Operation Manual

116 Pinnacle Studio 9
music video almost instantly, in your choice of styles
and using any combination of video footage and music.
The tool walks you through the
creation process with simple step-
by-step instructions. To begin, use
the Album to locate the video
footage you want to include, and
drag the scenes onto the Movie
Window.
With the visuals in place, add a SmartSound, CD audio
or digital music (wav, mp3) clip to the background
music track. The duration of this clip determines the
length of your music video. For best results, your video
footage should be at least twice as long as your music
clip.
Select a style from the dropdown list at the top of the
tool window. The Use clips in random order option lets
you mix up the video without regard to its initial
sequence. This option, which is the default with some
styles, will give a relatively uniform texture to the
finished product, but at the expense of any narrative
continuity in the original material.
The Relative volume slider adjusts the prominence of
the background music track relative to the other audio