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Any changes that you have made in the Options panel are applied to the clip when you click
the Apply button. All of the settings can be restored to their original values by clicking the
Reset button. As with any changes you make in Ulead VideoStudio, you can always undo
them by clicking the Undo button or by pressing Ctrl+Z.
The Play project button
While you are editing, there are many times that you will want to preview your work to see
how your project is progressing. The row of buttons below the Preview window are used to
navigate around your project, play clips, and create previews of your entire project.
A Ulead VideoStudio project (*.VSP),
cannot be played until it has been
rendered, or created. Click the Play
project button to begin the process of
rendering your project for previewing.
Rendering is easy, but it can take some time. Fortunately, Ulead SmartRender technology
optimizes the rendering process by not re-rendering the parts of the project that have not
changed. Ulead VideoStudio performs this magic with heavy use of temporary files. These
files are stored in a location that you can set in the Preferences: Preview tab, found
on the Global commands button menu. By efficiently allocating disk space for
temporary files, you don't need to worry about "Out of Memory" error messages.
The Preview Files Manager, also on the Global commands button menu, can be used for
specific manipulation of individual project preview files.
So the best advice we can offer is that you edit for a while and then when you need a break,
hit the Play project button and let Ulead VideoStudio render your project. By doing this fairly
often, render times should be very reasonable.
Rendering a portion of your project, instead of the whole thing, can save you time and give
you a quick preview of an important section. This is especially useful for rendering across
transitions, title sequences, or to check the timing of audio clips in relation to the associated
video. If you only want to render the part of your project, hold the Shift key on your key-
board while clicking the Play project button. For more information about partial rendering, see
page 47.
Clip navigation buttons, with the Play project button circled
in yellow.
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