Ulead DVD MOVIEFACTORY 5, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Guide Ulead Systems Inc November 2000 ...

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Page 3: ...1 The Tracks 31 The Options panel 32 The Play project button 32 Working with clips 34 Using image clips 38 Capturing still images in the Storyboard step 39 Using color clips 39 Using video filters 40 Effects 42 Transition magic 43 Title 44 Rolling scrolling 46 Fading in out 47 Putting it all together 48 Using video or image clips as titles 48 Voice Music 50 Voiceover narration 51 Background music ...

Page 4: ...HS What s more capturing DV data into your computer or recording back to your DV camcorder is simple through the IEEE 1394 also known as FireWire or i LINK interface card in a purely digital form without loss of quality No wonder DV has taken the world by storm becoming the format of choice for enthusiasts That s why Ulead VideoStudio fully supports DV editing You can even control your camcorder w...

Page 5: ...e amazing DVD quality movies using the MPEG 2 format which is also used in the upcoming digital television era Start by capturing MPEG 2 video straight from your camcorder depending on your video capture card s capabilities see page 26 then trim and edit your movie with frame accuracy Finally take advantage of DVD quality see page 64 to create your final MPEG 2 movie Ulead VideoStudio Yet what abo...

Page 6: ...uter can receive and interpret the video data from your camera To make sure that everything works properly follow your capture card s installation instructions How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step by step paradigm By working on one step at a time editing tasks remain uncomplicated throughout the entire process from start to finish What s more editing your video on the computer offers t...

Page 7: ...reaks your movie up into separate tracks which gives you broad creative freedom While your video probably already has a sound track adding a voiceover narration brings clarity to your personal videos Better still add background music off your favorite music CDs to set the mood in your movie These tracks are independent so changes to one track don t affect the other Putting a transition effect betw...

Page 8: ... longer limited to maximum 4 GB at a time Once the size of a captured DV has reached 4 GB VideoStudio automatically continues the capture process by saving the captured video to another file So no matter how long your video is capturing is a one time process Customized library folders Lets you create personal folders in libraries for managing files Next generation processor compliant Supports impr...

Page 9: ... the library at the same time for your convenience Make Movie Manager Displays a customized list of video file format templates You then don t need to spend time in setting options every time you make a movie Flexible project settings Once you have set the properties of a project you can still change them later at any time This gives you worry free flexibility whenever you need to make property ch...

Page 10: ...on of Windows 98 it can detect the installed IEEE 1394 card But it works with Texas Instruments DV driver only What s more this version of Windows does not come with this driver So you need to find it first For example usually you can get it from the drivers if bundled that come with the IEEE 1394 card Below is the checklist 1394 Bus Controller Sound video and game controllers 1394 camcorder This ...

Page 11: ...th the same devices as detected in Windows 98 Second Edition See the illustration above or the previous page for the checklist A device list on the Device Manager in the Systems Properties dialog box Windows 98 Second Edition Settings tab after clicking the Properties button when a hard drive is selected Access this from Control Panel System Device Manager Notes In Windows 98 and Me please select ...

Page 12: ...indows desktop OR Select the Ulead VideoStudio icon from the Ulead VideoStudio program group on the Windows Start menu Note If the Setup screen doesn t appear after loading the CD then you can manually start it by double clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop then double clicking the icon for the CD ROM drive When the CD ROM window opens double click the Setup icon Please also install the f...

Page 13: ...ments driver select TI 1394 Device Control You also need to set up how Ulead VideoStudio will control your camcorder through the IEEE 1394 interface The appropriate settings depend on your particular capture card Note When your camcorder is in the record mode usually named CAMERA or MOVIE you can still capture real time video directly in VideoStudio even if there s no video tape inserted 3 Run Ule...

Page 14: ...nding on the program s mode and contains a ton of information Options panel Contains controls buttons and other information Preview window Shows the current clip video filter effect or title Load media button Click to add video or audio files to the Library Library Stores and organizes all of your media clips Timeline Represents the period of time that a clip appears in your movie Trim bar Used fo...

Page 15: ...t Trim handle Click and drag to trim a clip Zoom controls Change the view to zoom in out or fit the entire project on the screen Switch mode Toggles viewing mode between Storyboard and Timeline Insert media button Displays a menu allowing you to place video audio or image clips directly on the project Project scroll controls Use the left and right buttons or grab the scroll bar to move around your...

Page 16: ...r an object in the program and click again Global commands button This button pops up a menu that contains many useful tools such as online Help and preferences You can also setup device control and capture plug in from here 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 Undo and Redo Any changes you make that...

Page 17: ...ss the Esc key Or click it again to stop the playback Play Play clip Stop Click to play a DV tape or a selected video or audio clip Note that holding the Shift key while clicking the button playback is based on the selected duration between Mark in and Mark out on the Trim bar During playback click this button again to stop Home Moves to the starting point of a project clip or selected area Previo...

Page 18: ...Adding media clips to the Library 1 Click the Load media button 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 Note Deleting source files from your hard disk permanently removes them from your computer You may not be able to recover them again Please make sure that those source files you are about to delete are...

Page 19: ...media type from the Available custom folder list 3 Depending on how you want to work on these folders click New Edit or Delete accordingly Select a specific folder from the box below when at least two custom folders exist 4 Click Close Library Manager dialog box You can also right click any clip in the Library to open the quick menu for viewing clip properties as well as copy paste or delete While...

Page 20: ...t affect your media clips It is possible to have a number of different projects using the same clips Start The Start step is for creating a new project file or opening an existing one This is the very first and required step whenever you want to work in VideoStudio See page 22 Capture Once a project is opened in the program new video can be recorded onto your computer s hard drive in the Capture s...

Page 21: ...ctively clarify important parts of your video See page 50 Finish The final cuts have been made and the music has been synchronized with care Now it s time to put it all together and make a master copy of your newest movie See page 56 Notes When moving between steps Ulead VideoStudio Guide a real time online Help appears to give you quick reference and tips You can decide whether to show it in the ...

Page 22: ...e The project name later will be used to create a subfolder under this location 3 Select a template from Available project templates including all templates you created previously see next page for details Select the one that most closely matches the type of movie you want to create 4 Click OK Opening an existing project 1 Click the Open project button 2 Select the project file VSP you want to ope...

Page 23: ... Global commands button 2 Select Templates Manager from the menu 3 Click New Here enter a name for your template and select a file format 4 Set up the details of the template See page 61 for details 5 Click OK Tip Press the Ctrl S keys to quickly save your project from time to time in VideoStudio This ensures that all project settings and file links are always up to date Note Templates Manager als...

Page 24: ...der device control correct timecode on the DV tape is a must To do this before actually shooting your video use the standard playback SP mode and shooting a blank video for example leaving the lens cover on while recording without interruption from start to end of a tape Capture video Records video from your source to your hard disk Capture image Captures a single frame as a still image from your ...

Page 25: ... you want to record click the Capture video button in Ulead VideoStudio 5 Click the Capture video button again or press the Esc key to stop recording Tips The Capture menu item is grayed out or unavailable in the Playback mode Yet in the Capture mode if you still encounter the same situation check whether your video capture hardware is correctly installed In step 3 a confirmation dialog box appear...

Page 26: ...preceding pages IEEE 1394 interface card does not support MPEG video capture Setting up MPEG capture 1 Connect your camcorder to the capture card 2 Turn on your camcorder and set it to Play or VTR VCR mode See your camcorder s manual for specific instructions 3 Run Ulead VideoStudio 4 Click the Global commands button and select Change Capture Plug in 5 Select Ulead MPEG DirectShow Capture Plug in ...

Page 27: ...video do this several times and note the following limitations of a file size For all Windows systems except Windows 2000 with NTFS formatted partition in hard drive while the DirectShow driver is used the maximum captured or rendered file size is 4 GB For all Windows systems with analog capture cards while the VFW Video for Windows driver is used the maximum captured file size is 2 GB Capturing s...

Page 28: ... tasks before capturing Mark in a new task Uses the current frame you saw as the starting point of a task Mark out a new task Uses the current frame you saw as the ending point of a task Edit the tape s name You can give the tasks to be captured a name Once they re saved to video formatted files it s easy to trace them later Tasks list Displays all the tasks you created in the timecode format Clic...

Page 29: ...ark out a new task button F4 to end the task 6 Keep watching the video and then repeat step 4 as needed 7 If you feel these tasks are what you want click the Start batch capturing from the Tasks list button Otherwise adjust the tasks by using modification buttons You can also directly double clicking a task and then enter new timecode Once you are done click the capturing button 8 Batch capture st...

Page 30: ...mode Ulead VideoStudio show exactly when and where events in your story occur based on frame and timecode relationship and you can see at a glance the contents of various media clips A clip can be a video file an audio file a transition a colored background or a title If you re starting from scratch you can drag clips from the Library and simply drop them on the Timeline Storyboard mode You may fi...

Page 31: ...ctions of a second gives you precise control over trimming and editing while longer ruler units allow you to view more of your project You can control ruler units by using the Zoom control buttons Click the Fit project in window button if you want to see the entire project displayed on one screen If you have a mouse with a scroll button the scroll button can be used to zoom The Tracks The Timeline...

Page 32: ...ate previews of your entire project See page 17 for a specific description of each button Video mark in out Displays the starting ending point of a video clip after trimming Volume Click the arrow or enter digits directly to adjust volume Cut video clip Deletes a selected video clip Output options Click the arrow to select a method for sharing your movie with others See page 58 for details Save se...

Page 33: ...our hard drive reduces as the number of temporary files increases From time to time you need to delete these temporary preview files of the current project to speed up rendering or previewing To do so use Preview Files Manager on the Global commands menu Preview Files Manager dialog box Global commands menu So the best advice we can offer is that you edit for a while and then when you need a break...

Page 34: ...e to set the trim position 3 When you ve selected the area you want to trim click the Apply changes button 4 You can selectively play only the trimmed portion of the clip by holding the Shift key and clicking the Play clip button Notes The green bar beneath the preview window represents the selected portion of the clip If the clip has not been trimmed the green bar extends for the entire length Wa...

Page 35: ... edits is controlling the ruler scale in the Timeline When each unit represents one second you can get pretty close in estimating your edits Trimming a clip from the Timeline 1 Select a clip by clicking it on the Timeline 2 The yellow Trim handles on either side of the clip can be dragged to change the length of a clip 3 The Preview window reflects the position of the Trim handle in the clip 4 Wat...

Page 36: ... the Mark out point displays the end of the trimmed clip 4 Click the Apply changes button Creating multiple versions of a single clip 1 Select a clip from the Library 2 Grab and drag a Trim handle to set the trim position 3 Click the Apply changes button 4 Reinsert the original clip into the Library by clicking the Load video button So currently there are two versions of a single clip in the Libra...

Page 37: ... the source for a number of different clips in the Library This type of editing does not affect the source file anyway Notes To rename a thumbnail click on the name of the thumbnail and modify it in the same way as you would in Windows Explorer Dragging a clip from the Timeline to the Trash only removes the thumbnail The original video file on the hard disk is not affected This Library contains fi...

Page 38: ...ogether motion pictures you shouldn t underestimate the value of still pictures in your video productions You can use images or pictures from any source and even use individual frames from a video file Load image button This button changes depending on the type of Library folder Trim handles Information about an image clip Inserting an image clip 1 Switch to the Image Library by clicking the list ...

Page 39: ...le in the Capture step see page 27 you might want to do it in the Storyboard step This is because you can in the Storyboard step move to a specific frame precisely It also avoids possible undesired vibrating effects as the video keeps running when still images are captured in the Capture step Capturing still images 1 Select a clip in your project 2 Drag the Preview bar to a single frame you want t...

Page 40: ...k like a painting Filters are applied over each frame in a clip By specifying the different start and end values you can control the intensity and speed of a filter as it moves from the first frame to the last Titles set against solid backgrounds are often easier to see than if set against an image especially a moving one Inserting a video filter 1 From the Library list select Video Filter folder ...

Page 41: ...g the Shift up down video filter buttons Yet the order change affects the whole appearance or style of the video clip Advanced options can be made to the first frame and the last only in a video clip So drag the slider to either of these two points for adjustments Example of a dialog box after clicking the Advanced options button Advanced options button Add to timeline button Shift up down video f...

Page 42: ...nd the next scene starts immediately Ulead VideoStudio on the other hand has tons of styles of transitions you can use from cross fades to explosions We ll deal with the details of these effects later but for now you just need a project with two video clips in it Note You may find it easier to work on transition effects when you re in the Storyboard mode Adding a transition 1 From the Effects step...

Page 43: ...ly the Barn door In this effect s settings displayed on the Options panel you can change many parameters that will allow you to control exactly how the effect is going to be used in your movie Duration Sets the length of time for the transition You can also modify the duration by using the yellow Trim handles on the Timeline Border size and color Select a size for the border in pixels on the left ...

Page 44: ...it as you would in an ordinary word processor All settings are available on the Options panel See page 45 for details 4 When you are finished click the Add to timeline button Repeat steps 1 to 4 by moving to a different frame to enter a new text title as needed A centered text title being edited Note the Title safe area around the center of the window The yellow triangle represents the position of...

Page 45: ...c and underline Motion style button Selects a type of animation for your credits Click to display animation styles Line spacing Sets the spacing or leading between lines of text Font size Sets the size of the text in points Font face Selects any True Type font installed on your computer Create or edit title clip Click to begin making or modifying a title clip Reset Reverts to original settings App...

Page 46: ...can also use the Reset button make the text change back to its original state Note Once a title clip has been inserted onto the Timeline you can adjust its duration by either clicking and dragging on the handles or entering a duration value on the Options panel To see what the title looks like in the Preview window use the Preview bar handles The Library can also be used to store your title clips ...

Page 47: ... 3 Select a motion style from one of the preset choices 4 Click the Apply changes button Text title animation effects on the Options panel Motion style button For example the button has a box with three arrows pointing down This represents a title that starts off the top of the screen scrolls downward across the screen and scrolls off the bottom A brief description of each motion style is also ava...

Page 48: ...t way to maintain consistency on each title s attributes 3 Drag title copies from the Library back to the Timeline to create new titles 4 Modify the text in the copied title 5 Repeat this procedure until you have credited the whole gang Note You ll end up with a number of separate sequential title clips on the Timeline Try adding a small space between clips for a brief pause Anyway you do it test ...

Page 49: ...ails Option page 1 General Image Option page 2 Motion Video and Image Note As VideoStudio automatically resizes an image clip to the 4 3 ratio it s better to create an image at this ratio beforehand to avoid possible undesired distortion Moving style Determines the way a video or image title moves Move the mouse over each icon for its ToolTips with specific description Zoom ratio Sets the degree o...

Page 50: ...ackground music You can even use music from your favorites CDs If you already have some audio files including MP3 files ready to be used in your movie it is just a matter of clicking the Insert media files button and inserting the clip onto the Timeline The Library can also be used to store your audio clips and dragging and dropping to and from the Timeline is effortless Click the Load audio butto...

Page 51: ...te Remember that you cannot record over an existing clip so make sure none is selected by clicking on a blank section of the Voice track 2 Select the Record with preview option and then click the Record button A small lever meter appears 3 When you speak into your microphone the meter should light up Use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the level of the microphone 4 Click the Start button and beg...

Page 52: ...nt the total Duration of the inserted clip As with other types of media clips you can now trim the inserted music file to better fit your movie The Record button turns red when recording The Play button changes to the Stop button when playing a CD CD track information on the Options panel Recording music from a CD 1 Insert the CD in your CD ROM 2 On the Options panel select a Music track 3 Select ...

Page 53: ...ndle to set the trim position 3 When you have selected the area you want to trim click the Apply changes button 4 You can selectively play only the trimmed portion of the clip by holding the Shift key and clicking the Play button Apply changes button Selected WAV file with Trim handles Duration Displays and lets you change the duration of the WAV file Mark in out Shows trimming information about t...

Page 54: ...below is actually from a video clip but you will notice that it is the same as the audio clip on the Options panel The first control is the volume control expressed as a percentage of the original Click the control to select from a range of audio amplification options 0 to 500 where 100 is no change and 0 will completely silence the clip If you want a completely silent part it is probably easiest ...

Page 55: ...ic track to the Voice track you first need to drag the clip to the Library 2 Delete the clip you have just copied from the Music track 3 Switch to the Voice track by double clicking on it 4 Drag the clip from the Library to the Voice track Volume Sets the volume for the entire length of a clip Use this control to lower the volume of the audio on a video clip so that your voiceover narration can be...

Page 56: ...making your actual movie file 2 On the Options panel click the Make a movie button The Save As dialog box appears 3 Enter a File name for your movie and select a file format from the Save as type list 4 Select a format that is the same as your captured clips format 5 To start the rendering process click the Save button Save As dialog box for making movies Make a movie button Notes Once a movie is ...

Page 57: ...panel 4 In the resulting Save As dialog box enter a file name and then click the Options button On the first tab Ulead VideoStudio select Preview range instead of Entire project For more info on Video Save Options dialog box and recommendations see page 61 5 Click OK to return to the Save As dialog box and then click the Save button Video clip with selected preview area in red Note Another way to ...

Page 58: ...will also need to have it installed If you choose No the page will be set up with a simple link to the movie Sending a movie by E mail When you select E mail Ulead 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 you have p...

Page 59: ...edia greeting cards are an attractive way of sharing your video to friends and relatives Instead of sending the video as a simple attachment in an e mail Ulead VideoStudio packs the movie into an executable exe file that automatically plays the video as soon as the user runs it In addition the video is displayed in a background image of your choice This procedure only works on finished or rendered...

Page 60: ...pe from the Available movie templates list 3 Select a template and then click New Edit or Delete accordingly Depending on how you want to work on these templates 4 Click Close Using a movie template 1 Go to the Finish step and then click the Make a movie button 2 Select a template from the list that appears Available choices depend on the number of templates created previously 3 Move to the folder...

Page 61: ... but watch out for possible incompatibility problems if values are not properly set Video Save Options Ulead VideoStudio Note Available settings depend on the type of file format you choose The following settings are for Microsoft AVI files only Click the Help button for specific instructions whenever in the dialog box Ulead VideoStudio If you only want to render a small portion of your movie crea...

Page 62: ...e from your source disk drive CD ROM modem etc through your computer If you have a Target playback device in mind right now select it from the list You can set the Tolerance to let the data vary a little otherwise Ulead VideoStudio will stop and warn you if the data rate is too high It may well be impossible to compress 640x480 30 fps video down to a data rate of 150 Kb Sec but this depends on you...

Page 63: ...pression can also be set independent of the video compression Data rates are listed so you can easily see the impact on your completed movie There is no point in choosing a higher quality audio setting than your original source audio files And like video selecting the same audio compression as used in your highest quality audio clip usually music is your best option MPEG 1 file for VCD A VCD is si...

Page 64: ...r computer MPEG 2 file for DVD The most exciting recent development is MPEG 2 which is used on DVDs and digital satellite television MPEG 2 yields highly compressed files of extremely high quality There are a couple things you should consider about this format First of all MPEG 2 files and Digital Video files are of the same video resolution NTSC MPEG 2 DVD is 720x480 pixels while PAL MPEG 2 DVD i...

Page 65: ...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 of course without any loss of quality Ulead 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 Recording a movie to yo...

Page 66: ... 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 run 60 MB and take many hours to download But at reasonable file size you can put your movies on the Net just as easily as you place an image on a Web page Effective use of video on the Internet requires very high compression ratios that usually result in very low quality...

Page 67: ...y used in millions of commercial Video CDs around the world and provides high compression ratios without loss of quality This is an excellent choice not only for the Internet but for all movies that you plan to play on your computer Streaming video is an exciting new method of displaying video on the Internet This means that your video begins playing while your movie is still downloading Some meth...

Page 68: ...log Driver A software program that controls the connection between a specific device and a computer Effect In Ulead VideoStudio an effect is a special computer generated transition between two video clips Frame A single image in a movie Frame Rate The number of frames per second in a video NTSC video is commonly 29 97 frames per second fps but smaller video files can be created on the computer by ...

Page 69: ...are great sources for music clips Storyboard A storyboard is a visual representation of your movie Individual clips are represented as image thumbnails on the timeline Streaming 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 Template A work pattern in a software program It inc...

Page 70: ...ure 25 deleting media clips 18 deleting source files 18 device control 13 Digital Video 10 dropped frames 25 duration 46 DV 4 10 DV Recording 66 DVD 64 DVD quality movies 5 E E mail 58 Effects 20 42 entire project 61 existing project 22 Export video clip 58 59 extended credits 48 F F6 35 Fade away 55 Fade in out 47 53 Fading titles 47 Finish 21 56 FireWire 4 Fit in window 31 Fit project in window ...

Page 71: ...ferences dialog box 21 Preview Files Manager 33 57 Preview range 57 61 Preview window 14 project file 7 22 Q Quick Time 67 R RealVideo 67 record 25 recording movie to your DV camcorder 65 recording music from a CD 52 rendered 33 rendering 7 22 rendering movie 56 rendering partially 57 Reset button 46 right click menu 9 rolling scrolling 46 ruler scale 35 ruler units 31 running Ulead VideoStudio 12...

Page 72: ...ing audio clip 53 Trimming clip from the Timeline 35 Trimming clip with the Options panel 36 Trimming clip with the Trim bar 34 U Ulead VideoStudio project 33 undo 35 Using still images 38 39 V VCD 63 video capture hardware 25 video clip 6 video filters 8 40 video or image title 48 VideoStudio CD 50 Voice 21 50 Voice track 50 Voiceover narration 51 voiceover narration 7 Volume 17 W Web page 58 Win...