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Direct video capturing to Windows Media Video Selecting a profile. Editing and customizing a video profile. Capturing still images. The Edit Step Options Panel. Adding clips to the Video Track. Video clips. Images. Color clips. Trimming a clip. Saving trimmed clips. Ripple Editing. Adding chapters using Chapter Point Bar Enabling Smart Proxy. Converting multiple files. Adjusting color and brightness. Playback Speed. Reversing video playback. Capturing still images in the Edit Step. Split by Scene. Multi-trimming your video. Using Ad-Zapper. Applying video filters. Key frame settings. Pan & Zoom. Resizing and distorting clips. Adding transitions. The Effect Step Options Panel The Album transition. The Flashback transition. The Mask transitions.

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Adding clips to the Overlay Track Multiple overlay tracks. The Overlay Step Options Panel. Adding Objects or Frames. Adding Flash animations. Adding text. Modifying text attributes. The Title Step Options Panel Applying animation. Animation effects.

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The Audio Step Options Panel. Adding voiceover narration. Adding background music. Importing music from an audio CD Adding audio files. Trimming and cutting audio clips. Stretching audio duration. Fade-in/out. Mixing audio tracks. Using the Clip Volume Control. Using the Surround Sound Mixer. Duplicating an audio channel. Volume rubber banding. Applying audio filters.
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The Share Step Options Panel. Creating movie templates. Creating and saving a video file. Burning a DVD, VCD, SVCD or HD DVD. Assembling files. Adding/Editing chapters. Creating selection menus. Previewing. Burning your project onto a disc. Project Playback. Exporting your movie. Export to Mobile Device. Output video file to a different medium. Posting your video on a Web page. Sending a movie by e-mail. Electronic greeting cards. Setting your video as your Movie Screen Saver Creating an audio file. Recording back to a DV camcorder. Menus. File menu. Edit menu. Clip menu. Tools menu. Help menu. Dialog boxes. Advanced Settings (DV-to-DVD Wizard) Audio Save Options. Batch Convert. Border/Shadow/Transparency. Capture Options. Change Capture Plug-in. Burning Options.

Ripple Editing

Ripple Editing allows you to insert clips while automatically moving other clips (including empty spaces) aside, to make room for it on the Timeline. Use this mode to maintain the original track synchronizations when inserting additional clips.
Ripple Editing is enabled for the tracks where content is inserted.
A color clip is inserted before the original clip and all clips where Ripple Editing is applied shift accordingly
To insert clips in Ripple Editing mode: 1. Click Ripple Editing to activate the panel, then select the corresponding box for each track where you want to apply Ripple Editing. 2. Drag the clip to insert from the Library to the desired position on the Timeline. As soon as the new clip is in place, all clips where Ripple Editing is applied will shift accordingly while maintaining their track positions relative to one another.
Note: Ripple Editing can be applied from any of the three project views.
Ripple Editing also works when removing clips. In the example below, Overlay and Title tracks maintain their position relative to the video after the clip in the middle has been removed.
Adding chapters using Chapter Point Bar
You can add chapter pointers by clicking. Select Add to specify the chapter name and the specific timecode you want to set as a new chapter. Notice that, below your Timeline ruler, chapter pointers are set as markers in your movie.
To edit a chapter, click on a chapter pointer you want to edit and drag to a new position. To rename, double click a chapter pointer and then enter a new chapter name. Click OK. To remove, simply drag the pointer outside the timeline ruler and then drop.

Enabling Smart Proxy

Proxy files are lower resolution working copies of video files. They are reduced in resolution or compression bit rate for only one reason --to speed up editing of HDV and other large video source files. Proxy files are source-dependent rather than project-dependent. In other words, proxy files can be shared among different projects. When you edit and preview your project in Instant Play mode, proxy files will be used as substitutes for their large video source counterparts. Whereas when you preview your project in high-quality playback mode or when you render a video file, the original video source files will be used. To enable the creation of proxy files, go to File: Preferences - Smart Proxy, then select the Enable Smart Proxy option. In the Smart Proxy tab of the Preferences dialog box, you can set the condition when proxy files need to be generated and choose a proxy file format. Once Smart Proxy is enabled, proxy files will automatically be created and used in your project whenever you insert video files into the Timeline. In the toolbar, click to see the list of video files to be generated as proxy files. Select the files you want to include in your queue and then click OK.

Swing dialog box

Pause: Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly. Swing degree: Select the level of curve applied to the text. Enter/Exit: Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will start and end. Clockwise: Select to animate the curve in a clockwise direction.

Turn dialog box

Enter/Exit: Denotes the trail from where the motion of the title will start and end.
Pause: Applies a break in between the start and end direction of the animation. Select No Pause to make the animation run seamlessly.

Zoom dialog box

Show Title: Select to display the title at the end of the animation. Unit: Determines how the title appears in the scene: Text: The whole title appears in the scene. Character: The title appears in the scene one character at a time. Word: The title appears in the scene one word at a time. Line: A line of text appears in the scene one at a time.
Zoom start/Zoom end: Enter the title zoom ratio at the start and end of the animation.
Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your video production. VideoStudio's Audio Step allows you to add both narration and music to your project. The Audio Step consists of two tracks: Voice and Music. Insert your narrations on the Voice Track and your background music or sound effects on the Music Track.
The Audio Step Options Panel
The Audio Step Options Panel consists of two tabs: Music & Voice tab and Auto Music tab. The Music & Voice tab allows you to copy music from your audio CD, record your voice and apply audio filters to your audio tracks. The Auto Music tab allows you to use third-party music tracks for your project.

Music & Voice tab

Duration: Displays the duration of the audio track in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can also pre-set the length of the recording by entering the desired duration. Clip volume: Adjusts the volume level of the recorded clip. Fade-in: Gradually increases the volume of the clip. Fade-out: Gradually decreases the volume of the clip. Record Voice: Opens the Adjust Volume dialog box where you can first test the volume of your microphone. Click Start to start recording. VideoStudio creates a new clip to the right of the existing audio in the Voice Track on the Timeline. This changes into Stop during the recording process. Import from Audio CD: Opens a dialog box where you can import music tracks from an audio CD. Click to update your CD information either from the CD-text in the audio CD or from the Internet. Playback Speed: Opens a dialog box where you can change the speed and duration of an audio clip. Audio Filter: Opens the Audio Filter dialog box where you can apply audio filters to the selected audio clip. Audio View: Changes your timeline into audio waveform. When clicked, the Surround Sound Mixer tab is displayed.

3. Click "My Title" to customize the menu heading. You can also click the text description under each video thumbnail for customization.
Note: If you do not modify My Title and the thumbnail descriptions or skip Step 2, there will be no menu heading and thumbnail text in the final output.
4. In the Edit tab, you can further customize your movie by adding background image, music or audio and by modifying font properties.
Tips: Select Motion Menu to enable motion attributes to the selected menu template. Click Layout Settings to specify whether to apply layout to all pages of the menu, reset the page, or reset all pages of the menu. Click Advanced Settings to specify whether to add a title menu, create a chapter menu, or display the thumbnail numbers in the Chapter List. Click Customize to apply pan & zoom, motion filter and, menu in and menu out effects.
5. When you're done, click Go to the preview step to preview the movie.
Now, it's time to see how your movie looks like before you burn it onto a disc. Simply move the mouse and click Play to watch your movie and test the menu selection on your computer. Use the navigation controls here as you would on a standard remote control of a home DVD player.
Tip: As you move between controls, a Tool Tip pops up and tells you its specific function.
Burning your project onto a disc
This is the final step in the disc creation process. You can burn your movie onto a disc, create a DVD folder structure on your hard drive so you can play the DVD movie on your computer or create a disc image file of your movie to save on your hard drive.
Tip: For details about the different disc formats, you can refer to Appendix C: Technology Overview - DVD, VCD, SVCD and HD DVD.
To burn your movie onto a disc: 1. Click Next after you preview your project. 2. Click Show more output options to show other output options. Select Create DVD folders to create folders for your project and specify their location. Select Create disc image file to make an ISO image file of the DVD for later use. Select Normalize audio to make sure that irregular audio levels during playback are prevented. 3. Click Burning Options to define additional burner and output settings. 4. Click Burn to start the burning process. 5. After successfully burning your disc, a dialog box appears from which you can select the next step.

Posting your video on a Web page
The Internet is another medium where you can share your movies but there are a few things you need to take into consideration. A short three minute video can take up 60MB of disk space and will take many hours to download. However, at reasonable file sizes, viewers can download your movies from the Internet. Creating video for the Internet requires proper use of video format and compression to produce good quality but small file size video files. After you have created a movie that is suitable for posting to the Internet, VideoStudio can assist with the task of coding the HTML document. To export your video onto a Web page: 1. Select a video clip from the Library. 2. Click Output video file to a different medium and select Web Page.
3. A message will appear asking if you want to use Microsoft ActiveMovie control or not.
ActiveMovie is a small plug-in for your Internet browser (standard with IE 4.0 or above) which your viewers need to install. If you choose No, the page will be set up with a simple link to the movie. 4. Enter a name and location for the new HTML file. 5. Click OK.
Your default browser will open, displaying your page. When you upload this page to your Web server, you need to change one line of code to reflect the relative links to the associated movie file.

With Activemovie control

Without Activemovie control
Sending a movie by e-mail
When you select E-mail, VideoStudio automatically opens your default e-mail client and inserts the selected video clip into a new message as an attachment. Enter the necessary infomation in the fields then click Send. If your e-mail program was not previously configured as the default e-mail client, follow the instructions below to set up your e-mail program. In MAPI-compliant programs such as Netscape Mail and Eudora, you need to enable their MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) option. To set up Microsoft Outlook Express as your default e-mail program: 1. In Outlook Express, select Tools: Options. 2. Click the General Tab in the Options dialog box. 3. Under Default Messaging Programs, click the Make Default button after the This application is NOT the default Mail handler option. 4. Click Apply. To enable MAPI in Netscape Mail: 1. In Netscape Mail, select Edit: Preferences.
2. Select Mail & Newsgroups in the Category list. 3. Select Use Netscape Messenger from MAPI-based applications. 4. Click OK. To enable MAPI in Eudora: 1. In Eudora, select Tools: Options. 2. Select MAPI in the Category list. 3. Select Always under Use Eudora MAPI server.
Electronic greeting cards

7. Click Record. After you are done recording your project to the DV camcorder, click Finish.
Note: Before recording a video file back to your DV camcorder, make sure the video is saved with the correct codec. For example, the codec DV Video Encoder usually works well for most NTSC DV camcorders. You can select it from the Compression tab in the Video Save Options dialog box.
Appendix A: Menus and dialog boxes

File menu

New Project: Creates a new Ulead VideoStudio project file. This clears the existing workspace and opens the new project with the specified settings in the New dialog box. If you have an unsaved project opened in the workspace when you click New Project, Ulead VideoStudio prompts you to save the changes first. Open Project: Invokes the Open dialog box for selecting a Ulead VideoStudio project file (VSP) to place in the workspace. If you have an unsaved project opened in the workspace, a message prompts you to save the changes. Save/Save As: Allows you to save your work as a new or existing project file (*.VSP). It opens the Save As dialog box where you can assign a file name and location for saving the file. Project Properties: Displays the Project Properties dialog box that includes information about the currently opened file. Here you can also edit the project file template attributes. Preferences: Opens the Preferences dialog box where you can customize the Ulead VideoStudio working environment. Relink: Displays the Relink dialog box, prompting you to relink the currently selected clip whenever necessary. If you move the folder containing the source files to another directory, select Smart search in the Relink dialog box. When you relink one thumbnail, Ulead VideoStudio will relink all the source files in the directory automatically. Insert Media File to Timeline: Displays a pop-up menu that allows you to select video, DVD/DVD-VR, image, or audio, and then insert it to the appropriate track. Insert Media File to Library: Displays a pop-up menu that allows you to select video, DVD/DVD-VR, image, or audio, and then insert it to the Library.
Exit: Closes the Ulead VideoStudio program. It displays a message, prompting you to save your current project.

Edit menu

Undo: Reverses past actions that you performed on your project. Ulead VideoStudio allows you to go back up to the last 99 actions. The number of steps that you can undo depends on the settings you specify in the File: Preferences - General tab. Redo: Allows you to reverse up to 99 of the last undo commands you performed. The number of steps you can redo depends on the settings you specify in the File: Preferences - General tab. Copy: Copies the currently selected media clip to the clipboard so that it can be pasted into a Library folder. Paste: Pastes the copied media clip to the selected Library folder. Delete: Removes the currently selected clip from the selected Track/Library folder.

Note: By default, this option is not selected to ensure maximum compatibility.
Do not close disc: Select this function to create a multi-session disc for CDR/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R.

Preferences: File menu

General tab
Undo: Allows you to define the maximum number of times you can take back an action. Values range from 0-99. Background color: Specifies the background color to use for clips. Relink checking: Automatically performs a crosscheck between the clips in the project and their associated source files, allowing you to relink the source
files to the clips. This is important when the file in the Library is moved to another folder location. Show message when inserting first video clip into Timeline: Enables VideoStudio to prompt a message when it detects that an inserted video clip's properties do not match with the current project settings. When you capture or insert your first video clip into the project, VideoStudio automatically checks the properties of the clip and your project. If properties such as file format, frame size, etc. are not identical, VideoStudio displays a message and gives you the option to have the project settings automatically adjusted to match the clip's properties. Changing the project settings allows VideoStudio to perform SmartRender. Show startup screen: Select to open the startup screen every time you launch VideoStudio. This startup screen allows you to choose either to open DV-to-DVD Wizard, VideoStudio Movie Wizard, or VideoStudio Editor. Display title safe area in Preview Window: Select to show the title safe area in the Preview Window when creating titles. The title safe area is a rectangular box on the Preview Window. Make sure that your text is within the title safe area to ensure that your entire text is properly displayed on the TV screen. Use default transition effect: Automatically adds a transition effect between clips when new clips are added to the Video Track. Default transition effect: Allows you to choose the transition effect to be automatically applied to your project. Playback method: Choose a method for previewing projects: Instant Playback allows you to quickly preview changes in your project without the need to create a temporary preview file, however, playback may be jerky depending on your computer resources. High Quality Playback renders your project as a temporary preview file then plays this preview file. Playback is smoother in High Quality Playback mode, but rendering your project for the first time in this mode may take a long time to complete depending on the size of your project and computer resources. In High Quality Playback mode, VideoStudio uses SmartRender technology which renders only the changes you made such as transitions, titles and effects, and eliminates re-rendering the entire project. SmartRender saves time when generating previews.

Capture tab

Press OK to capture: Allows you to press OK to start capturing. Record directly from CD: Allows you to record an audio track directly from a CD. Captured still image save format: Specifies the format to which your captured still image file will be saved as. Image quality: Determines the display quality of the captured image. The higher the quality, the bigger the file. Image capture deinterlace: Enables constant image resolution when downloading files, as opposed to the progressive image resolution available with interlaced images. Stop DV tape when capturing stops: Enables the DV camcorder to automatically stop the tape playback after a video capture process is complete. Allow access to capture devices settings: If you need to customize particular capture settings of your capture device, select this option. When this option is selected, the Video and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box will no longer be available. In its place, several dialog boxes containing capture settings for the capture device will be made available. Show drop frame information: Select to display how many frames were dropped during video capture. Show Recover DVB-T Video warning before capturing: Select to enable VideoStudio to prompt if recovering DVB-T video files is needed when capturing.

Preview tab

Specify additional folders for preview files: Indicates which folder Ulead VideoStudio can use to save preview files. The folder shown is the folder specified in the SET TEMP statement of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Specify other folders if you have additional drives or a partitioned drive. If you only have one drive, leave the other boxes empty. Limit hard disk usage to: Specifies how much memory you want to allocate just for the Ulead VideoStudio's program. If you are only using Ulead VideoStudio and want to optimize the performance, select the maximum amount possible. If you are using other programs in the background, you may want to limit this to half of the maximum file size. If left cleared, Ulead VideoStudio uses your systems memory management to control the use and distribution of memory.

Smart Proxy

Enable Smart Proxy: Automatically creates proxy files whenever a video source file is inserted into the Timeline. Create proxy when video size is (or above): Allows you to set the condition as to when proxy files will be generated. If the frame size of a video source file is the same or is higher than the chosen frame size here, a proxy file will be created for the video file. Proxy folder: Sets the folder location to store proxy files. Video proxy options: Indicate the settings to be used in generating proxy files. To change the proxy file format or other settings, click Template to choose a template that already contains predefined settings, or click Options to tweak detailed settings.

UI Layout

Allows you to change the layout of VideoStudios user interface.
Preferences (Create Disc)
VCD player compliant: Ulead VideoStudio uses the VCD 2.0 format when creating VCDs. For navigation menus with background music, Ulead VideoStudio uses a format that requires "variable-bit-rate (VBR)" decoding. However, some VCD players do not support VBR decoding and therefore VCDs
created in Ulead VideoStudio will not play correctly in these players. Select this option to make sure that the VCD created will play in these players. Anti-flicker filter: Select to apply the anti-flickering filter to the menu pages. The anti-flickering filter reduces the "flickering" that happens when using a television (interlaced display) to view the menu pages. However, this does not help when the menu page is viewed on progressive scan devices such as computer monitors or projectors. Resume all confirmation dialog boxes: Select to have the confirmation boxes appear even after the Do not show again oprtion is selected. TV system: Select the type of your TV system (NTSC or PAL). Max 30MB menus for set-top DVD+VR recorder: Select to set the maximum file size for DVD menus to 30MB to make the DVD compatible with set-top DVD (DVD-VR) recorders. Working Folder Allows you to select the folder you want to save to your finished projects and captured clips.

Advanced tab

Create index file for MPEG seeking performance Improves real-time preview result using the Jog Slider. This option is specific for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files only. NTSC/PAL safe color Uses video friendly colors to ensure the display quality of your menus when viewed on any TV system. This helps you avoid the flickering problem on videos when viewed on screen. TV safe area Sets a margin (represented by a red border) in the Preview Window of the Setup Menu page. If you set the TV safe area at 10%, the remaining 90% will be your working area. Make sure that all your menu objects are within the working area so that they can be properly viewed on screen.

Preview Playback Options

View on the dialog box Preview Window: Select to preview the selected filter in the Preview Window of the dialog box View on the project Preview Window: Select to preview the selected filter in VideoStudios Preview Window.
External playback device: Select a device where to preview your clip with the filter applied. You can use a DV camcorders LCD monitor or another device such as a TV. If your display card supports two output devices, select Dual Head Device to preview the clip on the other device connected to your display card. Options: Click to adjust or modify the properties of the selected external playback device. Description: Displays additional information about the selected external playback device.

Project Properties

Project file information: Displays various information about the project file such as file size and duration. Project template properties: Displays the video file format and other attributes used by the project. Edit file format: Select the video format you are going to use to create your final movie. Click Edit to open the Project Options dialog box where you can customize compression and audio settings for the selected file format.

SmartRender Technology

Speed is usually one of the primary concerns of users when editing videos. While working on a video project, usually, you will want to preview the project as you edit, and it can be quite discouraging if you have to wait a long time to see the results of your work. Ulead VideoStudio's SmartRender feature makes previewing and creating movies a lot faster. When you preview your video project for the first time, VideoStudio 'renders' the project by creating a temporary preview file on your hard disk which combines the video, image, and audio clips with the special effects which you applied to them. The SmartRender feature detects any changes in your project, and if there are no changes, instantly plays back the preview file. If there are changes (for instance, when titles, video filters or transition effects have been added), it renders out only the edited portions, making render times much shorter and faster. The SmartRender feature also skips re-rendering when the properties of the captured video are consistent with the project settings. It only renders your project
the first time you inserted your captured video clips. When you add more captured video clips, VideoStudio directly plays back the project without rendering. In addition to previewing your video files, Ulead VideoStudio gives you an option to instantly preview your project without creating temporary files. With the Instant Playback option, you can play the entire project without having to wait then preview it immediately.

DV SmartPlay

Ulead VideoStudio's DV SmartPlay feature plays a video project directly from the Timeline out to a DV/D8 camcorder without rendering a movie file. It also lets you view your project on an external TV monitor if your IEEE-1394 capture card supports such monitor connection. While you are viewing your project on a DV/D8 camcorder, you can simultaneously record the project to the videotape by pressing Record on your camcorder.
DVD, VCD, SVCD and HD DVD
There are several factors to consider in choosing an output format for your project. These include your desired output quality, target playback device, and viewing screen size, among others. Here are the advantages and disadvantages that picking each output format entails: Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is popular in video production because of its quality. Not only does it guarantee superb audio and video quality, it can also hold several times more data than VCDs and SVCDs. DVDs make use of the MPEG-2 format, which has a much bigger file size than MPEG-1, and can likewise be produced as single or dual-sided, and single and dual-layered. They can be played on standalone DVD players or on the DVD-ROM drive of your PC. Video Compact Disc (VCD) is a special version of a CD-ROM that uses the MPEG1 format. The quality of the exported movie is almost the same, but usually better than VHS tape-based movies. A VCD can be played back on a CD-ROM drive, VCD player, and even on a DVD player. Super Video CD (SVCD) is commonly described as an enhanced version of VCD. It is based on MPEG-2 technology with Variable Bit Rate (VBR) support. The typical

Aspect Ratio

The relationship of width to height for a given image or graphic. Keeping or maintaining the aspect ratio refers to the process of maintaining size relationships when either the width or height of an image or graphic is changed.
Audio-Video Interleave is a digital video file format designed specifically for the Microsoft Windows environment.
The recording of video or images to a computer hard disk.

Capture Plug-ins

These are utilities integrated with Ulead VideoStudio that allow the program to recognize capture devices and automatically detect them when they are connected to the computer.
A short section or part of a movie. A clip can be audio, video, still images or a title.
COmpress and DECompress. All videos on a computer uses a special algorithm or program to process video. This program is called a codec.

Color Clip

A simple background color used in a movie. It is often used for titles and credits since they stand out clearly against the solid color.

Composite Video

A video signal that combines luminance and chrominance. NTSC and PAL are examples of composite video.

Compression

Making a file smaller by removing redundant data. Nearly all digital video is compressed in some way or another. Compression is achieved through a codec.

Data Rate

The amount of data per second that is transferred from one part of your computer to another. In digital video, the data rate of your source is very important: CDROMs have lower data rates than hard disks. The data rate of the Internet is very low.

Device Control

A software driver that allows programs to control video sources like the camcorder or VCR.

Digital

Computer data consisting of ones and zeros. Contrast digital information with analog.

Digitizing

The process of converting analog input to a digital form so that it can be used by the computer.
Digital Non-Linear Editing is a method of combining and editing multiple video clips to produce a finished product. DNLE offers random access to all source materials and all portions on the master tape at all times during the editing process.

Driver

A software program that controls the connection between a specific device and a computer.
Digital Video with a capital "D" and a capital "V" stands for a very specific format of video, just like VHS or High-8. This format can be understood (played back, recorded) by your camcorder and also by your computer, if you have the proper hardware (capture card) and software (DV codec). The most exciting thing about DV is that it can be copied from your camcorder to your computer, and then back to your camcorder (after editing, of course) without any loss of quality.

Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is popular in video production because of its quality. Not only does it guarantee superb audio and video quality, it can also hold several times more data than VCDs and SVCDs. DVDs make use of the MPEG-2 format, which has a much bigger file size than MPEG-1, and can likewise be produced as single or dual-sided, and single and dual-layered. They can be played on standalone DVD players or on the DVD-ROM drive of your PC.
In VideoStudio, an effect is a special computer generated transition between two video clips.

Export

The process of sharing files between applications. When you export a file, the data is usually converted into a format that is recognizable by the receiving application. The original file remains unchanged.
A transition effect where the clip gradually disappears or appears. In video, the picture would gradually change to or from a solid color; for audio, the transition would be from full volume to complete silence or vice-versa.

FireWire

A standard interface used for connecting digital audio/video devices such as DV camcorders to computers. It is the trademarked name given by Apple Computers for the IEEE-1394 standard.

Footage

A length of recorded film intended for use in a larger project.
A single image in a movie.

Frame Rate

The number of frames per second in a video. NTSC video is commonly 29.97 frames per second (fps), but smaller video files can be created on the computer by using lower frame rates, like 15 fps (not suitable for VCD or DVD).

Frame Size

The size of displayed images in video or animation sequences. If an image intended for the sequence is larger or smaller than the current frame size, it must be resized or cropped.
Abbreviation for High Definition Video. It is the video recording format that allows for high data compression, and in turn allows for higher picture resolutions. HDV can go up to 1920 x 1080 in resolution.

HiColor

A 16-bit image data type that can contain up to 65,536 colors. The TGA file format supports images of this type. Other file formats require prior conversion of a HiColor image into True Color. For displays, HiColor normally refers to 15-bit (5-55) display adapters that can display up to 32,768 colors.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit organization that sets and reviews standards for the electronics industry.

IEEE-1394

A standard that allows high-speed serial connections between the computer and a DV camcorder, VCR or any kind of digital audio/video device. Devices conforming to this standard are capable of transmitting digital data at 100 megabits per second (at the least).

Instant Playback

Allows you to view the entire project without rendering. It instantly plays all the clips in the Preview Window without creating a temporary preview file in your system. However, if played in a slower computer, it may drop some frames. If the project is composed of many effects, filters, titles, etc., and you're playing it in a slow PC, then drop frames may occur. If "Instant Playback" results in drop frames, then use "High Quality Playback" to preview a project.

Key frame

A specific frame in a clip that is flagged for special editing or other activities in order to control the flow, playback or other characteristics of the completed animation. For example, when applying a video filter, assigning different effect levels on the beginning and end frames shows a change in the appearance of the video from start to end of the video clip. When creating a video, assigning key frames on parts where there are high data transfer requirements helps control how smoothly the video plays back.
Library (Ulead VideoStudio)
The Library is the repository for all of your media clips. You can store video, audio, titles, or color clips in the Library and instantly retrieve them for use in a project.

Linear Editing

Traditional editing done on a flatbed where the source film is fed in one side, marked, cut, and spliced, and then fed out the other end. It's called linear because tape must be edited in the order it's presented (as opposed to non-linear editing).
A method of storing previously saved information in another program without significantly affecting the size of the resulting file. Linking offers another advantage in that the original file can be modified in its original program and the changes will automatically be reflected in the program where it is linked.

Mark In/Out

Points in a clip that have been marked for editing and trimming purposes. A section can be selected from a longer clip by setting its beginning (Mark in) and ending (Mark out).

Windows XP: Device Manager
4. If your digital camcorder has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture Step and check if your camcorder is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel.
Note: In addition to commonly used Texas Instruments and Microsoft DV drivers, there are other drivers available. Consult your camcorder's manual for suitable drivers.

Connecting a USB camera

To capture live video and still images from a USB camera, connect the camera to an available USB port on your computer. USB cameras may require installation of a device driver, depending on the Windows version you are using. For information on how to install your USB camera, refer to its accompanying manual. After properly installing your USB camera, check if it is detected by your Windows system. To check if the USB camera is detected: 1. Open the Control Panel, then open System: Hardware - Device Manager. 2. In the Device Manager, double-click Imaging devices. Check if your USB camera is listed in this folder. 3. If your USB camera has been detected properly, it will be listed as a source device in VideoStudio's Options Panel. In VideoStudio, select the Capture Step and check if your USB camera is displayed under the Source list in the Options Panel.

Connecting a Digital TV

To capture digital television broadcasts, you need to install a Digital TV capture card or a digital TV adapter. Check the hardwares user guide to learn information on how to connect it to your computer.
Connecting analog video sources
VHS, S-VHS, Video-8, and Hi8 camcorders and VCRs are examples of analog video sources. To capture video from analog sources, you will need to install an analog capture card in your computer. Conventional broadcast television is also an analog source. To capture TV footage, you need to have a TV tuner card installed in your computer.
Note: TV capture cards provide S-Video/Composite inputs and a TV tuner, which can be used to capture both video and TV footage.
Connecting the video device to the analog capture card

10 Batch Convert 9 Enable/Disable Smart Proxy Toggles between Enable and Disable Converts multiple video files to one video format. Smart Proxy and allows you to customize proxy settings when creating working copies of your HD videos with lower resolution. 11 Overlay Track Manager 12 Enable/Disable 5.1 Surround Allows you to create multiple overlay tracks. Enables you to create 5.1 Surround audio tracks.

The Project Timeline

The project timeline at the lower part of the VideoStudio Editor window is where you assemble your movie project.
There are three types of views for displaying the project timeline: Storyboard, Timeline and Audio View. Click the buttons at the left side of the toolbar to switch between different views. Click Enlarge to maximize the Storyboard display or show all tracks of the Timeline and Audio View. With a larger workspace, you can arrange video clips and apply transitions without having to scroll down to locate different tracks.
Click to enlarge Storyboard View to show all video and image clips of the project.
Click to enlarge Timeline View and Audio View and show all tracks of the project.

Storyboard View

Storyboard View is the fastest and simplest way to add video clips to your movie. Each thumbnail in the storyboard represents an event in you movie, an event being a video clip or a transition. Thumbnails show at a glance the chronological
order of events in your project. The duration of each clip is shown at the bottom of each thumbnail.
You can drag and drop video clips to insert and arrange them. Transition effects can be inserted between video clips. A selected video clip can be trimmed in the Preview Window.

Timeline View

Timeline View gives you the most comprehensive display of the elements in your movie project. It divides a project into separate tracks for video, overlay, title, voice and music.
2 Ripple Editing 1 Add/Remove Chapter/Cue Point Enable/Disable Ripple Editing. When Click to set chapter or cue points in your enabled, allows you to select which movie. tracks to apply it to. 3 Track buttons Click the buttons to switch between different tracks. 4 Timeline scroll control Enable/disable scrolling along the Timeline when previewing a clip that extends beyond the current view.
6 Selected range 5 Project scroll controls This color bar represents the trimmed Use the left and right buttons or drag the or selected part of a clip or project. Scroll Bar to move around your project.
7 Timeline ruler Displays the projects timecode increments in hours: minutes:seconds.frames, which helps you determine clip and project length. 9 Overlay Tracks Contains overlay clips, which can be video, image or color clips.
11 Voice Track Contains voiceover clips.

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.
Showing and hiding grid lines
You can use grid lines to guide you when repositioning or resizing images and videos or when adding titles to your movie. To show grid lines in the Edit and Overlay steps, select a clip in the Timeline then select the Attribute tab. Select Distort clip then select Show grid lines. To show grid lines in the Title step, select Show grid lines in the Edit tab.
to adjust grid line settings.

Saving your project

While composing your movie project, select File: Save [Ctrl + S] to frequently save your project and avoid accidental loss of your work. VideoStudio project files are saved in.VSP file format. To automatically save your work, select File: Preferences - General then select Automatically save project every: and specify the time interval between saves. To open an existing project, select File: Open Project [Ctrl + O]. To create a new project again, select File: New Project [Ctrl + N].
Saving project as Smart Package
Packaging a video project is useful if you want to back up your work or transfer your files for sharing or for editing in a laptop or another computer. To save projects as Smart Package, select File: Smart Package. Specify the Folder path, Project folder name and Project file name. Click OK when done. To open an existing project, select File: Open Project [Ctrl + O]. Browse for the project folder and choose the project file you want to open.

Capture

The bulk of video work involves working with raw footage. Transferring footage from a source device to the computer involves a process called capturing. When capturing, video data is transferred from a source (usually a video camera) through a capture card to the computers hard drive.
VideoStudio lets you capture video from DV or HDV camcorders, mobile devices, analog sources, VCRs and digital televisions.
Seamless DV and MPEG capture
VideoStudio runs on Windows operating systems and is subject to limitations in file size when capturing or rendering video. VideoStudio automatically performs seamless capture, saving video into a new file every time the maximum allowable file size for a single video file has been reached. Seamless capture will be performed only when capturing DV Type-1 or DV Type-2 (from DV camcorder), or when capturing MPEG video (from DV and HDV camcorder or analog capture device). The maximum captured file size per video file is 4 GB in Windows operating systems that use the FAT 32 partition file system. Captured video data in excess of 4 GB are automatically saved to a new file. In Windows XP which can use the NTFS file system, there is no limit in the captured file size. Seamless capture is not available in VFW (Video For Windows) capture.

Sorting clips in the Library
To arrange clips in the Library, click in the Library to open the Options menu, then select Sort by Name or Sort by Date. The way video clips are sorted by date depends on the file format. DV AVI files (i.e., AVI files captured from DV camcorders) will be arranged by order of the shooting date and time of the footage. Other video file formats will be sorted by order of file date.
You can also right-click on the Library then select the desired sorting type in the Sort By submenu. To toggle between ascending and descending order, select Sort by Name or Sort by Date again.

Playback Speed

You can modify the playback speed of your videos. Set your video in slow motion to emphasize a movement, or set it to play at lightning speed and give your movie a comical air. Simply adjust the speed attributes for your video clip by clicking Playback Speed under the Options Panel of the Edit Step. Drag the slider according to your preferences (i.e., slow, normal or fast), or enter a value. The higher the value you set, the faster the playback of your clip. (Values range from 10-1000%). You can also specify a set duration for the clip in Time stretch. Click Preview to view the results of your settings then click OK when finished.
Hold [Shift] then drag the end of the clip on the Timeline to change the playback speed. The black arrow means you are trimming or extending the clip, while the white arrow means that you are changing the playback speed.

Reversing video playback

Reverse the playback of the video by selecting Reverse video in the Options Panel.

Trimming a clip

The best part of editing your movie on your computer is the ease with which you can snip and trim your work with frame by frame accuracy. There are three ways of trimming a clip: To split a clip into two: 1. Select the clip you want to split on the Storyboard or Timeline. 2. Drag the Jog Slider to the point where you want to cut the clip.
to set the cutting point more precisely.

3. Click

to cut 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 Handles: 1. Select a clip on the Storyboard or Timeline. 2. Click and drag the Trim handles to set the Mark-in/Mark-out points on the clip. For more precise trimming, click on a Trim handle, 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 handles

Mark-in/ Mark-out
3. Click Play Clip to preview the trimmed clip.

2 AccuCut Timeline 1 Timeline zoom Scan a video clip frame by frame for Drag up and down to sub-divide a video accurate mark-in and mark-out clip into frames per second. positions. 3 Jog Wheel Use to scroll to different parts of the clip. 4 Shuttle Slider Preview the clip at different playback speeds.
To trim a video file into multiple clips: 1. Go to the Edit Step and click Multi-trim Video in the Options Panel. 2. View the whole clip first by clicking Play to determine how you want to mark segments in the Multi-trim Video dialog box. 3. Choose the number of frames to display by dragging the Timeline zoom. You can choose to display the smallest subdivision of one frame per second. 4. Drag the Jog Slider until you get to the part of the video that you want to use as the beginning frame of the first segment. Click Start.
5. Drag the Jog Slider again, this time, to the point where you want the segment to end. Click End.
6. Do steps 4 and 5 repeatedly until you have marked all the segments you want kept or removed.
To mark segments, you can also press [F3] and [F4] while playing the video. Click Invert Selection to toggle between marking segments that you want to retain or marking segments that you want taken out from the clip. Quick search interval allows you to set a fixed interval between frames and browse through the movie using the set value.
7. Click OK when finished. The video segments that you kept are then inserted onto the Timeline.
Navigation controls in the Multi-trim Video dialog box: Reverses or advances through the video in fixed increments. By default, these buttons move up or down through the video in [F5] [F6] increments of 25 seconds. Plays a preview of the final trimmed video.
Plays the video file. Hold [Shift] then click to play only the selected segments. Moves to the start or end frame of a trimmed segment.
Moves to the previous/next frame in the video.

Using Ad-Zapper

VideoStudio lets you search your videos for commercial intervals. Clicking this feature extracts the commercials to the media list. Detection sensitivity allows you to control the rate of distinguishing between commercials. Merge CF merges all your extracted clips that are identified as commercials.

Saving trimmed clips

Frequently, when you make changes (i.e., after auto-splitting clips using Split by Scene, extracting clips using Multi-trim Video, or manually trimming clips), you may wish to make a permanent change to the clip and save the edited file. VideoStudio gives you a margin of safety in that it saves the trimmed video to a new file and does not alter the original file. To save, select a trimmed clip in the Storyboard, Timeline or the Library and select Clip: Save Trimmed Video.

Exporting a video file

VideoStudio provides you with a number of ways to export and share a video file. A video file can be exported to a Web page, converted to an executable greeting card, sent by e-mail, or set as a desktop screen saver. Select a video file in the Library and click video. Choose the type of output for your
Capturing still images in the Edit Step
A still image can be captured in the Edit Step by selecting a specific frame in the Timeline and saving it as an image file. In this manner, possible distortions are avoided since the image is not acquired from a running video, unlike in the Capture Step. To capture still images: 1. Select File: Preferences - Capture. Choose Bitmap or JPEG as the Captured still image save format. If you selected JPEG, also set the Image quality. 2. Select a video clip in your project 3. Drag the Jog Slider to the frame you want to capture.
4. Switch to an image folder in the Library. The folder can be the default Image folder, or the one created by yourself. 5. Select Clip: Save as Still Image. The new image file is saved to the hard disk and is represented as a thumbnail in the image folder you assigned.

Ripple Editing

Ripple Editing allows you to insert clips while automatically moving other clips (including empty spaces) aside, to make room for it on the Timeline. Use this mode to maintain the original track synchronizations when inserting additional clips.
Ripple Editing is enabled for the tracks where content is inserted.
A color clip is inserted before the original clip and all clips where Ripple Editing is applied shift accordingly
To insert clips in Ripple Editing mode: 1. Click Ripple Editing to activate the panel, then select the corresponding box for each track where you want to apply Ripple Editing. 2. Drag the clip to insert from the Library to the desired position on the Timeline. As soon as the new clip is in place, all clips where Ripple Editing is applied will shift accordingly while maintaining their track positions relative to one another.
Note: Ripple Editing can be applied from any of the three project views.
Ripple Editing also works when removing clips. In the example below, Overlay and Title Tracks maintain their position relative to the video after the clip in the middle has been removed.

Enabling Smart Proxy

Proxy files are lower resolution working copies of video files. They are reduced in resolution or compression bit rate for only one reason --to speed up editing of HDV and other large video source files. Proxy files are source-dependent rather than project-dependent. In other words, proxy files can be shared among different projects. When you edit and preview your project in Instant Play mode, proxy files will be used as substitutes for their large video source counterparts. Whereas when you preview your project in high-quality playback mode or when you render a video file, the original video source files will be used. To enable the creation of proxy files, go to File: Preferences - Smart Proxy, then select the Enable Smart Proxy option. In the Smart Proxy tab of the Preferences dialog box, you can set the condition when proxy files need to be generated and choose a proxy file format. Or you can also click in the toolbar

Repositioning the current Overlay clip
Click to select the Overlay clip in the Timeline. After clicking the Attribute tab, drag the Overlay clip to the desired area on the Preview Window. It is recommended that you keep the Overlay clip within the title safe area. You can also click Options in the Attribute tab to open a menu where you can automatically place the Overlay clip in a preset position on the video. Here, you can also resize the Overlay clip to keep the aspect ratio, revert it to the default size, use the original size of the Overlay clip, or resize it to occupy the entire screen.

Resizing an Overlay clip

After clicking the Attribute tab, drag a handle on the Overlay clip on the Preview Window to resize it. If you drag a yellow corner handle, it will keep the aspect ratio when you resize the clip.
It is recommended that you keep the Overlay clip within the title safe area. The Keep Aspect Ratio in Options resizes the Overlay clip based on the width or height, depending on which is longer in length, of the Overlay clip.

longer side

Note: When you resize or distort the Overlay clip then go back to the Edit tab, the clip will appear to have resized back to its original size. This is only for editing purposes, the Overlay clip retains its properties.
Distorting an Overlay clip
Each corner of the marquee of the Overlay clip have green nodes which you can use to distort the Overlay clip. Drag the green nodes to distort the Overlay clip.
Tip: Hold [Shift] while dragging the green nodes to keep the distortion within the current clipss marquee.
Applying motion to the Overlay clip
After clicking the Attribute tab, select where the Overlay clip will Enter and Exit the screen under Direction/Style. Click a specific arrow as to where you want your clip to enter and exit in your movie.
Tip: Pause Duration determines how long your pause will be in the designated area before the clip exists the screen. If you applied motion to the Overlay clip, drag the Trim handles to set the Pause Duration.

Pause Duration

Enhancing Overlay clips

Adding Objects or Frames

Add decorative objects or frames for your videos as Overlay clips. To add an object or frame: 1. In the Library, select Decoration: Object/Frame in the Gallery list. 2. Select an object/frame then drag it onto the Overlay Track on the Timeline. 3. Click the Attribute tab to resize and reposition the object/frame.

Object

Adding Flash animations
Give more life to your videos by adding Flash animations as Overlay clips. To add a Flash animation: 1. In the Library, select Flash Animation in the Gallery list. 2. Select a Flash animation then drag it onto the Overlay Track on the Timeline. 3. Click the Attribute tab to resize and reposition the Flash Animation.
Customizing the current object, frame, or Flash animation
Use the various options available in the Edit and Attribute tabs to customize your object and frame. You can add animation, apply transparency, resize the object or frame, and more.
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, the text in your video production (i.e., subtitles, opening and closing credits, etc.) adds to the clarity and comprehensibility of your movie. In VideoStudio's Title Step, create professionallooking titles, complete with special effects, in minutes.
The Title Step Options Panel
The Title Step Options Panel allows you to modify text properties such as font, size, and color.
Duration: Displays the duration of the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values. Vertical text: Click to make the orientation of the title vertical. Font face: Where you select your desired font style. Font size: Where you set your desired font size. Color: Click on this to specify your preferred font color. Line spacing: Sets the spacing, or leading, between lines of text. Rotate by degree: Sets the specified angle and direction (clockwise or counter clockwise) of the text. Multiple titles: Select to use multiple text boxes for your text. Single title: Select to use a single text box for your text. This is automatically selected when opening a project file from older versions of VideoStudio. Text backdrop: Select to apply a horizontal color bar as background for your text. Click to use a solid or gradient color and to set the transparency of the text backdrop. Border/Shadow/Transparency: Sets the border and intensity of the shadow and transparency of the text. Open Subtile File: Inserts a previously saved movie subtitle. Save Subtitle File: Saves the movie subtitle to a file for future use. Show grid lines: Select to display the grid lines. Click where you can specify grid line settings. to open a dialog box

The Library contains various preset text that you can use for your projects. To use these preset text, select Title in the Gallery list then drag the preset text onto the Title Track.
Inserting subtitles to your project
You can use your own movie subtitle files for your project. To insert your own, click Open Subtitle File. In the Open dialog box, locate the file you want to use and click Open.
Note: To open subtitles with non-English characters, select the appropriate option in Language.
To edit its text attributes, select the Font, Font size, Font color, Line leading and Glow shadow for your subtitles. You can also choose Vertical text to set the text orientation to vertical.

Saving subtitle files

Saving movie subtitles allows you to reuse them in the future. Click Save Subtitle File to open the Save As dialog box. Locate where to save your movie subtitle and click Save.
Movie subtitles will automatically be saved as *.utf files. To save subtitles in foreign languages like Chinese, Japanese or Greek, click Open Subtitle File in the Options Panel and browse for the particular file. Before you open the file, however, make sure you select the corresponding language in Language.

Editing text

For single titles, select the title clip on the Title Track and click the Preview Window. For multiple titles, select the title clip on the Title Track and click the Preview Window then click the text that you want to edit.
Once a title clip has been inserted onto the Timeline, you can adjust its duration by either dragging the handles of the clip, or entering a Duration value in the Options Panel. To see how the title appears on the underlying video clip, select the title clip and then click Play Trimmed Clip or drag the Jog Slider.
Tip: When you are creating multiple title clips that share the same attributes such as font type and style, it is a good rule of thumb to store one copy of your title clip in the Library. (Just drag and drop the title clip from the Timeline into the Library.) This way, you can easily duplicate the title clip (by dragging it from the Library back onto the Title Track) and then change the title.

Mixing audio tracks

The key to making narrations, background music, and existing audio of your video clips blend well together is to control the volume of your clips. Blend the different audio tracks in your project by using the Audio Step Options Panel, Surround Sound Mixer or Audio View.
Using the Surround Sound Mixer
Unlike stereo stream that carries only two audio channels, Surround Sound has five separate audio channels encoded into one file which is delivered to five speakers and one sub-woofer frequency effect. The Surround Sound Mixer has all the controls to position sounds around the listener, outputting audio through the 5.1 configuration of multiple speakers. You can also use this mixer to adjust the volume for stereo file, making it sound as if
the audio moves from one speaker to another and creating a surround sound effect.
Adjusting stereo channels
Stereo files (two channels) have two waveforms representing the left and right channels accordingly. To use stereo mode: 1. Click Enable/Disable 5.1 Surround in the Toolbar. Select Music Track in the Options Panel.
Tip: To check if the 5.1 Surround is disabled, click Audio View in the Toolbar.
2. Click Play in the Options Panel. 3. Click the music note symbol in the center of the Surround Sound Mixer. Drag it to either right or left, depending on your preferred sound position.
Note: Moving the note symbol will amplify the sound coming from your preferred direction.
4. Drag Volume to adjust the volume level of the audio.

Mixing Surround Sound

All audio channels in Surround Sound have a set of similar controls that you will find in the stereo configuration of this panel, plus a few more specific controls. Six-channel VU Meter Front Left, Front Right, Center, Sub-woofer, Surround Left, Surround Right. Center controls the amount of output sound from the center speaker. Sub-woofer controls the amount of low-frequency sound output.
Tip: Sub-woofer sound is less directional than sound output from the satellite speakers. Therefore, you can put it anywhere in the room after some experimenting. Each living space has its own acoustics so there are no fixed rules.

Electronic greeting cards
Share your video with friends and relatives by creating multimedia greeting cards. VideoStudio packs the movie into an executable (EXE) file that automatically plays the video. In addition, you can even display your video using your choice of background. To create a greeting card: 1. Select a video clip from the Library.
Note: You cannot export DV AVI files as a greeting card.
2. Click Output video file to a different medium Card.

and select Greeting

3. Your video appears in a bounding box in the Multimedia Greeting Card dialog box. Double-click an image from the Background template to select it. 4. Drag the thumbnail to adjust the position. Another way is to enter X and Y axis values. You can also resize the image using the black controls around the thumbnail, or enter Width and Height values directly. 5. Enter a file name for the card in the Greeting card file entry box. 6. Click OK to create the card. The background templates that are provided with VideoStudio are JPEG image files. You can create your own templates in any graphics editor, or even use still frames captured from your movies. To use your own backgrounds, search for images using Browse next to the Background template file name entry box.
Setting your video as your Movie Screen Saver
Personalize your desktop computer by creating your own video file then setting it as your screen saver. Set a video as your desktop screen saver: 1. Select a WMV file from the Library. 2. Click Output video file to a different medium and select Movie Screen Saver. The Display Properties dialog box will appear with the video file as the selected screen saver. 3. Click OK to apply the settings.

Creating an audio file

Sometimes, you want to save the audio track of your video project in a separate audio file. This is especially useful when you want to use the same sound with another set of images, or when you want to convert the audio of a captured live performance into sound files. VideoStudio makes it easy for you to create an audio file of your project in MPA, RM, or WAV format. To create an audio file: 1. Open your project and click the Share Step.

Note: Failure to locate the correct timecode may lead to unexpected problems (such as noise or delays) during capturing or recording back to the DV camcorder.
If VideoStudio does not work properly. Repair VideoStudio if it does not work properly. To repair VideoStudio, doubleclick Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Select Ulead Video Studio, click Change/Remove, then click Repair.

Glossary

Analog
A signal that is not digital. Most VCRs, radio/television broadcasting, AV in/out, SVIDEO, and stereos are analog. Computers are digital, dealing in ones and zeros. Information from an analog source must be digitized to be used on a computer.

Aspect Ratio

The relationship of width to height for a given image or graphic. Keeping or maintaining the aspect ratio refers to the process of maintaining size relationships when either the width or height of an image or graphic is changed.
Audio-Video Interleave is a digital video file format designed specifically for the Microsoft Windows environment.
The recording of video or images to a computer hard disk.

Capture Plug-ins

These are utilities integrated with Ulead VideoStudio that allow the program to recognize capture devices and automatically detect them when they are connected to the computer.
A short section or part of a movie. A clip can be audio, video, still images or a title.
COmpress and DECompress. All videos on a computer uses a special algorithm or program to process video. This program is called a codec.

Color Clip

A simple background color used in a movie. It is often used for titles and credits since they stand out clearly against the solid color.

Composite Video

A video signal that combines luminance and chrominance. NTSC and PAL are examples of composite video.

Compression

Making a file smaller by removing redundant data. Nearly all digital video is compressed in some way or another. Compression is achieved through a codec.

Data Rate

The amount of data per second that is transferred from one part of your computer to another. In digital video, the data rate of your source is very important: CDROMs have lower data rates than hard disks. The data rate of the Internet is very low.

Device Control

A software driver that allows programs to control video sources like the camcorder or VCR.

Digital

Computer data consisting of ones and zeros. Contrast digital information with analog.

Profile

A Profile covers various attributes for a Windows Media Format file such as bit rate, number and type of streams, compression quality, frame size and so on.

Project File

In VideoStudio, a project file (*.VSP) contains the required information to link all associated image, audio, and video files. You need to open a project file first before starting video-editing in VideoStudio.

Render

Rendering is the process of making a finished movie from the source files in a project.

Scenes

A scene is a series of frames binded by continuity. In Ulead VideoStudio, each scene that is captured using the Split by Scene feature is based on the footage's
recording date and time. In a captured DV AVI file, scenes can be separated into several files based on the footage's recording date and time or by changes in the content of the video. In an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file, scenes are separated into files based on content changes.

Seamless Capture

As a workaround to the 4 GB capture file size limitation in Windows systems that use the FAT 32 file system (such as Windows 98 and Windows Me), Ulead VideoStudio automatically saves captured video as a new file when this limitation has been reached. This method, known as seamless capture, allows the capturing process to be performed uninterrupted no matter how long the footage is. VideoStudio performs seamless capture when capturing DV Type-1 or DV Type-2 (from DV camcorder), or when capturing MPEG video (from DV camcorder or analog capture device). Windows systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP that are installed using the NTFS file system do not have the 4 GB limitation.

SmartRender

SmartRender technology renders only project changes, eliminating the need to rerender whole projects and enabling fast previewing.
This feature automatically splits up different scenes into individual files. In Ulead VideoStudio, the way scenes are detected depends on which step you are in. In the Capture Step, Split by Scene detects individual scenes based on the original footage's recording date and time. In the Edit Step, if Split by Scene is applied to a DV AVI file, scenes can be detected in two ways: by the recording date and time, or by the changes in the content of the video. Whereas in an MPEG file, scenes are detected only based on the content changes.