Reviewers Guide

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Ulead VideoStudio 11

Video Editing & DVD Authoring Made Easy

Welcome

Welcome to the Reviewers Guide for Ulead VideoStudio 11 and VideoStudio 11 Plus, the newest versions of Uleads award-winning consumer video editing and authoring software. Widely regarded for its powerful features and unmatched ease of use, VideoStudio now includes an enhanced DV-to-DVD Wizard, more title/subtitle and overlay tools and a host of quick-fix solutions for common video problems. With the new Plus version, consumers also have a complete, end-to-end solution for capturing, editing, authoring and burning HD DVD videos.

Contents:

Product Strategy
Introduction..... Two Versions..... Version Comparison..... Working with HD.... 4 5

Whats New

New Features..... 6

Product Tour

VideoStudio Launcher.... 8 DV-to-DVD Wizard.... 9 Movie Wizard.... 10 VideoStudio Editor..... 13 DVD and HD DVD Authoring... 22

Summary

Pricing and availability..... 25 System Requirements.... 26

Press Contacts

Catherine Hughes Corel Corporation 613-728-0826 x 1659 catherine.hughes@corel.com
Ulead VideoStudio 11 & VideoStudio 11 Plus

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Why Two Versions?
Ulead VideoStudio 11 offers two editions to let consumers choose the range of features they need, at different price points.
This easy-to-use yet powerful video editing and disc authoring software is aimed at the consumer who wants a simple way to get videos and pictures off a camera, do some editing to polish it, and burn it on to a disc that will play well and look good. Ulead VideoStudio 11 makes it easy to capture video and pictures, add titles, effects and music, and create great-looking videos and DVDs.
Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus
The Plus version provides video enthusiasts with a more powerful video production package, and offers full High Definition capabilities. Users can capture and edit HD video from HDV or AVCHD camcorders, author HD projects, and burn to HD DVD discs. In addition to the same editing and authoring tools in the standard version, it supports Dolby Digital 5.1 audio creation, and six overlay tracks for more creative picture-inpicture overlay effects. It also offers more output options to mobile devices like iPod, Zune and PSP
PRICE: US$89.99 Program CD contains: VideoStudio 11 including: DV-to-Wizard Movie Wizard VideoStudio Editor Windows Media Format Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX Quicktime Flash Player
PRICE: US$128.99 Program CD contains: VideoStudio 11 Plus including: DV-to-Wizard Movie Wizard VideoStudio Editor Windows Media Format Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX Quicktime Flash Player Bonus CD contains: WinDVD 8 Silver Ulead Disc Image Recorder Content files (image, audio and video clips)

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Version Comparison Chart
Comparing VideoStudio 11 & VideoStudio 11 Plus

VideoStudio 11

Capture/Import
NEW! AVCHD Import NEW! Capture DV Date/Time as subtitle NEW! HDV capture & write back to camcorder

VideoStudio 11 Plus

Editing
NEW! Multiple Overlay Movie Wizard Templates Video Tracks NEW! MPEG Optimizer encoding tool Smart Proxy HD editing Ad-Zapper to remove commercials Chroma Key (Blue Screen) NEW! Multi-Language/double-byte Titles NEW! Title Rotate NEW! Import DVD subtitle NEW! Expandable Timeline Overlay Video Distortion NEW! Combine mask/chroma key with transparency for overlays NEW! Auto White Balance / Tone NEW! DeBlock filter NEW! DeSnow filter Anti-Shake filter NEW! Smart Package (Project Archive)

Audio Editing

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Output device support

NEW! HD DVD author and burn NEW! Microsoft Zune iPod & PSP

File support

MPEG-2 HD MPEG- 4 NEW! H.264
InterVideo WinDVD 8 Player Software

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Working with HD
High-Definition video offers exceptional video quality that is catching the attention of consumers. However, HD also presents challenges in terms of increased complexity and demands on PC resources. VideoStudio 11 Plus helps users have a positive HD experience, whether capturing or importing their video, editing and authoring, or outputting it to tape or disc.
HD workflow in the VideoStudio Editor
HD workflow in the Movie Wizard
Capture and Import HD VideoStudio captures from the latest camcorders and devices, whether they record on tape, disc, hard drive or memory card, and supports both HDV and AVCHD formats. Users can import MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD files. Edit HD Editing HD is achieved either natively or by creating proxy files. AVCHD for instance, comes in 2 flavors: the hard-drive camcorders produce a file with an.m2s extension, and the DVD versions produce an.m2ts file. In both cases, VideoStudio converts these transport stream files during import from the camcorder to an editable format, without affecting quality. Output HD VideoStudio 11 Plus can output the most important HD file formats for playback from hard drive or recording back to HDV camcorder. Author & Burn HD DVD Authoring and burning high-definition video to HD DVD discs is now as easy as producing standard DVDs. HD productions can be burned to HD DVDs, or to low-cost DVD discs on standard DVD burners. This creates a 3X DVD that holds about 40 minutes of full-res HD video, and plays back on an HD DVD player.

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Whats New Listing for VideoStudio 11 available from Ulead.com
End-to-end HD DVD Burn HD DVD authored projects or folders to HD DVD-R or
DVD discs AVCHD Camcorder Support - Import high definition video from hard drive and disc-based AVCHD camcorders. H.264 output support, in Baseline Profile for mobile applications, as well as Main Profile. Real-time HD Editing without proxies on high-spec systems.
Enhanced Movie Wizard Templates Automatically create exciting movie-style openings using
your video clips in multiple animated frames, which you
can personalize later. Capture, edit and output full-resolution HD movies and discs.
Multi-layered Movie Wizard templates

Advanced Auto-correction

Corrective Video Filters o Auto Color & Tone will auto-correct the color and tone of videos that were recorded in low light or less than perfect white balance conditions. o DeBlock Filter cleans up video with blocky compression artifacts, such as movies copied from VCD. o DeSnow Filter removes digital noise from your videos shot in low light. Overlay videos can have transparency, mask and chroma key effects combined and can be cropped on-screen to remove any unwanted elements.

New Auto Features

DeBlock filter enhances heavily-compressed video
Auto Subtitles in DV-to-DVD Wizard Automatically add DV date and timestamp as you capture your videos, to instantly identify when it was shot. Smart Project Package Free up disc space by exporting your trimmed and edited project to a new folder, for efficient archiving of only the clips that you have used in your final movie.
More Flexible User Interface
Preview Window for overlays shows original overlay image, making it easier to adjust chroma key settings. Expandable Timeline Expand the timeline at a click of a button, so that you can conveniently see all your overlay tracks. Place cue marks on the timeline to easily mark where you want a title to start, or perhaps some music to come in. My Favorites folder in Transitions Folder makes it easier to find the mostused transitions quickly.
Preview window lets users adjust settings on original clips

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Expanded Title and Subtitle Support
Multi-language titles such as double-byte Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters supported. Unicode character set supported to simplify multi-language titles. Rotate titles directly in the preview window to any angle you like. DVD Sub-Title Import lets you Import a subtitle set in the language of your choice together with the video from a DVD. Sync subtitles to downloaded movies, which often have subtitle files available in.srt format that will automatically synch to the video when burning a DVD.

Position and rotate Titles

New Encoding Options

MPEG Optimizer analyzes the bitrates of all clips on the timeline, and suggests encoding settings to ensure the least re-rendering for the best quality and speed. Safely Pause rendering at any time when you need to do something that requires more PC resources. MPEG Optimizer takes the guesswork out of encoding
Enhanced DVD Menus and Authoring
Lots More Content. Movie Wizard Video & Slideshow Style Templates and HD DVD menus. Distort menu objects like buttons and overlays for creative effects.
Choose from a variety of menu styles
The Most Complete Solution
Create Quality Movies for Mobile Devices and show them on the go. Works with virtually any handheld device with MPEG-4, H.264 and WMV templates for: o Apple iPod o Sony PSP o Zune o Nokia mobile phones including import from videophones o Smartphones (Windows Mobile 5.0), PDAs and other portable devices. Write back to HDV camcorder Windows Vista Support for the latest-generation systems. Intel Core 2 Duo support enjoy improved performance from dual-core CPUs.

Bonus Software

InterVideo WinDVD 8 Silver is a great software DVD player that plays back any video and audio files, including AVCHD.

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VideoStudio Launcher

Three Ways to Make Movies
Shared by both VideoStudio 11 and VideoStudio 11 Plus, the Launcher makes things simple from the word go. It offers users three ways to make movies and slideshows: The main VideoStudio Editor, the Movie Wizard and the DV-to-DVD Wizard.
VideoStudio Editor gives users all the tools they need to produce great-looking home movies. An easy, step-by-step workflow helps people spend their time being creative rather than learning technical editing. Movie Wizard is ideal for users new to video editing. Attractive theme templates create professional opening sequences. Users can quickly create entertaining photo slideshows with Smart Pan & Zoom. The Movie Wizard creates a complete movie on only three steps.
The VideoStudio 11 Launcher
DV-to-DVD Wizard The fastest way from DV camcorder to DVD. As simple as hooking up a camcorder and choosing the clips you want, in just two steps the Wizard delivers a finished DVD complete with menus, titles, transitions and music.
This Reviewers Guide starts by looking at the DV-to-DVD Wizard & Movie Wizard and then talks about the VideoStudio Editor

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DV-to-DVD Wizard
For users who want to transfer a group of clips from tape to DVD or simply burn an entire tape to DVD the DV-to-DVD Wizard is the fastest way to go.

Select Burn whole tape, and the DV-to-DVD Wizard will burn the entire tape on to a DVD in one pass.
To start, users hook up their DV camcorder and click Start Scan. The software scans the tape at up to 11x speed depending on the camcorder. Users can then review the thumbnails to select the clips they want included on their disc. The next step is to select a theme template, choose quality and burning options, and click Start DV-to-DVD Wizard now goes to work capturing the selected clips, applying a movie template, authoring a DVD with a menu, and burning a finished DVD all of which happens with no further input needed from the user. (For users who really just want to get the contents of an entire tape on to a DVD in a hurry, the Burn whole tape feature burns directly from tape to DVD, eliminating the scanning and selection steps.) Finally, users can save the scan results, called digests, for reference or re-use. Printing the digests is a great way to create a record of all the shots on a tape.

Quick Scan Digest

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Movie Wizard

The Movie Wizard automatically creates finished movies and slideshows in just three steps. It is ideal for users new to video editing or when they just want to quickly produce a DVD for family and friends. Making a slideshow, or video, or a combination of the two, is simple. The Movie Wizard provides complete capture tools, including capturing from HDV and importing from AVCHD camcorders in VideoStudio 11 Plus. NEW! Also found in the VideoStudio 11 Plus Movie Wizard are Multi-overlay Templates. These take the first clip from the video or slideshow, and automatically create a sophisticated picture-in-picture opening sequence with music and motion. It would take hours to create this in a traditional professional editing package! Whats New in the Movie Wizard HD support Multiple-overlay templates
The Movie Wizard gives users a wide choice of movie templates. The VideoStudio11 Plus Movie Wizard now supports multiple overlay tracks.

Easy Slideshows

To make a slideshow, users insert digital photos, arrange them in the order that they like, choose a suitable template and customize the titles. The Movie Wizard does the rest. Users get a slideshow complete with pan & zoom effects and transitions. For simple slideshow, VideoStudio offers templates with a minimum of effects, including several with no titles or openings at all.
Special templates for slideshows

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Editing Videos in the Movie Wizard
The Movie Wizard also offers the Multi-Trim Editor with AccuCut Editing and, in the VideoStudio 11 Plus Movie Wizard, the Ad-Zapper, for picking the best scenes from longer clips and removing commercials from captured TV programs.

Output Options

The final step in the Movie Wizard is output.
Users can choose to Create Video File on their hard drive, to play on their PC or output to the Web or a mobile device.
Running the Create Disc function lets users author and burn a DVD. Authoring will be covered later in this Reviewers Guide.
Even experienced editors often use the Wizard to get a project started, and then choose the option Edit in Ulead VideoStudio Editor. This imports the entire project into the editor, with full control over overlays, music, titles, and more.

DVD Menu Authoring

VideoStudio Editor

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Clipshows Easy-to-make Combination Photo/Video Slideshows
Digital cameras are getting better at shooting video, making it easier to capture both still and motion images of people, places and events. The VideoStudio Movie Wizard is perfect for combining still images and video clips into photo/video clipshows. The new Import from Mobile Device feature makes it easy to grab photos and video from cameras, video enabled cell phones and other devices.
For video clips, the interface provides thumbnail or enlarged playback as well as trimming options. Users can drag both still images and video directly into the Movie Wizard storyboard. Movie Wizard templates automatically apply transitions between both video clips and images. Depending on the template, Pan & Zoom effects are applied to the still images. Its easy to adjust the relative volume of any audio from the video clips, and, like any Movie Wizard project, users just have to update the opening and closing titles and theyre set.
Still image + video clip projects are fast to make and great to watch. A terrific way to get more from digital media!

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The VideoStudio Editor gives users all the tools they need to produce great-looking home movies. Always at the forefront of technology, the VideoStudio Editor provides powerful features, broad format support and unrivalled ease-of-use.
The first thing to notice is the layout of the program along to the top of the screen, with the editing process broken down into seven steps from capture to share.

Capture

VideoStudios capture tools feature straightforward, easy-to-use controls to capture from a variety of sources, such as DV and analog camcorders, DVD camcorders and TV tuner cards. o
Whats New in the VideoStudio Editor AVCHD camcorder support HD DVD authoring and burning Expandable Timeline Auto White balance and exposure DeBlock & DeSnow filters Preview Window for overlays MPEG Optimizer Smart Package
Current HDV camcorders from major manufacturers are supported in VideoStudio 11 Plus. Capturing HDV as simple and straightforward as capturing DV.
Support for DVB-T and other TV tuner/capture devices enables capture of standard and high-definition video from next generation digital TV broadcasts. Grabbing photos and video directly from a mobile device is easy with the Import from Mobile device function. VideoStudio 11 Plus specifically supports importing video from Nokia Video Phones.
Import from AVCHD and DVD
AVCHD Import: VideoStudio 11 Plus imports AVCHD from Sony or Panasonic cameras by connecting directly to the camera, and recognizing the DVD file structure on the hard drive, DVD disc or SD card. This makes it easy to select and import just the clips you want. In the Capture setup, select Import from DVD/DVD-VR, then click on IMPORT and find the AVCHD device. During import, VideoStudio will seamlessly import the AVCHD H.264 video in an editable format, without quality loss. Users can also import DVD video directly from a DVD disc or from DVD Folders copied to a PC hard drive.
NEW! When importing from DVD, DVD Sub-Title capture lets you import the subtitles in the language of your choice from a DVD, and embeds them with the video.

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Powerful Editing

Enhanced Timeline View

In VideoStudio 11 Plus, users have up to 6 overlay tracks available. This is useful to create plenty of impressive picturein-picture and montage effects. Clicking the Expand button expands the timeline view, so the user can see all the overlay tracks for accurately positioning overlays and audio.

Expand Button

The Multi-Trim Editor
The Multi-Trim Editor has always been praised as the fastest way to trim multiple clips out of a long piece of video. It is also well suited for general trimming. In VideoStudio 11 Plus, Multi-Trim editing also includes Ad-Zapper, a scanning tool that runs through a clip and automatically detects the TV commercials. Ad-Zapper splits ads off as separate clips so they can be deleted singly or in groups.
Ad-Zapper finds ad breaks for removal.
AccuCut Zoom and Jog/Shuttle Controls are responsive, making it easy to find cut points on long clips.
Extract multiple segments from clips.

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NEW! White Balance and Auto Tone
Having those great party shots on tape somehow isnt as satisfying if its all dark and you cant see a thing, or those lovely baby shots are all blue because the camera didnt adjust the white balance properly. Clicking on Color Correction opens the White balance & Auto-Tone dialog where users can automatically correct the color and tonal range (curves) of videos that were recorded in low light or poor white balance conditions. The White balance tool includes an eyedropper with which users can select a white point to adjust the rest of the color in the image, as well as presets for common lighting conditions.
Auto Tone Adjustment evens out the exposure range for video with contrast problems or which was shot in low light. These tools were adapted from the HDR technology in Uleads flagship image editor, PhotoImpact.
NEW! Overlay Preview Window There is a new overlay preview feature which shows the original clip in a small window, making it much easier to experiment with different white balance settings until the desired effect is achieved.

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Video Filters
The quality of video that users wish to work with varies greatly. Backing up old VHS tapes to DVD is an excellent way to preserve family memories, but tape degrades and the resulting images are often noisy and grainy. Also, people often want to repurpose digital footage that has been compressed a few times, leaving blocky artifacts on the screen. VideoStudio 11 has several corrective filters to o get the best from heavily compressed or older material. NEW! DeBlock Filter cleans up video with blocky compression artifacts, such as movies copied from VCD or the internet.

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Titles
Creating titles is as easy as dragging a preset title from the library onto the title track, or just double-clicking the preview window and typing. Users can overlay several titles at once, each with different font, style, border, shadow and transparency settings, and animation behavior! Titles can have solid or gradient backdrops. Stroking (outlining) of on-screen text provides for more legible titles. Users can also import and export project titles in standard subtitle format.
Individual titles may be animated separately to fly, swing or fade - in 8 different animation styles with hundreds of variations.
Gridlines help with positioning titles on screen. Mark-in and markout points on the navigation panel control title animation pauses. Titles can now also be rotated for a more unique look.
Style presets The Title Library provides ready-to-customize titles in a variety of styles. Position and rotate titles
NEW! The Unicode character set enables multi-language titles, with double-byte Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters now supported.

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In the Audio tab, users can add audio to the Music and Voice tracks. VideoStudio can import audio clips in common formats, rip tracks from audio CDs, and record voiceovers on-the-fly using a microphone. Importing from audio CDs supports CD information from the Internet, such as track titles, artists, genres and dates.
Users can adjust the Playback Speed, and apply Audio Filters, including Remove Noise to clean up tracks, plus Volume Leveling and Reverb to enhance the sound. A Pitch Shift filter raises or lowers the key of audio clips without altering their length.
CD info from the Internet

Auto music

The Auto Music tab in the Options Panel shows the Auto Music Maker by SmartSound (www.smartsound.com). VideoStudio provides a library of 26 royalty-free music styles, each with a range of variations. The Auto Music function, like Audio Filters, is only available when VideoStudio is in Timeline View. The greatest advantage of using SmartSound is that it will create a complete piece of music with a beginning, middle and end, and match it exactly to the length of your project. If the user drags it longer or shorter, it will continue to retain its correct musical structure.
SmartSound Auto Music creates royaltyfree soundtracks automatically.

Audio View

Switching to Audio view opens the Surround Sound Mixer. The Surround Sound Mixer lets users adjust the levels or steer audio of individual audio tracks. Selecting the track icon on the left of the panel changes the color of the icon in the sound field.
Audio view also enables waveform display. Selecting a track in audio view changes the rubber band line to Red. Users can add key frames directly in the timeline to change audio levels. Changing to Project mode in the Navigation Panel (or clicking the Play button in the Surround Sound Mixer) changes the rubber band line to Blue. In Blue mode, users can change levels for the entire track by positioning the scrub line at the beginning of the track and adjusting the Mixer sliders. This is the technique used in tip presented to the right.
Your Own Surround Tracks! A simple technique for creating 5.1 tracks for home movies with background music: Leave the audio from the camcorder video untouched, then select the background music in the music track. Zero the center channel level and reduce the overall level by 6 or 12 db. This will play the camcorder (dialogue) mostly on the center channel, while providing a pleasing surround experience of the background music.

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The Share tab provides all the options for outputting video. Create Video File VideoStudio 11s wide file format support ensures highquality output to WMV or MPEG-4 templates for iPod, PSP and other mobile devices. It also includes several highdefinition video formats, such as MPEG-2 HD, HDV and WMV-HD. The custom option gives users access to full codec settings. Users can create new presets in the Make Movie Manager in the Tools menu.

Share Options Panel

NEW! MPEG Optimizer When choosing MPEG as the output format, VideoStudio will analyze the video on the timeline and make an intelligent recommendation which frame size and bitrate to use, to ensure the most efficient encoding.
Export to Mobile device Choose from a selection of MPEG-4 and WMV presets and then invoke the Mobile device interface to find connected devices. It directly supports iPod, Zune, PSP, Nokia Video Phones, and PDAs. Share Video Online Upload videos to sharing site Neptune.com. (Users can also use sites like YouTubes own uploading utilities.) DV/HDV recording Connect an HDV or DV camcorder and write back to tape. VideoStudio 11 supports writing back to DVD camcorders while VideoStudio 11 Plus allows users to write to both DV and HDV camcorders.

DV and HDV Recording

Smart Project Package When users are done with their project, the Smart Project Package tool in the File menu backs up a complete folder with project file and all related media where you can archive it and easily recover it for further editing.

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DVD and HD DVD Authoring

Create Disc

VideoStudio has matured into a powerful DVD authoring tool and shares many of the advanced authoring features found in Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6, including support for high definition HD DVD discs in VideoStudio 10 Plus.
Add media to DVD projects from a variety of sources including VideoStudio project files, existing video clips, non-copyprotected video from AVCHD, DVD-Video or DVD-VR discs and, as in the Capture and Share steps, video from mobile devices. Users choose a disc format from a list in the bottom left hand corner of the authoring wizard, where they can also switch between standard and widescreen aspect ratios for DVDs.

Creating 3X DVD Discs

This is just one of the really cool things users can do in VideoStudio 11 Plus. Capture and edit HD footage, select HD DVD in preferences, and author an HD DVD project. In the final burning step, all you need to do is insert a standard DVD, and VideoStudio will burn a DVD 3X disc that can play about 20 minutes of HD video on an HD DVD player like the Toshiba HD-A1 or the Xbox 360 add-on player. It will also play full-res HD on your PC with a software player such as WinDVD 8 HD DVD.

Menu Authoring

VideoStudio now provides full creative control over menu elements. Users can resize, reposition, rotate and even distort menu buttons and text on-screen. VideoStudio 11 provides a great-looking selection of professionally-designed 16:9 widescreen and 4:3 menu templates, simple click-and-type on-screen text entry, and the ability to create moving menu backgrounds and button labels.
Menu objects and text can be freely positioned, rotated and distorted for an eye-catching layout.
Users can add motion filters or Pan & Zoom effects to bring still image menu backgrounds to life.

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The Perfect Menu Every Time
VideoStudio 11 comes with a rich set of DVD Menu templates in both 4:3 and 16:9 that can be used as is, or freely customized. Mix and match from over 110 background images, 11 layouts, 11 sets of navigation buttons, and 12 frame types, for literally millions of possible combinations! For users, that means fresh menu designs that perfectly suit their videos, every time!

Unique! SmartScene Menus feature one large preview screen for the movie titles on a DVD.

Unique! Menu Transitions

Menu-in and Menu-out transitions give DVDs smooth, professional transitions from menus to video contents and back.

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Preview and Burn
Users can preview menu behavior at any stage of the authoring process.
Preview Window & Playback Controls
Preview button Return to menu authoring
Choose the disc burner and/or select the folder to output video files or a disc image.
Everything can go on one disc: video, as well as data files or documents
Adjust output settings, including high-quality 2-pass MPEG encoding Click BURN and sit back while VideoStudio does the rest!
VideoStudio 11 Plus - Bonus Software
InterVideo WinDVD 8 Player

(Silver version)

The Worlds #1 DVD Playback Software Universal Player Superior Audio & Video Technologies Visualizations & interactive panel Play back AVCHD Camcorder discs or files

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Ulead VideoStudio 11 and VideoStudio 11 Plus are video editing and DVD authoring software that lets anyone do more with video. Both packages offer users a complete array of easy-to-use tools to edit video and author discs. With VideoStudio 11, new users have an affordable, entry-level application that delivers a winning balance between creativity and ease-of-use. VideoStudio 11 Plus offers a rich array of advanced editing features together with High-definition support for users who are ready to take their videos to the next level.
Thank you for taking the time to review Ulead VideoStudio 11 and VideoStudio 11 Plus. For further information, please visit www.corel.com or www.ulead.com.

Pricing and Availability

Ulead VideoStudio 11 and VideoStudio 11 Plus will be available in late April, 2007. The suggested retail prices for the box and download editions are: Ulead VideoStudio 11 $89.99 Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus $128.99 Upgrades to Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus will be available in a download version. VideoStudio 11 Plus ESD Upgrade $59.99 Users may upgrade from: VideoStudio 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 Ulead Movie Wizard 1 & 2 Ulead Video ToolBox 2 HE & ME

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System Requirements
System Requirements (for general and Proxy HDV Editing) Intel Pentium 4 (equivalent) or higher recommended Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Home Edition/Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista 512 MB (1GB RAM recommended) 1 GB of available hard disk space for program installation Windows-compatible sound card (multi-channel sound card for surround sound support recommended) Windows-compatible CD-ROM for installation Non-Proxy HDV editing requires: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or higher with Hyper-Threading technology Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 for HDV camcorder support) 1 GB of RAM (2GB or more recommended) 16X PCI Express display adapter Input/Output Device Support 1394 FireWire cards for use with DV/D8/HDV camcorders Support for OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 Analog capture cards for analog camcorders (VFW & WDM support for XP and Broadcast Driver Architecture support for Vista) Analog and Digital TV capture device (Broadcast Driver Architecture support) USB capture devices, PC cameras, and DVD/hard drive/AVCHD camcorders * Windows compatible HD DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW drive Apple iPod with video, Sony PSP, Pocket PC, Smartphone, Nokia Mobile phone, Microsoft Zune Input File Format Support Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M2T, MPEG-4, H.264, QuickTime, Windows Media Format, DVR- MS, MOD (JVC MOD File Format), 3GPP**, 3GPP2** Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, MP3, MPA, QuickTime, WAV, Windows Media Format. Images: BMP, CLP, CUR, EPS, FAX, FPX, GIF87a, ICO, IFF, IMG, JP2, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PNG, PSD, PXR, RAS, SCT, SHG, TGA, TIF/TIFF, UFO, UFP, WMF Disc: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD) Output File Format Support Video: AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M2T (MPEG Transport Stream) MPEG-4, H.264, QuickTime, Real Media, Windows Media Format, 3GPP**, 3GPP2** Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, MPA, WAV, Windows Media Format. Images: BMP, JPG Disc: HD DVD, DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD) Media: CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer, HD DVD. *AVCHD supports import directly from camcorder or DVD disc only ** Plug-in required

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1 Step Panel Contains the Capture, Edit, and Share buttons, which correspond to the different steps in the video editing process. 2 Menu Bar Contains the File, Edit, Tools, and Settings menus, which provide different sets of commands. 3 Player Panel Contains the Preview Window and Navigation Panel.
4 Library Panel Contains the Media Library, Media Filters and Options Panel. 5 Timeline Panel Contains the Toolbar and Project Timeline. To move a panel Double-click the top-left corner of the Player Panel, Timeline Panel or Library Panel. When the panel is active, you can minimize, maximize, resize each panel. Note: You can also drag the panel outside the main window into the second display area for dual-monitor setups.

To dock a panel

Click and hold an active panel. The docking guide appears.
Drag your mouse over the docking guide and choose a docking position to snap the panel in place.
To save a custom workspace layout Click Settings > Layout Settings > Save to and click a Custom option. To load a custom workspace layout Click Settings > Layout Settings > Switch to and choose Default or one of the custom settings you have saved. To know more about hotkey combinations assigned for each preset, see Layout settings shortcuts on page 153. You can also change the layout settings from the UI Layout tab in Settings > Preferences.

Step Panel

Corel VideoStudio Pro simplifies the process of creating movies into three simple steps. Click the buttons in the Step Panel to switch between steps.
Media clips can be recorded or imported directly to your computer's hard drive in the Capture Step. This step allows you to capture and import video, photo, and audio clips. The Edit Step and the Timeline are the heart of Corel VideoStudio Pro, where you can arrange, edit, trim and add effects to your video clips. The Share Step lets you export your finished movie to tape, a DVD, or the Web.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing Corel VideoStudio Pro, opening and saving movie projects, working with individual clips, and more.
Preview Window and Navigation Panel
The Navigation Panel provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. Use the Navigation Controls to move around a selected clip or your project. Use the Trim Markers and Scrubber to edit your clips. In the Capture Step, this panel also acts as the device control for the DV or HDV camcorder.
1 Preview Window Shows the current project or clip being played. 2 Scrubber Lets you scrub through the project or clip. 3 Trim Markers Lets you drag to set a preview range in the project or to trim a clip. 4 Project/Clip Mode
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Specifies a preview of the entire project or of a selected clip only. 5 Play Plays, pauses, or resumes the current project or a selected clip. 6 Home Returns to the starting segment or cue. 7 Previous Moves to the previous frame. 8 Next Moves to the next frame. 9 End Moves to the end segment or cue. 10 Repeat Loops playback. 11 System Volume Lets you adjust the volume of your computer's speakers by dragging a slider. 12 Timecode Lets you jump directly to a part of your project or selected clip by specifying the exact timecode. 13 Enlarge Preview Window Increases the size of the Preview Window. 14 Split Clip Splits the selected clip. Position the Scrubber to where you want the clip to be split, and then click this button. 15 Mark-in/Mark-out Sets a preview range in the project, or sets the start and end points for trimming a clip.

Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to easily access buttons for editing. You can also change your project view, zoom in and out on the Project Timeline, and launch different tools that can help you edit efficiently.
1 Storyboard View Displays your media thumbnails in chronological order. 2 Timeline View Lets you perform frame-accurate editing of your clips on separate tracks, adding and positioning other elements such as titles, overlays, voice-over and music. 3 Undo Undoes the last action. 4 Redo Redoes the last action that was undone. 5 Record/Capture Option Shows the Record/Capture Option panel, where you can capture video, import files, record voice-overs and take snapshots. 6 Instant Project Lets you choose project templates with opening and closing sequences containing graphics, titles, and music, as well as placeholder media clips that you can easily replace with your own clips. 7 Sound Mixer Launches the Surround Sound Mixer and the multitrack Audio Timeline, which lets you customize your audio settings.

12 Title Track Contains title clips. 13 Voice Track Contains voice-over clips. 14 Music Track Contains music clips from audio files. To move between tracks, click the track buttons. You can use the mouse wheel to scroll through the Project Timeline. When the pointer is at the Zoom controls or Timeline ruler, you can use the wheel to zoom in and out of the Project Timeline.

Options Panel

The Options Panel changes according to the programs mode and the step or track that you are working on. The Options Panel may contain one or two tabs. The controls and options in each tab vary, depending on the selected clip. When you start Corel VideoStudio Pro, the Edit Step appears, and the video clip thumbnails are displayed in the Library. You can open the Options Panel by double-clicking a clip or clicking the Options button.

Library

The Library is a storage depot for everything you need to create a movie: video clips, photos, transitions, titles, filters, color clips, and audio files.
Right-click a clip in the Library to view the clip's properties as well as copy, delete, or Split by Scene. You can also trim a clip in the Library by using the Trim markers. Hold [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple clips.
To add media clips to the Library
Click Add to create a new library folder where your media clips will be saved. Note: You can add custom folders to separate your personal media clips from sample media clips for more efficient editing or to keep all clips that belong to one project in a single folder.
Click Import Media Files to locate your files. Select all files you want to import. Click Open. Click Browse from the Library Panel to open the File Explorer where you can drag and drop files to the Library or Timeline directly. You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer straight to the Library.
To delete media clips from the Library
Select the clip to remove from the Library, then press [Delete]. Or, right-click the clip in the Library and select Delete. Note: This action only deletes the Library media clip entry in the program. You can still access the actual file from the path where it is saved.
When prompted, verify whether you want to delete the thumbnail from the Library. You can also import your exported Library to restore media files and other library information. Click on Settings > Library Manager > Import Library and find the directory you specified. Note: To reset your Library to the default settings, select Settings > Library Manager > Reset Library.

To automatically locate and relink the files in your library, click File > Relink. A notification on the number of clips relinked successfully will be displayed. If there are clips left unlinked, you can manually relink them by browsing for the corresponding file in your computer.
Back up your Library to avoid losing important library information and media clips. This action will create a backup of the virtual media files information of your current library in the directory you will specify. You can find this option in Settings > Library Manager > Export Library and specify your target location.
Saving Titles to the Library
When you are creating multiple title clips that share the same attributes, such as font type and style, it is useful to store a copy of your title clip in the Library. To save your title as a preset Right-click the title clip in the Timeline and click Add to My Favorites. This way, you can easily change the text by dragging it from My Favorites in the Library back onto the Title Track while still maintaining the attributes of the title clip. Sorting clips in the Library by using Media Filters There are different ways to sort your media clips according to classifications and views. To sort media clips by name, date or rating Click the Sort clips in the Library button Name, Sort by Type or Sort by Date. To change the media clips views Click the List view button to display your media clips in a list that to , then select Sort by
includes file properties, or click the Thumbnail view button display thumbnails.
To show or hide media clips Click one or more of the following buttons: Show / Hide Videos Show / Hide Photos Show / Hide Audio Files You can also use the icons in the Media Library to display media clips, transitions, titles, graphics and filters.

Thumbnail Views

Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to adjust the size of thumbnails for easier access to the different media clips in the Library.

Thumbnail size slider

To adjust thumbnail size Move the slider to the left or right to decrease and increase thumbnail size. In your next session, Corel VideoStudio Pro will use the last-selected thumbnail size as default.
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Starting a new movie project
When you start Corel VideoStudio Pro, it automatically opens a new project and lets you start creating your movie. New projects are always based on the default settings of the application. Corel VideoStudio Pro combines the video, titles, sounds, and effects in a process called rendering. Project settings determine how your movie project is rendered when you preview it. The output video can then be played back on your computer, burned to disc, or uploaded to the internet. This section contains the following topics: Using Instant Project templates Setting your preferences Setting project properties Adding clips Previewing Undoing and redoing actions Showing and hiding grid lines Saving projects Saving projects by using Smart Package

Using Instant Project templates
Corel VideoStudio Pro has sample project templates that can help acquaint you with the the application's tasks and features. You can also use the Instant Project templates to create your video project or create your own custom templates. To open an Instant Project template
Click the Instant Project button

on the Toolbar.

Note: The Custom category contains templates you have created. Choose a template category from the drop-down menu and click a project thumbnail to preview the selected template. Choose the point of insertion in the Timeline between Add at the beginning and Add at the end. Click Insert.
To create an Instant Project template
Open the video project that you want to save as a templete. Click File > Export as template. Click Yes when prompted to save your project. Enter a File name, Subject and Description. Browse for the folder where you want to save your template and click Save. In the Export project as template dialog box, move the slider to display the thumbnail that you want to use for the template and indicate the path and folder name. Template details will also be displayed. Click OK.
To import project templates
Click Import a project template and browse for the template file that you have created. Click OK. Your template will be imported into the Custom category.

Setting your preferences

Customize the program's working environment through the Preferences dialog box. You can specify a working folder for saving files, set undo levels, choose preferred settings for program behavior, enable Smart Proxy, choose the default transition effect for your project and more. To set program preferences Click Settings > Preferences or press F6 to launch the Preferences dialog box.
Setting project properties
Project Properties serve as your template for previewing your movie projects. The project settings in the Project Properties dialog box determine the appearance and quality of a project when it is previewed on-screen. To modify project properties
Click Settings > Project Properties. Choose the appropriate setting options in the Project Properties dialog box. Click OK.
When customizing project settings, it is recommended that you make the settings the same as the attributes of the video footage that will be captured to avoid distorting the video images and have smooth playback without jumping frames.

Adding clips

There are five ways to add clips to your project: To add clips Do one of the following: Capture video clips from a video source. The video clips will be inserted onto the Video track. Drag clips from the Library onto the appropriate tracks. Drag clips from File Explorer onto the appropriate tracks. In the Library, right-click on the thumbnail, select Insert to: and choose which track to insert media file. Right-click on the Timeline and choose the type of media you want to add from the right-click menu.
Copying and pasting clip attributes
You can use the attributes of one clip and apply it to a different clip on your movie project. When working with audio, you can also add filters to audio clips in the Music & Voice Options Panel in the Edit Step. To apply all the attributes of one clip to another clip
Right-click the source clip, and then select Copy Attributes. Right-click the target clip, and then select Paste Attributes.

Previewing

The Play button in the Navigation Panel serves two purposes: for playback of your entire project or a selected clip. To preview projects or clips Click Project or Clip, then click Play.
While working on your project, you will want to preview your work frequently to see how your project is progressing. Instant Playback allows you to quickly preview changes in your project without the need to create a temporary preview file. Playback quality will be dependent on your computers resources.

Setting a preview range

You may choose to play only a part of your project. The selected range of frames to preview is referred to as the preview range, and it is marked as a colored bar in the Ruler Panel.
To play the preview area only
Use the Trim Markers or the Mark-in/out buttons to select the preview range. To preview the selected range, select what you want to preview (Project or Clip), then click Play. To preview the entire clip, hold [Shift], then click Play.
Undoing and redoing actions
You can undo or redo the last set of actions that you performed while working on your movie by clicking Undo [Ctrl+Z] or Redo [Ctrl+Y] in the toolbar. You can adjust the number of undo levels in the Preferences dialog box.
Showing and hiding grid lines
You can use grid lines to guide you when repositioning OR resizing photos and videos or when adding titles to your movie. To show grid lines
In the Edit step, double-click a clip to display the Options Panel. Click the Attribute tab and choose Distort clip. Check Show grid lines.

Importing from mobile devices
You can import media clips from your mobile devices like Nokia and Windows Mobile-based phones, and PSP to your project. You can also use this feature to import from memory cards, digital still cameras and DSLRs. Make sure your device is properly connected and it can be recognized by Corel VideoStudio Pro. To import videos from a mobile device
In Capture Step Options Panel, click Import from Mobile Device. The Insert Media File from Hard Drive/External Device panel will launch. Select from the list of devices. Click to display all your media files in your device. The thumbnails of the media files contained in the device appears in the panel. Note: Click Settings to set where to browse for files and where to save imported and exported files.
Select the media file and click OK. The Import Settings dialog box will appear. You can apply the following settings: Check/uncheck Capture to Library. Select Library Folder from the drop-down list. Check/uncheck Insert to Timeline. You have the option to apply timecode as title by checking Add video date information as title. Choose between Entire video and Duration. If Duration is chosen, set value in seconds. Click OK.
To trim video clips before inserting into your project
Select the clip you want to trim and click

to preview the clip.

At the bottom of the dialog box, drag the Scrubber until you locate the point in the video clip that you want to set as the start of the clip. Click. Drag the Scrubber until you locate the point in the video clip that you want to set as the end of the clip. Click
to watch your trimmed clip. When finished, click OK.
Creating stop motion animations
Using captured images from DV/HDV camcorders or webcam, or photos imported from DSLRs, you can create stop motion animations directly in Corel VideoStudio and add them to your video projects. For best results, use a tripod when you shoot photos and videos that you want to use in your stop motion animation project. To open the Stop Motion window Click Stop Motion in the Capture Step Options Panel to launch the Stop Motion window. Note: You can also launch the Stop Motion window when you click Stop Motion from Record/Capture Option.
To create a new stop motion animation project
Click Create to create a new stop motion project. Note: If you have an existing project open, you will be prompted to save your work before proceeding. In Project Name, enter a name for your stop motion project. In Capture Folder, specify or browse for the destination folder where you want your clips to be stored.
Select where you want you stop motion project to be stored by choosing an existing Library folder from the drop-down menu in Save to Library. Note: You can also create a new Library folder when you click Add a new folder.

Trimming a clip

The best part of editing your movie on your computer is the ease with which you can split and trim your clips with frame accuracy. To split a clip into two
In Storyboard View or Timeline View, select the clip you want to split. Drag the Scrubber to the point where you want to split the clip.

Note: Click

to set the cutting point more precisely.
Click to split the clip into two clips. To remove one of these clips, select the unwanted clip and press [Delete].
To trim a clip with the Trim markers using Single Clip Trimmer
Double-click a video clip in the Library or right-click on a video clip and choose Single Clip Trim to launch the Single Clip Trim dialog box. Click and drag the Trim markers to set the Mark-in/Mark-out points on the clip. For more precise trimming, click on a Trim marker, hold it, and use the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard to trim one frame at a time. The Mark-in/Mark-out points can also be set by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively.

Trim markers

Mark-in/ Mark-out
To preview the trimmed clip only, press [Shift + Space] or hold [Shift] and click the Play button. Note: You can also use zoom controls to display each frame of your video on the Timeline and trim one frame at a time. The Scroll Bar makes navigating through your project quicker and easier. A wheel mouse can also be used to scroll, and to zoom by pressing [Ctrl].
To trim a clip directly on the Timeline
Click a clip on the Timeline to select it. Drag the Trim markers on either side of the clip to change its length. The Preview Window reflects the position of the Trim marker in the clip. Note: Instant timecode tip is a feature of Corel VideoStudio Pro that allows you to add clips with a specific timecode. It appears while trimming and inserting overlapping clips on the Timeline, enabling you to make adjustments based on the timecode shown. For example, the instant timecode tip appears with the format 00:00:00.00 (00 - 04.25). 00:00:00.00 indicates the current timecode where the selected clip is located. The (00 - 04.25) startend range represents the duration of one overlapping clip with the previous clip and another overlapping with the next clip.

Instant timecode tip

To trim a clip using the Duration box
Click a clip on the Timeline to select it. Click the timecode in the Duration box in the Options Panel and enter the desired clip length.

Duration

Rotate Rotates the video clip. Color Correction Allows you to adjust the hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and gamma of the video clip. You can also adjust the White balance of the video or photo clip or make auto tone adjustments. Speed/Time-lapse Allows you to adjust the playback speed of your clip and apply Time-lapse and Strobe effects. Reverse video Plays the video backward. Take a Snapshot Saves the current frame as a new image file and places it in the Photo Library. All enhancements made to the file are discarded before saving. Split Audio Allows you to separate the audio from a video file and place it on the Voice Track. Split by Scene Splits a captured DV AVI file based on the shooting date and time, or the changes in video content (i.e., motion change, camera shifting, brightness change, etc.). Multi-trim Video Allows you to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them. Photo: Photo tab Duration Sets the duration of the selected image clip. Rotate Rotates the image clip. Color Correction Allows you to adjust the hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and gamma of the image. You can also adjust the White balance of the video or image clip or make auto tone adjustments. Resampling Option Lets you modify a photos aspect ratio when a transition or effect is applied. Pan & Zoom Applies the Pan & Zoom effect to the current image.
Presets Provides various Pan & Zoom presets. Choose a preset from the drop-down list. Customize Allows you to define how to pan and zoom the current image. Color: Color tab Duration Sets the duration of the selected color clip. Color Picker Click the color box to adjust the color. Attribute tab Mask & Chroma Key Allows you to apply overlay options such as mask, chroma key, and transparency. Alignment Options Allows you to adjust object position in preview window. Set the option through the Alignment Options pop-up menu. Replace last filter Allows the last filter applied to a clip to be replaced when you drag a new filter onto the clip. Clear this option if you want to add multiple filters to your clips. Applied filters Lists the video filters that were applied to a clip. Click or to arrange the order of the filters; click to remove a filter. Presets Provides various filter presets. Choose a preset from the drop-down list. Customize Filter Allows you to define the behavior of the filter throughout the clip. Direction/Style Allows you to set the direction and style of entry/ exit of the clip. This can be set to static, top/bottom, left/right, topleft/top-right, bottom-left/bottom-right. As for the style, you can set direction of entry/exit of clips through: Rotate before/after pause duration and Fade in/out motion effect.

Editing titles

To edit titles
Select the title clip on the Title Track and click the Preview Window to enable title editing. Modify the properties of the title clip by using the different options in the Edit and Attribute tabs of the Options Panel.
To adjust the duration of title clips Do one of the following: Drag the handles of the clip Enter a Duration value in the Edit tab. To see how the title appears on the underlying video clip, select the title clip and then click Play Trimmed Clip or drag the Scrubber. You can also copy and paste attributes from one clip to another. To do this, right-click the source clip, select Copy Attributes, and then right-click the target clip and select Paste Attributes.
Modifying text attributes
Modify the attributes of your text, such as font face, style, size, and more, by using the available settings in the Edit tab of the Title Library. Click Title in the Library then go to the Edit tab to apply options available for modifying text attributes.
More options allow you to set the style and alignment, apply Border, Shadow and Transparency and add a Text backdrop to your text.
You can apply preset styles to your title by clicking the Title Style Preset button.
A text backdrop superimposes your text on an ellipse, rounded rectangle, curve-edged rectangle and a rectangle color bar. To add a text backdrop
Click the Customize text backdrop attributes button Text Backdrop dialog box.

to open the

Choose a solid background bar or shapes that fit with text.
Choose the color of your backdrop. Use a solid or gradient color and set the transparency.
To modify text border, transparency, and add shadows Click the Border/Shadow/Transparency button in the Options Panel and set attributes using the Border/Shadow/Transparency dialog box.
To rotate text in the Preview Window
Select a text to display the yellow and purple handles in the Preview Window. Click and drag a purple handle to the position you want. Note: You can also rotate text using the Options Panel. In the Edit tab, specify a value in Rotate by degree to apply a more precise angle of rotation.

Applying animation

Apply motion to your text using title animation tools, such as Fade, Moving Path, and Drop. To apply animation to the current text
In the Attribute tab, select Animation and Apply. Select the animation category from the Type drop-down list and select the specific preset animation from the box under Type. Click the Customize animation attributes button to open a dialog box where you can specify animation attributes.
In some animation effects, you can drag the Pause duration handles to specify how long the text will pause after it enters and before it exits the screen.

Key frame Controls

Note: You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out of the Timeline Control bar for precise placement of key frames.
Click Add key frame to set that frame as a key frame in the clip. You can adjust the video filter settings for that particular frame. Note: A diamond-shaped mark on the Timeline Control bar appears and indicates that the frame is a key frame in the clip.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add more key frames to your clip. Use the Timeline controls to edit or to go to a key frame in the clip. To delete a key frame, click Remove key frame.
Click Reverse key frames to reverse the sequence of key frames on the Timeline such that the sequence starts with the last key frame and ends with the first key frame. To move to the succeeding key frame, click Go to next key frame. To move to the key frame prior to the one selected, click Go to previous key frame
. to establish fade points in your

Click Fade In filter.

and Fade Out
Adjust the video filter settings according to your preferences. Preview the changes you've made by clicking Play Window of the dialog box. in the Preview
10 Click OK when finished.
Note: To preview the clip with the video filter applied, use the Preview Window or an external device such as a TV monitor or DV camcorder. To choose the display medium, click , then click Preview Playback Options dialog box. to open the
Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your video production. Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to add both narration and music to your project. The Audio feature in Corel VideoStudio Pro consists of two tracks: Voice and Music. You can insert narration on the Voice Track and background music or sound effects on the Music Track. For more information on working with audio files, see Adding audio files, Adding voice-over narration, and Adding background music.
Taking snapshots in the Edit Step
A photo snapshot can be taken in the Edit Step by selecting a specific frame on the Timeline and saving it as an image file. To capture photos
Select Settings > Preferences > Capture. Choose Bitmap or JPEG as the Snapshot format. Note: If you selected JPEG, set the Snapshot quality.
Click OK. Select a video clip in your project. Drag the Scrubber to the frame you want to capture. Select Edit > Take a Snapshot. The photo snapshot is automatically added in the Library and saved to your working folder.

Ripple Editing

Ripple Editing allows you to insert or remove clips while automatically moving other clips (including empty spaces) accordingly, to make room for it on the Timeline. Ripple editing begins after the insertion point. Use this mode to maintain the original synchronization of tracks when inserting or deleting clips. This feature is useful when you want other titles or tracks to play along with a particular moment in the video. This also makes editing more efficient by keeping all tracks synchronized, using the video track as reference.

To paint a still image Using the different sets of brushes and colors, paint your still image on the canvas or Preview Window and click Snapshot when finished. Note: Your painting will automatically be saved in the Painting Creator Library. To record a painting animation
Click Start recording. Using the different sets of brushes and colors, paint your still image on the canvas or Preview Window and click Stop recording when finished. Note: Your painting animation will automatically be saved in the Painting Creator Library.
To play your painting animations Choose your desired animations from the Macro/Static Library and click the Play button to play the selected gallery item.
To convert your animation to a still image Right-click your animation thumbnail and select Transfer animation item to still. Note: You can use the still image as an intro or end clip of your animation. To import animations and images in the Corel VideoStudio Library Choose your desired animations and images in the Gallery and choose OK. Corel VideoStudio Pro will automatically insert your animations in the Librarys Video folder and images in the Images folder both in *.uvp format.
To specify your brush settings
Click on the Settings button
Modify the brush properties to achieve your desired brush stroke effect. Note: Options vary for each painting tool. Click OK.

Working with Audio

Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your video production. Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to add music, narration, and sound effects to your project. The Audio feature in Corel VideoStudio Pro consists of four tracks. You can insert narrations on the Voice Track and the background music or sound effects on the Music Track.

Adding audio files

You can add audio files to your project in any of the following ways: Add audio files to the Library from a local or network drive. Rip audio from CD Record a voice-over clip Use Auto Music Note: You can also extract audio from a video file. To add an audio file to the Library Click the Import Media Files button your computer. to browse for audio files in
Adding voice-over narration
Documentaries, news and travel features often use narrations to help the audience understand what is going on in the video. Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to record your own narration. To add voice-over narration
Move the scrubber to the section of the video where you want to insert your voice-over. In Timeline view, click the Record/Capture Option button and select Voice-over. The Adjust Volume dialog box appears. Note: You cannot record over an existing clip. When a clip is selected, recording is disabled. Make sure that a clip is not selected by clicking on an empty area on the Timeline. Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds accordingly. You can use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the level of the microphone. Click Start and begin speaking into the microphone. Press [Esc] or [Space] to end recording. Note: The best way to record narrations is to do the recording in 10 to 15-second sessions. This makes it easier to remove a badly recorded narration and redo it. To remove, just select the clip on the Timeline and press [Delete].

Adding and Editing chapters
This feature is available only when the Create menu option is selected. By adding chapters, you can create submenus linked to their associated video clip. You can create up to 99 chapters for a video clip.
Represented as a video thumbnail in a submenu, each chapter is like a bookmark for a video clip. When viewers click a chapter, the playback of the video will start from the selected chapter. If the Create menu option is not selected, you will be guided to the preview step immediately without creating any menus after clicking Next.
When you are creating a disc with only one VideoStudio project or one video clip, do not select Use first clip as introductory video if you want to create menus.
To create or edit chapters linked to a video clip
Select a video in the Media Clip List. Click Add/Edit Chapter. Drag the Jog Slider to move to a scene that you want to set as a chapter point, and click Add Chapter. You can also click Auto Add Chapters to let VideoStudio automatically select chapters. Note: If you want to use Auto Add Chapters, your video must be at least one minute long or the video has scene change information. Repeat Step 3 to add more chapter points. Click OK. You can also use Remove Chapter or Remove All Chapters to delete unwanted chapters. If you click Auto Add Chapters and your video is a DV-formatted AVI file, the program automatically detects scene changes and add chapters accordingly. For MPEG-2 files, the program uses the scene change information to automatically generate chapters.

Creating selection menus

Corel VideoStudio includes a set of menu templates for you to create your menus and submenus. These menus provide an interactive screen from which your audience can choose which video to watch.

Clip 1 Main menu

Clip 2

Submenu #1

In this example, Clip 1 has three chapters, so when you click the Clip 1 video thumbnail, it will jump to submenu #1. If you look at Clip 2, it has no chapters assigned to it, so when you click Clip 2, the video will start playing from the beginning. To edit menus Use Currently displayed menu to switch to the menu you want to edit.
Now, it's time to see how your movie looks before you burn it onto a disc. Simply move the mouse and click Play to watch your movie and test the menu on your computer. Use the navigation controls here as you would on a standard remote control of a standalone disc player.
Burning your project onto a disc
This is the final step in the disc creation process. You can burn your movie to a disc, disc folders to save on your hard drive, or create a disc image file so that you can burn the movie at a later time.
To burn your movie onto a disc
Click Next after you preview your project. Click Show more output options and enable one or more of the following options: Create DVD folders Creates DVD folders similar to a disc output in a specified location. Create disc image Creates an ISO image file of the DVD for later use. Normalize audio Evens out irregular audio levels during playback.