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What's New?
New! Improved!
Ulead VideoStudio 4.0 is a revolution in video. Smashing the 2GB file
limit, automatic music recording from your CDs, support for MP3 audio
files, a flexible titling engine, and automatic configuration are only a
few of the many improvements.
DV
Computer video technology has changed faster than anyone could
have predicted. Digital Video (DV) has taken the world by storm,
becoming the format of choice for enthusiasts. It is easy to config-
ure your computer to capture DV data from your camcorder, and
the quality is superior to S-VHS. Most DV camcorders allow you to transfer footage
from your computer back to tape, using the IEEE-1394 interface, with no loss of
quality. Ulead VideoStudio has always supported DV editing, but the 4.0 version
fully supports all aspects of DV.
Setting up (see page 9) your computer to work with DV is extremely easy. You
can even control your camcorder (see page 9) with Ulead VideoStudio and your
mouse! And the best part is, Ulead VideoStudio also lets you record your final
video back to your camcorder (see page 58) so that you can play the movie on big
screen television.
MPEG
The other Big Story in recent developments is MPEG. Ulead
VideoStudio gives you the power to edit MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
movies with amazing frame-accurate technology. The wide avail-
ability of CD writing hardware, or CD-R, allows anyone to create
their own Video CD (VCD). Ulead VideoStudio 4.0 lets you create WhiteBook
standard MPEG-1 movies (see page 56) that are ready to be written to a VCD.
Ulead VideoStudio 4.0 also allows you to create amazing DVD quality movies
using the MPEG-2 format, which is also used in direct digital satellite television.
Start by capturing MPEG video straight from your camcorder, if your hardware
supports it (see page 25), then trim and edit your movie with frame accuracy.
Finally, take advantage of DVD quality (see page 57) to create your final MPEG-2
movie.
This flexible technology allows you to create MPEG-2 movies from any source for a
truly professional solution. Possibly the best method is to capture and edit using
the lossless quality of DV and then output a highly compressed MPEG-2 movie.
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