Ulead VIDEOSTUDIO SE, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Guide Ulead Systems Inc March 2006 ...

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Page 3: ...Quick Scan 12 Importing from DVD DVD VR 12 Edit 13 Adding clips to the Video Track 13 Video clips 13 Images 13 Color clips 13 Trimming a clip 13 Saving trimmed clips 15 Ripple Editing 15 Adding chapters using Chapter Point Bar 16 Converting multiple files 16 Playback Speed 17 Split by Scene 17 Multi trimming your video 18 Applying video filters 20 Key frame settings 21 Pan Zoom 22 Effect 24 Adding...

Page 4: ...plying audio filters 43 Share 44 Creating movie templates 44 Creating and saving a video file 45 Burning a DVD VCD or SVCD 47 Assembling files 48 Adding Editing chapters 50 Creating selection menus 51 Previewing 53 Burning your project onto a disc 53 Project Playback 56 Exporting your movie 58 Output video file to a different medium 58 Posting your video on a Web page 58 Sending a movie by e mail ...

Page 5: ...t the movie in VideoStudio Editor Step 1 Add video and images 1 Click one the following buttons to add video and images to your movie 2 If you selected multiple clips the Change Clip Sequence dialog box will appear where you can arrange the order of the clips Drag the clips to the desired sequence then click OK 3 The video and image clips that you selected for your movie will be added to the Media...

Page 6: ...images while Slideshow templates are used exclusively for creating image slideshows 2 To set the overall length of your movie click For Slideshow templates specify Smart Pan Zoom in the Settings dialog box Smart Pan Zoom automatically focuses the pan and zoom motion to important parts of the image like the face Jog Slider Mark in Mark out handles Navigation Panel Media Clip List Library ...

Page 7: ...io 5 Click Next Step 3 Finish VideoStudio Editor VideoStudio Editor provides a step by step workflow that makes creating movies simple and easy Note If you opened the VideoStudio Wizard within VideoStudio Editor clicking Next will skip the last step and directly insert the clips onto the Timeline in the VideoStudio Editor Click Create Video File to output your movie as a video file that can be pla...

Page 8: ...s of views for displaying the project timeline Storyboard Timeline and Audio View Click the buttons at the left side of the toolbar to switch between different views 1 Step Panel 2 Menu Bar 3 Preview Window 4 Navigation Panel 5 Toolbar 6 Project Timeline 7 Options Panel 8 Library Note To change the user interface layout click Preferences UI Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 9: ...k the Track buttons Double click the desired track or click a clip on the track Audio View Audio View allows you to visually adjust the volume levels of video voice and music clips Clips that contain audio are displayed with a volume rubber band that you can click and drag to adjust their volume Starting a new movie project When you run VideoStudio it automatically opens a new project and lets you...

Page 10: ...clips from the Library onto the correct tracks Click to directly insert media files to the different tracks Previewing The Play button in the Navigation Panel serves two purposes for playback of your entire project or a selected clip To play back click Project or Clip then click Play VideoStudio offers you two preview options Instant Playback and High Quality Playback Select File Preferences Gener...

Page 11: ...nu for customizing more capture settings 7 Scan your video to search the part to capture 8 When you get to the part of the video that you want to capture click Capture Video to start capturing 9 If you specified a capture duration wait for the capture to complete Otherwise click Stop Capture or press Esc to stop capturing Digital Video DV To capture Digital Video DV in its native format select DV ...

Page 12: ... Click Capture Video VideoStudio will automatically look for the scenes according to their shooting date and time and capture them as separate files DV Quick Scan Use this option to scan a DV device for scenes to import Importing from DVD DVD VR You can import DVD DVD VR formatted video from a disc or from your hard drive into VideoStudio To import from DVD DVD VR 1 Click the Capture Step then cli...

Page 13: ... pressing Shift or Ctrl Right click a clip in the Library then select Insert To Video Track Select one or more video files in Windows Explorer then drag and drop to the Video Track To insert a clip from a file folder directly to the Video Track click Insert Media Files located to the left of the Timeline Images The ways of adding still images to the Video Track are the same as when adding video cl...

Page 14: ...nd press Delete To trim a clip with the Trim Handles 1 Select a clip on the Storyboard or Timeline 2 Click and drag the Trim handles to set the Mark in Mark out points on the clip For more precise trimming 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 To trim a clip directly on the Timeline 1 Click a clip in the Timeline to select ...

Page 15: ...immed clip in the Storyboard Timeline or the Library and select Clip Save Trimmed Video Ripple Editing Ripple Editing allows you to insert clips while automatically moving other clips including empty spaces aside to make room for it on the Timeline Use this mode to maintain the original track synchronizations when inserting additional clips Note Changes made in the video Duration box only affect t...

Page 16: ...ers using Chapter Point Bar To edit a chapter click on a chapter pointer you want to edit and drag to a new position To rename double click a chapter pointer and then enter a new chapter name Click OK To remove simply drag the pointer outside the timeline ruler and then drop Converting multiple files Batch Convert allows you to simultaneously convert a large number of files to another format To do...

Page 17: ... finished Split by Scene Use the Split by Scene feature in the Edit Step to detect different scenes in a video file and automatically break it down into several clip files The way VideoStudio detects scenes depends on the type of video file In a captured DV AVI file scenes can be detected in two ways DV Recording Time Scan detects scenes according to their shooting date and time Frame Content dete...

Page 18: ...igher value means more precision in the scene detection 5 Click OK 6 Click Scan VideoStudio then scans through the video file and lists all the detected scenes 7 Click OK to split the video Multi trimming your video The Multi trim Video feature is another method for breaking down a clip into multiple segments While Split by Scene is automatically done by the program Multi trim Video gives you comp...

Page 19: ...ents 3 Choose the number of frames to display by dragging the Timeline zoom You can choose to display the smallest subdivision of one frame per second 1 Timeline zoom Drag up and down to sub divide a video clip into frames per second 2 AccuCut Timeline Scan a video clip frame by frame for accurate mark in and mark out positions 3 Jog Wheel Use to scroll to different parts of the clip 4 Shuttle Sli...

Page 20: ... 1 Select a clip in the Timeline 2 Click the Attribute tab in the Edit Step Options Panel 3 Choose a video filter from the Video Filter folder in the Library to apply to your clip by clicking the thumbnail 4 Drag and drop the video filter onto your clip in the Video Track 5 Click Customize Filter in the Options Panel to customize the attributes of the video filter Available options depend on the s...

Page 21: ... drag the Jog Slider or use the arrows to go to the frame where you d like to change the attributes of your video filter 4 Click Add key frame to set that frame as a key frame in the clip You can adjust the video filter settings for that particular frame 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add more key frames to your clip 6 Click OK when finished Note Settings available in the dialog box are different for e...

Page 22: ...s in the image clip where settings can be customized to produce the pan and zoom effect When customizing each key frame use the Image Window to focus on an area or to pan the image use the Options tab settings to customize the zooming effect Tip You can preview the clip with applied video filter on VideoStudio s Preview Window or an external device such as a TV monitor or DV camcorder Click then c...

Page 23: ... Window to the subject that you want to focus 2 Zoom in on the subject by minimizing the marquee box or by increasing the Zoom ratio 3 Drag the crosshair of the End key frame to your desired final point 4 Click to preview the effect 5 Click OK to apply the effect to the image Image Preview Image Preview Image Preview ...

Page 24: ...our project To add a transition 1 Click the Effect Step then select one of the categories of transitions from the Folders list You can add transitions either in Storyboard View or Timeline View Note By default you need to manually add transitions to your project If you want VideoStudio to automatically add transitions between clips select File Preferences General then select Use default transition...

Page 25: ... can only drag and drop one clip at a time To replace a transition in your project drag the new transition from the Library onto the transition thumbnail to be replaced on the Storyboard or Timeline Tip Double clicking a transition in the Library automatically inserts it into the first empty transition slot between two clips Repeating this process will insert a transition into the next empty trans...

Page 26: ...a clip to the Overlay Track 1 In the Library select the media folder that contains the overlay clip that you want to add to your project 2 Drag the media file from the Library to the Overlay Track on the Timeline 3 Customize the overlay clip using the options available in the Edit tab Tip To load media files into the Library click In the dialog box that opens locate the media file and click Open T...

Page 27: ...ay clips with transparent backgrounds you can create a 32 bit alpha channel AVI video file or an image file with an alpha channel You can use an animation program such as Ulead COOL 3D Production Studio or an image editing program such as Ulead PhotoImpact to create these video and image files Another alternative is to use VideoStudio s Mask Chroma Key function to mask a specific color on an image...

Page 28: ...add a border around the current overlay clip Without Chroma Key With Chroma Key Tips Select then click on a color in the image that will be rendered as transparent Drag the Similarity Slider to specify the color range of the selected color that will be rendered as transparent In the Attribute tab click Mask Chroma Key to go to the Overlay Options Panel Drag the Border slider to set the thickness o...

Page 29: ... the desired area on the Preview Window You can also right click the overlay clip on the Preview Window to open a menu where you can automatically place the overlay clip in a preset position on the video It is recommended that you keep the overlay clip within the title safe area You can also right click the overlay clip on the Preview Window to open a menu where you can resize the overlay clip to ...

Page 30: ...source overlay clip then select Copy Attributes Next right click the target overlay clip then select Paste Attributes Adding Objects or Frames Add decorative objects or frames for your videos as overlay clips To add an object or frame 1 In the Library select Decoration Object Frame in the Folder list 2 Select an object frame then drag it onto the Overlay Track on the Timeline 3 Click the Attribute...

Page 31: ...eline 3 Click the Attribute tab to resize and reposition the object frame To customize the current object frame or Flash animation Use the various options available in the Edit and Attribute tabs to customize your object and frame You can add animation apply transparency resize the object or frame and more ...

Page 32: ...oxes gives you the flexibility to position the different words of your text anywhere on the video frame and allows you to arrange the stacking order of the text Use a single text box when you are creating opening titles and end credits for your projects To add multiple titles 1 In the Options Panel select Multiple titles 2 Use the buttons in the Navigation Panel to scan your movie and select the f...

Page 33: ...dd the title Double click the Preview Window and type in your text 3 In the Options Panel set the Line spacing 4 When you are done typing the text click the Timeline to add the text to your project It is recommended to keep your text within the title safe area The title safe area is the rectangular box on the Preview Window By keeping the text within the bounds of the title safe area the whole tex...

Page 34: ...re Click Save Subtitle File to open the Save As dialog box Locate where to save your movie subtitle and click Save Notes Once a title clip has been inserted onto the Timeline you can adjust its duration by either dragging the handles of the clip or entering a Duration value in the Options Panel To see how the title appears on the underlying video clip select the title clip and then click Play Trim...

Page 35: ...p superimposes your text on a horizontal color bar that stretches across the video frame Click to open the Text Backdrop dialog box to select whether to use a solid or gradient color and to set the transparency of the text backdrop To rearrange the stacking order for multiple titles In the Preview Window click the text box you want to rearrange After selecting right click it then on the menu that ...

Page 36: ...ation to the current text 1 In the Animation tab select Apply Animation 2 Select the animation category to use in Type 3 Select a preset animation from the box under Type 4 Drag the Pause duration handles to specify how long the text will pause after it enters and before it exits the screen Tip Click to open a dialog box where you can specify animation attributes ...

Page 37: ... Click the Music Voice tab 2 Move to the section of the video where you want to insert your narration by using the Jog Slider 3 Click Record Voice The Adjust Volume dialog box appears 4 Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds accordingly Use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the volume of the microphone 5 Click Start and begin speaking into the microphone 6 Press Esc or click Sto...

Page 38: ...oice tab to open the Rip CD Audio dialog box To check if the disc is detected see to it that Audio Drive is enabled 2 Select the tracks to be imported in the Track List 3 Click Browse and select the destination folder where the imported files will be saved 4 Click Rip to start importing the audio tracks To add third party music 1 Click the Auto Music tab 2 Select how the program will search for mu...

Page 39: ...g voice and music you can easily trim your audio clips on the Timeline There are two ways to trim audio clips On the Timeline a selected audio clip has two yellow handles that can be used for trimming Just grab a handle either from the beginning or end and drag it to shorten a clip Drag the Trim handles Aside from trimming you can also cut audio clips Drag the Jog Slider to the position where you ...

Page 40: ...tion longer while a faster speed makes it shorter Tip To play the trimmed portion of the clip click Play Trimmed Clip 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 Note When you stretch an audio clip by 50 150 the sound will not be distorted However if stretched be...

Page 41: ...g narrations background music and existing audio of your video clips blend well together is to control the volume of your clips Blend the different audio tracks in your project by using the Audio Step Options Panel or Audio View Using the Clip Volume Control You will find the volume control in the Options Panel Clip volume represents the percentage of the original recorded volume Values range from...

Page 42: ...l select Duplicate audio channel in the Attribute tab in the Options Panel then select which audio channel to duplicate Volume rubber banding The volume rubber band is the horizontal line in the middle of the track and can only be seen when you are in Audio View You can use the rubber band to adjust the volume of the audio track of video clip and the audio clips in the Music and Voice tracks To ad...

Page 43: ... Volume Labeling to your audio clips in the Music and Voice tracks You can only apply audio filters when you are in Timeline View To apply audio filters 1 Click Timeline View 2 Select the audio clip on which to apply an audio filter 3 In the Options Panel click Audio Filter This opens the Audio Filter dialog box In the Available filters list select the desired audio filters and click Add 4 Click O...

Page 44: ...tudio or by creating your own templates in the Make Movie Manager you can have multiple variations of your final movie For instance you can create movie templates that provide high quality outputs for DVD and videotape recording and also set up movie templates that give lower quality but acceptable outputs for different purposes such as Web streaming and e mail distribution To create movie templat...

Page 45: ...back depends on the option you have selected in File Preferences General tab Playback method To create a video file of the entire project 1 Click Create Video File in the Options Panel A selection menu of movie templates then opens Notes Movie templates will appear in a selection menu when you click Create Video File in the Share Step If you do not want to use a movie template you can select Custo...

Page 46: ...g eliminating the need to re render an entire video sequence when slight modifications have been made To create a video file of the preview range 1 Click the ruler on top of the Timeline to make sure no clip is selected 2 Select a preview range using the Trim Handle Or drag the triangle along the ruler then press F3 and F4 to mark the start and end points respectively 3 Click Create Video File in ...

Page 47: ...e Preview tab of the Preferences dialog box Burning a DVD VCD or SVCD Click Create Disc in the Options Panel to output your project together with other VideoStudio projects or videos to create a DVD VCD and SVCD In the dialog box that opens first choose an output format Second decide whether you want to add other projects and videos See the following sections for more information Notes Your entire...

Page 48: ...to include in your final movie To add videos 1 Click Add video files Locate the folder where the videos are and then select one or more video clips you want to add Jog Slider Set Mark in out Mark out Navigation Panel Project Settings Settings and options Media Clip List Change display aspect ratio Mark in ...

Page 49: ...ideo gives you the freedom to precisely edit the video length 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 J...

Page 50: ...r the playback of the video will start from the selected chapter To create or edit chapters linked to a video clip 1 Select a video in the Media Clip List 2 Click Add Edit Chapter Notes You can create up to 99 chapters for a video clip If the Create menu option is not selected you will be guided to the preview step immediately without creating any menus after clicking Next When you are creating a ...

Page 51: ...your movie viewer to choose which video to watch Ulead VideoStudio includes a set of menu templates for you to create your menus and submenus Tips If you want to use Auto Add Chapters your video must be at least one minute long or the video has scene change information If you click Auto Add Chapters and your video is a DV formatted AVI file captured from a DV camcorder Ulead VideoStudio can automa...

Page 52: ...layed menu to switch to the menu you want to edit 2 In the Gallery tab click Menu template category and select a specific category Click a particular template to apply 3 Click My Title to customize the menu heading You can also click the text description under each video thumbnail for customization 4 In the Edit tab you can further customize your movie by adding background image music or audio and...

Page 53: ...he disc creation process You can burn your movie onto a disc create a DVD folder structure on your hard drive so you can play the DVD Tips Select Motion Menu to enable motion attributes to the selected menu template Click Layout Settings to specify whether to apply layout to all pages of the menu reset the page or reset all pages of the menu Click Advanced Settings to specify whether to add a titl...

Page 54: ...reate disc image file to make an ISO image file of the DVD for later use Select Normalize audio to make sure that irregular audio levels during playback are prevented 3 Click Burning Options to define additional burner and output settings 4 Click Burn to start the burning process 5 After successfully burning your disc a dialog box appears from which you can select the next step Close prompts you t...

Page 55: ...so allows the user to view the finished DVD file on the computer using a DVD Video player software Create disc image Select this option if you plan to burn the video file several times By selecting this option you don t have to generate the file again when you want to burn the same video file Normalize audio Select to prevent irregular audio levels during playback of your movie Different video cli...

Page 56: ... is played back will depend on the Playback method option that you selected in Preferences To play back your project in actual size 1 In the Options Panel click Project Playback 2 In the Project Playback Options dialog box click Finish To stop the play back press Esc To record your project to a DV camcorder 1 Turn on your DV camcorder and set it to Play VTR VCR mode 2 In the Options Panel click Pr...

Page 57: ... device control then click Next 4 In the Project Playback Device Control dialog box use the Navigation Panel to go to the section of the DV tape where to start recording your project Note If you only want to output the preview range of your project to the DV camcorder select Preview range ...

Page 58: ...ium is only allowed after you create a final video file of your project or you select a video file that is in the Library You cannot export project files Posting your video on a Web page The Internet is another medium where you can share your movies but there are a few things you need to take into consideration A short three minute video can take up 60MB of disk space and will take many hours to d...

Page 59: ...n assist with the task of coding the HTML document To export your video onto a Web page 1 Select a video clip from the Library 2 Click Output video file to a different medium and select Web Page 3 A message will appear asking if you want to use Microsoft ActiveMovie control or not ActiveMovie is a small plug in for your Internet browser standard with IE 4 0 or above which your viewers need to inst...

Page 60: ...as not previously configured as the default e mail client follow the instructions below to set up your e mail program In MAPI compliant programs such as Netscape Mail and Eudora you need to enable their MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface option To set up Microsoft Outlook Express as your default e mail program 1 In Outlook Express select Tools Options 2 Click the General Tab in the O...

Page 61: ... can even display your video using your choice of background To create a greeting card 1 Select a video clip from the Library 2 Click Output video file to a different medium and select Greeting Card 3 Your video appears in a bounding box in the Multimedia Greeting Card dialog box Double click an image from the Background template to select it 4 Drag the thumbnail to adjust the position Another way...

Page 62: ...dialog box will appear with the video file as the selected screen saver 3 Click OK to apply the settings Creating an audio file Sometimes you want to save the audio track of your video project in a separate audio file This is especially useful when you want to use the same sound with another set of images or when you want to convert the audio of a captured live performance into sound files VideoSt...

Page 63: ... 2 Click the Share Step 3 Select a compatible DV AVI file from the Library 4 Click DV Recording 5 The DV Recording Preview Window dialog box opens You can preview the video file here After you are done previewing click Next 6 In the Project Playback Record Window dialog box use the Navigation Panel to go to the section of the DV tape where to start recording Tip Click Transmit to device unit for p...

Page 64: ...ew 9 Auto trim 40 B Batch Convert 16 Border 28 overlay clip 28 Burning 47 C Capture Step 11 Capturing 11 analog video 12 Digital Video DV 11 Chapter Point Bar 16 Chroma Key 28 Clip Volume Control 41 Color clips 13 Converting multiple files 16 Create Audio File 62 Create Disc 7 adding editing chapters 50 burning onto a disc 53 creating selection menus 51 previewing 53 Create Video File 7 Creating 4...

Page 65: ...27 Movie Wizard 5 Multiple text 32 Multi trim Video 18 O Overlay Step 26 P Pan Zoom 22 Playback Speed 17 Previewing 10 Project Playback 56 Project Properties 10 R Rearranging stacking order for titles 35 Repositioning 29 overlay clip 29 Resize overlay clip 29 Ripple Editing 15 S Saving 10 trimmed clips 15 video file 45 Screen saver 62 Setting your preferences 9 Share Step 44 Single text 32 Smart P...

Page 66: ...imming 13 audio clips 39 Trim Bar 14 Trim handles 14 V Video clips 13 Video filter 20 applying to overlay clip 30 key frame 21 Video Track 13 VideoStudio Editor 5 7 project timeline 8 toolbar 8 user interface 8 Volume rubber banding 42 ...