Welcome to Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 ... 4 Getting around Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 ... 4 Which task should you choose? ... 5 Working on a project ... 6 Add videos or slideshows ... 6 Capture settings ... 7 Trim a video ... 9 Edit video or slideshow ...
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Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your video disc authoring needs. No matter if the disc is a DVD, VCD or SVCD, DVD MovieFactory takes you there instantly with a user-friendly wizard-type process and specific task-oriented features. With DVD MovieFactory, creating professional-looking video discs has never been easier! While all crucial information on how to use DVD MovieFactory is included in this document and the online Help, you can further receive the latest program updates, tutorials, technology advance...
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Now you have an overall picture of how Ulead MovieFactory looks like. The next thing to do is choose the right task that fits your need: • Start Project - New project: Choose this task if you are creating a new DVD MovieFactory project.
Now, you have opened a project. The next thing is to insert media clips into it. These media clips can be videos and/or slideshows. For example, using a compatible video capture card you can capture videos from a video device such as a DV camcorder. You can also add videos from a disc/ hard drive, or create slideshows using a series of still images.
Capturing videos: 1 Click Capture. The Capture Video dialog box opens. 2 Use the navigation controls to locate the starting point of the video you want to capture. 3 Click Capture Video. 4 Press [Esc] to stop. Repeat steps 2 to 4 as needed to capture more videos.
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If you have a TV tuner card installed on your computer, you can use this by selecting Capture Settings: Input Source. In the Input Source dialog box, select the channel you want to view then click OK. Tips: • If you are having problems viewing in the Preview window, select Force to use preview mode in Capture Options.
Importing DVD videos: 1 Click Import DVD Video. 2 Locate the folder where the videos are. (For example, locate the VIDEO_TS folder for the DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW format; the DVD_RTAV folder for the DVD-RAM format.) 3 Click to select the video clip you want to import, and then click Finish.
Trimming a video: 1 Double-click a video thumbnail to select it for trimming. 2 Use the navigation controls or drag the Jog Bar to move to the starting point of your desired trimmed video. When you’re there, click Set mark-in. Alternatively, simply drag mark-in to the starting point.
(or Mark-in [F3] and Mark-out [F4] buttons on the Trim Bar). Click In when you find the start of the portion you want then click Out when you reach the end of the portion you want extracted. 3 Repeat step 2 as often as necessary to extract more portions from your clip.
This feature is only available when the Create menus option is selected. By doing so, you can create submenus linked to their associated video clip at the Setup Menu step later. Represented as a video thumbnail in a submenu, each chapter is like a bookmark for a video clip. Viewers can easily select a chapter then the video clip will immediately jump to the first scene of that chapter and start the playback.
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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 DVD MovieFactory offers a set of menu templates to best fit the purpose of each menu. Custom-made menus are also available at your fingertips.
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3 To change the image shown on each video thumbnail, click it then drag the Jog Bar to change. 4 To change a menu layout, use the Menu template list and select another preset. 5 You can also click own background image, or click to use your background music.
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This is the final step before your video disc or output file is ready. Here, you can choose the disc burner, as well as select the folder where you want to output video files or a disc image file. Tip: Before actual disc burning starts, make sure the disc in the correct format has already inserted into the disc burner. Outputting your movie: 1 Enter a volume name (up to 32 characters) for the output disc.
With Ulead DVD MovieFactory, you can modify existing videos and menus in a DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, or miniDVD disc using a compatible disc burner. Editing a disc: 1 Insert the disc you want to edit, and then click Edit Disc. Select Show disc details if you want to check the disc technical information.
Directing to a disc: 1 Insert a disc where you want to burn the video onto and then click Direct to Disc. 2 Select the output disc format you want then click Next. You will then be guided to the Output Options step.
Here, you can duplicate a disc (DVD, VCD or SVCD), create a disc from your hard drive containing a DVD root folder (including the standard DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW’s VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS subfolders), or simply make a disc from an existing disc image file (*.iso or *.ixa).
Ulead Photo Express brings you easy-to-use photo editing tools and a wide variety of photo sharing options, including e-mail, printing and online sharing. With its visual file browser, you can view and organize photos fast, and even play back multimedia files. A creative tool kit is also provided for you to design and print labels and covers for your VCD/DVD/SVCD discs.
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Give a title for your CD and apply special effects to the text. 5. Click on the placeholder text, and click on the blue box with the red letter 'A'. Then change the text, and choose a font type, style, and color. 6.
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Chapter A chapter is a link to a video file in a DVD. Viewers select a chapter to see a particular portion of a video clip. A video clip can contain up to 99 chapters. Chapter selection menu In Ulead DVD MovieFactory, we use the word “submenu” to help you distinguish it from the main menu.
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Menu Includes the main menu, submenus, video thumbnails, and navigation controls for viewers to choose from. A menu can also contain menu headings, text descriptions, and feature introductions. Thus, viewers can have a better idea of what the disc content (movie) is about. miniDVD Sometimes called cDVD, miniDVD is basically DVD video on a CD-R/RW disc instead of a DVD disc.