Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by double-clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop, then double-clicking the icon for the CD-ROM drive. When the CD-ROM window opens, double-click the Setup icon.
3. In addition to VideoStudio, these programs and drivers will be automatically installed: QuickTime SmartSound Windows Media Format To run VideoStudio: Double-click the VideoStudio icon on your Windows desktop. OR, Select the VideoStudio icon from the VideoStudio program group on the Windows Start menu. DirectX Indeo

Setting up your computer

Before you can start making movie projects using your own video footage, you first need to capture video from your video camera into your computer. Your computer needs to be equipped with the proper capture card or interface port for connecting your video camera and for capturing video to your computer. Since capturing and video editing require a lot of computer resources, your computer must also be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth editing of your videos.
Installing a capture card
If your capture card is a PCI-based card, install the card on your computer by inserting it in an available PCI slot on the computers motherboard.
Connecting a video camera to the computer
The type of capture card or interface port that you will need to connect your video camera to your computer depends on the type of video camera you have.
DV or Digital 8 camcorder
If you are using a DV (Digital Video) or Digital 8 camcorder, you will need an IEEE1394 interface on your computer. Some newer computers already have built-in IEEE-1394 ports. If you do not have them on your computer, install an IEEE-1394 card.
6-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a desktop computer
4-pin IEEE-1394 ports on a notebook computer
Connecting the camcorder to the IEEE-1394 interface
Use an IEEE-1394 cable to connect your digital camcorder to the IEEE-1394 port. Before purchasing one, check first the pin connectors used on your camcorder and your computer. Most DV and Digital 8 camcorders have a 4-pin connector, whereas desktop computers that come with IEEE-1394 ports or installed with IEEE-1394 cards usually have 6-pin connectors. The IEEE-1394 cable that is required for desktop computers is a 4-pin to 6-pin cable. Most notebook computers have 4-pin connectors which require a 4-pin to 4-pin cable.

Getting started

When you run VideoStudio, a startup screen appears which allows you to choose between the following video editing modes: VideoStudio Editor gives you the full editing features of VideoStudio. It provides you total control over the movie production process, from adding clips, titles, effects, overlays, and music to making the final movie on disc or other medium. Movie Wizard is ideal for users who are new to video editing. It guides you through the movie production process in three quick, easy steps. DV-to-DVD Wizard allows you to capture video, add a theme template to it, then burn it onto a disc.
Tip: Select 16:9 to use widescreen for your project.

DV-to-DVD Wizard

Use the DV-to-DVD Wizard to easily create a movie from the content of your DV tape then burn it onto a disc.

Step 1: Scan for scenes

Scan the DV tape and select the scenes you want to add to your movie. 1. Connect your camcorder to your computer and turn on the device. Set it to Play (or VTR/VCR) mode. 2. Select a recording device under DV Device. 3. Click the Capture format arrow to select a file format for captured videos. 4. Specify whether to burn all videos of the tape (Burn whole tape) or scan your DV tape (Scene detection). To burn whole tape: 1. Select Burn whole tape and then specify the tape duration under Duration. 2. Click Next to apply template and burn onto DVD.
To use Scene detection: 1. After selecting Scene detention, choose whether to scan the tape From beginning or From current position. From beginning: Scans the tape for scenes from the beginning. VideoStudio will automatically rewind the tape if the tape position is not in the beginning. From current position: Scans the tape for scenes from the current tape position. 2. Specify the scan speed, then click Start Scan to begin scanning the DV device for scenes. Scenes are video segments that are distinguished by shooting date and time.

Storyboard

3. In the Storyboard, choose the scenes you want to include in your movie. To do this, select a scene then click Mark Scene.
4. Click Next to go to the next step.

To apply a Theme template: 1. Select a theme template from the Theme template list. Home Movies templates allow you to create movies that include both video and images while Slideshow templates are used exclusively for creating image slideshows. 2. To set the overall length of your movie, click.
For Home Movies, specify the following options in the Duration dialog box: Fit to video duration: Keeps the current movie duration. Fit to background music: Adjusts the movie duration to fit into the length of the background music. (The background music is added to your movie in the second step of the Movie Wizard.) Specify duration: Lets you define a custom duration for the whole movie.
For Slideshow templates, specify Smart Pan & Zoom in the Settings dialog box. Smart Pan & Zoom automatically focuses the pan and zoom motion to important parts of the image like the face.
Fit to image duration: Trims the music background to fit the total duration of the slideshow.
Tip: Select Keep Previous to use the image duration you set in the previous page of the Movie Wizard.
Fit to background music tempo and duration: Adjusts the duration of each clip and the total duration of the slideshow to fit the background music's tempo and duration. Fit to background music tempo: Adjusts the duration of each clip to fit the background music's tempo. 3. For Home Movies, click to open the Mark Clips dialog box. Select a clip then click Must or Optional to specify whether or not to include the clip in the show.
Note: Click Auto to let the program decide which clips to retain or exclude.
4. To replace the title, first select the preset title from the Title list. Double-click the preset text in the Preview Window, then type in your text.
Double-click to edit text Drag corner to resize text

Drag to position shadow

5. Click
to change text formatting.
In the Text Properties dialog box, select a font type, size and color for the text, and set the desired shadow color and transparency.
6. To replace the background music, click Locate and select the desired music file. Click to specify music file settings.
to open the Audio Options window.
Note: Make sure that your background music is 30 seconds or longer if you want to fit the video to the music. If the music duration is less than 30 seconds, the music will not be looped leaving the remaining video without any background music.
7. Use the Volume slider to adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio. Dragging the slider to the left increases the volume of the background music and decreases the volume of the video's audio.

The Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to easily access buttons for editing. You can change your project view or zoom your project timeline by adjusting your Timeline ruler. Click
Smart Proxy Manager to speed up editing of your HD videos and other large source files. Or use the Overlay Track Manager to add more overlay tracks.
Storyboard View Shows image thumbnails of your movie on the timeline. Audio View Shows the audio waveform view, allowing you to visually adjust the volume levels of your video clips, narration or background music. Fit Project in Timeline Window Zooms in or out to display all the projects clips on the Timeline. Undo Lets you undo a previous function. Smart Proxy Manager Creates working copies of your HD videos with lower resolution.
Timeline View Allows you to perform frame-accurate editing of your clips. Zoom controls Allows you to change the timecode increments in the Timeline ruler.
Insert media files Displays a menu allowing you to place video, audio or image clips directly on the project. Redo Allows you to redo an undone function.
10 Batch Convert Converts multiple video files to one video format.
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.

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. Click Enlarge to maximize the storyboard display. With a larger workspace, you can arrange video clips and apply transitions more easily. Furthermore, there is a small screen at the bottom of the window where you can preview clips.

Timeline View

Timeline View gives you the most comprehensive display of the elements in your movie project. It divides a project into a separate tracks for video, overlay, title, voice and music.

2. Scroll through the effects thumbnails in the Library. Select and drag an effect to the Timeline, roughly between two video clips. Drop your effect and it will snap into place. You can only drag and drop one clip at a time.
Tip: Double-clicking a transition in the Library automatically inserts it into the first empty transition slot between two clips. Repeating this process will insert a transition into the next empty transition slot.
To replace a transition in your project, drag the new transition from the Library onto the transition thumbnail to be replaced on the Storyboard or Timeline.
The Effect Step Options Panel
VideoStudio pretty much takes care of all the details to make your transitions smooth and professional. You can, however, further customize your transitions after adding them to your project. The Effect Step Options Panel displays the settings of your selected transition so that you can change their various parameters. This gives you complete control of exactly how your transitions will behave in your movie.
Note: The attributes in the Options Panel vary depending on the type of transition effect that is selected and applied to your project. Duration: Shows the duration of the applied effect on the selected clip in hours:minutes:seconds:frames. You can adjust the duration by changing the timecode values. Border: Determines the thickness of the border. Enter 0 to remove the border. Color: Determines the hue of the transition effect's border or flap. Soft edge: Specifies how well you want the transition effect to blend with the clips. A Strong soft edge results in a less pronounced transition, thus creating a smooth progression from one clip to another. This option works best for irregular shapes and angles. Direction: Specifies the direction of a transition effect. (This is only applicable to some of the transition effects.)

The Album transition

One of the transitions you will find in the Library is the Album transition. Album simulates the turning pages similar to that of flipping photo album pages. You can choose from a variety of album layouts, change the album cover, background, size, and position, and more. To apply the Album transition: 1. Click the Effect Step then select Album from the Library. Apply one of the preset transitions by dragging a transition thumbnail in between two clips on the Video Track.
2. In the Options Panel, click Customize to open the Flip-Album dialog box. 3. In the Layout section, choose the desired look for the album.
4. In the Album tab, set the albums Size, Position and Orientation. To change the album cover, select a preset from Album cover templates, or select Custom album cover then import your own cover image. 5. Click the Background and Shadow tab. To change the background of the album, select a preset from Background templates, or select Custom background then import your own background image. To add a shadow, select Shadow. Set the shadow position by adjusting the Xoffset and Y-offset values. To make the shadow look softer, increase Soft edge.

Pause Duration

To apply transparency to the current overlay clip:
In the Attribute tab, click Mask & Chroma Key to go to the Overlay Options Panel. Drag the Transparency slider to set the opacity of the overlay clip.
To specify Chroma Key settings to the current overlay clip: 1. Click Mask & Chroma Key in the Attribute tab to go to the Overlay Options Panel. 2. Select Apply Overlay Options then Chroma Key in Type.
3. Click the Color Box then select the color to be rendered as transparent.

Without Chroma Key

With Chroma Key
Tips: Select then click on a color in the image that will be rendered as transparent. Drag the Similarity Slider to specify the color range of the selected color that will be rendered as transparent.
To add a border around the current overlay clip: In the Attribute tab, click Mask & Chroma Key to go to the Overlay Options Panel. Drag the Border slider to set the thickness of the border of the overlay clip. Set the color of the border by clicking the Color Box beside the slider.
To resize the current overlay clip: In 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. You can also right-click the overlay clip on the Preview Window to open a menu where you can 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.
The Keep Aspect Ratio option 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.
To distort the current 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.
To reposition the current overlay clip: In the Attribute tab, drag the overlay clip to the desired area on the Preview Window. You can also right-click the overlay clip on the Preview Window to open a menu where you can automatically place the overlay clip in a preset position on the video. It is recommended that you keep the overlay clip within the title safe area. To apply a filter to the current overlay clip: You can apply video filters to your overlay clips. For more details on how to apply, you can refer to Edit: Applying video filters. To use the same attributes for different overlay clips: You can use the attributes (size and position) of one overlay clip and apply it to a different overlay clip on your movie project. To apply the same attributes, first right-click the source overlay clip then select Copy Attributes. Next, right-click the target overlay clip then select Paste Attributes.

Tip: Select Auto trim to automatically trim the audio clip to fit the empty space based on the Jog Slider position.

Adding audio files

VideoStudio provides a separate Voice Track and Music Track but you may interchangeably insert voice and music files on either track. To insert, click and select Insert Audio. Choose which track to insert your audio file.
Tip: Click Audio View for easier editing of your audio clips.
The VideoStudio CD also comes with several audio clips ready for you to use. Click Load audio to add them to the Library for easy access.
Trimming and cutting audio clips
After recording voice and music, you can easily trim your audio clips on the Timeline. There are two ways to trim audio clips: On the Timeline, a selected audio clip has two yellow handles that can be used for trimming. Just grab a handle, either from the beginning or end, and drag it to shorten a clip.

Drag the Trim handles.

Tip: You can also trim a clip in the Library by using the Trim handles.
Aside from trimming, you can also cut audio clips. Drag the Jog Slider to the position where you want to cut the audio clip then click Cut clip based on Jog Slider position. You can then delete the excess part of the clip.
Tip: To play the trimmed portion of the clip, click Play Trimmed Clip.
Note: VideoStudio also has an Auto-trim function. When you insert an audio clip between two existing clips in the Timeline, it will automatically be trimmed to fit the available space.
Stretching audio duration
The time stretch feature allows you to stretch an audio clip without distorting its pitch. Normally, stretching audio clips to fit the project results in a distorted sound. The time stretch feature will make the audio clip sound like it is just played in a slower tempo.
Note: When you stretch an audio clip by 50-150%, the sound will not be distorted. However, if stretched below or above that range, the sound may be distorted.

Tools menu

VideoStudio DV-to-DVD Wizard: Opens the DV to DVD Wizard that allows you to capture videos from a DV camcorder then burn them onto a video disc. VideoStudio Movie Wizard: Opens the Movie Wizard that allows you to quickly create a movie. Create Disc: Allows you to output your project (together with other VideoStudio projects or videos) to create VCD, SVCD, DVD and HD DVD. Select Device Control: Opens a dialog box where you can set up device control. This will allow you to control your DV device using the Navigation Panel. Change Capture Plug-in: Displays the Change Capture Plug-in dialog box that allows you to choose a plug-in for the capture driver. Batch Convert: Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can choose multiple video files in different file formats and convert them to a single video file format.
Recover DVB-T Video: Retrieves lost data from captured videos. Full Screen Preview: Gives an actual size preview of your project using the entire screen of a PC or TV monitor. This is only available in the Capture and Share steps. Save Current Frame as Image: Saves the current frame in the Preview Window as an image file in the Library. Print Options: Opens a dialog box where you can specify settings for printing still images. Smart Proxy Manager: Creates working copies of your HD videos with lower resolution. Make Movie Manager: Create and manage templates that contain all the information (file format, frame rate, compression, etc.) required to create a video file from your project. After you have created a template, when you click Create Video File in the Share Step, you will be given the option to use that template. Preview Files Manager: Opens the Preview Files Manager dialog box, listing all the preview files created in the project. You can select the preview files to delete, freeing some of your system resources. Library Manager: Allows you to create custom media folders in the Library. Chapter Point Bar: Sets chapter points in your movie.

Help menu

Ulead VideoStudio Help: Displays general program help about Ulead VideoStudio. Online Registration: This opens your browser to the Ulead VideoStudio Online Registration page. This allows you to instantly register your product and entitles you to full technical support, upgrade prices, special offers on other Ulead products, and occasionally free downloads. Product Updates on the Web: Automatically opens your Web browser and leads you to Uleads Web site for online registration, easy updates, special offers, and a plethora of tips, tricks, and ideas. About Ulead VideoStudio: Shows program version and copyright information.

Transparent text: Select to create an transparent effect for your text. Outer stroke border: Select to create an outer stroke border for your text. Border width: Specify the thickness of the border. Line color: Click to select a color for the border. Text transparency: Set the transparency of the text. The higher the value the more transparent the text. Soft edge: Make the border blend smoothly with the background. The higher the value the more the border blends with the background.

Shadow tab

Shadow type: Select the type of shadow to apply to your text. The availability of the options below depends on the type of shadow: X: Sets the horizontal distance between the text and shadow. Y: Sets the vertical distance between the object and shadow. Color: Click to select the color of the shadow. Transparency: Set the transparency of the text. The higher the value the more transparent the shadow. Soft edge: Make the border blend smoothly with the background. The higher the value the more the shadow blends with the background.

Capture Options

Capture audio: Select to capture the audio when capturing from an analog device. Capture to Library: Select to put the captured video into the Library. Force to use preview mode: Select to improve captured video quality when capturing in SVCD or DVD format. This is only available if your analog capture card supports this feature. Capture frame rate: Select what frame rate to use when capturing the video. The higher the frame rate, the smoother the video will be. Display Source Volume Panel when capturing: Select to open the Source Volume Panel when capturing analog videos. You can use this panel to adjust the sound volume of the analog source during capture.

Change Capture Plug-in

Current capture plug-in: Allows you to choose a capture plug-in for the driver that comes with the capture device installed on your computer. Capture plug-ins are programs that come with Ulead VideoStudio. They allow VideoStudio to communicate with your video camera. Description: Displays a brief description of the selected capture plug-in.

Burning Options

Disc burner Specify the settings for your burning device.
Drive Select the disc burner to use in recording the video file. Speed Select the recording speed to use in burning the video file. Files to include on disc Choose additional items that you want to include on the disc. Copyright information Select to include the Ulead VideoStudio copyright text. Personal folder Select to include any other folders on the disc. Advanced settings Lets you adjust more disc burning settings. Test before recording: Select to simulate first (it does not actually burn yet) the CD/DVD burning of the video file. This will help you check if the system speed is enough to send data to the CD/DVD writing device at a specified recording speed. After the simulated burning, actual burning then starts. Clear to burn the disc without performing a test. Buffer underrun protection: Select to use this technology when burning your video file. This technology helps eliminate the buffer underrun problem. Availability of this technology depends on the disc burner you use. Restart DVD+RW background format: Select to format the DVD+RW before recording. Enabling this option will prolong the recording process but will ensure a successful burn. This is recommended when you are using the DVD+RW disc for the first time.

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.

Project Options

The tabs and settings in this dialog box are the same as the Video Save Options dialog box.
Project Settings (Create Disc)
MPEG properties for file conversion: Displays detailed information about the selected video setting. Change MPEG Settings: Click to open a menu where you can select a disc template for the selected file format. Click Customize to define video save settings such as compression and frame rate. Display aspect ratio Select the output display of your project. VideoStudio supports standard 4:3 and widescreen 16:9 display aspect ratios for videos and menus. Do not convert compliant MPEG files: Select to not re-render MPEG files that are already compliant to the selected MPEG format.
Support X-Disc Includes Extended disc (XDVD, XVCD, XSVCD) compatible files to your project. Two-pass conversion Improves the quality of the output video by analyzing the video data first before encoding. Treat MPEG audio as non-DVD compliant: This is an option under Do not convert DVD compliant MPEG files. Select to treat all video files that has MPEG audio as non-DVD compliant. The MPEG audio track will not be rendered to LPCM during output. Auto fade out first play to menu Select to automatically crossfade from the first play clip to the menu. Play all clips first before menu Select to play all videos first, and then display the menu. Auto repeat when playback ends: Select to loop the video after it is done playing back. Clip playback: Select whether to play the next clip or go back to the menu after playback ends. This option is disabled when Auto repeat when playback ends is selected.

Preview Files Manager

Use the Preview Files Manager to free hard disk space occupied by temporary preview files used in your project. Preview files list: Displays VideoStudio project files (VSP) that you created and saved. Delete: Click to remove the temporary files of the selected VideoStudio project file from your computer. Delete All: Click to remove all the temporary files of all VideoStudio project files from your computer. Hard disk: Displays the available free space of the selected hard drive.

Select Device Control

Current device: Select the appropriate capture driver from the drop-down list to be used by VideoStudio in communicating with your device.

Load: Click to load a previously saved color palette. Audio: Click to open the Audio Format dialog box where you can change the audio characteristics. Advanced: Click to open the Advanced Options dialog box where you can specify additional settings for your saved video.

Advanced Options

Target playback drive: Specify the data rate of your storage device. Check data rate: Select to compare the data rate of the compressed file to the selected Target Playback Drive. Change this rate to more closely match the data rate of the target storage device. Tolerance: Specify the acceptable percentage of difference on the specified data rate and the data rate of the compressed file. Recompress: Select this option to force the program to re-render (recompress) the project. In most cases, you should leave this option unchecked. Interleave audio and video: Select to be able to specify the interleave ratio between the audio and video data. Pack audio data for every _ Frames: Specify when the next portion of audio data follows the video data. Pad frames for CD-ROM: Select to help make your CD-ROM more efficient in playback by standardizing the video data structure when saving.

Appendix B: Shortcuts

Menu command shortcuts
Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + S Alt + Enter F6 Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Y Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Del F1 Create a new project Open a project Save a project Project Properties Preferences Undo Redo Copy Paste Delete Help

Step Panel shortcuts

Alt + C Alt + E Alt + F Alt + O Alt + T Alt + A Alt + S Up Down Go to Capture Step Go to Edit Step Go to Effect Step Go to Overlay Step Go to Title Step Go to Audio Step Go to Share Step Go to the previous step Go to the next step
Navigation Panel shortcuts
F3 F4 Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 2 Ctrl + P Shift + Play button Ctrl + H Ctrl + E Ctrl + U Ctrl + T Ctrl + R Ctrl + L Ctrl + I Tab ; Enter Left Set mark-in Set mark-out Switch to Project mode Switch to Clip mode Play/Pause Play the currently selected clip Home End Previous frame Next frame Repeat System Volume Split Video Toggle between the Trim Handles and Jog Slider. When the left Trim Handle is active, pressing [Tab] or [Enter] switches to the right handle. If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to make the Trim Handles or Jog Slider active, use the Left-arrow key to move to the previous frame. If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to make the Trim Handles or Jog Slider active, use the Right-arrow key to move to the next frame. If you pressed [Tab] or [Enter] to activate and toggle between the Trim Handles and Jog Slider, you can press [Esc] to deactivate the Trim Handles /Jog Slider.

Timeline shortcuts

Ctrl + A Select all clips in the Timeline. Single title: Select all characters in the on-screen edit mode. Single title: Cut selected characters in the on-screen edit mode. Select multiple clips in the same track. (To select multiple clips in the Library, Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click the clips.) Select the previous clip in the Timeline. Select the next clip in the Timeline. Zoom in/out. Scroll to the right/left. Scroll forward. Scroll backward. Move to the start of the Timeline. Move to the end of the Timeline.
Ctrl + X Shift + Click Left Right +/Page Up / Page Down Ctrl + Down ; Ctrl + Right Ctrl + Up ; Ctrl + Left Ctrl + Home Ctrl + End
Multi-trim Video shortcuts
Del F3 F4 F5 F6 Esc Delete Set mark-in Set mark-out Go backward in the clip Go forward in the clip Cancel

Others

ESC Stop capturing, recording, rendering, or close a dialog box without making any changes. If you switched to Full Screen Preview, press [Esc] to change back to the VideoStudio Editor interface.
Double-click a tran- Double-clicking a transition in the Library automatically insition in the Effects serts it into the first empty transition slot between two clips. Library Repeating this process will insert a transition into the next empty transition slot.
Appendix C: Technology Overview

Analog vs. Digital

With repeated use, the magnetic tape used in High-8, 8 mm, VHS, and S-VHS becomes prone to wear and tear. It gets thinner and thinner until the video could no longer be played. On the other hand, the quality of digital video doesn't diminish over time. You can play DVs countless times and still expect the quality to be as sharp as it originally was. Digitization also extends a video's life span and allows you to enhance its original sound and picture quality. Digitizing analog videos is a breeze with VideoStudio, wherein data captured from an analog device are automatically converted to digital format. Once digitized, you can edit these footage and output them in any disc format of your choice.
Footage can be captured from your analog source and digitized for editing in your PC.

HD Technology

HDV users are by definition concerned with picture quality. VideoStudio allows you to work with high definition videos just as you would with DV: batch capture, edit, apply filters and transitions, then output to various formats such as SD, HD or WMV-HD for Web-sharing. After you have connected an HDV camcorder and properly set up the device for capturing, VideoStudio will automatically set the capture plug-in and device control to HDV Capture Plug-in and HDV 1394 Device Control respectively. The HDV Capture Plug-in converts the source video from your HDV camcorder into an MPEG-2 Program Stream (PS) video file when capturing it into your computer. By converting the video, it allows you to take advantage of VideoStudios SmartRender technology when you edit the captured video clips. This means that whenever you preview your edits or create a video file, only the clips which have been altered will be rendered.

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).
Abbreviation of MPEG Audio Layer-3. MP3 is an audio compression technology that produces near CD audio quality at a very small file size, making it transfer quickly over the Internet.

MPEG-1

A standard for video and audio compression used in many products like VCD. For NTSC, its video resolution is 352x240 pixels at 29.97 fps. For PAL, it works at 352x288 pixels at 25 fps.

MPEG-2

A subset of MPEG-1. It's a standard for video and audio compression used in products like DVD. For NTSC DVD, its video resolution is 720x480 pixels at 29.97 fps. For PAL DVD, it works at 720x576 pixels at 25 fps.
Non Linear Editing. Conventional editing on a VCR is necessarily linear because you must access clips on a video tape in order. Computer editing can be done in any order that is convenient.
Small audible or visual discrepancies that adversely affect audio and video files which have been recorded or captured incorrectly or with faulty equipment.

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Offer valid in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada only. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted. If qualified, the customer may choose either the competitive rebate or upgrade rebate, but not both. The original rebate form must be filled out completely and accompanied by requested proof of purchase and ownership articles. Incomplete rebate requests will not be accepted. A complete request includes the original UPC from the Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 box (No copies of UPC codes accepted), the original dated sales receipt or copy of electronic receipt (partial or incomplete receipts, or packing lists will not be accepted) for Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 (with the price, date and store where acquired clearly identified); and a copy of copyright page of qualifying competitive product for competitive rebate or a copy of the copyright page from qualifying previous version for upgrade rebate; and the completed original rebate form. Mail all required materials to Ulead (North & South America), Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 US$20.00 Competitive / Upgrade Rebate, 20000 Mariner Avenue, Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90503 USA. Your rebate must be postmarked within 60 days of purchase and the offer expires on December 31, 2003. All requests must be post marked by January 8, 2004. Please allow at least weeks for delivery of your rebate. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer, promotion or discount and is limited to one rebate per name/family/address. All rebates will be paid in US Dollars. Taxes, duties, and other charges are the responsibility of the purchaser. Offer not valid without the promotion code, which is received by email after registering your Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 over the Internet at http://www.ulead.com/register/runme.htm. Do not send your registration card with your rebate request. Requests from groups, post office boxes and/or organizations will not be honored. Offer is not available for site or multi-user licenses. Any lost, late, misdirected, torn, mutilated, incomplete, invalid, damaged, postage due, or illegible requests are NOT the responsibility of Ulead Systems, Inc., and may be subject to additional processing time or disqualification. Cash redemption value 1/100 of 1 cent. Please keep copies of all materials submitted: originals will not be kept on file or returned. This offer is available for the Full, Retail Physical version of Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 only; electronic versions of Ulead VideoStudio do not qualify for this upgrade rebate. Ulead reserves the right to cancel and/or change offers and/or promotions at our own discretion. 1997-2003 Ulead Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ulead, Ulead VideoStudio, and the Ulead Systems logo are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. All other names and/or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.