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  User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. March 2006…
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  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement, which is included with the product.

• Page 3: Table Of Contents

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Getting started 5 Movie Wizard 5 Step 1: Add video and images……5 Step 2: Select a template .

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Audio ……….37 Adding voiceover narration .

• Page 5: Getting Started

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Getting started When you run VideoStudio, a startup screen appears which allows you to choose between the following video editing modes: • VideoStudio Editor gives you the full editing features of VideoStudio. • Movie Wizard is ideal for users who are new to video editing.

• Page 6: Step 2: Select A Template

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Jog Slider Mark-in/ Mark-out handles Library Media Navigation Clip Panel List Step 2: Select a template 1. Select a theme template from the Theme template list. Home Movies templates allow you to create movies that include both video and images while Slideshow templates are used exclusively for creating image slideshows.

• Page 7: Step 3: Finish

  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. Click Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor to make further edits to your movie using VideoStudio Editor. VideoStudio Editor VideoStudio Editor provides a step-by-step workflow that makes creating movies simple and easy.

• Page 8: The User Interface

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The user interface Step Panel Menu Bar Preview Window Navigation Panel Toolbar Project Timeline Options Panel Library Note: To change the user interface layout, click Preferences: UI Layout. The Toolbar The toolbar allows you to easily access buttons for editing.

• Page 9: Starting A New Movie Project

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Storyboard View Storyboard View is the fastest and simplest way to add video clips to your movie. 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.

• Page 10: Setting Project Properties

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 11: Capture

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Capture The steps on how to capture is similar for all types of video sources except for the available capture settings in the Capture Video Options Panel that can be selected for each type of source.

• Page 12: Dv Quick Scan

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 13: Edit

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Edit The Edit Step is where you arrange, edit and trim the video clips used in your project. 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To split a clip into two: 1. Select the clip you want to split on the Storyboard or Timeline. 2. Drag the Jog Slider to the point where you want to cut the clip. Tip: Click to set the cutting point more precisely.

• Page 15: Saving Trimmed Clips

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 2. Drag the yellow Trim handles on either side of the clip to change its length. Or, click the timecode in the Duration box in the Options Panel and enter the desired clip length Duration Trim Handles 3.

• Page 16: Adding Chapters Using Chapter Point Bar

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE A color clip is inserted before the original clip and all clips where Ripple Editing is applied shift accordingly To insert clips in Ripple Editing mode: 1. Click Ripple Editing to activate the panel, then select the corresponding box for each track where you want to apply Ripple Editing.

• Page 17: Playback Speed

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 3. Select an output folder in Save in folder. 4. In Save as type, choose your desired output type. 5. Click Convert. 6. The result is shown in the Task Report dialog box. Click OK to finish.

• Page 18: Multi-Trimming Your Video

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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 Scan or Frame Content). 4. Click Options. In the Scene Scanning Sensitivity dialog box, drag the slider to set the Sensitivity level.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Timeline zoom AccuCut Timeline Drag up and down to sub-divide a video Scan a video clip frame by frame for clip into frames per second. accurate mark-in and mark-out positions. Jog Wheel Shuttle Slider Use to scroll to different parts of the clip.

• Page 20: Applying Video Filters

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 4. Drag the Jog Slider until you get to the part of the video that you want to use as the beginning frame of the first segment. Click Start. 5. Drag the Jog Slider again, this time, to the point where you want the segment to end.

• Page 21: Key Frame Settings

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Key frame settings 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.

• Page 22: Pan & Zoom

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Tip: 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To apply Pan & Zoom: 1. Drag the Start key frame, represented by a crosshair in the Image Window, to the subject that you want to focus. Image Preview 2. Zoom in on the subject by minimizing the marquee box or by increasing the Zoom ratio.

• Page 24: Effect

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 2. Scroll through the effects thumbnails in the Library. Select and drag an effect to the Timeline, roughly between two video clips. Drop your effect and it will snap into place. You can only drag and drop one clip at a time.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

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  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.
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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To specify Chroma Key settings to the current overlay clip: 1. Click Mask & Chroma Key in the Attribute tab to go to the Overlay Options Panel. 2. Select Apply Overlay Options then Chroma Key in Type.
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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To resize the current overlay clip: In the Attribute tab, drag a handle on the overlay clip on the Preview Window to resize it. If you drag a yellow corner handle, it will keep the aspect ratio when you resize the clip.

• Page 30: Adding Objects Or Frames

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To apply a filter to the current overlay clip: You can apply video filters to your overlay clips. For more details on how to apply, you can refer to Edit: Applying video filters. 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 2. Select a Flash animation then drag it onto the Overlay Track on the Timeline. 3. Click the Attribute tab to resize and reposition the object/frame. To customize the current object, frame, or Flash animation: Use the various options available in the Edit and Attribute tabs to customize your object and frame.

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  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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.
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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE • 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. 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.

• Page 35: Modifying Text Attributes

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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. More options allow you to set the style and alignment, apply a Border, Shadow and Transparency and add a Text backdrop to your text.

• Page 36: Applying Animation

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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 Animation tab, select Apply Animation. 2. Select the animation category to use in Type.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 38: Adding Background Music

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 39: Adding Audio Files

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Adding audio files VideoStudio provides a separate Voice Track and Music Track but you may interchangeably insert voice and music files on either track. To insert, click and select Insert Audio. Choose which track to insert your audio file.

• Page 40: Stretching Audio Duration

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Tip: To play the trimmed portion of the clip, click Play Trimmed Clip. 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.

• Page 41: Fade-In/Out

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Fade-in/out Background music that starts and ends gradually is commonly used to create smooth transitions. For each of your music clips, you can click to fade- in and fade-out the volume at the start and end of the clip.

• Page 42: Duplicating An Audio Channel

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Duplicating an audio channel Audio files sometimes separate the vocal sound from the background audio and put them in different channels. Duplicating an audio channel allows you to mute the other channel. For example, the voice is on the left audio channel and the background music on the right.

• Page 43: Applying Audio Filters

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

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  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 movie.

• Page 45: Creating And Saving A Video File

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 4. Click OK. 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 47: Burning A Dvd, Vcd Or Svcd

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 4. Select a movie template. 5. In the Create Video File dialog box, click Options. In the Options dialog box, select Preview range. Click OK. 6. Enter a file name and click Save. Another method of partially rendering your project is to click Play-Project while holding down the [Shift] key.

• Page 48: Assembling Files

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Mark-in Media Clip List Jog Slider Settings and options Mark-in/-out Navigation Panel Project Settings Change display Mark-out aspect ratio Assembling files Import videos or VideoStudio project files (VSP) you want to include in your final movie.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 2. Click Open. Notes: • You can add video formats such as AVI, QuickTime, and MPEG files. You can also add VCD video (DAT) files. • After a video clip is added to the Media Clip List, sometimes you may see a black thumbnail.

• Page 50: Adding/Editing Chapters

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Adding/Editing chapters This feature is only available when the Create menu option is selected. By adding chapters, you can create submenus linked to their associated video clip. Represented as a video thumbnail in a submenu, each chapter is like a bookmark for a video clip.

• Page 51: Creating Selection Menus

  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 Add Chapters.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 53: Previewing

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Tips: • Select Motion Menu to enable motion attributes to the selected menu template. • Click Layout Settings to specify whether to apply layout to all pages of the menu, reset the page, or reset all pages of the menu.

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  3. Click Burning Options to define additional burner and output settings. 4. Click Burn to start the burning process. 5. After successfully burning your disc, a dialog box appears from which you can select the next step. • Close prompts you to save your work and close Ulead VideoStudio.
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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Burning options • Disc burner Specify the settings for your burning device. • Label Enter a volume name of up to 32 characters onto the CD/DVD. • Drive Select the disc burner that you want to use to burn the video file.

• Page 56: Project Playback

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Required/Available hard disk space Displays the space needed by the working folder of the project and the space available for use in the hard drive. Required/Available disc space Displays the space needed to fit the video file in the disc and the space that is available for use.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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 DV camcorder, select Preview range.

• Page 58: Exporting Your Movie

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Tip: Click Transmit to device unit for preview to preview your project on the DV camcorder’s LCD monitor. 5. Click Record. When recording is complete, click Finish. 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 60: Sending A Movie By E-Mail

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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. With Activemovie control…

• Page 61: Electronic Greeting Cards

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 62: Setting Your Video As Your Movie Screen Saver

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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.

• Page 63: Recording Back To A Dv Camcorder

  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 5. Enter a file name and click Save. 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.

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Index ActiveMovie 59 Capture Step 11 Adding 10 Capturing 11 audio files analog video background music Digital Video (DV) chapters Chapter Point Bar 16 clips to Overlay Track Chroma Key 28 clips to the Video Track…

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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE DV Quick Scan 12 DVD/DVD-VR 12 Pan & Zoom 22 Playback Speed 17 Previewing 10 Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor 7 Project Playback 56 Editing 13 Project Properties 10 chapters (Create Disc) Edit Step text Rearranging stacking order for titles…
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  ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Trimming 13 audio clips Trim Bar Trim handles Video clips 13 Video filter 20 applying to overlay clip key frame Video Track 13 VideoStudio Editor 5 project timeline toolbar user interface Volume rubber banding 42…

User Guide

Ulead Systems, Inc.

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

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).

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

Shuttle Control lets you navigate to exact scenes in your DV camcorder. (See “Controlling the DV camcorder with the Navigation Panel” on page 54).

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

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).

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).

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 1024×768 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

6-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a desktop computer

4-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a notebook computer

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 IEEE1394 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.

Connecting the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV camcorder

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.

Note: TV capture cards provide S-Video/Composite inputs and a TV tuner, which can be used to capture both video and TV footage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

1.Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware — Device Manager.

2.In the Device Manager, doubleclick 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.

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.

7. Click to change text formatting.

In the Text Properties dialog box, select a font type, size and color for the text, and set the desired shadow color and transparency.

8. Click Next.

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.

Step 3: Finish

Select how to output the final movie:

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.

5Navigation 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 Overlay Step allows you to superimpose one clip over another to create a picture-in- picture effect. (See “Overlay” on page 87).

Note: These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the order that they are presented.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Displays the project’s timecode increments in hours:minutes: seconds.frames, which helps you determine clip and project length

This color bar represents the trimmed or selected part of a clip or project.

13 Zoom to

Allows you to change the timecode increments in the Timeline ruler.

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.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse, its scroll wheel can be used to scroll through the Timeline.

Audio View

Audio View allows you to visually adjust the volume levels of video, voice and music clips.

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.

Load media allows you to locate the clip you want to add to the Library.

2.Select the desired file.

3.Click Open when you are finished.

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.

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.

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: VideoStudio automatically detects your file system and performs seamless capture only in a FAT 32 partition file system.

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

•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.