Appendix B. Tips And Techniques; A. Dv Camcorder Tips; B. Video Capture And Editing Tips - Ulead VIDEO STUDIO 7 Manual

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Appendix B. Tips and techniques

A. DV camcorder tips

• Format the DV tape before shooting video.
Formatting a DV tape is desirable for batch capture and for accurately
locating timecodes. Formatting here means to record a "blank" video
from start to end without interruption. This is what a professional
cameraman will do with a new DV tape. Once it is formatted, you can
start shooting video. Thus, when you play your video footage on the DV
camcorder, the counter (displayed as Timecode on the camcorder's LCD
monitor or viewfinder) keeps running even when there's no actual video.
• How to get the best video quality out of a DV camcorder.
Capturing video using the IEEE-1394 interface card provides loss-proof
quality. After editing your project, you can then render your final movie
at any file format of your choice.
If you don't have an IEEE-1394 card or a DV camcorder, the second
choice is to use an analog capture card. If you intend to record your
finished project back to the videotape, using an analog capture card with
S-video output yields better video quality.

B. Video capture and editing tips

• When capturing video, 'Split by Scene' separates clips to independent
files according to the source footage's recording date and time.
When capturing video from a DV camcorder, Ulead VideoStudio can
automatically recognize individual segments of video based on the source
footage's recording date and time. VideoStudio splits the captured video
to independent files when Split by Scene is applied.
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