greatly reduce the time it

takes to finish creating a short DVD when you are using a

DVD+RW drive. However, this may result in your disc having

compatibility problems with some DVD players.

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Border/Shadow/Transparency

Border tab

• Outline: Select to create an outline effect for your text.

• Border width: Specify the thickness of the border.

• Line color: Click to select a color for the border.

• Text transparency: Set the transparency of the text. The

higher the value the more transparent the text.

• Soft edge: Make the border blend smoothly with the

background. The higher the value the more the border blends

with the background.

Shadow tab

• Shadow type: Select the type of shadow to appy to your

text.

The availability of the options below depends on the type of

shadow:

• X: Sets the horizontal distance between the text and shadow.

• Y: Sets the vertical distance between the object and shadow.

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• Color: Click to select the color of the shadow.

• Transparency: Set the transparency of the text. The higher

the value the more transparent the shadow.

• Soft edge: Make the border blend smoothly with the

background. The higher the value the more the shadow

blends with the background.

• Intensity: Set the size of the shadow.

Capture Options

• Capture audio: Select to capture the audio when capturing

from an analog device.

• Capture to Library: Select to put the captured video into the

Library.

• Force to use preview mode: Select to improve captured

video quality when capturing in SVCD or DVD format. This is

only available if your analog capture card supports this

feature.

• Capture frame rate: Select what frame rate to use when

capturing the video. The higher the frame rate, the smoother

the video will be.

• Display Source Volume Panel when capturing: Select to

open the Source Volume Panel when capturing analog videos.

You can use this panel to adjust the sound volume of the

analog source during capture.

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Change Capture Plug-in

• Current capture plug-in: Allows you to choose a capture

plug-in for the driver that comes with the capture device

installed on your computer. Capture plug-ins are programs

that come with Ulead VideoStudio. They allow VideoStudio to

communicate with your video camera.

• Description: Displays a brief description of the selected

capture plug-in.

Output Advanced Settings

• Include personal folder to disc: Select to include Ulead

DVD Runtime Player when you burn your video project onto

a disc which you can use to play your movie in your PC. Click

Settings to change the player's program icon and/or skin

before you burn it onto the disc.

• Include DVD player: Select to include Ulead DVD Runtime

Player when you burn your video project onto a disc which

you can use to play your movie in your PC. Click Settings to

change the player's program icon and/or skin before you burn

it onto the disc.

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Preferences: File menu

General tab

• Undo: Allows you to define the maximum number of times

you can take back an action. Values range from 0-99.

• Background color: Specifies the background color to use for

clips.

• Relink checking: Automatically performs a crosscheck

between the clips in the project and their associated source

files, allowing you to relink the source files to the clips. This is

important when the file in the Library is moved to another

folder location.

• Show message when inserting first video clip into

Timeline: Enables VideoStudio to prompt a message when it

detects that an inserted video clip's properties do not match

with the current project settings.

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 displays a

message and gives you the option to have the project settings

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automatically adjusted to match the clip's properties.

Changing the project settings allows VideoStudio to perform

SmartRender.

• Show startup screen: Select to open the startup screen

everytime you launch VideoStudio. This startup screen allows

you to choose either to open VideoStudio Editor or

VideoStudio Movie Wizard.

• Display title safe area in Preview Window: Select to show

the title safe area in the Preview Window when creating titles.

The title safe area is a rectangular box on the Preview

Window. Make sure that your text is within the title safe area

to ensure that your entire text is properly displayed on the TV

screen.

• Use default transition effect: Automatically adds a

transition effect between clips when new clips are added to

the Video Track.

• Default transition effect: Allows you to choose the

transition effect to be automatically applied to your project.

• Playback method: Choose a method for previewing

projects: 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. 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.

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.

• Clip display mode: Determines the manner to which your

video clip will be presented on the Timeline. Select

Thumbnail only if you want your clip to be represented by a

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corresponding thumbnail on the Timeline. Select File name

only if you want your clip to be represented by its file name

on the Timeline. Or you can select Thumbnail and file name

to have your clip represented by its corresponding thumbnail

and file name.

• Working folder: Allows you to select the folder you want to

save your finished projects and captured clips.

• Instant Playback target: Select where to play back your

project. If you have a dual head display card, you can play

back your project on both the Preview Window and an

external display device.

• Default field order Choose the default field option for the

selected video clip whose field option is unknown. Field-based

video stores video data as two distinct fields of information for

each frame. If your video is only for computer playback,

select Frame-based.

Edit tab

• Apply color filter Select to configure VideoStudio to confine

its color palette to those visible in the NTSC or PAL filter color

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space to make sure that all the colors are valid. Clear if for

monitor display only.

• Resampling quality: Specifies the quality for all effects and

clips. A higher quality results in better video reproduction but

takes longer to render. Choose Best if you are preparing for

final output. Choose Good for fastest operation.

• Image resampling option: Select a method for your image

resampling.

• Default inserted image/color clip duration: Specifies the

default clip length for all image clips and colors that will be

added in your video project. Unit of time for the duration is in

seconds.

• Default audio fade in/out duration: Specifies the default

duration for fading in and fading out of a video clip's audio.

Value entered here will be the amount of time it will take for

the volume to reach the normal level for fading in or the base

for fading out.

• Default inserted transition effect duration: Specifies

duration of the transition effect applied to all clips in your

video project, in seconds.

Capture tab

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• Press OK to capture: Allows you to press OK to start

capturing.

• Record directly from CD: Allows you to record an audio

track directly from a CD.

• Captured still image save format: Specifies the format to

which your captured still image file will be saved as.

• Image quality: Determines the display quality of the

captured image. The higher the quality, the bigger the file.

• Image capture deinterlace: Enables constant image

resolution when downloading files, as opposed to the

progressive image resolution available with interlaced images.

• Stop DV tape when capturing stops: Enables the DV

camcorder to automatically stop the tape playback after a

video capture process is complete.

• Allow access to capture device’s settings: If you need to

customize particular capture settings of your capture device,

select this option. When this option is selected, the Video

and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box will no

longer be available. In its place, several dialog boxes

containing capture settings for the capture device will be

made available.

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Preview tab

• Specify additional folders for preview files: Indicates

which folder Ulead VideoStudio can use to save preview files.

The folder shown is the folder specified in the SET TEMP

statement of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Specify other folders if

you have additional drives or a partitioned drive. If you only

have one drive, leave the other boxes empty.

• Limit hard disk usage to: Specifies how much memory you

want to allocate just for the Ulead VideoStudio's program. If

you are only using Ulead VideoStudio and want to optimize

the performance, select the maximum amount possible. If

you are using other programs in the background, you may

want to limit this to half of the maximum file size. If left

cleared, Ulead VideoStudio uses your systems memory

management to control the use and distribution of memory.

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Preferences (Create Disc)

• VCD player compliant Ulead VideoStudio uses the VCD 2.0

format when creating VCDs. For navigation menus with

background music, Ulead VideoStudio uses a format that

requires "variable-bit-rate (VBR)" decoding. However, some

VCD players do not support VBR decoding and therefore VCDs

created in Ulead VideoStudio will not play correctly in these

players. Select this option to make sure that the VCD created

will play in these players.

• Apply anti-flickering filter Select to apply the anti-

flickering filter to the menu pages. The anti-flickering filter

reduces the "flickering" that happens when using a television

(interlaced display) to view the menu pages. However, this

does not help when the menu page is viewed on progressive

scan devices such as computer monitors or projectors.

• Perform non-square pixel rendering Select to perform

non-square pixel rendering when previewing your video. Non-

square pixel support helps avoid distortion and keeps the real

resolution of DV and MPEG-2 content. Generally, the square

pixel is suited for the aspect ratio of computer monitors while

the non-square pixel is best used for viewing on a TV screen.

Remember to take into account which medium will be your

primary mode of display.

• TV system Select the type of your TV system (NTSC or PAL).

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Preview Playback Options

• View on the dialog box Preview Window Select to

preview the selected filter in the Preview Window of the dialog

box

• View on the project Preview Window Select to preview

the selected filter in VideoStudio’s Preview Window.

• External playback device Select a device where to preview

your clip with the filter applied. You can use a DV camcorder’s

LCD monitor or another device such as a TV. If your display

card supports two output devices, select Dual Head Device

to preview the clip on the other device connected to your

display card.

• Options Click to adjust or modify the properties of the

selected external playback device.

• Description Displays additional information about the

selected external playback device.

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Project Properties

• Project file information: Displays various information about

the project file such as file size and duration.

• Project template properties: Displays the video file format

and other attributes used by the project.

Edit file format: Select the video format you are going to

use to create your final movie. Click Edit to open the Project

Options dialog box where you can customize compression

and audio settings for the selected file format.

Project Options

The tabs and settings in this dialog box are the same as the Video

Save Options dialog box. (See “Video Save Options” on

page 160).

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Project Settings (Create Disc)

• MPEG properties for file conversion: Displays detailed

information about the selected video setting.

• Change MPEG Settings: Click to open a menu where you

can select a disc template for the selected file format. Click

Customize to define video save settings such as compression

and frame rate.

• Do not convert compliant MPEG files: Select to not re-

render MPEG files that are already compliant to the selected

MPEG format.

• Auto repeat when playback ends: Select to loop the video

after it is done playing back.

After playback: Select whether to play the next clip or go

back to the menu after playback ends. This option is disabled

when Auto repeat when playback ends is selected.

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Preview Files Manager

Use the Preview Files Manager to free hard disk space occupied by

temporary preview files used in your project.

• Preview files list: Displays VideoStudio project files (VSP)

that you created and saved.

• Delete: Click to remove the temporary files of the selected

VideoStudio project file from your computer.

• Delete All: Click to remove all the temporary files of all

VideoStudio project files from your computer.

• Hard disk: Displays the available free space of the selected

hard drive.

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Select Device Control

• Current device: Select the appropriate capture driver from

the drop-down list to be used by VideoStudio in

communicating with your device.

• Timecode offset: Specify a value to adjust the discrepancy

between the actual playing time of your device and the

trimming marks specified in the DV Recording dialog box. If

for example you have specified the mark in timecode for

capturing and then after the process, the captured start frame

is the frame before the actual mark in timecode, you can then

set a value of -4 to correct the timing between the device and

your capture board.

• Description: Displays additional information about the

current device control driver.

• Options: Opens a dialog box related to the selected current

device control driver. This button is disabled if your current

device does not support additional options. (Consult your

hardware device’s manual for more information.)

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Video and Audio Capture Property Settings

Source tab

Video

• Input Source: Determines where your data comes from.

Select Video Composite if you have a video input jack and

one (Mono) or two (Stereo) audio input jacks. Select Video

Tuner for TV input and Video S-video for S-video input.

• TV system: Specify whether you like to use NTSC or PAL,

depending on your region. NTSC is predominant in North

America and many Asian countries. PAL is the television

standard in Europe and South Pacific.

Audio

• Audio device: Select the audio device where you want to

capture audio.

• Input source: Indicates the current sound input device.

Should there be any problems with your audio, simply check if

you've selected the appropriate sound input device from the

Audio input source drop-down list.

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Channel tab (TV tuner only)

• Country/Region: Determines the available channels in your

place.

• TV input type: Determines the mode of your television input.

Select Antenna if you're using an antenna to watch television

or Cable, if your television utilizes a cable TV system.

• TV audio: Select the audio format currently used by the TV.

• Channel: Enter the channel of the television program you

plan to capture footage from.

• Advanced: Click to open the TV Channel Manager dialog

box where you can scan for the TV channels available in your

region.

Color tab

Please see “Video Color Manager” on page 159.

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Capture tab

• Compression: Shows the available compression schemes. A

no compression option is also available.

• Frame size: Select the size of the frame or define your own

for the video file.

• Use software compression: Only applicable to files in AVI

format. Check this if you have a specific compression

requirement. Click Advanced to specify your preferred

software compression.

• Advanced: Click to open the Video Compression dialog box

where you can customize compression settings.

Video Color Manager

Video Color Manager allows you to adjust the analog source’s video

properties such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation before

you capture the video into VideoStudio.

There are various video property options that you can adjust in this

dialog box. Drag the sliders for each item to increase or decrease

the value. Click Set Default to reset the values to their original

settings.

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Video Save Options

Ulead VideoStudio tab

• Entire project Select to save all the frames of the entire file.

• Preview range Select to save a video file consisting only of

clips in the preview area. (Only available if a preview area

exists.)

• Play after creating Select to watch the video immediately

after VideoStudio finishes saving.

• Perform SmartRender Select to use pre-created file that

VideoStudio recognizes if contents are still available for faster

rendering process.

• Perform non-square pixel rendering Select to perform

non-square pixel rendering when previewing your video. Non-

square pixel support helps avoid distortion and keeps the real

resolution of DV and MPEG-2 content. Generally, the square

pixel is suited for the aspect ratio of computer monitors while

the non-square pixel is best used for viewing on a TV screen.

Remember to take into account which medium will be your

primary mode of display.

• Create video file with specified duration Select to specify

the duration of the video file that will be created. This is useful

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when the movie project is very long and will exceed the disc

capacity. VideoStudio will output the project as multiple video

files.

• Apply anti-flickering filter Select to apply the anti-

flickering filter to the menu pages. The anti-flickering filter

reduces the "flickering" that happens when using a television

(interlaced display) to view the menu pages. However, this

does not help when the menu page is viewed on progressive

scan devices such as computer monitors or projectors.

General tab

• Encoder driver: Select the encoder to use to encode the

video file.

• Data track: Specify whether to create the video file or the

video track only or include the audio track.

• Frame rate: Specify the frame rate to use for the resulting

video file.

• Frame type: Select between saving your work as field-based

or frame-based video files. Field-based video stores video

data as two distinct fields of information for each frame. If

your video is only for computer playback, you should save

your work as frame-based.

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• Frame size: Select the size of the frame or define your own

for the video file.

• Display aspect ratio: Select from a list of supported pixel

aspect ratios. By applying the correct aspect ratio, images

appear properly when previewed thus avoiding distorted

motion and transparency on images.

Compression tab (MPEG files)

• Media type: Select MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 for basic MPEG

options. If you want to strictly follow the DVD, VCD or SVCD

specifications, you should select one of the media types

available on the drop-down menu. Select either NTSC or PAL

depending on your region.

• Speed/Quality: Drag the slider to control the compression of

a file. Dragging the slider to the right produces a higher

quality video but at the expense of fluid motion of the video.

Dragging the slider to the left produces a fluid motion video

but at the expense of quality of the video.

Video settings

• Video data rate: Select either to use constant bit rate (CBR)

or variable bit rate (VBR) to encode your video file. The value

must be between 390-14648 kbps. When CBR is selected, the

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data rate entered will be used all the time regardless of the

amount of information of the video. It may fluctuate at some

points but overall it will try to approximate the data rate

entered. When VBR is selected, the data rate will adjust itself

depending whether the material is simple or complex. It will

not exceed the data rate entered in the box.

I-frames only By selecting this option, the MPEG encoder

will only compress the video to something called I-frames

(and not P or B frames). This makes the quality better but the

file size will be much larger. For most people, you should leave

this option unselected, as it disables an important part of

MPEG compression.

DVD-VR compliant: Select to automatically set the video

data rate to be compliant to DVD-VR specifications.

Audio settings

• Audio format: Select an audio coding format for DVD-Video.

MPEG video encoding format include audio encoding, which

use lossy information. Linear PCM (LPCM) is an uncompressed

audio format which is similar to CD audio, but with higher

sampling frequencies and quantisations. LPCM's maximum bit

rate is 6.144 Mb/s, which is much higher than MPEG-2 coding.

LPCM offers high quality but its drawback is that higher data

rates leave little bandwidth for video. AC3 audio is the digital

standard for compressed audio files. It is a new and unique

way of digitally compressing and decoding audio channels into

a very small space to produce high quality audio playback. It

covers eight different channel combinations ranging from

conventional monophonic or stereophonic sound up to a 6-

channel surround-type format.

• Audio type: Select from Mono, Stereo or Joint Stereo (often

used in MPEG compression).

• Audio frequency: This is a measure of the quality of the

audio: 44100Hz is considered CD quality.

• Audio bit rate: This is a measure of the data rate of the

audio: White Book MPEG-1 audio is 224 kbps.

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AVI tab

• Compression: Shows the available compression schemes. A

no compression option is also available.

• Quality: Drag the slider to control the compression of a file.

• Configure: Click for additional compression options.

• Key frame for every _ Frames: Specify the distance

between "key" frames used by the compression scheme.

• Data type: Select from the list of available data types of the

currently selected video compression scheme.

• Preview: Click to open the Preview dialog box to display the

quality of the video compression settings.

• Use common palette: Select the color palette to use for

saving the video.

• Load: Click to load a previously saved color palette.

• Audio: Click to open the Audio Format dialog box where you

can change the audio characteristics.

• Advanced: Click to open the Advanced Options dialog box

where you can specify additional settings for your saved

video.

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Advanced Options

• Target playback drive: Specify the data rate of your storage

device.

• Check data rate: Select to compare the data rate of the

compressed file to the selected Target Playback Drive. Change

this rate to more closely match the data rate of the target

storage device.

• Tolerance: Specify the acceptable percentage of difference

on the specified data rate and the data rate of the

compressed file.

• Recompress: Select this option to force the program to re-

render (recompress) the project. In most cases, you should

leave this option unchecked.

• Interleave audio and video: Select to be able to specify the

interleave ratio between the audio and video data.

• Pack audio data for every _ Frames: Specify when the

next portion of audio data follows the video data.

• Pad frames for CD-ROM: Select to help make your CD-ROM

more efficient in playback by standardizing the video data

structure when saving.

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Appendix B: Shortcuts

Menu command shortcuts

Step Panel shortcuts

Ctrl+N Create a new project

Ctrl+O Open a project

Ctrl+S Save a project

Alt+Enter Project Properties

F6 Preferences

Ctrl+Z Undo

Ctrl+Y Redo

Ctrl+C Copy

Ctrl+V Paste

Del Delete

F1 Help

Alt + C Go to Capture Step

Alt + E Go to Edit Step

Alt + F Go to Effect Step

Alt + O Go to Overlay Step

Alt + T Go to Title Step

Alt + A Go to Audio Step

Alt + S Go to Share Step

Up Go to the previous step

Down Go to the next step

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Navigation Panel shortcuts

F3 Set mark-in

F4 Set mark-out

Ctrl + 1 Switch to Project mode

Ctrl + 2 Switch to Clip mode

Ctrl + P Play/Pause

Shift+Play button Play only the selected area within the

project.

Ctrl + H Home

Ctrl + E End

Ctrl + U Previous frame

Ctrl + T Next frame

Ctrl + R Repeat

Ctrl + L System Volume

Ctrl + I Split Video

Tab ;

Enter

• Toggle between the Trim Bar and Jog Bar.

• When the left Trim Bar handle is active,

pressing [Tab] or [Enter] switches to the

right handle.

Left If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to make the

Trim Bar or Jog Bar active, use the Left-

arrow key to move to the previous frame.

Right If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to make the

Trim Bar or Jog Bar active, use the Right-

arrow key to move to the next frame.

ESC If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to activate

and toggle between the Trim Bar and Jog

Bar, you can press [Esc] to deactivate the

Trim Bar /Jog Bar.

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Timeline shortcuts

Multi-trim Video shortcuts

Ctrl+A • Select all clips in the Timeline.

• Single title: Select all characters in the

on-screen edit mode.

Ctrl+X Single title: Cut selected characters in the

on-screen edit mode.

Shift+Click Select multiple clips in the same track. (To

select multiple clips in the Library,

Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click the clips.)

Left Select the previous clip in the Timeline.

Right Select the next clip in the Timeline.

+ / - Zoom in/out.

Page Up /

Page Down

Scroll to the right/left.

Ctrl + Down ;

Ctrl + Right

Scroll forward.

Ctrl + Up ;

Ctrl + Left

Scroll backward.

Ctrl + Home Move to the start of the Timeline.

Ctrl + End Move to the end of the Timeline.

Del Delete

F3 Set mark-in

F4 Set mark-out

F5 Go backward in the clip

F6 Go forward in the clip

F7 Set the Go back/forward button dura-

tion

Esc Cancel

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Others

ESC • Stop capturing, recording, rendering, or

close a dialog box without making any

changes.

• If you switched to Full Screen Preview,

press [Esc] to change back to the

VideoStudio Editor interface.

Double-click a tran-

sition in the Effects

Library

Double-clicking a transition in the Library

automatically inserts it into the first empty

transition slot between two clips. Repeating

this process will insert a transition into the

next empty transition slot.

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Appendix C: Technology

Overview

Analog vs. Digital

With repeated use, the magnetic tape used in High-8, 8 mm, VHS,

and S-VHS becomes prone to wear and tear. It gets thinner and

thinner until the video could no longer be played. On the other

hand, the quality of digital video doesn't diminish over time. You

can play DVs countless times and still expect the quality to be as

sharp as it originally was. Digitization also extends a video's life

span and allows you to enhance its original sound and picture

quality.

Digitizing analog videos is a breeze with VideoStudio, wherein data

captured from an analog device are automatically converted to

digital format. Once digitized, you can edit these footage and

output them in any disc format of your choice.

Footage can be captured from

your analog source and digitized

for editing in your PC.

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SmartRender Technology

Speed is usually one of the primary concerns of users when editing

videos. While working on a video project, usually, you will want to

preview the project as you edit, and it can be quite discouraging if

you have to wait a long time to see the results of your work.

Ulead VideoStudio's SmartRender feature makes previewing and

creating movies a lot faster. When you preview your video project

for the first time, VideoStudio 'renders' the project by creating a

temporary preview file on your hard disk which combines the video,

image, and audio clips with the special effects which you applied to

them. The SmartRender feature detects any changes in your

project, and if there are no changes, instantly plays back the

preview file. If there are changes (for instance, when titles, video

filters or transition effects have been added), it renders out only the

edited portions, making render times much shorter and faster.

The SmartRender feature also skips re-rendering when the

properties of the captured video are consistent with the project

settings. It only renders your project the first time you inserted

your captured video clips. When you add more captured video clips,

VideoStudio directly plays back the project without rendering.

In addition to previewing your video files, Ulead VideoStudio gives

you an option to instantly preview your project without creating

temporary files. With the Instant Playback option, you can play

the entire project without having to wait then preview it

immediately.

DV SmartPlay

Ulead VideoStudio's DV SmartPlay feature plays a video project

directly from the Timeline out to a DV/D8 camcorder without

rendering a movie file. It also lets you view your project on an

external TV monitor if your IEEE-1394 capture card supports such

monitor connection. While you are viewing your project on a DV/D8

camcorder, you can simultaneously record the project to the

videotape by pressing Record on your camcorder.

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DVD, VCD, and SVCD

There are several factors to consider in choosing an output format

for your project. These include your desired output quality, target

playback device, and viewing screen size, among others. Here are

the advantages and disadvantages that picking each output format

entails:

Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is popular in video

production because of its quality. Not only does it

guarantee superb audio and video quality, it can also

hold several times more data than VCDs and SVCDs.

DVDs make use of the MPEG-2 format, which has a

much bigger file size than MPEG-1, and can likewise be

produced as single or dual-sided, and single and dual-

layered. They can be played on stand-alone DVD players

or on the DVD-ROM drive of your PC.

Video Compact Disc (VCD) is a special version of a

CD-ROM that uses the MPEG-1 format. The quality of the

exported movie is almost the same, but usually better

than VHS tape-based movies. A VCD can be played back

on a CD-ROM drive, VCD player, and even on a DVD

player.

Super Video CD (SVCD) is commonly described as an

enhanced version of VCD. It is based on MPEG-2

technology with Variable Bit Rate (VBR) support. The

typical running time of an SVCD is about 30-45 minutes.

Although you could extend this to 70 minutes, you will

have to compromise sound and image quality. SVCDs

can be played back on stand-alone VCD/SVCD players,

most DVD players, and all CD-ROM/DVD-ROM with a

DVD/SVCD player software.

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Appendix D: System tweaks

Enabling DMA for IDE disks

Direct Memory Access (DMA) is a method of transporting data from

the system's main memory without passing through the CPU. Open

the Control Panel's System program, and in the Device Manager,

enable DMA (Direct Memory Access) for all the hard disks (in the

primary and secondary IDE channels) that will be used for

capturing video. DMA avoids possible drop frame problems when

you are capturing video.

In Windows XP:

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In Windows 2000:

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Disabling Write-Behind Caching

Disable Write-Behind Caching on the hard drive used for video

capture.

In Windows XP:

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In Windows 2000:

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Setting the Paging File size

Change the values of your Paging File (Swap File) size. Set the

minimum and maximum to twice your amount of RAM. For

instance, if you have 256MB of RAM, set both your minimum and

maximum paging file limits to 512.

In Windows XP:

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In Windows Me and 98SE:

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Appendix E. Tips and

techniques

A. DV camcorder tips

• Format the DV tape before shooting video.

Formatting a DV tape is desirable for batch capture and for

accurately locating timecodes. Formatting here means to

record a "blank" video from start to end without interruption.

This is what a professional cameraman will do with a new DV

tape. Once it is formatted, you can start shooting video. Thus,

when you play your video footage on the DV camcorder, the

counter (displayed as Timecode on the camcorder's LCD

monitor or viewfinder) keeps running even when there's no

actual video.

• How to get the best video quality out of a DV

camcorder.

Capturing video using the IEEE-1394 interface card provides

loss-proof quality. After editing your project, you can then

render your final movie at any file format of your choice.

If you don't have an IEEE-1394 card or a DV camcorder, the

second choice is to use an analog capture card. If you intend

to record your finished project back to the videotape, using an

analog capture card with S-video output yields better video

quality.

B. Web video tips

• Use a smaller frame size for movie files intended for

the Web.

A one-minute video clip, which is captured in its native DV AVI

format from a DV camcorder, takes about 200MB of disk

space. If you have such a large-size captured clip inserted in

your project, it will also take much time to render the project

into a movie file. For files that you intend to send over the

Internet, it's better to use a smaller frame size (for example,

352 x 240) when rendering.

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• About Windows Media Video (*.wmv) and RealVideo

(*.rm) files

Ulead VideoStudio lets you create movies in file formats such

as Windows Media Video (*.wmv) and RealNetworks

RealVideo (*.rm) formats for streaming over the Internet and

for playback on computers. Windows Media Video files can be

directly inserted into a VideoStudio project and edited.

C. Troubleshooting tips

• Power on the camcorder to reestablish connection.

Camcorders may automatically shut down to save power, as

such, losing the connection between the camcorder and Ulead

VideoStudio is common. When this happens, users need to

turn on the camcorder to reestablish connection. There is no

need to close and reopen VideoStudio, since the program can

automatically detect capture devices.

• When VideoStudio cannot accurately locate

timecodes...

When capturing video or positioning the tape at a particular

timecode, sometimes VideoStudio may not be able to locate

the timecode accurately and may even halt the program itself.

When this happens, you may need to shut down the program.

Another option is to turn off your camcorder, then wait for a

few seconds (at least six seconds) before turning it back on.

This resets VideoStudio, and once again, allows the program

to properly detect capture devices.

• If VideoStudio cannot control the DV camcorder...

If VideoStudio cannot control your DV camcorder and locate

specific timecodes accurately, select Tools: Select Device

Control and click the Options button. A Device Control

Options dialog box then appears. Here, you can fine-tune the

control settings so that your camcorder and VideoStudio can

work together more closely in the way that you like.

Note: Failure to locate the correct timecode may lead to

unexpected problems (such as noise or delays) during capturing

or recording back to the DV camcorder.

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Glossary

Analog

A signal that is not digital. Most VCRs, radio/television

broadcasting, AV in/out, S-VIDEO, and stereos are analog.

Computers are digital, dealing in ones and zeros. Information from

an analog source must be digitized to be used on a computer.

Aspect Ratio

The relationship of width to height for a given image or graphic.

Keeping or maintaining the aspect ratio refers to the process of

maintaining size relationships when either the width or height of an

image or graphic is changed.

AVI

Audio-Video Interleave is a digital video file format designed

specifically for the Microsoft Windows environment.

Batch Capture

Allows you to capture only the needed clip segments from a source

footage based on the start and ending timecodes which you have

defined for each clip. (To do batch capture, your capture card must

have device control capabilities.)

Capture

The recording of video or images to a computer hard disk.

Capture Plug-ins

These are utilities integrated with Ulead VideoStudio that allow the

program to recognize capture devices and automatically detect

them when they are connected to the computer.

Clip

A short section or part of a movie. A clip can be audio, video, still

images or a title.

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Codec

COmpress and DECompress. All video on a computer uses a special

algorithm or program to process video. This program is called a

codec.

Color Clip

A simple background color used in a movie. It is often used for

titles and credits since they stand out clearly against the solid color.

Composite Video

A video signal that combines luminance and chrominance. NTSC

and PAL are examples of composite video.

Compression

Making a file smaller by removing redundant data. Nearly all digital

video is compressed in some way or another. Compression is

achieved through a codec.

Data Rate

The amount of data per second that is transferred from one part of

your computer to another. In digital video, the data rate of your

source is very important: CD-ROMs have lower data rates than hard

disks. The data rate of the Internet is very low.

Device Control

A software driver that allows programs to control video sources like

the camcorder or VCR.

Digital

Computer data consisting of ones and zeros. Contrast digital

information with analog.

Digitizing

The process of converting analog input to a digital form so that it

can be used by the computer.

DNLE

Digital Non-Linear Editing is a method of combining and editing

multiple video clips to produce a finished product. DNLE offers

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random access to all source materials and all portions on the

master tape at all times during the editing process.

Driver

A software program that controls the connection between a specific

device and a computer.

Digital Video with a capital "D" and a capital "V" stands for a very

specific format of video, just like VHS or High-8. This format can be

understood (played back, recorded) by your camcorder and also by

your computer, if you have the proper hardware (capture card) and

software (DV codec). The most exciting thing about DV is that it can

be copied from your camcorder to your computer, and then back to

your camcorder (after editing, of course) without any loss of

quality.

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is popular in video production

because of its quality. Not only does it guarantee superb audio and

video quality, it can also hold several times more data than VCDs

and SVCDs. DVDs make use of the MPEG-2 format, which has a

much bigger file size than MPEG-1, and can likewise be produced as

single or dual-sided, and single and dual-layered. They can be

played on stand-alone DVD players or on the DVD-ROM drive of

your PC.

Effect

In VideoStudio, an effect is a special computer generated transition

between two video clips.

Export

The process of sharing files between applications. When you export

a file, the data is usually converted into a format that is

recognizable by the receiving application. The original file remains

unchanged.

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Fade

A transition effect where the clip gradually disappears or appears.

In video, the picture would gradually change to or from a solid

color; for audio, the transition would be from full volume to

complete silence or vice-versa.

FireWire

A standard interface used for connecting digital audio/video devices

such as DV camcorders to computers. It is the trademarked name

given by Apple Computers for the IEEE-1394 standard.

Footage

A length of recorded film intended for use in a larger project.

Frame

A single image in a movie.

Frame Rate

The number of frames per second in a video. NTSC video is

commonly 29.97 frames per second (fps), but smaller video files

can be created on the computer by using lower frame rates, like 15

fps (not suitable for VCD or DVD).

Frame Size

The size of displayed images in video or animation sequences. If an

image intended for the sequence is larger or smaller than the

current frame size, it must be resized or cropped.

HiColor

A 16-bit image data type that can contain up to 65,536 colors. The

TGA file format supports images of this type. Other file formats

require prior conversion of a HiColor image into True Color. For

displays, HiColor normally refers to 15-bit (5-5-5) display adapters

that can display up to 32,768 colors.

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit

organization that sets and reviews standards for the electronics

industry.

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IEEE-1394

A standard that allows high-speed serial connections between the

computer and a DV camcorder, VCR or any kind of digital audio/

video device. Devices conforming to this standard are capable of

transmitting digital data at 100 megabits per second (at the least).

Instant Playback

Allows you to view the entire project without rendering. It instantly

plays all the clips in the Preview Window without creating a

temporary preview file in your system. However, if played in a

slower computer, it may drop some frames. If the project is

composed of many effects, filters, titles, etc., and you're playing it

in a slow PC, then drop frames may occur.

If "Instant Playback" results in drop frames, then use "High Quality

Playback" to preview a project.

Key frame

A specific frame in a clip that is flagged for special editing or other

activities in order to control the flow, playback or other

characteristics of the completed animation. For example, when

applying a video filter, assigning different effect levels on the

beginning and end frames shows a change in the appearance of the

video from start to end of the video clip. When creating a video,

assigning key frames on parts where there are high data transfer

requirements helps control how smoothly the video plays back.

Library (Ulead VideoStudio)

The Library is the repository for all of your media clips. You can

store video, audio, titles, or color clips in the Library and instantly

retrieve them for use in a project.

Linear Editing

Traditional editing done on a flatbed where the source film is fed in

one side, marked, cut, and spliced, and then fed out the other end.

It's called linear because tape must be edited in the order it's

presented (as opposed to non-linear editing).

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Link

A method of storing previously saved information in another

program without significantly affecting the size of the resulting file.

Linking offers another advantage in that the original file can be

modified in its original program and the changes will automatically

be reflected in the program where it is linked.

Mark In/Out

Points in a clip that have been marked for editing and trimming

purposes. A section can be selected from a longer clip by setting its

beginning (Mark in) and ending (Mark out).

MP3

Abbreviation of MPEG Audio Layer-3. MP3 is an audio compression

technology that produces near CD audio quality at a very small file

size, making it transfer quickly over the Internet.

MPEG-1

A standard for video and audio compression used in many products

like VCD. For NTSC, its video resolution is 352x240 pixels at 29.97

fps. For PAL, it works at 352x288 pixels at 25 fps.

MPEG-2

A subset of MPEG-1. It's a standard for video and audio

compression used in products like DVD. For NTSC DVD, its video

resolution is 720x480 pixels at 29.97 fps. For PAL DVD, it works at

720x576 pixels at 25 fps.

NLE

Non Linear Editing. Conventional editing on a VCR is necessarily

linear because you must access clips on a video tape in order.

Computer editing can be done in any order that is convenient.

Noise

Small audible or visual discrepancies that adversely affect audio

and video files which have been recorded or captured incorrectly or

with faulty equipment.

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NTSC/PAL

NTSC is the video standard in North America, Japan, Taiwan, and

some other regions. Its frame rate is 29.97 fps. PAL is common in

Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and some other

Asian places, which has a frame rate of 25 fps. There are other

differences. In the world of DV and DVD, NTSC has the video

resolution of 720x480 pixels, while PAL has 720x576 pixels.

Overlay

These are the superimposed video or image clips over existing clips

in your project.

Plug-ins

Plug-ins are utilities that add more functions and effects to a

program. In Ulead VideoStudio, plug-ins have made it possible for

the program to automatically recognize capture devices as well as

output videos for different purposes such as for e-mail, Web page,

video greeting cards, and DV recording.

Profile

A Profile covers various attributes for a Windows Media Format file

such as bit rate, number and type of streams, compression quality,

frame size and so on.

Project File

In VideoStudio, a project file (*.VSP) contains the required

information to link all associated image, audio, and video files. You

need to open a project file first before starting video-editing in

VideoStudio.

Render

Rendering is the process of making a finished movie from the

source files in a project.

Scenes

A scene is a series of frames binded by continuity. In Ulead

VideoStudio, each scene that is captured using the Split by Scene

feature is based on the footage's recording date and time. In a

captured DV AVI file, scenes can be separated into several files

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based on the footage's recording date and time or by changes in

the content of the video. In an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file, scenes are

separated into files based on content changes.

Seamless Capture

As a workaround to the 4 GB capture file size limitation in Windows

systems that use the FAT 32 file system (such as Windows 98 and

Windows Me), Ulead VideoStudio automatically saves captured

video as a new file when this limitation has been reached. This

method, known as seamless capture, allows the capturing process

to be performed uninterrupted no matter how long the footage is.

VideoStudio performs seamless capture when capturing DV Type-1

or DV Type-2 (from DV camcorder), or when capturing MPEG video

(from DV camcorder or analog capture device).

Windows systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP that are

installed using the NTFS file system do not have the 4 GB

limitation.

SmartRender

SmartRender technology renders only project changes, eliminating

the need to re-render whole projects and enabling fast previewing.

Split by Scene

This feature automatically splits up different scenes into individual

files. In Ulead VideoStudio, the way scenes are detected depends

on which step you are in. In the Capture Step, Split by Scene

detects individual scenes based on the original footage's recording

date and time. In the Edit Step, if Split by Scene is applied to a DV

AVI file, scenes can be detected in two ways: by the recording date

and time, or by the changes in the content of the video. Whereas in

an MPEG file, scenes are detected only based on the content

changes.

Storyboard

A storyboard is a visual representation of your movie. Individual

clips are represented as image thumbnails on the timeline.

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Streaming

This is a relatively new Internet technology that allows large files to

be played as they are being downloaded. Streaming is commonly

used for large video and audio files.

SVCD

Super Video CD (SVCD) is commonly described as an enhanced

version of VCD. It is based on MPEG-2 technology with Variable Bit

Rate (VBR) support. The typical running time of an SVCD is about

30-45 minutes. Although you could extend this to 70 minutes, you

will have to compromise sound and image quality. SVCDs can be

played back on stand-alone VCD/SVCD players, most DVD players,

and all CD-ROM/DVD-ROM with a DVD/SVCD player software.

Template

A work pattern in a software program. It includes predefined

formats and settings to save user's efforts and reduce risks of

making mistakes.

Timecode

The timecode of a video file is a numerical way of representing the

position in a video. Timecodes can be used to make very accurate

edits.

Timeline

The timeline is a graphic representation of your movie in

chronological order. The relative size of clips on the timeline gives

you an accurate idea of the length of your media clips.

Title

A title can be a movie title, a caption or credit. Any text, image, or

video file that overlays in your movie can be referred to as titles.

Transition Effect

A transition is a method of sequencing between two video clips, like

fading from one into another. In Ulead VideoStudio, there are a

large variety of special transitions available, and they are called

Effects.

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Trim

The process of editing or cropping a movie clip. Computer video can

be trimmed frame by frame.

VCD

Video Compact Disc (VCD) is a special version of a CD-ROM that

uses the MPEG-1 format. The quality of the exported movie is

almost the same, but usually better than VHS tape-based movies. A

VCD can be played back on a CD-ROM drive, VCD player, and even

on a DVD player.

Video Filters

A video filter is a method of changing the appearance of a video

clip, like mosaic and ripple.

Voiceover

The narration of a video or movie is commonly called the voiceover.

This is most notable in documentaries such as nature shows.

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Index

Numerics

4 GB limitation 49

ActiveMovie 130

Adding 47

audio files 107

background music 106

clips to Overlay Track 87

clips to the Video Track

clips to your project 47

decorations 92

media clips to the Library

multiple titles 94

music from audio CD 106

preset text 96

single title 95

text 94

third-party music 107

transitions 81

voiceover 104

Album 83

Allow access to capture

device’s settings 149

Analog 170

Analog video 19, 55

Animation effects 99

Drop 99

Fade 99

Fly 100

Moving Path 100

Pop-up 101

Swing 101

Turn 101

Zoom 102

Applying 77

audio filters 111

text animation 99

video filters 77

Audio filters 111

Audio Mixing Panel 109

Audio Save Options dialog

box 139

Audio Step 103

Audio View 40

Auto Edit Options dialog box

Auto-trim 108

Batch Capture 62

Batch Convert 137

Batch Convert dialog box 140

Border 89

overlay clip 89

transitions 83

Border/Shadow/Transparency

dialog box 142

Buffer underrun protection

141

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Burner Advanced Settings

dialog box 141

Burning 116

Capture card 15

Capture Options dialog box

143

Capture Step 49

Capturing

analog video 55

Digital Video (DV) 53

MPEG files 58

still images 63

still images (Edit Step) 74

TV footage 57

VCD, SVCD or DVD-

ready MPEG files

WMV files 59

Change Capture Plug-in 137

Change Capture Plug-in

dialog box 144

Change Clip Sequence dialog

box 27

Change Image/Color

Duration 136

Checking the hardware setup

analog capture or tuner

card 23

DV 17

USB camera 24

Clip Volume Control 109

Color (Effect Step) 83

Color clips 65

Connecting 19

capture or tuner card to the

sound card 21

TV antenna to the tuner

card 21

USB camera 24

video device to the analog

capture card 19

Create Audio File 133

Create Disc 112

adding/editing chapters

118

assembling files 116

burning onto a disc 122

creating selection menus

120

previewing 122

Create Sound File 112

Create Video File 112

Create video file with

specified duration 160

Creating 45

movie project 45

movie templates 113

video - entire project 114

video - preview range 115

video file 114

Customize Filter dialog box

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Customizing 93

frame 93

object 93

Dialog boxes 139

Audio Save Options 139

Audio Save Options -

Compression 139

Audio Save Options -

Ulead

VideoStudio 139

Auto Edit Options 28

Batch Convert 140

Border/Shadow/

Transparency 142

Border/Shadow/

Transparency -

Border 142

Border/Shadow/

Transparency -

Shadow 142

Burner Advanced Settings

141

Capture Options 143

Change Capture Plug-in

144

Change Clip Sequence 27

Customize Filter 79

Duration 30

Flip-Album 84

Multi-trim Video 72

New Color Clip 65

Output Advanced Settings

144

Pan & Zoom 75

Preferences 145

Capture 148

Edit 147

General 145

Preview 150

Preferences (Create Disc)

151

Preferences (File menu)

145

Preview Files Manager

155

Preview Playback Options

152

Project Options 153

Project Properties 153

Project Settings (Create

Disc) 154

Scanning Sensitivity 68

Scenes 68

Select Device Control 156

Video and Audio Capture

Property Settings

157

Capture 159

Channel (TV tuner

only) 158

Color 158

Source 157

Video Color Manager 159

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Video Save Options 160

AVI 164

AVI - Advanced

Options 165

Compression (MPEG

files) 162

General 161

Ulead VideoStudio

160

Digital 170

Digital 8 camcorder 15

Digital Versatile Disc 172

Direct Memory Access 173

Direction (Effect Step) 83

Disable Audio Preview 50

Display Source Volume Panel

when capturing 143

Display title safe area in

Preview Window 146

DMA 173

Do not close disc 141

Do not convert compliant

MPEG files 154

Duration dialog box 30

DV 53

DV AVI Type-1 and Type-2

DV camcorder 15

DV SmartPlay 171

DV Type-1 53

DV type-2 53

DV/D8 camcorder to the

IEEE-1394 interface 16

DVD 172

DVD-VR compliant 163

Edit Step 64

Editing 60

chapters (Create Disc) 118

Edit Step 64

profile (WMV) 60

text 96

Effect Step 81

Enable Audio Preview 50

Enlarge Preview Window 37

Export 126

DV Recording 129

E-mail 131

Greeting Card 132

Ulead DVD-VR Wizard

126

Fading-in/out 108

Fit project in Timeline

window 40

Fit to background music

(VideoStudio Movie Wizard)

Fit to project size 66

Fit to Screen 91

Fit to video duration

(VideoStudio Movie Wizard)

Flip-Album dialog box 84

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Force to use preview mode

143

Format DVD+RW 141

Full Screen Preview 137

Glossary 184

High Quality Playback 47

IEEE-1394 15

4-pin to 4-pin cable 16

4-pin to 6-pin cable 16

I-frames only 163

Images 65

Insert media files 39

Installing a capture card 15

Installing and running

VideoStudio 13

Instant Playback 47, 171

Instant Playback target 147

Jog Bar 37

Keep Aspect Ratio 90

Keep aspect ratio 66

Key frame 79

Library 41

sorting clips 43

Library Manager 43, 138

Make Movie Manager 138

Mark-in/out 37

Mixing audio tracks 109

Modifying 97

Modifying text attributes 97

More options 98

Motion 88

overlay clip 88

Movie templates 112

MPEG 58

Multiple text 94

Multiple titles 98

Multi-trim Video 66, 71, 136

Delete selection 71

Retain selection 71

Multi-trim Video dialog box

Music Track 39

Navigation Panel 36, 54

New Color Clip dialog box 65

Opening an existing project

Options Panel (Audio Step)

103

Auto Music 104

Music & Voice 103

Options Panel (Capture Step)

Batch Capture 51

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Capture Settings 50

Options Panel (Edit Step) 66

Color 67

Filter 67

Image 66

Video 66

Options Panel (Effect Step)

Options Panel (Overlay Step)

Edit 91

Motion & Filter 91

Options Panel (Share Step)

112

Options Panel (Title Step) 98

Output Advanced Settings

dialog box 144

Overlay Step 87

Overlay Track 39

Paging File 179

Pan & Zoom 67, 75

Pan & Zoom dialog box 75

Perform non-square pixel

rendering 151, 160

Perform SmartRender 160

Perform test before recording

141

Play Mode 36

Play Selected Tasks 51

Playback method 146

Playback Speed 66, 73

Preferences 134

Preferences (Create Disc)

dialog box 151

Preferences dialog box 145

Preview Files Manager dialog

box 155

Preview Playback Options

dialog box 152

Preview range 39, 48

Previewing 47

Profile 59, 60

Project Options dialog box

153

Project Playback 124

Project Properties 46, 134

Project Properties dialog box

153

Project Settings (Create Disc)

dialog box 154

Quick eject 141

Rearranging stacking order

for titles 97

Relink 134

Rendering 44

Replace last filter 67, 92

Repositioning 90

overlay clip 90

text 97

Resampling option 66

Resize overlay clip 89

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Save Current Frame as Image

138

Save Trimmed Video 136

Saving 45

project 45

trimmed clips 73

video file 114

Scanning Sensitivity dialog

box 68

Scenes dialog box 68

seamless capture 49

Select Device Control 137

Select Device Control dialog

box 156

Share Step 112

Shortcuts 166

Show startup screen 146

Shuttle Control 54

Single text 94

Single title 98

SmartRender 48, 171

SmartSound Quicktracks 104

Soft edge (Effect Step) 83

Sorting clips in the Library 43

Source Volume Panel 56

Specify duration

(VideoStudio Movie Wizard)

Speed/Quality 162

Split by Scene 136

Split by scene (Capture Step)

50, 54

Split by scene (Edit Step) 66,

DV Recording Time 67

Frame Content 68

Split Video 37, 69, 136

Startup screen 26

Storyboard View 38

Enlarge 38

Super Video CD 172

SVCD 172

System requirements 12

System tweaks 173

System Volume 37, 54

System-defined profiles 60

Task list 51

Technology Overview 170

Text animation 99

Text backdrop 97, 98

Text Properties (VideoStudio

Movie Wizard) 32

Timeline 37

Timeline ruler 39

Timeline View 39

Tips and techniques 182

Title safe area 95

Title Step 94

Title Step Options Panel 98

Title Track 39

Track buttons 39

Transitions 81

Transparency 89

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overlay clip 89

Trim Bar 37

Trim handles 70

Trimming 69

audio clips 108

Trim Bar 70

Trim handles 70

Troubleshooting 183

TV footage 57

TV tuner 21, 57

USB camera 24

Variation 104

VCD 172

VCD player compliant 151

Video and Audio Capture

Property Settings dialog box

157

Video clips 64

Video Color Manager dialog

box 159

Video Compact Disc 172

Video data rate 162

Video filter 77

applying to a clip in the

Video Track 77

applying to overlay clip

key frame 79

Video Save Options dialog

box 160

Video Track 39, 47, 64, 81

VideoStudio Editor 33

Menu Bar 35

Navigation Panel 36

Options Panel 36

project timeline 37

Step Panel 34

user interface 33

VideoStudio menus 134

Clip 136

Edit 135

File 134

Help 138

Tools 137

VideoStudio Movie Wizard

26, 137

Voice Track 39

Volume rubber banding 110

WMV 59

Editing and customizing a

video profile 60

Selecting a profile 59

Write-Behind Caching 176

Zoom controls 40

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