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VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back Table of Contents | Index 2 First English edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0, January 2003. © 1992-2003 Ulead Systems, Inc. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 3 Table of Contents The big picture ...................................................................... 7 Analog vs. Digital ................................................................................ 7 DVD, VCD, and SVCD ......................................................................... 8 How VideoStudio works ...................................................................... 9 What’s New ..........................................
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 4 Getting started ................................................................... 31 The File menu ................................................................................... 31 Creating a new project ...................................................................... 32 Setting your preferences ................................................................... 34 Preferences: General tab ...............................................
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 5 Title .................................................................................................... 72 Creating text titles .................................................................................. 72 Fading in & out ........................................................................................ 74 Other title animation effects .................................................................. 75 Audio .....................
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 6 Thank you for purchasing VideoStudio 7, 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 cut, mix, run clips, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible with your work. This user guide was produced to assist you as you navigate through the program and learn basic operating procedures.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 7 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. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 8 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: • Video Compact Disc (VCD) is a special version of a CD-ROM that uses the MPEG-1 format.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 9 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 10 What’s New Take advantage of VideoStudio’s latest features and enhancements: • Windows Media Format Now you can capture directly from an analog source or DV camcorder straight to Windows Media Video (WMV) format. You can also directly insert Windows Media Format clips into a timeline for editing.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index • New Video Filters Five new filters are being added to VideoStudio’s already huge selection, expanding your ability to give your video a creative flair like (like making your video look like an old movie with the Old Film effect). Also includes Lightning, Lens Flare, Comic and Bubble effects. In addition, video filters are now fully key-frameable. This allows you to customize a video filter at any point in a video clip.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 12 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, higher RAM, and faster chip, go with it.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 13 DV IEEE 1394 capture card The following Windows operating systems support the IEEE 1394 capture card. Always remember to turn on your DV camcorder or VCR connected to the IEEE 1394 interface so that it can be detected as image device or sound, video and game controller. Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows 2000 Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 include the Microsoft DV driver and still support the Texas Instruments DV driver.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 14 Windows XP Windows XP fully supports IEEE 1394 and is also the only PC O/S that offers wireless access to cameras and other devices over a network. On a wireless IEEE 802.11 home network, attach an IEEE 1394-enabled laptop to a Windows XP-based PC and instantly access all other connected devices.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 15 Analog capture card Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP supports analog capture cards. Remember to turn on the camcorder or VCR and connect it to your computer. Then check that the following devices are working properly: • Sound, video and game controllers USB port The Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector lets you attach a wide array of devices to your computer quickly and easily.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 16 Installing and running VideoStudio To install VideoStudio: 1. Place the VideoStudio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio onto your computer. Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by doubleclicking the My Computer icon on your desktop, then double-clicking the icon for the CD-ROM drive.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 17 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. DV (IEEE 1394 capture card) To check the setup of VideoStudio for DV interface: 1. Connect your camcorder to your IEEE 1394 capture card. 2.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Analog capture card 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. Insert your videotape into the capture 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. 3. Your Capture plug-in will be detected automatically. 4.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 19 Table of Contents | Index Getting around VideoStudio The VideoStudio interface has been designed to make the sometimes complicated task of editing movies on your PC intuitive and enjoyable. This illustration shows the major components of the program. The next few pages will detail each component’s specific features and functions. Options Panel Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you could use to customize the settings of the selected clip.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 20 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. Information in each tab vary, depending on the selected clip. Capture Options Panel Capture Settings tab • Duration: Sets the length of time for the capture. • Source: Displays the detected capture device and lists other capture device drivers installed in your computer.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index • 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 video 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 22 • Properties: Displays information about the currently selected clip. • Save Trimmed Video: Applies any trimming modifications to a clip and saves it to a new video file. • Save as Still Image: Saves the displayed video frame as an image file (*.jpg or *.bmp). • 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Overlay Options Panel Edit tab • Duration: Displays the duration of the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values. • 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Title Options Panel Edit tab • Create/Update Title: What you click to enter a title on an underlying video. • Duration: Displays the duration of the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values. • Title list: Shows the title clips that you created. To modify a title clip, select it from the dropdown list and click on the Preview Window. • Font face: Where you select your desired font style.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index • End position: Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will end. • Pause: Applies a break between the start and end direction of the animation. • Enable Animation: Enables or disables animation on the title clip. Audio Options Panel Voiceover tab • Record Voice: Records audio and creates a new clip to the right of the current position of the Voice Track in the Timeline. This transforms into Stop during the recording process.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index • 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 27 Table of Contents | Index 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, the set of buttons will differ. Instead of the Navigation Panel, device control buttons will be shown. Use these buttons to control your DV camcorder or any other video device.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 28 Table of Contents | Index Timeline: The VideoStudio Work Area This work area allows you to more precisely orchestrate the flow of your movie. It consists of separate tracks for your video, title, music, and voice clips. It likewise has a ruler that shows the current time-scale for determining clip and project length. Time units Selected range Zoom controls Storyboard and Timeline Increase or decrease the number of frames displayed in the Timeline.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 29 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 30 To delete media clips from the Library: 1. Select the clip to remove from the Library. Then, press [Del]. 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. Note: Deleting source files from your hard disk permanently removes them from your computer. You may not be able to recover them.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 31 Getting started VideoStudio gives you much room to explore your options and experiment by letting you work with Project files (*.VSP). Since all changes (i.e. cuts, edits, transition effects, etc.) are saved in the project file, you can freely edit the clips in a project without having to worry about ruining your source files. A project file is not the finished movie and can only be opened in VideoStudio.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 32 Creating a new project When you run VideoStudio, it automatically opens a new project and lets you start composing your video production. If this is your first time to use VideoStudio, the new project uses VideoStudio’s initial default settings. Otherwise, the new project reuses the project settings which you have last used. To check what these settings are, click File: Project Properties.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 33 You can also begin by creating an empty project file using New Project. To create a new project using New Project: 1. Click File: New Project or simply press [Ctrl + N]. 2. Click Capture folder under the Capture Settings Tab of the Options Panel to select a working folder where all your captured/project files will be located. This will launch the Browse For Folder dialog box. Click Make New Folder to create a new folder.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 34 Setting your preferences The Preferences dialog box is where you can tweak the VideoStudio program to fit your needs. To invoke this, click File: Preferences. Set the playback method, tune the quality of previews, specify your captured image file’s format, and more. Preferences: General tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Enable undo allows you to define the maximum number of times you can take back an action. Values range from 0-99.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 35 4 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 36 Preferences: Quality & Duration tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 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 Fair for fastest operation. 2 Image resampling option selects a method for your image resampling. 3 Fit to Preview window using aspect ratio determines how clips are previewed.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 37 Preferences: Capture tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Enable press OK to capture allows you to press OK to start capturing. 2 Record directly from CD allows you to record an audio track directly from a CD. 3 Captured still image save format specifies the format to which your captured still image file will be saved as. 4 Image quality determines the display quality of the captured image. The higher the quality, the bigger the file.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 38 Preferences: Preview tab 1 2 1 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 39 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 40 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 41 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. See page 72. Background music sets the mood of your movie. VideoStudio 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 page 76.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 42 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. Once launched, VideoStudio immediately detects the capture settings.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 43 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 44 In a Type-1 AVI, the whole DV stream is stored unmodified as one AVI stream. In a Type-2 AVI, on the other hand, the DV stream is split into separate video and audio data, which are stored as two streams in the AVI. The advantage of Type-1 is that the DV data does not need to be processed, and is stored in its exact original format.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 45 Capturing analog video To capture video using an analog capture card with audio/video jacks or S-video: 1. Connect your video source device to your capture card. On some cards, you may also need to connect the audio cables. 2. Open a project and click the Capture Step. 3. Select a capture file format (DV, MPEG or AVI) from the Format list. 4. Scan your video to search the part to capture. 5.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 46 Direct video capturing to MPEG Format Capturing video directly from your camcorder straight to MPEG format is one of the most exciting developments in computer video. Capture straight to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, depending on your needs and skip the task of having to capture in other formats only to convert it later. And with the much smaller size of MPEG files, you save on hard disk space.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 47 capture in the MPEG Settings dialog box and set other attributes. If you are capturing from a USB device or analog source, also select Video Capture Property Settings from the Options menu to specify the desired frame size. 5. Click Capture Video to start capturing. 6. Click Stop Capture again or press [Esc] to stop capturing.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index 5. Go to the Navigator and click Play. Click Capture Video to begin recording. 6. Click Stop Capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing. Back 48 Note: You also have the option to select a different profile to use for capturing DV video into WMV. See the next section for details. Selecting a profile The quality of a WMV file depends on the profile it is using.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 49 Table of Contents | Index 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 50 7. Under General Information, specify a reference name for the created or edited profile in Name of Profile. 8. Select the media types supported by the profile in Media types. 9. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 51 • Video quality slider is only applicable to files in MPEG format. It determines the caliber of your video. Drag the slider to the left to decrease the quality and to the right to increase the quality. The slider is highly dependent on the CPU. If dropped frames occur when capturing, decrease the quality of your video to reduce CPU loading. • TV tuner is where you specify your location and input type.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 52 tab. In this case, we’d like to use ATI Rage Theater Video Capture. 4. Select the appropriate video format from the Format dropdown list. In this example, we shall use AVI. 5. Click Options: Video Capture Property Settings to invoke the Video Capture Property Settings dialog box. 6. Check if the Video input, TV tuner, Video format, and Audio input source are correct. If not, adjust the settings accordingly.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 53 Batch Capture Overburdened by immense amounts of footage to capture from your DV tape? You can get peace of mind through VideoStudio’s Batch Capture. This feature captures only the video clips you want with just one click and saves you a considerable amount of time. To Batch capture, simply watch the video. At any time, press [F3] to mark in the task and [F4] to mark out. Press [F3] and [F4] as often as required.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index 7. Click Capture Video. 8. Batch capture starts based on all or selected (if any) tasks. The process stops when the last task is captured. A report is displayed for your reference. Back 54 Note: It is up to you whether to click Stop before starting Batch capture. However, if you need to modify some tasks, click Stop first to help VideoStudio prioritize capturing tasks.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 55 Table of Contents | Index 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, extract 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. VideoStudio lets you edit your project in the Storyboard Mode or Timeline Mode.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 56 Table of Contents | Index Furthermore, there is a small screen at the bottom of the window where you can preview a selected clip. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 57 SmartRender and Play Project/Clip button SmartRender technology allows “changes-only” rendering which eliminates the need to re-render 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 58 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 File: Preview Files Manager to invoke the Preview Files Manager dialog box. 2. Select the VSP project under Project file name where the temporary preview files you want to remove are located and click Delete.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 59 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. To trim a clip from the Timeline: 1. Click a clip in the Timeline to select it. Trim handles 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 60 For precise control, 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 / out points can also be set by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 61 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. 5. You may also merge different 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 62 4. Drag the Jog Bar again to the frame that you want to use as that clip’s last. Click End. 5. Do steps 3 and 4 repeatedly until you have marked all the wanted or unwanted segments. 6. Click OK when finished. The extracted clips are then inserted into the Timeline. A list of thumbnails is shown under the preview window. Each thumbnail represents a clip to be extracted.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 63 Playback Speed You can now 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 in the spin box.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 64 4. Click Save as Still Image in the Options Panel. The new image file is saved to the hard disk and is represented as a thumbnail in the image folder you assigned. Using color clips Color clips are simply solid colored backgrounds that are useful for titles and transitions. For example, black clips can be used for an effective fade to black transition.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 65 Using video filters Video filters are effects which 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 Timeline: 1. Select a clip in the Timeline. 2. Select the Video Filter folder in the Library drop-down menu. 3. Choose a video filter to apply to your clip (by clicking the thumbnail).
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 66 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 67 Table of Contents | Index 6. Use the Timeline controls to edit or to go to a key frame in the clip. • 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 68 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 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 69 Table of Contents | Index Drag and drop transition effects right onto the tracks in both Storyboard Mode and Timeline Mode. Customizing effects 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 70 Table of Contents | Index Overlay The Overlay Step provides an additional track where you can place videos and images to enhance introductions and credits. An alphachannel is automatically applied to clips placed in this track for transparency. By using an animation style such as fade-in and fadeout, you can interweave two clips, one in the Video Track and another in the Overlay Track, in one timeline.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 71 2. Click the Motion Tab, and apply a motion style to create a blending effect between the selected clip and the clip simultaneously running in the Video Track. To make Overlay clips with transparent backgrounds, you can create a 32-bit alpha channel AVI or Image file with an alpha channel. You can further achieve your desired effects by using the Motion Tab.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 72 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 up to the clarity and comprehensibility of your movie. With VideoStudio’s Title Step, create professional-looking titles, complete with special effects, in minutes. Creating text titles Titles give the audience an idea of what your movie is all about.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 73 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 74 3. Specify how to scroll the title by choosing these animation options: • Start and End units Determine whether the whole title (Text) moves, or parts of the title (Character, Word, or Line) scroll one at a time. • 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, Intermediate, or Long).
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 75 Other title animation effects Give your title more pep by making it pop-up or turn across the screen. The Pop-up and Turn effects are ideal to use in opening credits. To apply a pop-up/turn effect: 1. Select a title clip or create a new one. 2. On the Animation Tab in the Options Panel, select Pop up / Turn from the Type drop-down list. Make sure that the Enable Animation option is selected. 3.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 76 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: Voiceover and Music. Insert your narrations in the Voice Track and your background music or sound effects on the Music Track. You can even access music files from multiple CD-ROMs simultaneously.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 77 3. Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds accordingly. Use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the volume of the microphone. 4. Click Start and begin speaking. 5. Press [Esc] or click Stop Recording Voice to end recording. Adjust Volume level meter Tip: The best way of recording 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index 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 Recording to end 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 79 Table of Contents | Index • Drag the trim handles in the Trim Bar. Trim handles beneath the Preview Window Tip: You can also trim a clip in the Library by using the Trim Bar. You can selectively play only the trimmed portion of the clip by holding [Shift] then clicking Play. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 80 Share Render your project into a video file format that is suitable for your audience or purpose. Then, 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 81 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 render partially: 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 82 Video Save Options In the Share Step, you can apply a different format and new set of attributes when saving a movie file. Click Share: 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 incompatibility problems. Available options depend on your file format.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index General Tab • If you have a sound track/s in your project, select Audio and Video for the Data track. • Frame rate can be set anywhere between 15 and 30 frames per second. Higher frame rates result in high quality videos but with a corresponding increase in the file size. • Select a Frame type : Field Order A, Field Order B, or Frame-based. The first two types are best used for video to be viewed on TV.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 84 This setting determines how many key frames the compression method uses. The more key frames used, the larger the resulting file. If your video contains fast motion and many changing scenes, you need to set this number to a higher value to retain accurate reproduction. However, if the video is slow moving, with few drastic changes, a lower setting will yield significant space savings with practically no effect on playback quality.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index You can set the level of Tolerance to make the data vary a little. Tolerance is acceptable percentage of difference between a specified data rate and the data rate of the compressed data. • Select the Recompress option to force the program to rerender the project. In most cases, this option should be left unchecked. • Select Interleave audio and video to specify the interleave ratio between audio and video data.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 86 Project Playback Project Playback is used to output your entire project or part of it to a DV camcorder or a video monitor. This also gives you a full screen preview of your movie either on a PC or TV monitor. Click Project Playback in the Options Panel of the Share Step. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 87 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. Posting your video on a Web page The Internet is an exciting place to share your movies, but there are a few things you need to watch out for. A short three minute vacation video can easily take up 60 MB of disk space and many hours of download time.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 88 3. In the prompting message, choose how the video file will be played back from the Web page. 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. Your default browser will now open, displaying your page.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 89 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. As with regular e-mail, enter a recipient, a subject and a message and then send your message. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 90 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. If you want to use a project, make sure you have already rendered it using Create Video File. 2.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 91 Exporting videos to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard You can record or add your videos to the device that supports DVD-RAM (using the DVD-VR format) or DVD-R. To export videos to Ulead DVD-VR Wizard: 1. Select thumbnail(s) from the Video Library using [Shift] or [Ctrl] and the mouse click. Next, click Export and select Ulead DVD-VR Wizard. 2. The Ulead DVD-VR Wizard dialog box appears.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index 3. Select a playlist. (You can also add or delete a list as needed.) If you select All, all video clips are in its original chronological order. Once you’re done, click Next. 4. In Step 3, if you select All you can select multiple neighboring clips for combination, or divide a clip. You can also select any clip to preview its content. Once you’re done, click Next. Note: Select Program shows different sets of programs recorded in the chronological order. 5.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 93 Recording back to a DV camcorder 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) without any loss of quality. VideoStudio offers comprehensive support for DV in all of its manifestations on the market. This includes, but is not limited to, Type-1, Type-2, PAL, NTSC, and even the device control of your camcorder. To record a movie to your DV camcorder: 1.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 94 Creating disc This is the place where you can output your project (together with other VideoStudio projects or video as needed) to create VCD, SVCD, or DVD. First, choose an output format. Second, decide whether you want to add other projects and videos. See the following sections for more information.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 95 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. This is because the first scene (frame) of this video clip is a black screen. To change it, double-click to select this video clip and move the Jog Bar to the scene you want. Next, right-click the thumbnail and select Change Thumbnail.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 96 Project settings Use this for advanced MPEG output settings: • MPEG properties for file conversion Displays detailed information about the selected video setting. • Change MPEG Settings Select the type of video setting of your project. Select Customize to personalize video settings. • Do not convert compliant MPEG files Select to retain settings of every MPEG compliant file.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 97 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. Click Auto to let Ulead VideoStudio help you select chapters (such as at fixed intervals), or drag the Jog Bar to move to a scene as the first frame of a chapter, and then click Add. Tips: • If you want to use Auto, your video must be at least one minute long or the video has scene change information.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 98 Table of Contents | Index Setup menus At this step, you can create the main menu and submenus. They provide a list of interactive thumbnail-styled options displayed on a screen for your movie viewer to choose from. Ulead VideoStudio includes a set of menu templates to best fit the purpose of each menu. To help you better understand the DVD/SVCD/VCD menu structure, see the illustration below.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 99 Table of Contents | Index 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. 3. To change the image shown on each video thumbnail, click it then drag the Jog Bar to change. Jog Bar Before After 4. To change a menu layout, use the Menu template list and select another preset. 5.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 100 Preview your movie 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 101 3. Select a disc burner and make settings (such as the recording speed) compatible with your output disc format. 4. Click Output. 5. The burning progress bar shows you the burning status. Once it is done, click Close.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 102 Table of Contents | Index Working with Ulead COOL 3D You can directly load a Ulead COOL 3D project file into Ulead VideoStudio library, and then use it as a video clip or an overlay in your VideoStudio project. This gives you more power, flexibility, and creativity in 3D animation for your video editing. Note: The Ulead COOL 3D program is available for installation on your Ulead VideoStudio CD. To load a COOL 3D project file into VideoStudio: 1. Click Load Video. 2.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 103 The following section shows you briefly how you can create a COOL 3D project file in Ulead COOL 3D. For details, please refer to the user guide (available as a PDF file on your Ulead VideoStudio CD. To create a COOL 3D file: 1. Open Ulead COOL 3D. 2. A new untitled edit window is already open for you. You can directly work on this window, or drag one from the EasyPalette. 3. If you need to change the size of your project, select Project: Dimensions.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 104 Table of Contents | Index Frames per second Current frame Number of frames 7. Drag the text in the edit window in the way you want as a 3D title, or drag a text effect from EasyPalette. Click Play in the Navigation Toolbar to preview the result as needed. 8. When you’re done, select File: Save (As) to save it as a COOL 3D (*.c3d) file or select File: Create Video File to save it as a video file. First frame Last frame Drag the bar to move between frames.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 105 Appendix A. Technology Overview 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 106 Appendix B. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 107 C. 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 108 • If VideoStudio cannot control the DV camcorder... If VideoStudio cannot control your DV camcorder and locate specific timecodes accurately, go to the Select Device Control (in the Settings and Commands menu) 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 109 Table of Contents | Index Shortcuts Ctrl+N Create a new project Ctrl+O Open a project Ctrl+S Save a project Ctrl+Z Undo Ctrl+Y Redo Ctrl+C Copy Ctrl+V Paste Ctrl+A Select all characters in the on-screen edit mode Ctrl+X Cut selected characters in the on-screen edit mode Del Delete F6 Preferences F1 Help Page Up Scroll up the Timeline Page Down Scroll down the Timeline Left Go to the previous clip in the Timeline.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 110 Table of Contents | Index Right Go to the next clip in the Timeline. If you pressed [Tab] to make the Trim Bar or Jog Bar active, use the Right-arrow key to move to the next frame. Up Go to the previous step Down Go to the next step F3 Set mark-in F4 Set mark-out Tab Toggle between the Trim Bar and Jog Bar. When the left Trim Bar handle is active, pressing [Tab] switches to the right handle.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 111 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 112 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 113 DNLE Digital Non-Linear Editing is a method of combining and editing multiple video clips to produce a finished product. DNLE offers 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 114 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 115 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit organization that sets and reviews standards for the electronics industry. 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).
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 116 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). Link A method of storing previously saved information in another program without significantly affecting the size of the resulting file.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 117 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. NTSC/PAL NTSC is the video standard in North America, Japan, Taiwan, and some other regions.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 118 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 119 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 120 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.
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Back 121 Index 4GB limitation 43 A ActiveMovie 88 Adding text titles 72 transition effects 68 Analog capture 15, 18 Animated titles 73 Applying video filters 65 Audio clips 76 trimming 78 Audio input 51 Audio Step 25, 41, 76 audio files 78 background music 77 mixing 79 voiceover narration 76 AVI 43, 95, 102 B Background color 34 Background image 99 Background music 77 Batch capture 53 Burning discs DVD-RAM/DVD-R 91 DVD/SVCD/VCD 94 C Capture Step 20, 40, 4
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 122 Table of Contents | Index text titles 72 video files 80, 81, 82 voiceover narration 76 Creating discs DVD/VCD/SVCD 91 D Deinterlace 37 Disc creating 94 Disc image 91 DMA Enabling DMA for IDE disks 14 DV camcorder 93, 106 DV tape 42 DV Type-1 43 DV Type-2 43 DVD 94 DVD-R 91 DVD-RAM 91 DVD-Video 101 DVD-Video (fast editable) 101 DVD-VR 91 E E-mail 89 Edit Step 21, 22, 40, 55 Editing & customizing a video profile 49 Effect Step 22, 40, 68 Effects creating 68 customizing 69 dr
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 123 Table of Contents | Index J Jog Bar 96, 97 K Key frames 66 setting 66 L Library Deleting clips in Library 30 Library Manager 30 Loading clips to Library 29 transition effects 68 M Make Movie Manager 80 Mark-in 94 Mark-out 94 Menu 96, 98 template 99 Mixing 79 MPEG 43, 95 MPEG capture 46 Music 76 recording 77 N Narration 76 Navigation controls 94 Navigation Panel 27, 44 NTFS 43 O Opening existing project 33 Options Panel Audio Options Panel Music tab 25 Voiceover tab 25
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Back 124 Table of Contents | Index Profile editing & customizing 49 selecting 48 Project creating a new project 32, 33 opening an existing project 33 Play Project button 57 properties 32 Project Playback 86 Q QuickTime 95 R Recording back to a DV camcorder 93 from CD 37 music 77 voice 76 Relink checking 34 Rendering 32 a movie 80 partially 81 Resampling 36 Rolling 73 Running Ulead VideoStudio 16 S S-video 50 Save options Advanced Options 84 AVI Tab 83 General Tab 83 Ulead VideoStu
VIDEOSTUDIO HELP Table of Contents | Index Transition effects creating 68 customizing 69 drag and drop 69 Trim Bar 59 Trimming audio clips 78 video 96 video clips 59 with the Trim Bar 59 Trimming clips 59 Troubleshooting 107 TV system 50 TV tuner 51 U Ulead VideoStudio user interface 19 USB capture 18 User interface 19 V VCD 94 VFW 43 Video Capture Property Settings 50 Video filters 65 Voiceover narration 76 Volume 76 Volume name 100 W Web video 107 Windows Media Format 48 Windows Media Video 47, 107 W
