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- Page 1 User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. August 2004...
- Page 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 3 Table of Contents Welcome to Ulead Video ToolBox .....5 What’s new ............5 System requirements ........5 Supported file formats ........5 Installing Video ToolBox ........6 User interface ............6 Navigation Panel ..........7 File menu ............8 Convert menu ........... - Page 4 4 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Batch Convert ..........20 Preferences ............. 21 Video and Audio Capture Property Settings ..22 Video Save Options .......... 25 Advanced Options ..........29 Index ............30...
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Page 5: Welcome To Ulead Video Toolbox
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 5 Welcome to Ulead Video ToolBox Ulead Video ToolBox allows you to capture and edit video and output them to various formats so you can view the video on a computer. Video ToolBox’s guided workflow lets you easily capture, edit and export video. -
Page 6: Installing Video Toolbox
Install on the setup screen and follow the instructions. User interface 1 Visit Ulead Web site Click to launch your Web browser and connect to the Ulead Web site. 2 File menu Select to open a menu where you can save your project file and set project preferences. -
Page 7: Navigation Panel
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 7 4 Help menu Click to open a menu where you can access the help file and view product information. 5 Options Panel Displays controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the project. -
Page 8: File Menu
Save As Allows you to save the project file using another file name or path. • Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog box where you can set capture options and set the frequency to check for updates on the Ulead Web site. (See “Preferences” on page 21). Convert menu •... -
Page 9: Creating A Video File
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 9 Creating a video file... -
Page 10: Step 1: Determine Video Output Setting
10 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Step 1: Determine video output setting. Select a video format and quality option. Tip: Please read the Description to view the properties of the video format or the mobile carrier you selected. -
Page 11: Inserting Clips Into Your Project
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 11 Capture Digital Video Opens a dialog box where you can capture video from a digital source (e.g. DV camcorder). Capture Analog Video Opens a dialog box where you can capture video from an analog source (e.g. TV tuner card). -
Page 12: Capturing Analog Video
12 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE To capture digital video: 1. Click Capture Digital Video 2. Click Toggle Display 3. Specify a Capture folder in which to save video files. 4. Click Options to open a menu for customizing more capture settings. -
Page 13: Capturing Still Images
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 13 Capturing still images In addition to capturing video, Video ToolBox also allows you to capture still images. Images are saved in JPEG format and the size depends on the source video’s frame size. -
Page 14: Multi-Trim Video
14 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 2. Click and drag the Trim handles on the Trim Bar to set the Mark-in/Mark-out points on the clip. The Mark-in/Mark-out points can also be set by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively. Drag the Jog Bar to the point in the clip... - Page 15 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 15 Otherwise, select Delete selection if you prefer to mark segments that you want taken out from the clip. 3. Drag the Jog Bar until you locate the point in the video that you want to use as the beginning frame of the first segment.
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Page 16: Creating An Image Slideshow
16 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Creating an image slideshow You can create a video slideshow using your images. To create, click Insert Image then in the dialog box, select the images (press [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple files) you want to include in the slideshow and click Open. -
Page 17: Changing The Transition Effect
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 17 Changing the transition effect Transition effect Options Panel • Transition effect Select the transition effect you want to use in the drop-down menu. • Delete All Click to remove all transition effects in the Media Clip List. -
Page 18: Changing The Background Music
18 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE To edit the text: 1. In the Media Clip List, click the text you want to edit. 2. In the Preview Window, double-click the text box to edit the text. Click an empty space in the Preview Window when you are done editing the text. -
Page 19: Step 4: Create Video File
2. In the Create Video File dialog box, enter the file name then click Save. If you have Ulead VideoStudio 8 or Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 installed in your computer, the Burn button will be displayed in the Options Panel. Click Burn to use VideoStudio or MovieFactory to burn your video onto a disc. -
Page 20: Appendix
20 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Appendix Dialog boxes Batch Convert • Batch Convert List Displays the video files to be converted. The size, type, date modified and path of the video files are also displayed. • Add Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can select the files you want to convert. -
Page 21: Preferences
• Stop DV tape when capturing stops Enables the DV camcorder to automatically stop the tape playback after a video capture process is completed. • Check Ulead Web site every Select to specify how often the program checks the Ulead Web site for news and updates. -
Page 22: Video And Audio Capture Property Settings
22 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Video and Audio Capture Property Settings Source tab Video • Input Source Determines where your data comes from. Select Video Composite if you have a video input jack and one (Mono) or two (Stereo) audio input jacks. Select Video Tuner for TV input and Video S-video for S-video input. - Page 23 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 23 Channel tab (TV tuner only) • Country/Region: Determines the available channels in your place. • TV input type: Determines the mode of your television input. Select Antenna if you're using an antenna to watch television or Cable, if your television utilizes a cable TV system.
- Page 24 24 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Color tab Allows you to adjust the analog source’s video properties such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation before you capture the video into Video ToolBox. There are various video property options that you can adjust in this dialog box.
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Page 25: Video Save Options
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 25 Video Save Options General tab • Data track: Specify whether to create the video file or the video track only or include the audio track. • Frame rate: Specify the frame rate to use for the resulting video file. - Page 26 26 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Compression tab (MPEG files) • Media type: Select MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 for basic MPEG options. If you want to strictly follow the DVD, VCD or SVCD specifications, you should select one of the media types available on the drop-down menu.
- Page 27 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 27 I-frames only By selecting this option, the MPEG encoder will only compress the video to something called I-frames (and not P or B frames). This makes the quality better but the file size will be much larger.
- Page 28 28 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE AVI tab • Compression: Shows the available compression schemes. A no compression option is also available. • Quality: Drag the slider to control the compression of a file. • Configure: Click for additional compression options.
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Page 29: Advanced Options
ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 29 Advanced Options • Target playback drive: Specify the data rate of your storage device. • Check data rate: Select to compare the data rate of the compressed file to the selected Target Playback Drive. Change this rate to more closely match the data rate of the target storage device. -
Page 30: Index
30 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Index Add/Edit media clip Preferences Auto-enhance Preview Window Batch Convert Rotate Capture Analog Video Selecting a movie style Capture Digital Video Split Video Capturing analog video Step buttons Capturing digital video...