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Summary of Contents for Compaq Presario Presario MyMovieSTUDIO
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Page 1: Getting Started
Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO Getting Started... - Page 2 Congratulations and welcome to the Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO leading edge digital video editing and DVD authoring desktop computer. You’ve purchased a premier desktop solution for quickly recording, authoring, and editing DVDs without needing any specialized video editing or computing skills.
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Page 3: What Can You Do
Store data on CD-RW Create home DVD Create CDs & DVD-RW discs discs Now that you have the Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO what do you do? Get Connected First, install the MyDVD software. To install this software, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen steps. - Page 4 What can you do with MyMovieSTUDIO? The Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO makes it easy to put quality video and audio onto recordable DVDs and CDs. Using the MyMovieSTUDIO bundled solution, you can record directly to DVD or CD, create or author a new project, or edit an existing DVD project previously recorded on a DVD disc.
- Page 5 Select Record Direct-To-DVD and click Next Select New to begin MyDVD Project recording video and click Next to and audio to a begin creating a DVD disc. DVD project. Select Open Deselect to stop the MyDVD Project Wizard appearing and click Next to every time you start open an existing MyDVD.
- Page 6 The Toolbar and Menu Editor You can use the toolbar to perform most of the functions in MyDVD. You can add video clips, create menus and buttons, select styles, and navigate through your project using the Menu Editor. Start the New Project Wizard Toolbar...
- Page 7 Select the Click to select speed disc to record to Create a Direct-to-DVD Recording This feature allows you to quickly transfer or archive videos to a DVD without having to manually create or author titles, menus, or buttons. The Wizard walks you through the steps to automatically create a DVD that is ready to play.
- Page 8 Choose Your Menu Style 7. Select a category of menu styles from the Category drop-down list. 8. Scroll through the list, click the style to use for your menus, and click the Next button. Set Recording Parameters 9. Select your record settings from Record drop- down list.
- Page 9 Create or Author a New Project Authoring or creating a movie project involves: • Creating video • Creating menus with buttons • Adding movie clips to your project • Previewing the project • Recording to disc from the project For advanced editing and story creation capabili- ties, use the Pinnacle Systems’...
- Page 10 Save the Project 8. Click Save Project on the toolbar or choose File, Save Project. 9. Type a file name for the project and click Save. Note: MyDVD saves all projects to the My DVDs folder located in the My Documents folder on your desktop. Each project has a unique folder that contains the project file saved with the name you entered and a .dvd extension.
- Page 11 Click Open Preview Make your edits file preview from your your hard project. drive Exit project or DVD Preview. disc * You can record back to existing DVD disc if DVD-RW is being used. Your DVD project file will appear on the D drive if it is a single-drive configuration.
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Page 12: Edit Video Clips
If you do not add chapter points, MyDVD creates a single menu button that links to the captured clip. 1. Connect the video device to your Presario computer. 2. Click Capture on the toolbar or choose Tools, then Capture. 3. Choose your settings from the Capture to Disk window. - Page 13 Back to To next To previous home menu menu You can delete these buttons You cannot delete these navigation buttons Create Additional Menus MyDVD automatically creates additional menus when the number of buttons exceeds the maximum number for the menu style. You can also manually create additional menus.
- Page 14 Modify menu styles You can change the style of the menus in your project. To create a custom style, click Style, then the New Custom Style button on the Menu Editor. You can also download additional styles from the MyDVD web site. 1.
- Page 15 Drive and Media Information You can use several different types of media with your CD or DVD drives. Media simply refers to the type of disc you insert into the CD or DVD drive. The type of drive determines what you can do with your drive you have and the media you use in the drive. For example, you can listen to music, but not record it, if you use a CD-ROM disc in the CD drive.
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Page 16: Digital Camcorder
Product offerings under Options might change subject to availability. ©2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. COMPAQ, the Compaq logo, and Presario Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. First Edition February 2002.