USB Instant DVD User's Guide

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.
Ulead VideoStudio puts you at the cutting edge of video technology by providing a complete
set of tools to cut, mix, run titles, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible
with your work. Even novices achieve professional results as VideoStudio turns the complex
process of video editing into a simple and fun affair.
An introduction to
digital video
Tens of millions of camcorders and personal
computers have been sold around the world
and video capture cards serve as the connec-
tion between the two. These cards allow the
transfer of video data from the camcorder to
the computer hard disk.
The introduction of the IEEE 1394 interface
technology also known as FireWire or i.Link
and the emergence of a generation of entirely
digital camcorders and a new format to
emerged - digital video (DV).
VideoStudio fully supports digital video (DV)
editing and puts all the advantages of working
with this format in your hands.
DV camcorders are
compact and simple
to operate
VideoStudio lets you output
your video projects in a wide
range of storage media
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