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USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Ulead VIdeoSudio 6: The big picture ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to digital video .................................................................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to MPEG ......................................................
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Exporting your movie ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Burning DVD/VCD/SVCD ............................................................................................................................... 81 Recording back to a camcorder or VCR ........................................................
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Instant DVD Overview Instant DVD is a fun and easy way to get DVD, SVCD and VCD video into your Windows PC so you can edit or archive your home movies. Instant DVD then lets you publish the video to CD or DVD disk or publish to the Internet or send the video back to a VCR or camcorder for distribution on Tape.
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Three Ways to Capture Video CAPWIZ: BASIC VIDEO CAPTURE & PLAYBACK This is fastest and easiest way to capture MPEG-1 (VCD) or MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD) video on your PC. Use the Wizard screens to verify your video connections and video and audio format. Use CapWiz to quickly capture video or send MPEG video back to a VCR for recording or a TV for viewing.
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Burn a VCD or DVD movie to disk VIDEO STUDIO: DVD-WIZARD AT THE FINISH STEP MYDVD: CAPTURE AND BURN EITHER VCD (CD-ROM) OR DVD (CD-ROM OR DVD DISK) MOVIES To use the DVD-Wizard you first save your movie into VCD, SVCD or DVD format and then the DVD-Plug-in will appear and allow you to quickly and easily author and burn your movie to disk.
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Create Video and Send Back to Tape While Instant DVD was created to allow you to easily publish your home movies to CD or DVD disk, we did not forget the fact that many users would still like to record finished movies on video tape or preview on a TV before publishing to disk. Instant DVD includes two applications that allow you to send MPEG video from your computer and back through Instant DVD to be displayed on TV or recorded on a VCR.
USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Single Step Capture & Burn a CD or DVD disk MYDVD: DIRECT TO DISC The Direct to Disk capability in MyDVD allows you to easily set up a one step capture and burn sequence. This is the simplest way to archive your video tape collection to CD or DVD. Select Direct to Disk when the MyDVD application is started. You must have a CD or DVD recorder attached to your PC at the beginning of this procedure and a new blank disk inserted.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION USB Instant DVD Installation Guide Getting Started The basic steps are: 1. Check USB Instant DVD package contents 2. Wire it Up!- audio and video connectors 3. Plug it In!- Power and USB connection Install Device Drivers & Application software 4. Optimize System For Best Performance 5. Verify Hardware Installation 6. Set Windows Audio Mixer 7. Installation Summary & Diagram Optimize System For Best Performance 8.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Optimize System- - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! In this section we will connect all audio and video cables that you will use to capture audio and video and then send audio and video back to a TV or VCR for viewing or recording. 1. Connect your video source (VHS, DVD, Laser Disc Player, TV. etc.) to your USB Instant DVD. A/V Source Connect your (D) 6 ft.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug it In! - Install Optimize System- - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! (cont’d) 2. Connect your USB Instant DVD Audio to the Sound Card on your PC. This will send Audio from your USB Instant DVD to your PC. Connect one end of your (E) 6 ft. USB Instant DVD male to male stereo audio cable to the Audio Out jack at the back of your USB Instant DVD.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! (cont’d) 4. Connect the Audio Out of your PC to the Audio In on your TV or VCR. This will send recorded audio from your PC out for recording or listening on your TV or VCR. Connect the Right and Left RCA jacks of the (F) 9 ft. Audio out to TV/VCR cable to the Audio Inputs on your TV or VCR. A/V Source Connect the 3.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 3. Plug It In & Install Device Drivers and Software In this section you will Connect USB Instant DVD to your PC and Install Software Drivers. Please read through this section first, then go back and follow these step by step instructions to connect your USB Instant DVD and install device drivers and software applications: 1.
USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Optimize System- Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 4. Optimize System For Best Performance Optimize System For Best Performance Set your VGA Resolution 1024 X 768 is the optimal resolution for viewing video at full resolution. DVD video is captured at 704 x 480 (704 x 576) PAL. If your resolution is not high enough you will not be able to view the video at full resolution. 1.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! -Install Optimize System- Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 5. Verify Hardware Installation Check Device Manager to verify that the USB Instant DVD hardware is recognized by Windows and is properly installed. Win98, Win98SE, WinME: 1.) Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2.) In Control Panel, click System. 3.) Click Device Manager tab. 4.) Double click the Imaging Device heading. 5.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 6. Windows Audio Mixer Settings Windows Audio Mixer Settings USB Instant DVD uses your computer sound card to record and playback the audio portion of your video recordings. You need to set up your audio mixers to properly capture the audio. Volume/ Play Control Mixer 1.) Click “Mute” on the Line-In Mixer.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 7. Installation Summary By now you should have completed the following: 1.) Made all of the Audio and Video connections between Instant DVD and your Audio/Video equipment. 2.) Connected Instant DVD to the Power Supply and USB Port on your PC. 3.) Installed USB drivers and verified the device is properly installed 4.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard Step One: Open Cap Wiz. Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS Tech Instant DVD” and click on “Capwiz” Choose worldwide video standard based on country For more information on these standards, click on “Learn more about worldwide video standards” Step Two: Select Video Inputs &Outputs Choose RCA or S-Video based on your video source 18 CapWiz manual.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont’d) Step Three: Create file name and select file location Step Four: Choose video format and click Finish. For more information on these MPEG, click on “Learn more about video formats” 19 CapWiz manual.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont’d) Step 5: If you chose MPEG-2 format you will see Step 5. Here you choose the MPEG-2 audio format you wish to capture. Choose MPEG-1 Layer 2 if you want to create a file comaptible with Video Studio, DVD Movie Factory or DVD WorkShop from Ulead. Choose LPCM if you plan to create a DVD disk using MyDVD. Ready: Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to start your camcorder or VCR playing.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont’d) Step Six: Press Play on your video source (VCR, DVD player, etc.). Then in Cap Wiz, click the Preview button. After a 2 second delay, you will see your video in the preview window. Step Seven: Click Record button to begin capturing video to your PC. Click Stop to stop recording. The filename will appear in the Playback Library. You can review your clip by selecting the file from the cap wiz library and clicking on Play.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time: You have just completed the Wizard screens to ensure that you have connected your video cables, selected your video format and now you are ready to capture video. Application Icons The icons at the top of the CapWiz screen allow you to easily jump from CapWiz to the bundled applications that came with your Instant DVD.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time: Playback Captured Video Playback on the computer screen: This is the default setting. Video will be played back at the resolution it was captured in. 1.) Click on the file name in the Playback List Box. 2.) Click the ? button to begin playback. 3.) To Stop Playback, Click the Stop button Playback to TV or VCR: If you wish to send the video you have captured back to a TV for viewing or record to a VCR; 1.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options This section will describe all settings and choices for all of the menu options along the top of the CapWiz Interface. Video Inputs/Outputs: This dialog box allows you to quickly change your video input and output choices. These settings can also be changed by running the Capture Wizard Screens. Video Format: The Video format dialog box allows you to quickly change your video format for NTSC or PAL.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options Audio/Video Delay Parameters We have worked hard to ensure that audio and video are in synch, but it is hard to predict everyone’s system configuration and timing. If the audio and video are not in synch you can adjust the timing here. Note: 1. Make adjustments with No Video Playing 2. Make small adjustments. 3 Change only one setting at a time; only audio or only video. 4. Make small adjustments. 5.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Options The Options menus provide the widest variety of selections in customizing your use of the Capture Wizard application: Click the Options button at the top of the interface to view the Options drop down menu. Show Splash - If there is a check mark next to this an “ADS” splash screen will appear on your screen when you start Capture Wizard. To disable, click on “Show Splash” and the check mark will disappear.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Advanced There are several advanced features accessible through this menu. Audio - In the Wizard screens, if you selected MPEG-2 for the video capture format, you were given the opportunity to select 48 KHz MPEG-1 Layer 2 or 48 KHz LPCM audio format. The Advanced Audio Options allows you to confirm your settings and make any changes. Enable 48 KHZ Capture - MPEG-1 Layer 2: Check this box if you wish to capture at 48 KHz audio.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Advanced Split Stream Audio Some DVD authoring programs require the audio and video to be separate elementary streams. Click the box to enable this feature. When you capture video two (2) separate files will be created. Audio file will have the .mpa extension Video file will have the .mpv extension Click OK to set and close dialog box. This setting will be in effect until you close CapWiz.
CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Help About The About box so you can check the version number you are running and it will also display the amount of disk space available on your C: drive. Help Using CapWiz This will bring up an Adobe Acrobat file that will display this CapWiz manual. System Info This will bring up a dialog box with all of your system information. You can click the copy button and paste this information in an e-mail and send to the ADS tech support person if he/ she requests it.
CAPTURE WIZARD FEA TURES USB Instant DVD Wizard Features Video Inputs/Outputs: Select RCA or S-Video based on your video source Select NTSC or PAL based on country (See Television standards below) Video Format: Television standards Select Video Quality (see Video Compression Formats below) Video Brightness/Color Control Brightness: To adjust brightness, slide control bar and click Brightness button Contrast: To adjust contrast, slide on control bar and click Contrast button Saturation: To adjust satu
CAPTURE WIZARD FEA TURES USB Instant DVD Wizard Features (cont’d) Television standards Different countries use different television standards. The United States, Japan and a few other countries use the NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) standard; the rest of the world uses PAL (or SECAM, which is very similar to PAL).
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34 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Ulead VideoStudio 6 Quick Start Start Capturing Video with Video Studio in 5 Easy Steps Before Starting with Video Studio 6 we trust that you have already used the Capture Wizard and captured some video so you know that you have Instant DVD connected properly and that you can capture video 1. Start Video Studio 6 2. Click the Tool Box button & select “Change Capture Plug-in - USB Instant DVD Capture Plug-in MUST be selected.
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Table of Contents Ulead VideoStudio6 Quick Start .......................................................................... 34 The big picture ....................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to digital video .......................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to MPEG ......................................................................................
Effect .................................................................................................................. 64 Creating effects ............................................................................................................................. 64 Customizing effects ..................................................................................................................... 65 Overlay ...........................................................................................
38 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The big picture Digital video editing used to be dominated only by professionals. Advances in technology, however, made it possible for almost anyone to create desktop video productions even at home. As personal computers become increasingly powerful, video editing software also become smarter.
THE BIG PICTURE 39 An introduction to MPEG The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) defined a series of standards for compressing or reducing the file size of video to make it easier for computers to handle. VideoStudio allows you to work with both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats to create VCD and DVD movies with amazing frameaccurate technology. MPEG-1 Also known as the White Book standard, MPEG-1 gives you VHS quality video which you can burn to a CD and play back using a regular CD player.
40 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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. VideoStudio breaks up your movie into separate tracks, giving you broad creative freedom. Changes to one track do not affect others.
CONFIGURING VIDEOSTUDIO 41 Installing and running VideoStudio To install VideoStudio: 1. Place the Instant DVD CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click on the Video Studio icon to load the Video Studio Installation screen. 2. When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio onto your computer.
42 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Configuring VideoStudio Camcorders, VCRs, and VCD/DVD players are common sources of video footage. To ensure a smooth interaction between these video sources and your computer, make sure that the settings of VideoStudio are configured properly depending on the capture device you are using. Instant DVD Setup To check the setup of VideoStudio for analog interface: 1. Connect your camcorder, VCR, or other video source device to your analog capture card. 2.
GETTING AROUND VIDEOSTUDIO 43 Getting around VideoStudio The VideoStudio interface has been designed to make the sometimes complicated task of editing movies on your PC intuitive and enjoyable. The illustration on this page shows an overview of the entire program, while the next few pages detail more specific features. Track buttons Each activates a track to edit. Click a button to change the Preview Window and available options accordingly. Options Panel Contains controls, buttons, and other information.
44 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Selected range These color bars represent the trimmed or selected part of a clip or project. Zoom controls Increase or decrease the number of frames displayed in the Timeline. Preview Bar Click and drag these controls to scroll through a clip. The position is shown in the Preview Window’s content. Trim handle Click and drag to trim a clip.
GETTING AROUND VIDEOSTUDIO 45 Navigator buttons These can be used to move around a project or a selected clip. See page 22. Save Project Displays the Save As dialog box to save the VSP file in a folder of your choice. Trash Can Drag and drop clips here to delete them from the project. You can also select a clip and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Context Sensitive Help This button activates the Context sensitive help feature. After you click on it, your cursor changes to a question mark.
46 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Next Moves to the point right after the present point of a project, clip, or selected area. Previous Moves to the preceding point of a project, clip, or selected area. Home Returns to the starting point of a project, clip, or selected area. Mark in / out Use these buttons to mark the point where you want a clip to start and end. End Moves to the ending point of a project, clip, or selected area. Repeat Plays a project, clip, or selected area continually.
GETTING AROUND VIDEOSTUDIO 47 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.
48 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Steps to create your movie VideoStudio is laid out in a step-by-step format, following the items on the Menu Bar at the top of the program, from left to right. Click a step on the Menu Bar to move directly to it. The step you are currently in is highlighted in yellow. It is not necessary to work through every step every time, but these steps can serve as a guide to creating a complete movie. These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the order that they are presented.
START 49 This feature allows you to superimpose one clip over another as an added effect to your movie. On top of what you can do using Effects, you can use Overlay feature to add a professional touch to your work. No movie would be complete without opening and closing titles. You can design and animate your text title in any Windows True Type font, color and size, or choose from various presets in the Library. Background music sets the mood of your movie.
50 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Start The Start Step is where you create a new project file (*.VSP), or open an existing project. A project file is a small file used by VideoStudio to store all of the information about your movie such as clips used, trimming information, duration of movie, size of frames, and type of movie to make. A project file is not the finished movie and can only be opened in VideoStudio. The actual process of creating a movie from a project file is performed in the Finish Step.
START 51 You can also begin by creating an empty project file using New Project. OR To create a new project using New Project: 1. Click New Project in the Options Panel or the Start menu arrow and select New Project. 2. Click Browse to select a working folder where all your captured/project files will be located. You can also click Settings and Commands: Preferences. Enter a folder name to create a subfolder in this location. 3.
52 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Selecting a template Templates provide settings that can get you started as quickly as possible. When choosing a template, first know the attributes of the sources you are going to use in the project. Video sources can be already existing video files in your hard drive or still to be captured scenes from your capturing device. Templates displayed have been customized to work with Instant DVD. Choose the VCD, SVCD or DVD template that matches your video project goal.
CAPTURE 53 Capture The process of transferring video from your camcorder or other video sources to your computer is called capturing. When everything is ready to go, the video feed from your source device should be visible in the Preview Window. If your card supports a television monitor, you should also be able to watch your video on it. Checklist for successful video capture Capturing video is one of the most demanding tasks you will ever ask of your computer.
54 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Direct capturing MPEG video Capturing video directly from your camcorder straight to MPEG format is one of the most exciting developments in computer video. Capture from Instant DVD straight to MPEG-1 (VCD) or MPEG-2(SVCD or DVD), depending on your needs and skip the task of having to capture in other formats only to convert it later. To capture video in MPEG format: 1. Connect your camcorder or VCR to your Instant DVD. Switch it on and set it to Play (or VTR / VCR) mode.
CAPTURE 55 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 spends on its source video. To choose your image format, click Settings and Commands: Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box click the Capture Tab and set the format. With Instant DVD, the Capture Still images button on the Interface is greyed out, but you can still grab a snapshot from any video frame that has been captured.
56 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Storyboard A storyboard is an outline for a movie. It contains a chronological order of the events that occur in your story. The bottom half of the VideoStudio interface is simply an electronic storyboard. You can edit your project either in the Storyboard Mode or Timeline Mode . Storyboard Mode Storyboard Mode is the fastest and simplest way to add clips to your movie. Clips can be moved around by simply dragging them.
STORYBOARD 57 Timeline Mode The Timeline Mode allows you to fine tune effects and perform frame accurate trimming and editing. The Timeline Mode shows exactly when and where events in your story occur based on the position of clips in each track. Clips are simply dragged from the Library to the Timeline. They are displayed here as short sequences. The length of a clip accurately represents its duration in your project.
58 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The Options Panel In the Storyboard Step, the Options Panel contains the Video and Filter Tabs. The Video Tab shown below is displayed when a video clip is selected. Here, you can monitor the length of your clip, control its volume, save a trimmed clip as a new file, or save a selected frame as an image file. In the Video Tab, you can also export video clips in various media.
STORYBOARD 59 SmartRender and Play Project button SmartRender technology allows “changes-only” rendering which eliminates the need to rerender entire video sequences when only slight changes have been made. This is especially useful for rendering across transitions, title sequences, or to check the timing of audio clips in relation to the associated video. It is advisable that projects are rendered regularly to reduce overall render times.
60 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Preview Files Manager Use Preview Files Manager to free hard disk space occupied by temporary preview files used in your project. To delete temporary preview files: 1. Click Settings and Commands: Preview Files Manager to display the Preview Files Manager dialog box. You can also click Preview Files Manager in the Start Step Options Panel. 2. Select the VSP project under Project file name where the temporary preview files you want to remove are located and click Delete.
STORYBOARD 61 Trimming a clip The best part of editing your movie on your computer is the ease with which you can snip and trim with frame by frame accuracy. To trim a clip from 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. 3. To trim frame by frame, refer to the Video mark in / out timecodes in the Options Panel.
62 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To trim a clip in the Options Panel: 1. Select a clip from the Timeline or the Library. 2. Click the time in Video duration and the numbers will blink. 3. Enter a length of time for the clip. Mark in shows the timecode representing the first frame of the clip and Mark out shows the timecode for the last frame. 4. Click Apply. Note:Changes made in the Video duration box only affect the Mark out point. The Mark in point remains unchanged.
STORYBOARD 63 Capturing still images in the Storyboard Step A still image can be captured in the Storyboard 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 a clip in your project. 2. Drag the Preview Bar to the frame you want to capture. 3. Switch to an image folder in the Library.
64 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Effect Transition effects offer creative ways to shift 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 to suit a specific purpose. VideoStudio studio allows you to mix and match a variety of preset effects while editing your project. Effective use of this feature can add a professional touch to your work.
EFFECT 65 Customizing effects If you’ve tried a few simple transitions as outlined on the previous page, you really have mastered all you need to know. VideoStudio pretty much takes care of all the details to make your transitions smooth and professional. You can, however, further customize your effects after adding them to your project. The Options Panel displays the settings of your selected effects so that you can change their various parameters.
66 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Overlay The Overlay Step provides an additional track where you can place videos and images to enhance introductions and credits. An alpha-channel is automatically applied to clips placed in this track for transparency. By using an animation style such as fade-in and fade-out, you can interweave two clips, one in the Storyboard Track and another in the Overlay Track, in one timeline. You can even have three separate clips playing simultaneously by adding a clip in the Title Track.
OVERLAY 67 Customizing overlays Fine tune the attributes and behavior of your overlay clips in the Options Panel. Mark in / Mark out Displays the starting / ending point of the overlay clip after trimming. Clip volume Click the arrow or enter a value to adjust volume. Properties Displays the attributes of a selected clip. Duration Sets the length of time of the overlay clip. You can also modify the duration by using the two yellow Trim handles in the Timeline. Mute Disables audio for the selected clip.
68 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Title While a picture may be worth a thousand words, text effects in your video productions add clarity and comprehensibility. Besides, what production-quality movie would be complete without opening and closing credits? With VideoStudio’s Title Step, professional-looking titles complete with animation effects can be done in minutes. Use these settings to create the look of your selected title. Editing Tab Each option here applies to the whole text or part of it.
OVERLAY 69 Animation Tab Each option here applies to the whole text title. Type Provides a list of animation effects to choose from. Animation options Determine how the title enters and exits the scene. The available options vary, depending on the type of effect that is selected. Enable animation Applies or removes animation attribute from a title clip. Creating text titles Titles determine best what your production is all about.
70 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE When entering a text title, a faint rectangle is visible in the Preview Window. This is the Title safe area, and it is the recommended maximum size for your text. Along with the rectangle, you should see a blinking cursor that indicates the starting point for text entry. When entering text, you can press [Backspace] to correct mistakes and press [Enter] to start a new line. Move around the text with the arrow keys as needed.
TITLE 71 Using the Library There are various ready-to-use titles in the Library which you can add to your project and preset animation effects which you can apply to your text titles. To add a title from the Library: 1. Select Title from the Folder list. Then, drag a preset title thumbnail from the Library into the Title Track. 2. Click the Preview Window to edit the selected preset text title. Use the Editing Tab to enter new text or modify font styles.
72 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE • Start and End positions Determine from what position the title starts to move in and the final destination where it scrolls out. 4. Specify a Pause setting (No Pause, Short, Medium, or Long). This makes the title move into the scene, pause for a moment, and then scroll out of the scene. 5. Click Apply.
AUDIO 73 Note:You’ll end up with a number of separate, sequential title clips in the Timeline. Try adding a small space between clips for a brief pause. Anyway you do it, test your titles to ensure that they are readable in the final version of your movie. An Autotrim function also allows you to insert a title clip between two existing clips. If the space between these clips is not enough to fit your chosen clip, it will be automatically trimmed to fit the available space.
74 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Voiceover Tab Record Starts the narration recording process. Clicking it again stops recording. Record with Preview Plays the video clip when you click Record. This allows you to accurately synchronize the voiceover with the video. Volume Click the arrow or enter a value to adjust the volume. Duration Sets the length of time of the narration clip. You can also modify the duration by moving the two yellow Trim handles on the Timeline.
FINISH 75 Finish In the Finish Step, you can render your project into a movie file format most suitable for your audience or purpose. This section provides added information on choosing formats. Learn the procedure of creating a movie in preparation for exporting to various media. Find out also how easy it is to author a DVD title using the Ulead DVD Wizard, which is fully integrated in VideoStudio. And finally, you can preview how your final output will exactly look.
76 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Sometimes, you just need to render a part of your project for a quick preview. This is usually done when fine tuning effects, titles, and synchronizing audio in your projects. VideoStudio lets you select a portion or range of your project to render as a preview video. To render partially: 1. Make sure that no clips are selected (a selected clip has a broken line around it). Click the ruler at the top of the Timeline to deselect a clip. 2.
FINISH 77 Video Save Options In the Finish Step, you can apply a different format and new set of attributes when saving a movie file. Click Finish: Create Video File-Custom to display the Create Video File dialog box. Here, select Options. This will display the Video Save Options dialog box where you can set your preferences. When selecting an option, always remember to watch out for possible incompatibility problems. Available options depend on your file format.
78 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE MPEG-1 file for VCD A VCD is simply a special version of a CDROM. The exciting thing about this format is that it can be read by CD-ROMs, VCD players, or even DVD players. Just about any format: AVI, MPEG-1, or MPEG-2, can be played back on a computer. When you want to create a VCD file, however, you need to use a special WhiteBook standard MPEG-1filethathavery s technical specifications. Fortunately, creating such a file is easy with Ulead VideoStudio.
FINISH 79 MPEG-2 file for DVD MPEG-2 is used on DVDs and digital satellite television and yields highly compressed files of extremely high quality. MPEG-2 files are captured at full broadcast resolution. NTSC MPEG-2 (DVD) is 704 x 480 pixels, while PAL MPEG-2 (DVD) is 704 x 576 pixels. Thus, MPEG-2 files results in bigger file sizes compared to MPEG-1. MPEG-2 is excellent for any type of movie.
80 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Creating a DVD / VCD / SVCD Title In the Finish Step, you can create a DVD / VCD / SVCD compliant MPEG file and directly output it to Ulead DVD Wizard. Click Create DVD / Create VCD / Create SVCD and choose between PAL and NTSC standards. The Create Video File dialog box will be displayed. Enter a file name and click Save.
EXPORTING YOUR MOVIE 81 Exporting your movie VideoStudio allows you to export your video files in various media formats. You can output your work in formats like DVD/VCD/SVCD, send it as an e-mail attachment, upload it to your Web page, convert it to an electronic greeting card, and even record it back to your camcorder or VCR. Exporting the output can be done by clicking Export in either the Storyboard Step or Finish Step.
82 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 3. Select scenes to use in the scene selection menu in the Add Scenes dialog box. Use the preview buttons to browse for scenes and click Add to place them in the Scenes list. You can select up to 99 scenes. Select Locate scene frames to search for I-frames only. Select Add introduction video to insert a video clip that will be played automatically when the disc is inserted into the player. Click Next. 4.
SHORTCUTS 83 Recording back to a camcorder or VCR The most exciting thing about Instant DVD is the ability to send your edited movies back to your camcorder or VCR in excellent quality. To record a movie to your camcorder or VCR: 1. Turn on your camcorder and set it to Play mode (or VTR / VCR mode). See your camcorder’s manual for specific instructions. 2. Select an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file from the Library. If you want to use a project, make sure you have already rendered it using Create Video File. 3.
84 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Shortcuts Use the following keyboard shortcuts to perform commonly used operations. Start Step [Ctrl + N] [Ctrl + O] Starts a new video project Displays the Open dialog box Finish Step [Ctrl + S] Saves the current project using the same project name and overwrites the existing one.
GLOSSARY 85 Need more help? For technical support on VideoStudio, visit the following Web sites: VS6-D.p65 America http://support.ulead.com/ Germany http://www.ulead.de/tech/tech.htm Japan http://www.ulead.co.jp/tech/tech.htm Taiwan http://www.ulead.com.tw/tech/tech.
86 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Glossary Analog Effect 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. In VideoStudio, an effect is a special computer generated transition between two video clips. Capture Frame Rate The recording of video or images to a computer hard disk.
INDEX 87 NLE Streaming 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. 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. NTSC/PAL Template NTSC is the video standard in North America, Japan, Taiwan, and some other regions.
MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE 88 MyDVD.
MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE MyDVD: Get Started This application allows you to capture, author & publish MPEG-1 (VCD) & MPEG-2 (DVD) video to CD or DVD disc. CD-R/RW Discs DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW Discs VCD on CD: 60-70 minutes of MPEG-1 video DVD - Up to 2 hours of DVD audio and video on a 4.7 GB DVD disk. Select from Good, Better or Best Quality video setting. The higher the quality, the smaller amount of video will fit on a disc. DVD on CD* - 30-40 minutes of MPEG-2 (DVD) video on CD.
MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE Video Capture from Instant DVD This application allows you to capture and burn either VCD (CD-ROM) or DVD (CD-ROM or DVD disk) movies. You select the type of video you wish to publish, select the background template and either import video or capture video from Instant DVD. Once you have updated the template and button text to customize your movie, click “Make Disc” and you will step through the process to burn your movie to disc.
MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE Single Step Capture and Burn a CD or DVD disk MyDVD – Direct to Disk – The Direct to Disk capability in MyDVD allows you to easily set up a one step capture and burn sequence. This is the simplest way to archive your video tape collection to CD or DVD. Select Direct to Disk when the MyDVD application is started. You must have a CD or DVD recorder attached to your PC at the beginning of this procedure and a new blank disk inserted.
USB INSTANT DVD HELPFUL HINTS USB Instant DVD Helpful Hints: What is the minimum VGA setting? Recommended screen resolution is 1024 x 768 or higher. This resolution will allow you to properly display the full resolution MPEG-2 video which is 704 x 480 (NTSC) or 704 x 576 (PAL). Color depth can be set to 16 bit or higher depending upon Graphic card capabilities? Video will not preview or is very slow, or gets slow after a few minutes. Check your display (VGA) settings.