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User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
September 2005
P/N: C22-180-110-0A0001

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  • Page 1 User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. September 2005 P/N: C22-180-110-0A0001...
  • Page 2 Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks All rights reserved. Ulead, the Ulead Systems logo, and MediaStudio are registered trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. Intel, Pentium and MMX are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, DirectX and/or other Microsoft products referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents I N T R O D U C T I O N Welcome to MediaStudio Pro ........... 13 Getting started ..............14 Installation ................. 15 Running the programs ............16 Readme ................16 P A R T I : V I D E O E D I T O R Chapter 1: Getting Started ..........
  • Page 4 Extracting extra audio tracks ..........47 Inserting voiceover ............47 Inserting title, color, and silence clips ......... 49 Inserting Ulead video file types .........49 Inserting UIS files ............50 Inserting soundtracks from third-party music ...... 50 Inserting Video Editor projects .......... 51 Push Away insertion ............
  • Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Using the Time Selection Tool ...........61 Using the Track Selection Tool ..........61 Using the Track buttons ............62 Grouping clips ..............62 Working with clips .............. 63 Pasting attributes ............63 Aligning clips ..............64 Splitting the audio from video clips ........64 Changing the volume of clips ..........65 Changing the speed of clips ..........65 Reversing the frames of a clip ...........67...
  • Page 6 6 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Instant Play ..............90 Using DV SmartPlay ............92 Performing scrub previews ..........92 Previewing on an external device ........93 Managing preview files ............. 93 Chapter 4: Adding Effects and Titles .........95 Using transition effects ............96 Transition effects basics ............
  • Page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Creating a moving path ............ 124 Moving Path dialog box ........... 125 Creating 3D moving paths ..........129 Managing key frames on a moving path ......130 Inserting an image with moving path attributes ....131 Applying audio filters ............
  • Page 8 Creating an Edit Decision List (EDL) file ......167 Posting timecode ............168 Outputting to analog video tape ........169 Exporting to Ulead DVD MovieFactory and Ulead DVD DiskRecorder ..............171 Chapter 8: Managing Video Projects .......173 Smart Package ..............174 Smart Relink ..............
  • Page 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 Sony HDV camcorder ............199 JVC HD camcorder ............199 Connecting an analog video source ........202 Connecting a USB camera ..........203 Previewing video from your video source ......203 Setting preview options ..........203 Resizing the program window ..........
  • Page 10 10 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO P A R T I I I : A U D I O E D I T O R Chapter 1: Getting Started ..........236 Understanding the basics ..........237 Playing audio files ............239 Creating a new audio file ..........239 Saving files ..............
  • Page 11 Using DirectX Audio plug-ins ........... 262 Chapter 3: Shortcuts ............263 P A R T I V : M O R E P R O G R A M S Ulead DVD MovieFactory ..........269 Launching DVD MovieFactory ........... 269 Start Project ..............269 Add Media ................
  • Page 12 12 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Ulead DVD DiskRecorder ..........287 System requirements ............287 Hardware checkup and configuration ....... 287 Running DVD DiskRecorder ..........287 Important terms to know ..........288 Preferences ..............288 Create Disc ............... 289 Introduction to the workspace ......... 289 Adding video files ............

  • Page 13: Welcome To Mediastudio Pro

    INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO MEDIASTUDIO PRO Congratulations on purchasing Ulead MediaStudio Pro, the ultimate video editing solution for desktop professionals and digital video enthusiasts. Built around a powerful suite of versatile and high performance programs, MediaStudio Pro is the first choice for anyone wanting to work with video.

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    All the information required to master MediaStudio Pro is in the manual and online help. These are the primary sources of information. The MediaStudio Pro Web site (www.ulead.com/msp/runme.htm) also has a number of resources you will find useful. The Web-based learning center has excellent tutorials that will guide you through the program in a brief and intense way.

  • Page 15: Installation

    WELCOME TO MEDIASTUDIO PRO 15 Installation The MediaStudio Pro installation program runs from within Windows and contains complete instructions to take you through the installation process. To install MediaStudio Pro: 1. Read the license agreement that comes with the MediaStudio Pro package. The license agreement contains important legal requirements that you need to be aware of.

  • Page 16: Running The Programs

    Please browse through the Readme file installed in the Ulead MediaStudio Pro program folder to find out about the latest notes, drivers, and troubleshooting tips.

  • Page 17: Part I: Video Editor

    PART I: VIDEO EDITOR...

  • Page 18: Chapter 1: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED This chapter introduces the Video Editor user interface, beginning with a walkthrough of the workspace and its various components, followed by ways on customizing and saving the workspace. You will also learn how to capture video directly in Video Editor, manage your media using the Production Library, and use some of the basic program functions.

  • Page 19: Understanding The Workspace

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 19 Understanding the workspace The Timeline Window is where you assemble and edit your video project. It is laid out horizontally and composed of several independent layers or 'tracks.' These tracks hold the clips that make up a video project. The other windows in the Video Editor workspace, such as the Preview Window and Effects Manager, are there to help you in the editing process.

  • Page 20: Standard Toolbar

    Save a Video Show and edit Editor project Project Settings Cut a clip Help from a project Open Ulead Home page Copy a clip from a project Find the next clip in a project Paste a clip into the Timeline...

  • Page 21: Timeline Toolbar

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 21 Timeline Toolbar Insert Video File Insert Audio File Insert Voice File Insert Image File Insert Title Clip Insert Color Clip Insert Silence Clip Insert Project File Auto Music Insert from Smart Compositor Clip Selection Scissors Zoom Time Selection Track Selection...

  • Page 22: Saving The Layout

    22 VIDEO EDITOR Saving the layout Use the Layout Manager in the Window menu to save time arranging the windows in the workspace To save your custom layout, type a Layout Template Name, then click Save To. Giving your layouts intelligible names like “Audio - Video Editing”...
  • Page 23 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 23 To create a new video project: 1. Click the New button on the Standard Toolbar or File: New [Ctrl+N]. The New dialog box opens displaying a list of project templates. 2. Select a video format (AVI or MPEG) to use for clips in your project from the Edit file format drop-down list.

  • Page 24: Opening An Existing Project

    24 VIDEO EDITOR When you start a new project, you may find that none of the existing templates in the New dialog box contains the exact attributes you want to use. You therefore have the option of creating a custom template to suit your particular needs. To create a template: 1.

  • Page 25: Customizing A Video Project

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 25 Customizing a video project When you create a new project, its properties are determined by the New dialog box settings. These settings are integral to your project and determine not only how previews are created, but also the format of the final movie. You can change these properties and customize your project through the Project Settings dialog box.
  • Page 26 26 VIDEO EDITOR • The Frame type option determines interlacing properties. If your final output video is meant for interlaced playback, set frame type to either Lower Field First or Upper Field First. If your output video allows for progressive frames (LCD monitors, plasma TVs, TFT monitors, etc.), use the Frame-based option.

  • Page 27: Saving Project Settings As A Template

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 27 Saving project settings as a template After you have customized your video project, you can save your project settings as a template by clicking the File: Save Project Template command. In the dialog box that opens, give the template a name as well as a description. Presets and previously created templates are also displayed in the Existing templates list box.

  • Page 28: Capturing Video

    28 VIDEO EDITOR Capturing video From within Video Editor, you can directly capture footage from your video camera for editing. Alternatively, you can also use the separate Video Capture program that is included with MediaStudio Pro. In both the Video Editor and Video Capture programs, you will find three tools for capturing footage in the Capture menu: Video Capture, Batch Capture, and Scan DV Tape.
  • Page 29 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 29 To capture a video sequence: 1. Select Capture: Video Capture. 2. If you have several video devices connected to your computer, select your desired source device from the Capture device list. 3. Click Capture Options, then select Change Capture Plug-in from the pop- menu.

  • Page 30: Batch Capture

    30 VIDEO EDITOR Batch Capture Batch Capture allows you to choose multiple video segments from your footage and capture them all at once. You can use Batch Capture when capturing video from DV and HDV sources. Select Capture: Batch Capture to open a dialog box where you can play back your footage, and at the same time, mark your desired video segments.

  • Page 31: Creating Project Segments In Smart Compositor

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 31 Creating project segments in Smart Compositor The Smart Compositor in the Insert menu allows you to quickly compose themed segments and use them in your project. This tool provides ready-made theme templates that you can easily customize with your own video clips, titles, audio clips, and effects.
  • Page 32 32 VIDEO EDITOR • Click Next to go to the Options tab. Here, choose which template elements you want to replace or customize. These elements can be video clips, titles, filters, audio, and more. 2. Use the Settings panel to customize the elements in a template. You can replace clips, adjust overlay settings, and tweak filters and moving path effects.
  • Page 33 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 33 To replace the media clips: 1. First, make sure that your own clips have already been added to the Media Library in the Production Library before opening Smart Compositor. If you have not done so, you can still add them in Smart Compositor. In the Options tab, click in the Media Library window then import your video files.
  • Page 34 34 VIDEO EDITOR To trim a clip segment in the Storyboard: 1. Double-click the clip that you want to trim in the Storyboard. 2. Click to play back. 3. Click Pause when you reach the desired part, then click to set the mark-in point.
  • Page 35 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 35 4. If the background of the overlay clip is not removed completely, increase the Similarity value until the background is totally transparent. 5. For a smoother overlay effect, apply a soft edge. 6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 to customize the other overlay clips in the template. To customize moving path effects: 1.

  • Page 36: Using The Production Library

    36 VIDEO EDITOR Using the Production Library Video Editor's Production Library stores everything you need to create your movie. It has two parts - the Production Library and Project Tray tabs. When you start a project, the Production Library tab already contains all of the transitions, filters, and other special effects that come with Video Editor.

  • Page 37: Using The Storyboard

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 37 You can also add files to the Production Library when you click File: Create to generate video or audio files. You can add effects or filters to the Production Library while creating them. To add title, color and silence clips from the Timeline to the Production Library, drag them to the Production Library’s Media Library folder or to the Project Tray’s Media Pool folder.

  • Page 38: Nested Timelines

    38 VIDEO EDITOR 7. Choose a transition effect to apply. Either select Random, or select Customize then click Select to choose your desired transition effect. Also specify the Transition effect duration. 8. Select Use default pan and zoom filter, then either select Random or select Customize then click Select to choose your desired effect.

  • Page 39: Drag And Drop

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 39 deleting and copying folders. You can also save the contents of a folder as a gallery file as well as load the contents from a previously saved gallery file. To see all the contents of the folders (including subfolders) in a particular library, click All in the selected library's folder tree.

  • Page 40: Preferences

    40 VIDEO EDITOR To modify and add an effect: 1. Select the thumbnail. 2. Right-click the thumbnail and click the Edit command on the pop-up menu. 3. Specify the attributes in the dialog box for that thumbnail. 4. Click the Add button. Enter a name below the thumbnail and click OK. Preferences The Preferences dialog box (double–click the Status Bar or click File: Preferences [F6]) provides options for customizing certain aspects of Video...
  • Page 41 Color Clip and Silence Clip being placed in the Timeline. Specify a number from 1 to 9999 frames. • Check Ulead's Web site at start of every _ day(s) automatically checks Ulead Web site at a specified number of days interval for product news and updates.
  • Page 42 42 VIDEO EDITOR • Resample quality allows you to set the quality of any video data resampling. Best quality results in better video reproduction, but takes longer to render. Good quality will give you faster previews. If you are preparing for final output and are using the original source files, select Best.
  • Page 43 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 43 Preferences dialog box: Preview tab • Specify additional folders for preview files indicates which folder Video Editor can use to save preview files. Specify other folders if you have additional drives or a partitioned drive. If you only have one drive, leave the other boxes empty. •...
  • Page 44 44 VIDEO EDITOR...

  • Page 45: Chapter 2: Working With The Timeline

    WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE While organizing your media clips in the Production Library is a necessary first step, the real work occurs on the Timeline. As the name implies, the Timeline is a chronological workspace that allows you to visually lay out your clips, transitions, and overlays.

  • Page 46: Inserting Clips

    46 VIDEO EDITOR Inserting clips Clips are the objects that make up your movie. A clip can be an image, a video, a transition, a title, a background color, or an audio file. Following insertion into the Timeline, clips can be trimmed and special effects can be applied without modifying the original source files.

  • Page 47: Extracting Extra Audio Tracks

    CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 47 end of one clip and continues to the beginning of the next. (See “Ripple Editing” on page 82 for details). Extracting extra audio tracks In the Insert Video File dialog box, the Tracks button allows you to extract audio files from a video that contains multiple audio clips.
  • Page 48 48 VIDEO EDITOR Make sure the Project cursor is not over an existing audio clip on the selected Audio track. 2. Select Insert: Voice File. 3. In the Insert Voice File dialog box, test the sensitivity of the microphone by looking at the level meter.

  • Page 49: Inserting Title, Color, And Silence Clips

    MediaStudio Pro supports a number of proprietary file formats for use with the MediaStudio Pro suite of programs. These are Ulead Image Sequence (*.UIS), Ulead CG Infinity (*.UCG) and Ulead Video Paint (*.UVP). You can insert these files into the Timeline whenever you open the Insert Video File dialog box and...

  • Page 50: Inserting Uis Files

    Ulead CG Infinity and Video Paint files are not supported in the MediaStudio Pro Standard Edition. Inserting UIS files The UIS file type is a special format that allows you to select a sequence of images to be loaded into a video project with the Insert Video File command.

  • Page 51: Inserting Video Editor Projects

    CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 51 3. Select a Variation of the selected music. Click Play to listen to the music with the variation applied. 4. Set the Duration for the music. Alternatively, select Fit to project length to make the music clip the same length as your project.

  • Page 52: Working With Tracks

    52 VIDEO EDITOR Working with tracks The Timeline consists of two types of tracks - video and audio. There is one primary video track, while the others are overlay tracks. (For details on overlay tracks, see “Overlay” on page 109). Single-track editing Single-track editing means that clips and transitions share the same video track.

  • Page 53: Determining The Visibility Of Clips

    CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 53 Solo button When pressed down, only the current track will be included in the preview or rendered file and all other tracks will be disabled. Hide button When pressed down, the current track will be hidden and not included in the preview or rendered file.

  • Page 54: Zooming In/Out Of The Timeline

    54 VIDEO EDITOR Moreover, you can set the size of video and audio clips in the tracks. Changing the size of clips is especially useful if you are running in a high resolution display mode and find it hard to identify clips and their contents. Zooming in/out of the Timeline The Timeline can represent your project at any magnification.
  • Page 55 CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 55 General Timeline provides the traditional linear style for all timecodes and tracks. This means that your clips are displayed in their real time showing their actual length. This may cause some clips in your project not to be visible in the Timeline window all at the same time.

  • Page 56: Creating Nested Timelines

    56 VIDEO EDITOR Creating nested timelines Having just one timeline in the workspace usually is enough for a simple editing job. But what if you have multiple projects in production, or you need to include multiple sets of independent files for ongoing editing? The answer is to have nested timelines in your project.

  • Page 57: Editing A Timeline

    CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 57 Editing a timeline Double-click a virtual clip in the Main Timeline to edit its contents. This will create a new Timeline tab, showing the media clips and effects expanded in the workspace. After you have finished your edits, all of the changes will be automatically updated into the virtual clip in the Main Timeline.

  • Page 58: Viewing Virtual Clips In The Source Window

    58 VIDEO EDITOR Audio attributes in a virtual clip (such as audio filters, speed and reverse) can be added, modified, or deleted. You can adjust its sound volume just like in audio clips. Viewing virtual clips in the Source Window Just like video clips, you can view virtual clips in the Source Window.

  • Page 59: Chapter 3: Editing

    EDITING Frame accurate editing and drag-and-drop simplicity is what digital video is all about. This is the heart of Video Editor. This chapter includes the following sections: Making selections in the Timeline Working with clips Working with cues Locating clips Trimming clips Multi-trim Video Split by Scene...

  • Page 60: Making Selections In The Timeline

    60 VIDEO EDITOR Making selections in the Timeline In order to edit clips, you must first select them. This can be as easy as clicking on a clip, but more advanced techniques can be very useful. There are two types of selections that you can make: clip-based and time-based.

  • Page 61: Using The Time Selection Tool

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 61 • The corresponding audio is automatically selected for video clips that have audio. • Hold down the [CTRL+SHIFT] keys while creating a selection area to also select any audio clips on the related audio tracks. For example, when selecting a video clip on Video1, any audio clip on Audio1 will also be selected.

  • Page 62: Using The Track Buttons

    62 VIDEO EDITOR Using the Track buttons Enable or Disable track button When this is disabled, the track will not show up in a preview. That is, it is temporarily hidden. By default it is enabled. Lock or Unlock track button When a track is locked, the clips cannot be moved or edited.

  • Page 63: Working With Clips

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 63 Working with clips Clips, whether audio, video, images or effects, are the foundation of your project and manipulating them is the most important skill you can master. The next few pages cover the basics: cutting, copying, pasting, and trimming. To cut or copy a selected clip (to the Clipboard), you can: •...

  • Page 64: Aligning Clips

    64 VIDEO EDITOR This will open the Paste Attributes dialog box which allows you to select individual attributes to paste. When pasting filters, there are two additional options: Append and Replace. Append adds the new filters to any existing filters and Replace overwrites any existing filters with those from the pasted clip.

  • Page 65: Changing The Volume Of Clips

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 65 To reunite clips, select Unite. For the two clips to be successfully reunited they need to be of exactly the same duration and in corresponding positions in the Timeline. This command is therefore usually limited to clips that were previously joined and then split.
  • Page 66 66 VIDEO EDITOR To change the speed of your video in Video Editor, you will not need to bother altering the actual amount of frames played per second. All you need to do is drag on a clip’s edges. By default, a clip is trimmed every time you drag on its edges. Thus to be able to retime clips, you will need to activate a special mode in the Timeline that allows you interactive retiming, Time Stretch.

  • Page 67: Reversing The Frames Of A Clip

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 67 The Duration dialog box (Clip: Duration) is for trimming only. It doesn’t retime your clips. • Variable Speed - enter a value between 10 and 1000 percent to retime in a linear fashion with an option to key frame the values at different points in time. Placing key frames with different speed values across your clip will vary its playback speed interpolating from one value to another in a linear fashion.

  • Page 68: Calibrating Video Clips

    68 VIDEO EDITOR Calibrating video clips If you have captured or inserted a video file whose colors you were unable to properly calibrate (adjust) in Video Capture, you can do so directly from Video Editor with the Clip: Color Calibration command (or right-click the clip and select Color Calibration).

  • Page 69: Setting Field Options For Video Clips

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 69 • Freeze before frame. When the clip is played back, it will "freeze" on the designated frame from the beginning of the clip, up to and including the frame itself, and then resume normal playback. • Freeze after frame. When the clip is played back, it will playback normally until it comes to the designated frame and then "freeze"...
  • Page 70 70 VIDEO EDITOR If you are working on frame-based video, select the Frame-based option in the Frame type list. For field-based video, select either the Lower Field First or Upper Field First option. Exactly which one depends on the type of video capture board used to digitize the original video.

  • Page 71: Working With Cues

    Cues can be added to the Timeline as a whole (project cues) or to individual clips (clip cues). Also, there is a special kind called chapter cues used only in projects that will be exported for DVD authoring in programs like Ulead DVD MovieFactory. Project cues Clip cues Placing project cues You can place cues either directly on the cue bar or in the Preview Window.

  • Page 72: Placing Clip Cues

    72 VIDEO EDITOR 2. Press [F5] on your keyboard when you want to add a cue (or click the Menu button and choose Add/Delete Cue). 3. Cues (blue triangles) appear on the Timeline Cue Bar. The default name of the clip (the variable &p) is the location of the cue on the Timeline.

  • Page 73: Placing Chapter Cues

    The third type is chapter cues. You will only need to set them if you plan to export your project to either Ulead DVD Workshop or Ulead DVD MovieFactory. There, your chapter cues will be used for easy navigation through DVD movies. All the chapter points set in Video Editor will be recognized by both - DVD Workshop and MovieFactory.

  • Page 74: Locating An Empty Time Slot

    74 VIDEO EDITOR You can also use the Production Library to view all the clips in the current video project and search through text annotated to the clips. You can also use the Production Library to view all the clips in the current video project and search through text annotated to the clips.

  • Page 75: Trimming In The Source Window

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 75 How far you can drag depends on the type of clip and/or its duration. For example, you cannot extend the length of a video or audio clip to exceed the duration of its source file. Image, title, and color clips can be extended indefinitely. Zooming in [+] on the Timeline will help in trimming a clip with accuracy.

  • Page 76: Trimming In The Preview Window

    76 VIDEO EDITOR Trimming in the Preview Window As you trim, Preview Window will display the real-time result of your actions. This is a preferable way of trimming if precision is not critical but time is important. To trim a video in the Preview Window: 1.

  • Page 77: Using The Scissors Tool To Trim Clips

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 77 2. Select Edit: Trim Options and select how you want to trim the clip. “Defining trim options” on page 78. If you have the Stitch trim option selected, only the previous frame is displayed whenever you use the Trim Window. 3.

  • Page 78: Defining Trim Options

    78 VIDEO EDITOR Cutting a clip with the Scissors tool Hold down the [SHIFT] key on your keyboard to cut across multiple tracks. Defining trim options While trimming is a basic operation, it does have more advanced features. The effect of trimming on neighboring clips is determined by the Trim Options. Select Edit: Trim Options to choose the following: Normal allows you to trim a clip only within the available free clip slot.

  • Page 79: Smart Trim

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 79 Smart Trim The trimming procedures described on the preceding pages are completely non- destructive and do not affect the original source files in any way. While this is a major advantage to editing video on a computer, there may be times where, because of a lack of free hard disk space, you want to actually trim your source files according to your edits.
  • Page 80 80 VIDEO EDITOR To trim a video file into multiple clips: 1. Import your video file into the Production Library. Select the video file, then click Multi-trim Video 2. In the Multi-trim Video dialog box, view the whole clip first by clicking determine how you want to mark segments.

  • Page 81: Split By Scene

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 81 Split by Scene Split by Scene allows you to separate scenes in your DV video clip into several clips. This function is very useful when wanting to insert transition effects between segments in a single DV video clip. It can be accessed in three different locations: Insert Video File dialog box, right-click pop-up menu in the Production Library, and in the right-click menu on the Timeline.

  • Page 82: Ripple Editing

    82 VIDEO EDITOR Ripple Editing Ripple editing is a mode in Video Editor that allows you to insert clips and automatically push other clips out of the way so the new clip will fit on the Timeline. To select a Ripple Editing mode click one of three Ripple Editing buttons on the Timeline toolbar or choose from the Edit: Ripple Editing menu list.

  • Page 83: Ripple Editing Examples

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 83 Ripple Editing examples The following illustrations will help you understand the sometimes complex, but extremely important and useful aspects of Ripple Editing. All of the following examples involve the initial insertion of a clip from outside of the Timeline.

  • Page 84: Inserting Clips Into The Middle Of An Existing Clip

    84 VIDEO EDITOR This time, Multi-Track Ripple is selected: Everything downstream, including spaces, is shifted to the right three seconds. This will include transitions and clips on all of the other tracks. The entire project (to the right of the insertion point) is moved a few seconds to accommodate the new clip.

  • Page 85: Using The Source Window

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 85 Using the Source Window The Source Window is a single, integrated tool that lets you easily view the contents of any audio, video, or image clip, perform trimming operations, and place clip specific cues. Clips can be dragged to and from the Source Window and into the Timeline or Production Library.
  • Page 86 86 VIDEO EDITOR 6 Trim bar shows the trimmed portion of the clip (between the Trim Handles). 7 Trim area displays, and allows you to edit the current duration of the trim area. 8 Clip menu displays, and allows you to choose, any of the clips loaded into the Source Window.
  • Page 87 CHAPTER 3: EDITING 87 The pointer will change to a hand when placed over the trim area. Use this hand to drag the two trim handles when trimming and moving the trim area as a whole. Right-click on the trim area to automatically reset both trim handles to their original positions at the beginning and end of the original clip.

  • Page 88: Previewing Your Work

    88 VIDEO EDITOR Previewing your work Video Editor allows you to see a portion of your project without performing a full save. It lets you render a small section of your project before you create your final video at the end. This way you can view a few seconds of a transition between two clips without having to take the time to render the whole thirty minute project.

  • Page 89: Previewing

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 89 5 Preview Window Menu displays a pop-up menu for adding/deleting project cues, changing the video frame size, playing video in full screen, and more. 6 Instant Play swithes between Instant Playback and High-quality playback render- ing. Previewing Video Editor offers real-time previewing for your projects.

  • Page 90: Instant Play

    90 VIDEO EDITOR Instant Play Instant Play lets you quickly see the changes you have made in your project in the Preview Window. Simply click the Instant Play button or access it in the Preview Window Menu to enable or disable it. Since the complexity of a project may vary (e.g.
  • Page 91 CHAPTER 3: EDITING 91 Preview Window Menu button Performance Level Playback Options Toggle button (Instant Playback or High-Quality Playback) In addition to Instant Playback, Video Editor offers a variety of playback monitoring options. This feature can be accessed from File: Playback Options or the pop-up menu when clicking the Preview Window Menu button.

  • Page 92: Using Dv Smartplay

    92 VIDEO EDITOR Using DV SmartPlay DV SmartPlay plays your project (with a DV file format templates only) directly from the Timeline out to a DV camcorder or other IEEE-1394 devices without rendering a final movie file. It also lets you view a project on an external monitor at any time.

  • Page 93: Previewing On An External Device

    CHAPTER 3: EDITING 93 Previewing on an external device Preview your video and transition effects on an external device. You can use your TV (if you have a dual-head display card) and even your DV camcorder's LCD screen to preview your project. You can set the external preview viewing device by selecting File: Playback Options.
  • Page 94 94 VIDEO EDITOR...

  • Page 95: Chapter 4: Adding Effects And Titles

    ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES From transition effects between scenes to stunning video filters and amazing animated moving paths, MediaStudio Pro has it all. Let your creativity run wild as you learn about the most fun and exciting features of Video Editor. This chapter includes the following sections: Using transition effects Using key frame controls in dialog boxes...

  • Page 96: Using Transition Effects

    96 VIDEO EDITOR Using transition effects An integral part of any video or film presentation is the transition effects used to enhance the way clips merge, fade, and cut from one scene to another. An appropriate and well placed transition effect can make your video sequence flow better and add impact to your work.

  • Page 97: Customizing A Transition

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 97 To manually add a transition effect: 1. Place two video clips on a video track, making sure the clips overlap a little. 2. Open the Production Library and select the Transition Effect folder to display its gallery of effects.
  • Page 98 98 VIDEO EDITOR 1 Transition selects which video clip starts the transition. 2 Divide X/Y by divides the screen horizontally/vertically to produce duplicates. 3 Color square specifies the color for the border. 4 Border specifies the size of the border at the edge of the transition. 5 Soft edge softens the transition edges.

  • Page 99: Commonly Used Transitions

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 99 3. Enter a Border value of 1. Change the color of the border by clicking on the Color square and selecting a color. 4. Select one of the two Direction buttons to set the movement of the transition. 5.

  • Page 100: The Flashback Transition

    100 VIDEO EDITOR Using Crossfade to create a fade to black effect It is of course trivial to reverse this effect to fade from black at the start of your movie. Just make sure that the color clip precedes the video clip in the Timeline and then make sure that you change the direction of the transition to go from the black color clip to the video clip.

  • Page 101: The Mask Transitions

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 101 The Flashback transition contains the following options: • Fade level: Set the thickness of the soft edge of the mask. • Halo brightness: Set the intensity of the light. • Halo size: Set the coverage of the light. •...

  • Page 102: Mask Transition Options

    102 VIDEO EDITOR Mask transition options The Mask transitions contain the following options. The availability of the option depends on the type of mask selected. • Rotation: Specify how many degrees the mask will rotate. • Fade level: Set the thickness of the soft edge of the mask. •...

  • Page 103: Using Key Frame Controls In Dialog Boxes

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 103 the cross-fading will be done in a smooth interpolating fashion and varied time/ volume values. After specifying the option, every time your audio clips overlap, a default auto cross-fade will be created between them. Unchecking the Apply auto audio cross-fade box disables the auto cross-fade.
  • Page 104 104 VIDEO EDITOR 7. Drag the Transition degree slider to approximately 25%. Preview the effect. You should have a circle that expands, contracts, and then expands out again to complete the transition. To add a key frame: 1. Drag the Key frame Controller slider to the desired position. 2.

  • Page 105: Effects Manager

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 105 Effects Manager There could be quite a few adjustable values in any given effect. You can control and animate these values in time setting new keyframes and adjusting their properties in a particular effect dialog box. This technique is fine as long as you have just a few keyframes.

  • Page 106: Previewing The Applied Effects

    106 VIDEO EDITOR Here is how to set multiple key frames and tweak settings on a clip with a Blur effect applied to it (Video Effects: Blur). To set multiple key frames and adjust their settings: 1. Select a clip in Timeline with the Blur effect already applied to it. 2.

  • Page 107: Editing In The Preview Window

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 107 reference and synchronization between the Timeline and the Preview windows or you can keep jog them independently. To lock the Key Frame Controller cursor and Timeline cursor press Editing in the Preview Window To achieve even more interactivity, you can edit effects settings directly on the screen.

  • Page 108: Organizing Effects

    108 VIDEO EDITOR 9. Double-click right under the blue playback cursor in the Effects Manager. A red key frame is set at the current position in time. 10.Change position of the clip in Preview Window, set another keyframe. 11.Click on Play button either in Effects Manager or in the Preview Window. You can also animate Moving Path in the Settings Area of Effects Manager.

  • Page 109: Overlay

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 109 Overlay Placing titles on a video is the simplest example of an overlay effect. An overlay could also be a picture-in-picture effect over the anchor's shoulder on the nightly news, or a lower-third graphic. Overlays are commonly superimposed over a background video with portions of the overlay being transparent or keyed-out.

  • Page 110: Overlay Options Dialog Box

    110 VIDEO EDITOR Overlay Options dialog box To change overlay settings, select Clip: Overlay Options or right-click the clip and then click Overlay Options from the pop-up menu. 1 Overlay clip shows the selected clip before applying the overlay settings. 2 Overlay preview shows the selected clip with the overlay applied.

  • Page 111: Overlay Key Types

    You can click on the color box to choose the color to be transparent using the Ulead Color Picker (you can also right-click the box to choose from the Windows Color Picker) or you can click on a color in the Overlay clip with the Eyedropper tool.

  • Page 112: Understanding Alpha Channels

    112 VIDEO EDITOR One of the most common and useful overlay key types is the Blue Screen. The following procedure is a simple example of how to use a Blue Screen effect in Video Editor. The primary factor in determining the success of a Blue Screen effect is in the actual filming and not in post production.

  • Page 113: Using Gamma Correction

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 113 To use an Alpha Channel in an overlay: 1. Place a video clip into the Video1 track. 2. Place a video clip which was created with an alpha Channel (for example, a CG Infinity file) into the Video2 track.

  • Page 114: Working With Mattes

    To create a video matte: 1. Create a sequence of images, such as a Targa animation (TGA). 2. Insert them into Video Editor as a Ulead Image Sequence. (If you have Ulead Video Paint, you can also insert a Video Paint project file).

  • Page 115: Using Grayscale Mattes

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 115 3. Load it into the Overlay Options dialog box and specify which color to key out. When using video or image mattes, you can see the file name of the matte you are using beside the Mask field in the dialog box. Using Grayscale mattes Mattes are generally comprised of two solid colors that make it easier to identify which areas to show and which to hide.
  • Page 116 116 VIDEO EDITOR To apply a video filter: 1. Select the video clip you want to apply the filter to. 2. Click Clip: Video Filters [Ctrl + D] to open the Video Filters dialog box or right-click and select Video Filters from the pop-up menu. 3.
  • Page 117 CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 117 To fine-tune a video filter: 1. Right-click a selected clip with a previously added video filter and select Video Filters. 2. Click the Options button to view the filter and change its attributes. When you click Options, a dialog box opens displaying two windows: Original, with the selected video clip, and Preview, which shows the result after application of the filter.

  • Page 118: Applying A Regional Matte To A Video Filter

    118 VIDEO EDITOR To animate a video filter: 1. Select a clip and open the Video Filters dialog box as previously described. 2. Select the Colored Pen filter from the Available filters box and click the Add button. The Colored Pen filter will now appear in the Applied filters box. 3.
  • Page 119 CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 119 To apply a regional matte: 1. Open the Video Filters dialog box and place the filter you want to work with in the Applied filters list box. 2. Click the Region button to open the Region dialog box (not available for all filters).

  • Page 120: Video Enhancement Filters

    120 VIDEO EDITOR 6 Threshold slider determines the sensitivity to bright and dark pixels. 7 Matte opens the Select Image Matte dialog box. 8 Preview Playback Options opens a dialog box where you can specify where to preview the filter/effect. 9 Play in Preview Window or External Monitor outputs the results in Video Edi- tor's Preview and/or an external monitor.

  • Page 121: Color Correction Tool

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 121 4. Click Add then click Options, adjust the Fill light and Enhance shadow settings in Enhance Lightning dialog box clicking Options button. 5. Click OK. Color Correction Tool The basic principle behind color correction is adjusting Highlight, Midtone and Shadow across Red, Green and Blue channels of your digital images or movies.

  • Page 122: Color Correcting Selected Regions

    122 VIDEO EDITOR To speed up things, use the three eyedropper tools. From left to right they are - black eyedropper, gray eyedropper and white eyedropper. Selecting the black eyedropper and clicking with it on relatively bright parts of the image will remap these bright values towards the darker black tones.

  • Page 123: Color Correcting With Curves

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 123 Color wheel gives you direct interactive control over the hue and saturation parameters. Either drag the black horizontal ruler on the wheel or use the slider to adjust the saturation first then click-drag on the outer circle of the wheel to select the color.

  • Page 124: Global Filters

    124 VIDEO EDITOR Color correcting all RGB values at once is rarely an option among the professionals. If you choose this option, you may destroy your video reducing the tonal values. Choose to correct one channel at a time for a more professional result.

  • Page 125: Moving Path Dialog Box

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 125 4. Click the Start control point (S) in the Motion Control window and drag the sample clip to the position where you want the clip to begin its movement. Start control point End control point 5.
  • Page 126 126 VIDEO EDITOR 8 Interpolate frame size with logarithm converts the moving path from linear interpolation to logarithmic interpolation solving zoom quality problems that occurs when the size of the image is changed over its duration. 9 Preview allows you to display the moving path before actually applying it. 10 Show Background displays the background clip in the frame window.
  • Page 127 CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 127 • The Motion Control window allows you to determine the path of a clip by adjusting various control points. When you first open a Moving Path dialog box, the Start control point (S) is active and appears at the center of a sample of the clip.
  • Page 128 128 VIDEO EDITOR To create a moving path in the Preview Window: 1. Select the clip to be animated in the timeline. 2. Drag the 2D Basic Moving Path onto the clip from Production Library: Moving Path folder. 3. Open Effects Manager. Open up the Preview Window and place it next to the Effects Manager.

  • Page 129: Creating 3D Moving Paths

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 129 3. Drag a 2D Basic moving path onto the clip in the Video2 track. Open the Effects Manager. 4. Click the Keep aspect ratio box in the middle left corner. 5. Change the Width value to 100 (the Height value automatically changes to keep the ratio).

  • Page 130: Managing Key Frames On A Moving Path

    130 VIDEO EDITOR and Y coordinates determine the placement of the sphere or cylinder in reference to the center of the video window, whereas the Angle and Y values (Angle 1, and Angle 2 in the sphere dialog box) rotate the sphere/cylinder vertically or horizontally into the third dimension.

  • Page 131: Inserting An Image With Moving Path Attributes

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 131 To change the speed of a moving path: 1. Click on the middle red diamond on the Key frame Controller. 2. Drag it closer to the start key frame 3. Preview and click OK to apply. The descent of the clip is accelerated because it has to move the same distance in a shorter time.

  • Page 132: Filling The Left Or Right Audio Channel

    132 VIDEO EDITOR To apply an audio filter: 1. Select the audio clip you want to apply the filter to. 2. Click the Audio Filters button or Clip: Audio Filters or right-click the clip and select Audio Filters from the pop-up menu. Open Audio Filters dialog box. 3.

  • Page 133: Removing Vocals

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 133 Removing vocals You can apply the Vocal Reduction filter to remove the vocal from a sound track. To remove vocal from audio: 1. Select the audio clip in the Timeline. 2. Select Clip: Audio Filters. 3.
  • Page 134 134 VIDEO EDITOR There are two main parts in the left pane of Insert Title Clip dialog box: Title Settings and Text Settings. • Clip Settings has parameters that control the arrangement and duration of text in your project. It also allows you to choose a background color; •...

  • Page 135: Insert Title Clip Dialog Box

    CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 135 Insert Title Clip dialog box Clip settings Text settings Clip settings • Duration sets the length of your title in the Timeline. • Motion determines title animation type - rolling or crawling. • Title text lets you create a new title, load a *.TXT text file and save titles as a file. •...
  • Page 136 136 VIDEO EDITOR Text settings • Line spacing determines the space between lines of text. • Font name & size select face and size for the characters you want to place in the project • Vertical text toggles between making the text's orientation vertical or horizontal. •...
  • Page 137 CHAPTER 4: ADDING EFFECTS AND TITLES 137 • If the width of your text in the Preview window exceeds the frame size, you need to reduce the size of the font or add a new line. To start a new line, press [ENTER].
  • Page 138 138 VIDEO EDITOR...

  • Page 139: Chapter 5: Audio Mixing

    AUDIO MIXING Video Editor features a professional way of audio processing through the Audio Mixing Panel. This chapter includes the following sections: Audio Mixing Panel Grouping audio tracks Modifying volume in real-time...

  • Page 140: Audio Mixing Panel

    140 VIDEO EDITOR Audio Mixing Panel This panel allows you to do audio mixing by adjusting Volume Fader and Pan/ Balance controls. Because this panel can be floated, you can adjust audio settings while listening to them or viewing the videos. It consists of Volume Fader, Pan/ Balance Control and VU Meter for each audio track, which is numbered according to the corresponding audio track in the Timeline.
  • Page 141 CHAPTER 5: AUDIO MIXING 141 Repeat plays all the clips in the Timeline instantly and continuously. Options displays other audio settings that you can apply when doing audio mixing. ID specifies the track or group number for both Track and Group Layout. Solo monitors a single track and temporarily mutes all other tracks where this option is disabled.

  • Page 142: Grouping Audio Tracks

    142 VIDEO EDITOR Master VU Meter displays two VU meters representing sound mixing for left and right channels. Master Volume Fader drag to control the overall volume level of the mixed audio output. Apply applies new adjustments made in Volume Fader and Pan/ Balance controls to the Timeline audio tracks.

  • Page 143: Modifying Volume In Real-Time

    CHAPTER 5: AUDIO MIXING 143 4. Click Group to include the selected tracks to the first group. Then repeat step 3 to group other tracks. You may undo grouping by clicking Ungroup. 5. Click OK to apply group settings. 6. To switch the Audio Mixing Panel to Group Layout, click Options: Layout - Group.
  • Page 144 144 VIDEO EDITOR • Select Replacement to edit the saved volume level and Pan/Balance data while dragging the Volume Fader and Pan/Balance controls. Although similar in function with Dub, you do not need to keep on dragging the Volume Fader to make adjustments for the audio clips. You only have to drag the Volume Fader to your desired position and release the mouse button.

  • Page 145: Chapter 6: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

    DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND SOUND With Dolby Digital 5.1, you have the top of audio technology as it stands today. Unlike stereo stream that carries only two audio channels, Dolby Surround delivers a whole lot more realism to your living room. It has five separate audio channels encoded into one WAV or WMA stream delivered to five speakers and one sub-woofer.

  • Page 146: Working With Dolby Digital 5.1

    146 VIDEO EDITOR Working with Dolby Digital 5.1 in Video Editor Given that you have the right hardware configuration, Video Editor makes it very easy to set up, organize, edit and encode Dolby Surround projects. Surround sound hardware requirements Although it is possible to mix surround sound with just any sound card installed on your computer, for professional results and interactive workflow, you will need an appropriate configuration of your sound card and speakers.

  • Page 147: Mixing Dolby Surround

    CHAPTER 6: DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND SOUND 147 5. In the Template Options dialog box with the Video Editor tab active, select Multi-Channel (Dolby Digital) Surround Sound from the Audio channels list. Choose a compression codec from the Compression tab, and select Dolby Digital Audio from the Audio Format list, specify Audio type and Audio bit rate.
  • Page 148 148 VIDEO EDITOR Video Editor's Audio Mixing Panel has all the controls to position sounds around the listener, outputting audio through the 5.1 configuration of multiple speakers. 5.1 Audio Mixing Panel All audio channels in the Audio Mixing Panel have a set of similar controls that you will find in stereo configuration of this panel, plus a few more specific controls: •...
  • Page 149 CHAPTER 6: DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SURROUND SOUND 149 If you don’t have separate audio clips for each of the six channels required for Dolby Surround mixing, MediaStudio Pro will generate the channels automatically. The only requirement for automatic splitting of the single stereo clip into six channels is that Dolby Surround Sound must be activated in the project settings.

  • Page 150: Creating A Surround Sound Audio File

    150 VIDEO EDITOR To achieve a high degree of realism, you will need to combine sounds originating from different angles as you shoot your video. The ideal mix is obtained from six discrete channels of audio recorded simultaneously. Having six separate microphones for each of the Dolby Surround channels may seem an overkill for a simple video job, but if you go further than that, consider separate recording an option.

  • Page 151: Chapter 7: Creating And Exporting Final Video

    Creating an audio file Creating an image sequence Analyzing a video file's data rate Recording to a digital video camcorder Creating an Edit Decision List (EDL) file Outputting to analog video tape Exporting to Ulead DVD MovieFactory and Ulead DVD DiskRecorder...

  • Page 152: Creating A Video File

    152 VIDEO EDITOR Creating a video file When you're finished editing and the previews look good, it is time to do a final render of your project. Choose a video format that is suitable for where the rendered video file will be played or shared. If you only want to render a portion of your project, click and drag your mouse over the Preview range bar to create a preview range.

  • Page 153: Creating Mpeg-1 Or Mpeg-2 Files

    • Render as few times as possible, preferably only once. For example, don't render a Ulead VideoStudio or COOL 3D project and then import the AVI into Video Editor and render it again. Instead, directly import the project file onto the Video Editor Timeline.

  • Page 154: Creating Wmv Hd Files

    2. In the Create Video File dialog box, select Windows Media Video from the Save as type list. 3. Click Template, then select a WMV HD profile (such as Ulead - WMV HD 720 24p) to use the default provided template settings for creating the WMV HD file.

  • Page 155: Creating Wmv/ Quicktime Streaming File

    CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 155 For details on modifying settings in a profile, see “Editing and customizing a video profile” on page 221. 4. Enter a file name then click Save to create the WMV HD file. Creating WMV/ QuickTime streaming file Streaming video is a good way to display video on the Internet.

  • Page 156: Determining Your Video Save Options

    156 VIDEO EDITOR To create a WMV streaming file: 1. Open your project and click File: Create - Video File. 2. Select Windows Media Video (*.wmv, *.asf) from the Save as type list. 3. Click the Options button. 4. Click the Profile tab. This displays the current template used for compressing media files so they can be streamed over the Internet.
  • Page 157 CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 157 on a TV screen. Remember to take into account which medium will be your primary mode of display. • Play after creating plays the resulting video file after its creation. This can serve as a signal that the rendering has finished.
  • Page 158 158 VIDEO EDITOR • Frame type select between saving your work as field-based or frame-based video files. Field-based video stores video data as two distinct fields of information for each frame. If your video is only for computer playback, you should save your work as frame-based.

  • Page 159: Performing A Batch Video Creation

    CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 159 You can save the settings that you have provided for your video as a template. Instead of going over the steps again, in just a few mouse clicks, you can come up with the preferred settings by applying a template.

  • Page 160: Creating A Vcd

    TV standard). 6. Click OK. Enter a name and click Save to render your movie. After rendering a VCD-ready MPEG-1 file, import this file into Ulead DVD MovieFactory and burn a VCD. You can also use Ulead DVD DiskRecorder(DVD-VR) from the File: Export menu to burn a disc. For details on how to use these bundled software, see “More Programs”...

  • Page 161: Creating A Dvd

    6. Click OK. Enter a name and click Save to render your movie. After rendering an SVCD-ready MPEG-2 file, select File: Export - DVD Authoring and import this file into Ulead DVD MovieFactory and burn an SVCD. You can also use Ulead DVD DiskRecorder(DVD-VR) from the File: Export menu to burn a disc.

  • Page 162: Creating An Audio File

    After rendering a DVD-ready MPEG-2 file, select File: Export - DVD Authoring and import this file into Ulead DVD MovieFactory to do DVD Authoring, if desired, and burn a DVD. If you want to directly burn a DVD, you can also select File: Export - Ulead DVD DiskRecorder(DVD-VR).

  • Page 163: Creating An Image Sequence

    PhotoImpact. You can do this by creating a Ulead Image Sequence (*.UIS) file of the video project or preview region. When you create a Ulead Image Sequence, Video Editor sequentially numbers each frame and saves it as a standard image file.

  • Page 164: Analyzing A Video File's Data Rate

    164 VIDEO EDITOR Analyzing a video file's data rate In Video Editor, you can analyze a video file and view a graphical representation of the data flow for the entire sequence. This provides detailed information about the file and its data rate. This information can be used to target high data rate areas for more compression using key frames.

  • Page 165: Recording To A Digital Video Camcorder

    CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 165 To edit the key frames on the data rate analysis graph: 1. Select the frame you want to make or remove using the Key frame Controller beneath the Preview window. 2. To make a key frame, click the Add Key frame button. A key frame is placed on the Key frame track and the frame in the data rate graph changes to blue.

  • Page 166: External Preview

    166 VIDEO EDITOR 4. Select the DV AVI or MPEG-2 file that you want to send to your camcorder. Click the Open button. 5. In the DV Recording - Preview Window, preview your file and click Next. 6. In the DV Recording - Record Window, click the DV Recording button to begin recording the movie to your camcorder.

  • Page 167: Creating An Edit Decision List (Edl) File

    CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 167 2. Double-click on the thumbnail to open the corresponding dialog box. 3. Click the Play in Preview Window or External Monitor button 4. Click the Preview Playback Options button below the Preview window. 5.

  • Page 168: Posting Timecode

    168 VIDEO EDITOR Posting timecode If you plan to create an EDL, you need to make sure that you have posted a timecode onto each of the clips in your video project. This is because the post- production house needs to know where your original source clips are located on tape.

  • Page 169: Outputting To Analog Video Tape

    CHAPTER 7: CREATING AND EXPORTING FINAL VIDEO 169 Outputting to analog video tape To output to an analog video tape, you should ensure that all the video sequences you used were created from field-based video and that you saved the video file as field-based.
  • Page 170 170 VIDEO EDITOR start playing if you chose the Manually with keyboard or mouse option.) You may also want to print your movie directly from the Timeline to video tape without creating a file. To output directly from the Timeline to video tape: 1.

  • Page 171: Exporting To Ulead Dvd Moviefactory And Ulead Dvd Diskrecorder

    Hollywood DVDs. You can also export your video files to Ulead DVD DiskRecorder to output them to a device that supports DVD-RAM (using DVD-VR format) or DVD-R.
  • Page 172 172 VIDEO EDITOR...

  • Page 173: Chapter 8: Managing Video Projects

    MANAGING VIDEO PROJECTS The scope of a video project can become quite large, incorporating several media files and numerous effects. Things may also get very complicated, especially if a project needs to be shared for collaboration among video editors. To easily manage projects and optimize the workflow, Video Editor offers a host of smart tools and advanced features.

  • Page 174: Smart Package

    174 VIDEO EDITOR Smart Package Packaging a video project is useful if you want to back up your work or transfer your files for sharing or for editing in a laptop or another computer. To package, select Project: Smart Package. 1.

  • Page 175: Smart Relink

    You can convert AVI, MOV, MPG and animation files such as FLI, FLC and FLX as well as Ulead’s own UCG, UIS, and UVP files. 2. Select the file to convert and click Open. The dialog box changes to the Select Destination Video File dialog box.

  • Page 176: Smart Check & Convert

    176 VIDEO EDITOR Smart Check & Convert Smart Check & Convert is related to the above procedure but is specifically designed to bring video files in line with a project's settings. Since your project's settings determine the final movie's format, any clips you have inserted that are different from this final format will need to be re-rendered.

  • Page 177: Using The Quick Command Panel

    CHAPTER 8: MANAGING VIDEO PROJECTS 177 5. The result is shown in the Task Report dialog box. Click OK to finish. You can save the files you want to convert directly inside the Production Library. To save, select Options in the Batch Convert dialog box then select Save to Library in the Library tab.
  • Page 178 178 VIDEO EDITOR 4. Click Add to place the command on the Quick Command Panel. 5. Click OK to finish. You can give a menu command an alias by selecting it and then typing in a new name in the Alias entry box. For example, ‘Video Editor File Preferences’ can be written as ‘VE Pref’.

  • Page 179: Chapter 9: Integration With Ulead Products

    Creative video projects require different kinds of media to be used in them. Aside from the popular media file formats, proprietary video projects, 3D graphics and layered media from other Ulead software packages can be easily imported into MediaStudio Pro Video Editor. The output media from Video Editor can also be easily exported to other Ulead software such as VideoStudio, PhotoImpact and COOL 3D Production Studio.

  • Page 180: Videostudio Project Files

    180 VIDEO EDITOR VideoStudio project files If you used Ulead VideoStudio before and would like to upgrade to MediaStudio Pro, go right ahead - simply open the projects in MediaStudio Pro. Having direct interoperability allows you to switch back and forth between the programs until you are completely confident working in MediaStudio Pro.

  • Page 181: Cool 3D Production Studio Files

    CHAPTER 9: INTEGRATION WITH ULEAD PRODUCTS 181 alpha channel described above. But unlike alpha channels being only a channel in an image, mattes are complete images you can use in your projects to define which areas of your video become transparent, which remain opaque. And again, you can use a single image as a motionless mask for the whole duration of your video clip, or you can use an animated sequence of masks for the same length.
  • Page 182 • If you didn’t work with alpha channels before, here’s a brief introduction. All digital images could be separated into several channels. Most of professional graphics software like Ulead Photoimpact have that kind of functionality. The usual channels of an image are RGB - Red, Green and Blue. As you know, these are the fundamental components of the white color.

  • Page 183: Chapter 10: Shortcuts

    SHORTCUTS Video Editor has many shortcuts that allow you to access commands and open dialog boxes without having to go through the menus. In this chapter, shortcuts are grouped as follows: File menu Edit menu View menu Search menu Clip menu Help menu Using the Shift key Using the Ctrl key...
  • Page 184 184 VIDEO EDITOR File menu Ctrl + N Starts a new video project. Ctrl + O Displays the Open dialog box. Ctrl + W Closes the current project file without exiting Video Editor. Ctrl + S Saves an existing video file. Alt + Enter Displays the Project Settings dialog box.
  • Page 185 CHAPTER 10: SHORTCUTS 185 Search menu Ctrl + G Displays the Go To dialog box. Ctrl + F Displays the Find Clip dialog box. Repeats the last search. Clip menu Ctrl + D Displays the Video Filters dialog box. Ctrl + A Displays the Audio Filters dialog box.
  • Page 186 186 VIDEO EDITOR Using the Ctrl key Ctrl while dragging Copies the selection to another place in the Timeline. Double-clicking Empty video track Displays the Insert Video or Image File dialog box. Empty audio track Displays the Insert Audio File dialog box. Title clip Displays the Title Options dialog box.
  • Page 187 CHAPTER 10: SHORTCUTS 187 Create Mark-in. Create Mark-out. Shift + F3 Clears a mark-in or mark-out point at the current frame, if any. Adds or deletes a cue. Home Jumps to the beginning of the project (Preview Window) or goes to the first frame in the clip (Source Window). Jumps to the end of the project (Preview Window) or goes to the last frame in the clip (Source Window).
  • Page 188 188 VIDEO EDITOR Shift + S while Cuts clips in multiple tracks. clicking on a position to cut F while clicking two Applies the cross-fade effect to the audio clips. audio clips Shift + F while Applies the cross-fade effect to all overlapping audio clips clicking two audio in the audio tracks.
  • Page 189 CHAPTER 10: SHORTCUTS 189 Arrow (left/right) Shift + Arrow (up/ Scroll video tracks down) Alt + Arrow (up/ Scroll audio tracks down) Shift + Arrow (left/ Shuttle (scroll Timeline) right) Ctrl + I Split clip Invoke menu Shift + 0 Change speed range to -8.0 Shift + 1 Change speed range to -4.0...
  • Page 190 190 VIDEO EDITOR Shift + Arrow (left/ Shuttle (scroll Timeline) right) F11 / Shift F11 Add active clip into Timeline. Ctrl + F11 Apply change back to Production Library. Invoke menu. Doubles the current play speed range. Increases by one half the current play speed range. Production Library Toggle between Thumbnail View and List View.
  • Page 191 CHAPTER 10: SHORTCUTS 191 Key Frame Controller Ctrl + F Fit to Window Ctrl + R Reverse Ctrl + V Paste Option Insert Add keyframe Delete Delete keyframe Arrow (Down) Next keyline Arrow (Up) Previous keyline Scroll hot key Home, page up, page down, end Zoom in Zoom out Ctrl + Arrow (Left)
  • Page 192 192 VIDEO EDITOR Marks the beginning frame for a preview area. Marks the last frame for a preview. Closes dialog boxes without making changes. Deletes a selected thumbnail in the Production Library. Ctrl + 4 Activates the Production Library. Ctrl + 7 Opens the Audio Mixing Panel.
  • Page 193 PART II: VIDEO CAPTURE...

  • Page 194: Chapter 1: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Video Capture is the program where many of your video creations begin. Here you can view and capture ‘live’ video from a variety of different sources such as HDV or DV camcorders as well as DVDs, TVs, or VCRs. Once captured, you can then play back those files or take them into Video Editor to start constructing your own video project.

  • Page 195: Understanding The Basics

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 195 Understanding the basics Video Capture is designed to work in conjunction with an installed video source. This can be an external video device connected to your PC using an analog capture board, digital video interface card (e.g. IEEE-1394) or USB port. If you do not have a video source installed, you can still use Video Capture to play back existing video files.

  • Page 196: Standard Toolbar

    196 VIDEO CAPTURE Standard Toolbar Open Capture To Clipboard Save As Capture To File Playback Capture Capture Properties Video Format Scan DV Tape Audio Format Video Display Select Capture Template Video Source MPEG Settings Navigation Bar Previous Home Next Forward Rewind Repeat Play...

  • Page 197: Preparation

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 197 Preparation Connect your camcorder to the PC via an IEEE-1394 interface card, analog capture board or USB port, depending on the type of video source that you have. Video Capture automatically detects any Plug and Play video devices, such as an HDV or DV camcorder via IEEE-1394 FireWire capture card, connected to the computer.

  • Page 198: Connecting An Hdv Camcorder

    198 VIDEO CAPTURE Windows XP: Device Manager Windows 2000: Device Manager In addition to commonly used Texas Instruments and Microsoft DV drivers, there are other drivers available. Consult your camcorder's manual for suitable drivers. Connecting an HDV camcorder MediaStudio Pro currently supports the following Sony and JVC high-definition camcorders and VTRs: •...

  • Page 199: Sony Hdv Camcorder

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 199 Sony HDV camcorder If you have connected your Sony HDV camcorder before to your computer, check the Device Manager to see if your camcorder is detected as a DV device (left image below) or AV/C tape device (right image below). If the camcorder is detected as a DV device, you can capture DV footage.
  • Page 200 200 VIDEO CAPTURE DV mode MPEG-2 mode...
  • Page 201 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 201 If the camera is detected as a DV device, follow the procedure below to switch it to MPEG-2 mode. If the camcorder is detected as a JVC tape device, you don't have to do the procedure. You can directly run Video Capture and start capturing your video.

  • Page 202: Connecting An Analog Video Source

    202 VIDEO CAPTURE Connecting an analog video source After connecting your analog source to the capture or tuner card, check if the card is detected by your Windows system. To check if the capture or tuner card is detected: 1. If you are using a video device such as a camcorder as your source, insert your videotape into the video device and switch it on.

  • Page 203: Connecting A Usb Camera

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 203 Connecting a USB camera After properly installing your USB camera, check if it is detected by your Windows system. To check if the USB camera is detected: 1. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager.

  • Page 204: Resizing The Program Window

    204 VIDEO CAPTURE Resizing the program window Whenever you change the frame size in Video Capture, the video window resizes itself accordingly. To resize the program window for optimum viewing, drag its borders to widen or lengthen it, or maximize to take full advantage of your monitor’s screen size.

  • Page 205: Improving Video Signal When Capturing Analog Video

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 205 Improving video signal when capturing analog video The job of your video capture board is to convert an incoming analog video signal into a digitized format that your computer can read. Once your video is displayed, you may find that the colors do not appear as vibrant or are darker than you expected.
  • Page 206 206 VIDEO CAPTURE video capture boards which have support for the parade method. The preview window is a small representation of the current frame in the video window. The red slider tab indicates the horizontal scan line from which the colors evaluated in the test pattern are taken.

  • Page 207: Typical Calibration Settings

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 207 • Changing saturation affects the depth of the lines, with low saturation appearing closer to the center and high saturation closer to the edges • Changing brightness and contrast affects the waveform in different ways depending on your choice of options in the Video Display dialog box.

  • Page 208: Preferences

    208 VIDEO CAPTURE Preferences You can customize the way you work in Video Capture using the Preferences dialog box, opened by double-clicking the Status bar or by clicking File: Preferences [F6]. Control various aspects of Video Capture’s behavior, such as playing files whenever opened, specifying the shuttle speed, or defining the background color of the workspace.

  • Page 209: Chapter 2: Capturing Video

    CAPTURING VIDEO The first step in creating your own video production is capturing the source material. This can be made up of several minutes of video or simply individual frames that you want to incorporate into the project you are working on. This chapter includes the following sections: Tips for capturing video Before capturing...

  • Page 210: Tips For Capturing Video

    210 VIDEO CAPTURE Tips for capturing video Capturing and video editing are tasks that require a lot of computer resources. Your computer must be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth video editing. Below are some tips on how to prepare your digital camcorder and optimize your computer for capturing and editing.

  • Page 211: Before Capturing

    HDV camcorder; select MS 1394 Device Control for a DV camcorder). Click Options if you need to define more parameters for the selected device control driver. (Visit Ulead's web side to know more about recommended settings for different device control drivers).

  • Page 212: Choosing A Capture Plug-In

    • Import DVD Plug-in for capturing video from DVD. Using this plug-in will allow you to capture entire or selected contents of your DVD. • Ulead HDV Capture Plug-in for capturing video from HDV camcorders. • Ulead MPEG-4 Capture Plug-in for capturing video in MPEG-4 format.

  • Page 213: Capturing Video

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 213 Capturing video Use Capture Video in the Setup menu to capture a single video sequence at a time from any type of video source, be it a digital camcorder or analog source. To capture a video sequence: 1.
  • Page 214 214 VIDEO CAPTURE 5. In the Capture Method group box, select the appropriate method for capturing. Auto captures video according to the time specified in the Auto spin box while Auto (no time limit) continues capturing until you press the [ESC] key.

  • Page 215: Capture Options

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 215 Capture options In the Capture Video dialog box, the Advanced tab contains options that allow you to customize the way that each capture is performed. By carefully selecting these options to match your system’s performance, you can significantly improve overall capture results.

  • Page 216: Capturing Video From A Dv Camcorder

    Click this when you do not know what options to specify or are unsure about your system's setup. Capturing video from a DV camcorder To capture Digital Video (DV) in its native format, make sure you use the Ulead DirectShow Capture Plug-in. This saves the captured video as a DV AVI file (.AVI).

  • Page 217: Capturing Video From An Hdv/Hd Camcorder

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 217 Capturing video from an HDV/HD camcorder After you have connected an HDV/HD camcorder and properly set up the device for capturing (see “Connecting an HDV camcorder” on page 198), the Video Capture program will automatically set the capture plug-in and device control to HDV Capture Plug-in and HDV 1394 Device Control respectively.

  • Page 218: Direct Mpeg Capturing From A Dv Camcorder

    RGB or YUV capture. 2. Turn your camcorder on and set it to Play mode (or VTR/VCR mode). 3. Select Setup: Change Capture Plug-in, then select Ulead DSW MPEG Capture Plug-in. Also make sure device control is set to MS 1394 Device Control to be able to directly control the camcorder in Video Capture.

  • Page 219: Seamless Dv And Mpeg Capture

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 219 8. Under Audio, set Audio format to Mono, Stereo or Joint Stereo (often used in MPEG compression). Also choose an Audio frequency (44100Hz is considered CD quality) and Audio bit rate (White Book MPEG-1 audio is 224 kbps). 9.

  • Page 220: Direct Wmv Capturing

    220 VIDEO CAPTURE Direct WMV capturing Video Capture allows you to capture video from any type of video source straight to Windows Media Video (WMV) format. WMV is an extensible file format that handles synchronized multimedia data and supports “live content” transmission over a wide array of networks.

  • Page 221: Editing And Customizing A Video Profile

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 221 Editing and customizing a video profile The Select Profile dialog box lists all the profiles available in your system. From this dialog box, you can open the Manage Profiles dialog box to edit, create, remove, and duplicate a profile. To edit and customize a profile: 1.

  • Page 222: Capturing Single Frames

    222 VIDEO CAPTURE dropped frame on playback, it keeps displaying the previous frame until the dropped frame or frames have passed. If a video has dropped a large number of frames, then the playback will look very choppy. To reduce the occurrence of dropped frames, you can lower the quality settings for your video.

  • Page 223: Capturing A Sequence Of Still Frames

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 223 Capturing a sequence of still frames Shooting the entire duration of a flower blooming with a DV camcorder may be three hours in length or longer. You can compress this length by capturing a sequence of still frames at certain intervals from a DV device. To capture a sequence of still frames: 1.

  • Page 224: Scanning A Dv Tape

    224 VIDEO CAPTURE Scanning a DV tape Scanning the DV tape identifies individual clips, and provides a thumbnail or list view of the entire tape contents. This is a fast and easy way of capturing video from a DV or D8 camcorder into separate clip files based on the recording date and time (that is, based on stops and starts of video recordings).
  • Page 225 CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 225 8. Under Scan options, select these options: • Create index files Select to sequentially number the capture files based on the specified file name in step 9. • Quick scan Select to do a fast scan. Drag the slider to the right to increase the scanning speed.

  • Page 226: Batch Capturing

    1394 Device Control if you have an HDV/HD camcorder. • Select Change Capture Plug-in. Make sure the Ulead DirectShow Capture Plug-in is selected if you are capturing from a DV/D8 camcorder or the Ulead HDV Capture Plug-in when capturing from an HDV/HD camcorder.
  • Page 227 CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 227 4. Enter a Reel name and Description. (You can specify any reel name, but be sure to change the name when you change the source tape or disc). 5. In Safe frames, specify the number of frames to capture before and after the specified capture duration to make sure that all frames within that capture timecode are included.

  • Page 228: Importing And Editing A Batch List

    228 VIDEO CAPTURE 10.Click the Mark-out button on the Navigation Bar or press F4 when you want to end a selection. 11.Repeat steps 10 and 11 until you have marked all the sequences of video that you wish to capture. Each time you mark a section of video, the mark-in and mark-out timecodes of a segment are logged in the batch list at the left panel of the dialog box.

  • Page 229: Changing A File's Properties

    CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO 229 Changing a file's properties Whenever you capture a video sequence, you must first specify a file in which to save the resulting video. There will be times, however, when you wish to save this video again to change its attributes, such as frame rate or the compression scheme.
  • Page 230 230 VIDEO CAPTURE 5. Specify the desired video attributes in the General, Advanced, and Compression tabs. 6. Click OK. The Video Save Options dialog box closes and you return to the Save Video File dialog box. 7. Click OK. The dialog box closes and Video Capture saves the file accordingly.

  • Page 231: Chapter 3: Shortcuts

    SHORTCUTS Video Capture has many shortcuts that allow you to access commands and open dialog boxes without having to go through the menus. In this chapter, shortcuts are grouped as follows: File menu Control menu View menu Capture menu Help menu Miscellaneous...
  • Page 232 232 VIDEO CAPTURE File menu Ctrl + O Displays the Open dialog box. Ctrl + S Saves an existing video file. Alt + Enter Displays the Project Settings dialog box. Displays the Preferences dialog box. Ctrl + Q Exits Video Editor. Control menu Stops the video clip being played and returns it to the first frame.
  • Page 233 CHAPTER 3: SHORTCUTS 233 View menu Ctrl + P Displays the video in Playback mode. Ctrl + E Switches to Capture Mode. It displays a preview of the video you intend to capture. Ctrl + V Displays the video directly from the capture board. Capture menu Displays the Video Capture dialog box.
  • Page 234 234 VIDEO CAPTURE...
  • Page 235 PART III: AUDIO EDITOR...
  • Page 236 GETTING STARTED Audio Editor is the MediaStudio Pro program that gives you command over your soundtrack. With it, you can play, record and edit the audio components of your video project with drag-and-drop ease and a click of the mouse.
  • Page 237 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 237 Understanding the basics To get started with Audio Editor, you can either open an existing audio file or record sound from an external device such as an audio CD, microphone or VCR. Sound appears in an edit window as a waveform. This waveform represents the various positive and negative peaks that a natural sound wave makes.
  • Page 238 238 AUDIO EDITOR Toolbar Previous Run Mixer Mark-In/ Mark-Out Program Next Cue Switch View Add a Cue Zoom Slider Fit Selection in Window Overview Strip View box Selection area Active waveform Navigation Bar Play/Pause Record Home Next Mark-In/Mark-Out Stop Previous...

  • Page 239: Playing Audio Files

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 239 Playing audio files To play an audio file, click the Play button on the Navigation Bar or click Control: Play [SPACE BAR]. The file starts playing from the current cursor position. To stop playback, click the Stop button or click Control: Stop [ESC]. The cursor returns to the beginning of the file.

  • Page 240: Saving Files To A Video

    240 AUDIO EDITOR As opens the Save Audio File dialog box where you can specify a new name and/or destination. There is also an option where you can directly save the audio file into the Production Library of Video Editor, saving you the trouble of having to import it when using Video Editor.

  • Page 241: Changing The View Of A Waveform

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 241 In Audio Editor, it is possible to zoom down to the sample level. Editing at this level, however, is often impractical as any changes you make may be inaudible because of the sheer number of samples possible. For example, the smallest audio file still has 11,025 samples per second.

  • Page 242: Controlling The Display And Time Unit Of Waveforms

    242 AUDIO EDITOR Controlling the display and time unit of waveforms In the Preferences dialog box (see “Preferences” on page 245), you can determine the detail with which Audio Editor displays waveforms, choosing between a precise scan and a quick scan. Precise scan produces a very detailed waveform, but takes longer to redraw.

  • Page 243: Recording Sound

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 243 Recording sound In Audio Editor, there are two methods to record an audio file. The first is by recording sound to any open edit window (this can be an existing file or a new "empty" edit window). The other way is to copy a sound file directly from a CD. Depending on your system’s configuration, you can choose to record from a variety of sources such as an audio CD, MIDI player, microphone, or MIDI file (before you start recording, you need to specify the driver of the external audio source you will...

  • Page 244: Tips For Determining Audio Quality

    244 AUDIO EDITOR To copy tracks directly from an audio CD: 1. Insert the audio CD in the disc drive. 2. Select Control: Record from CD. The Sound Selection dialog box opens. 3. Determine the capture sound quality, using Format and Attributes, for the audio file that you will be capturing.

  • Page 245: Preferences

    CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 245 Preferences You can customize the way you work in Audio Editor using the Preferences dialog box, opened by clicking File: Preferences [F6] or by double-clicking on the Status Bar. Here, you can control the display of the waveform, the time format used, and assign a mixer program for recording audio files.
  • Page 246 246 AUDIO EDITOR...
  • Page 247 EDITING AUDIO FILES With your computer and Audio Editor, trimming and enhancing audio tracks for your audio and video projects become greatly simplified and significantly easier. With a number of advanced audio effects and enhancements, Audio Editor will soon have you creating audio files that add impact to your work and multimedia presentations.

  • Page 248: Making Selections

    248 AUDIO EDITOR Working with selections After opening an audio file you can edit the entire waveform or selected parts of it. Unless a selection area has been created, any editing you do affects the entire waveform. Making selections In Audio Editor, you can create a selection in the following ways: •...

  • Page 249: Creating Precise Selections

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 249 Creating precise selections While editing, there will be times when you want to make a very specific selection, starting and ending at exact times, particularly if you are working in conjunction with a video project in Video Editor. To make detailed selections, you can use the Sample Information Window, opened by selecting View: Toolbars &...

  • Page 250: Inserting Audio Data

    250 AUDIO EDITOR Waveform before clearing Waveform after clearing Inserting audio data After cutting or copying audio data, you can paste it from the clipboard into an edit window by clicking one of the Edit: Paste commands. • Insert adds data from the clipboard to an existing waveform at the cursor position.

  • Page 251: Working With Cues

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 251 Working with cues Cues are the best way to bookmark spots in a waveform that you want to frequently reference or come back to and edit. Once a cue has been created, you can jump to it from anywhere in the waveform regardless of where your cursor is located.

  • Page 252: Managing Cues

    252 AUDIO EDITOR Managing cues You can manage cues in waveforms in several ways, such as changing their position and description, removing them from the edit window and switching between them. For example, you can: • Right-click the cue handle at the top of the cue line to view the cue name. •...

  • Page 253: Enhancing Sound

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 253 Enhancing sound After recording audio, you may need to enhance the sound, such as adjust the amplification, pitch, and more. Sometimes when you record audio data, you may also get annoying background noise and general imperfections. For example, many times the sound accompanying video footage comes out poorly, often because something interferred with the microphone or recording equipment.

  • Page 254: Changing Pitch

    254 AUDIO EDITOR Waveform before changing audio level Waveform after changing audio level by 200% Changing pitch An audio file's pitch defines how high or low it sounds. A high pitch may be very shrill, like a whistle, while a low pitch may be very deep, like a fog horn. To adjust an audio file's pitch, click Effect: Pitch.

  • Page 255: Working With Silence

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 255 Working with silence From a computer's perspective, silence is amplitude point 0 in a waveform (the baseline). Silence is useful in audio editing, particularly for what it isn't rather than what it does. For example, silence is responsible for adding and removing time to an audio file, and timing is perhaps one of the most important aspects of any audio sequence.

  • Page 256: Muting A Waveform

    256 AUDIO EDITOR Muting a waveform Often, when you are working with waveforms, you will want to remove part of it without deleting the actual time it occupies (therefore silencing it). To do this, you need to mute the waveform by clicking Edit: Mute. After choosing this command, only the selected area of the waveform is silenced, leaving the total duration or length of the file unchanged.

  • Page 257: Mixing Tracks

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 257 Mixing tracks Mixing tracks refers to taking two audio files and combining them into one. Mixing essentially blends the data from the audio files so that their respective sounds overlap and play through one another. When mixing, you can only mix waveforms with the same properties and need to have the two waveforms already open in the Audio Editor workspace.

  • Page 258: Applying Special Effects

    258 AUDIO EDITOR Applying special effects Audio Editor comes with a number of special affects that you can use to add impact to your audio files and provide enhancements which are difficult to replicate when recording from the original source. These can be anything from performing fades to the beginning and ending of a waveform to adding a variety of echo effects, such as stadium and resonance.

  • Page 259: Changing Speed

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 259 Waveform before applying a fade effect Waveform after applying a Fade In / Fade Out effect Changing speed Changing the speed of an audio file is a useful way to increase or decrease its duration, as well as for producing interesting distortion effects.

  • Page 260: Reversing A File

    260 AUDIO EDITOR Reversing a file An interesting effect in Audio Editor is the Effect: Reverse command, which allows you to reverse a file so that it plays in the opposite direction. In most cases, this will produce an unintelligible result, which can only be deciphered if you reverse the file again.

  • Page 261: Performing A Cross Fade

    CHAPTER 2: EDITING AUDIO FILES 261 • Long Echo has a long delay and a strong decay which results in longer repetitions, though it fades away faster. • Long Repeat has a short delay and weak decay, therefore making the echo last longer (though each repetition comes in faster cycles).

  • Page 262: Using Directx Audio Plug-Ins

    262 AUDIO EDITOR click OK. The dialog box closes and a new waveform is created cross fading between the two files. Using DirectX Audio plug-ins Audio Editor has a wide support for third-parties’ DirectX Audio plug-ins that you can apply to your sound files. These plug-ins provide a platform for creating dynamic audio files.
  • Page 263 SHORTCUTS Audio Editor has many shortcuts that allow you to access commands and open dialog boxes without having to go through the menus. In this chapter, shortcuts are grouped as follows: File menu Edit menu Control menu View menu Window menu Help menu Miscellaneous...
  • Page 264 264 AUDIO EDITOR File menu Ctrl + N Starts a new video project. Ctrl + O Displays the Open dialog box. Ctrl + W Closes an audio file. Ctrl + S Saves an existing audio file. Alt + Enter Displays information about the audio file. Displays the Preferences dialog box.
  • Page 265 CHAPTER 3: SHORTCUTS 265 Starts selecting during playback. Ends a selection during playback. Ctrl + Home Goes to the start. Ctrl + End Goes to the end. Places a cue on the waveform. Shift + Tab Goes to the previous cue. Goes to the next cue.
  • Page 266 266 AUDIO EDITOR Miscellaneous Double-click Title Maximizes or restores the active window. Double-click Selects the whole waveform. Overview Strip/ waveform Double-click Sample Hides the Sample Information box. Information title bar Double-click Sample Displays the Wave Information dialog box. Information box Double-click Status Displays the Preferences dialog box.
  • Page 267 PART IV: MORE PROGRAMS...
  • Page 268 More MORE PROGRAMS Ulead DVD MovieFactory and Ulead DVD DiskRecorder are separate programs that you can access inside MediaStudio Pro. DVD MovieFactory allows you to author DVD, VCD and SVCD to discs while the DVD DiskRecorder enables you to add or record videos to a device that supports DVD-RAM or DVD-R. Learn...

  • Page 269: Launching Dvd Moviefactory

    Ulead DVD MovieFactory Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your disc-authoring needs. You can instantly create video or slideshow discs through a user-friendly, wizard-type process and specific task oriented features. You can also enhance your video by adding transition effects, text, audio, interactive menus, and many others, or print disc label or cover to make your discs more attractive and interesting.

  • Page 270: Add Media

    DVD MovieFactory lets you add content to your movie by adding video files of different formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV and importing project files created in Ulead VideoStudio. To add a video/project file to your project: 1. Click New Project: DVD: Next to switch from the Start project page to Add media dialog.

  • Page 271: Adding/Editing Chapters

    Adding/Editing chapters This feature is only available when Create menu is selected in the Add/Edit Media page. Through this option, you can create submenus linked to their associated video clips. See “Setup menus” on page 278 for details. Represented as a video thumbnail in a submenu, each chapter is like a bookmark for a video clip.

  • Page 272: Export Selected Clips

    272 MORE PROGRAMS To create or edit chapters linked to a video clip: 1. Select a video in the Media Clip list. 2. Click Add/Edit Chapter 3. Click Auto Add Chapters . You can also drag the Jog Slider to move to a scene to use as the first frame of a chapter and click Add Chapter.

  • Page 273: Setup Preferences, Project Settings And Other Options

    Settings and options Use the options in this menu to customize the settings for video playback, save your project, view information about Ulead DVD MovieFactory, visit the Ulead DVD MovieFactory Web page, and register your copy of Ulead DVD MovieFactory.
  • Page 274 DVD menus to 30MB to make the DVD compatible with set-top DVD (DVD+VR) recorders. • Check Ulead Web site every ... days Select to specify how frequently the program checks the Ulead Web site for news and updates.
  • Page 275 • NTSC/PAL safe color Uses video friendly colors to ensure the display quality of your menus when viewed on any TV system. This helps you avoid the flickering problem on videos when viewed on screen. • TV safe area Sets a margin (represented by a red border) in the Preview Window of the Setup Menu page.

  • Page 276: Play And Edit Media

    276 MORE PROGRAMS 16:9 DVD In addition to the standard 4:3 display, DVD MovieFactory supports 16:9 display aspect ratio for videos and menus. This lets you create widescreen videos and burn them onto a DVD disc. To create widescreen videos, click select 16:9 from the Display aspect ratio list in the Project Settings dialog box.

  • Page 277: The Right-Click Menu

    Jog Slider Jog Wheel Shuttle Slider Tip: When using the Jog Wheel, you can browse through a video by moving the scroll wheel on the mouse back and forth. The right-click menu Right-click a thumbnail in the Media Clip list to display a context menu that gives you access to more options.

  • Page 278: Trimming A Video

    278 MORE PROGRAMS Trimming a video You can trim a video using the Jog Slider, mark-in/out buttons, navigation controls, Shuttle Slider, and Jog Wheel. Trimming allows you to modify the length of the video according to your needs. To trim video: 1.
  • Page 279 To design the menu for your project: 1. Click Next to open the Edit Menu page. 2. Select the menu to modify in Currently displayed menu. 3. Select a template layout category in Menu template then double-click a template layout thumbnail to apply it. Click Customize to make changes to the layout.
  • Page 280 280 MORE PROGRAMS • Use video backgrounds and buttons to enhance the appearance of your menus. Select a customized template first then choose a video for your buttons or background. 5. Click Background to specify the image or video background for the menu. 6.

  • Page 281: Manipulating Objects

    Manipulating objects You can resize a menu placeholder by clicking it and dragging the handles. Except for the thumbnail number, you can also move and align menu objects anywhere in the Preview Window. To easily align objects in your menu, right-click the Preview Window and select Show Grid Line.

  • Page 282: Layout Settings

    282 MORE PROGRAMS Layout settings You can then choose to apply the same settings to other menu pages in your project. To do this, click Layout Settings in the Options Panel and select Apply to All Main Menus. Preview Now, it’s time to view your video project and do a final check before you burn it onto a disc.

  • Page 283: Burn

    Burn This is the final step in the disc-authoring process. Choose the disc burner and/or select the folder where you want to output video files or a disc image files. To burn your project onto a DVD: 1. Select Record to disc and specify the recording format. 2.

  • Page 284: Burning Options

    284 MORE PROGRAMS • Continue brings you back to the Finish page where you can burn another copy of your project or burn a new disc with a different series of settings. • Close prompts you to save your work and close DVD MovieFactory. Burning options •...

  • Page 285: The Burning Options Dialog Box

    • Burn Begins the recording process. • Required space Use the following indicators as reference when burning your projects. These indicators help determine if you have sufficient space to successfully burn your project onto the disc. • Required/Available hard disk space Displays the space needed by the working folder of the project and the space available for use in the hard drive.
  • Page 286 286 MORE PROGRAMS • Buffer underrun protection Select to use this technology when burning your video file. This technology helps eliminate the buffer underrun problem. Availability of this technology depends on the disc burner you are using. • Restart DVD+RW background format Select to format the DVD+RW before recording.

  • Page 287: Ulead Dvd Diskrecorder

    Ulead DVD DiskRecorder With DVD DiskRecorder, users can edit and save videos in the DVD-VR format or convert these videos to the DVD-Video format for use with DVD-RW or DVD-RAM. DVD-VR (Video Recording) is a widely accepted video recording format often used with hardware devices such as DVD camcorders or set-top DVD recorders.

  • Page 288: Important Terms To Know

    • Resume all confirmation dialog boxes Overrides the “Do not show again” option and makes all confirmation dialog boxes appear. • Check Ulead Web site every __ days Specifies how frequently the program checks the Ulead Web site for news and updates.

  • Page 289: Create Disc

    reliability. This option is available depending on the DVD DiskRecorder version you purchase, and is enabled only when a DVD burner supports DRT-DM. Create Disc DVD DiskRecorder gives you an easy way to add or edit programs by adding video files into your DVD-VR disc project.

  • Page 290: Adding Video Files

    290 MORE PROGRAMS 3 Program list Select a program (video clip) to display in the Program video clip list. 4 Edit and info Use these buttons to remove, join, or separate programs and entry points, or view program properties. 5 Settings and options Click to open a menu where you can customize the settings for playing back video or viewing information about DVD DiskRecorder.

  • Page 291: Playlist

    Playlist With playlists, you can watch specific video sections in a desired playback sequence. This is done by creating a series of video scenarios (entry points) retrieved from DVD-VR program video clips. DVD DiskRecorder lets you create and edit playlists from your DVD-VR disc. To add or edit a playlist: 1.

  • Page 292: Exporting Video Or Image Files

    292 MORE PROGRAMS To set an entry point name: 1. On the Program or the Playlist tab, right-click a video thumbnail and select Set Entry Point Name. 2. Enter the name, and then click OK. The new name is shown at the bottom of the thumbnail.

  • Page 293: Burning Your Disc

    Burning your disc After creating the contents of your DVD-VR disc, click Next to move to the Preview and Finish page. You are now ready to burn it onto a disc. (For information on Certify Disc and Format Disc, see “Edit Disc”...

  • Page 294: Edit Disc

    294 MORE PROGRAMS Edit Disc Edit Disc lets you modify the existing DVD-VR content on a DVD-RW or DVD-RAM disc. You can also format, protect, or certify a disc (also available on the Preview and Finish page). Formatting a disc A DVD-VR disc must be formatted using the UDF (Universal Disc Format) 2.0 format for rewritable discs.

  • Page 295: Certifying A Disc

    Certifying a disc For a UDF 2.0 formatted DVD-RW disc, you can apply disc certification to scan the disc and check if there is any problem. The certification process marks bad sectors to improve future writing reliability. On DVD-RW burners that support DRT-DM (Distributed Real-Time Defect Management), the certification process also moves the data in the recoverable defected sectors (DRT-DM Level-1 and Level-2 defects, if any) to healthy sectors to further improve data reliability.
  • Page 296 296 MORE PROGRAMS...
  • Page 297 INDEX...

  • Page 298: Index

    298 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Index analog video tape 169 animate a Moving Path 107 animate a transition 103 animate a video filter 118 Animation Gallery 134 Anti-aliasing 134, 136 Anti-flicker filter 274 Apple QuickTime 155 Symbols Apply 86 .mov 155 Applying special effects 258 .qt 155...
  • Page 299 INDEX 299 Center volume control 148 background color 41 Certifying a disc 295 Balance controls 140 Changing audio properties 240 bass 133 Changing pitch 254 Batch capturing 226 Changing speed 259 Batch Convert 176 Changing the audio level 253 batch list file 168 Changing the view of a waveform batch video creation 159 Before capturing 211...
  • Page 300 300 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Connecting an analog video source Cut 63 cut a clip 77 Connecting an HDV camcorder 198 Cut by Cue 75 Constant bit rate 218 Cut by Position 75 Contrast 123 Cylinder 129 Controlling the display and time unit...
  • Page 301 INDEX 301 Distortion 129 Exponential fade 261 DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 145 Exporting video or image files 292 Drag and drop 39 External Monitor 98 drag-and-drop 46 External playback device 166 dropped frames 221 External preview 166 DRT-DM 288, 295 extract an audio 47 Dual Head Device 166 eye-dropper 122 DV Recording 165...
  • Page 302 302 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Frame accurate editing 59 Hue shift 123 frame forward 75 Hypertext Transfer Protocol 155 Frame Rate 25 frame rate 25, 152 frame size 25, 152 Image capture deinterlace 208 Frame Size List 89 image clips 49...
  • Page 303 INDEX 303 key frame diamond 118 Menu button 86 Key frame for every 158 Microsoftís Advanced Streaming format 155 Midtones 121 launcher 269 Mix 250 Layout settings 282 Mixer program 245 Levels 121 Mixer Volume 140 LFE 148 Mixer Volume Device Control 142 Lightness 121 Mixing Dolby Surround 147 Line leading 136...
  • Page 304 304 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO NTSC/PAL safe color 275 Pre-allocate the capture file 215 Number of recently opened files 245 Precise scan 242 Number of video buffers 216 precise trimming 75 Preferences 40, 208, 245, 273, 288 Preview 282 Offset slider 256...
  • Page 305 INDEX 305 Reversing a file 260 Quantizing a waveform 254 Reversing the frames 67 Quick Command Panel 177 Rewind 140 Quick scan 242 Ripple Editing 46, 82 QuickTime Movie Files 155 Ripple Editing examples 83 QuickTime streaming file 155 Run Mixer 48 Running DVD DiskRecorder 287 RealNetworkís RealVideo 155 real-time previewing 89...
  • Page 306 306 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Settings and options 290 Storyboard 37 Setup menus 278 Straight to Disc 270, 286 Setup Preferences 273 stretch mode 42 Shadows 121 Summary Timeline 54 Shuttle slider 85 SURROUND SOUND 145 silence 255 SVCD 160 silence clips 49...
  • Page 307 INDEX 307 Track name 62 Track Selection 61 Variable bit rate 218 Transition 98 VCD 160 Transition degree 98, 103 VCD player compliant 274 transition effect 38 VCD-ready MPEG-1 160 Transition Effects 36 Vectorscope 205 Transition effects 96, 102 video clip 49 Transition Options 97 Video Editor 18 transitions 36...
  • Page 308 308 ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO Working with tracks 52 workspace 19 X-Axis unit 245 Zooming 240 Zooming in/out 54...

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