User manual NERO NERO VISION EXPRESS 2

[. . . ] User's Guide NeroVision Express 2 Bringing the world of video closer to home - Creating your very own DVD, VCD, SVCD and miniDVD Ahead Software AG Copyright and Trademark Information The NeroVision Express 2 Quick Start Guide and the NeroVision Express 2 Software are copyrighted and the property of Ahead Software AG, Im Stoeckmaedle 18, 76307 Karlsbad, Germany. This Quick Start Guide contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. It is expressly forbidden to copy, reproduce, duplicate or transmit all or any part of the Guide or the software without the prior written consent of Ahead Software AG. All brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. [. . . ] Step 9: When you are ready, click the "Burn" button and begin to start the recording process. Your project files will be converted to the appropriate format and then burned to disc, burned as an image, or written to the hard disk, depending on what you chose. NeroVision Express 2 Making your first DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD or miniDVD · 31 Step 10: When the burn process has finished click on "Next" to enter the FINISH page. There you have the option to burn your project again, start a new project, make covers and labels, or exit the program. NeroVision Express 2 Making your first DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD or miniDVD · 32 6 Open Existing Project 6. 1 Open Existing Project Once you have started working with your projects and made your layout, occasionally, you may want to burn it at a later date. As you exit NeroVision Express 2 or change projects, you will have the option to save your project. On the START page you then have the option to re-open an existing project. Step 1: Select Open Saved Projekt or Disc Image from the main screen and click the left mouse button. NeroVision Express 2 Open Existing Project · 33 Step 2: Select the project that you have saved from the menu and click the "Open" button. Step 3: You will be taken to the CONTENT page and can continue from there as described in Chapter Five 'Making your first DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD or miniDVD'. NeroVision Express 2 Open Existing Project · 34 7 Editing Your Video 7. 1 Editing Your Video You cannot edit videos or create your own movies with NeroVision Express 2 SE. You can trim video titles, which involves cutting out unwanted video footage at the beginning and/or end of the video title, and you can add chapter marks. Chapter marks are positions within a video title that you can access directly using the previous/next buttons on your DVD/(S)VCD player without having to fast forward or rewind through the whole video title. On the CHAPTERS screen, the slider bar below the preview monitor represents the video title from start to end. The thumb or slider button allows you to move to a certain position within the video title. The video image that exists at that position will be shown on the preview monitor. NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 35 The control buttons allow you to play and stop the video, create and delete chapter marks and change the name. Play selected video Stop selected video Rename chapter Delete selected chapter mark Delete all chapter marks Start automatic scene cut detection Create chapter mark manually Click on the time run button (hours, minutes, seconds) and use the `forward' and `back' buttons to jump to a particular place in the selected video. NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 36 7. 2 Trimming video titles The editing (cutting) of videos is a non-linear process, i. e. Step 1: To open the edit window, select a video file and click on the icon NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 37 Step 2: When you select the timeline screen, the cut button enabled. is immediately Step 3: Click the button to start the cut mode. Start and end marks appear in the corresponding preview window. Step 4: Move the left start mark to select the beginning of the segment you want to cut or remove. Step 5: Move the right end mark to select the end of the segment you want to cut or remove. You can check the exact position of the clip in the preview window. Step 6: Click the button to cut the selected segment. The first clip contains the pre-edited segment, the second clip the edited segment. NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 38 7. 3 Adding Chapter Marks Initially each video title contains only one chapter. You can manually or automatically add more chapters, rename chapters or delete unwanted chapters. 7. 3. 1 Creating chapter marks manually Step 1: use the slider button to mark "where" in the video you would like to place the chapter marks. Step 2: when you are satisfied with the placement of where you would like the marker placed, click the "Create new chapter mark" button to place the marker. NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 39 Step 3: after you have placed the marker, your new chapter will be displayed in the window to the right and a marker mark(s) have been placed. on the slider bar will show where the chapter Step 4: if you would like to be more precise as to which frame you would like to place your chapter marks, you can then use the "Next Frame" or "Previous Frame" buttons to search frame-by-frame for the appropriate place. NeroVision Express 2 Editing Your Video · 40 7. 3. 2 Adding chapter marks automatically Step 1: click on to start the Automatic Scene Cut Detection. Scene changes in the video are automatically detected and the appropriate chapter marks will be inserted. Once you click the icon, the detection process starts and afterward, it will show you how many chapters were found and created. You can then use the sliders to increase or decrease that number. When the checkbox is checked, all chapter marks created previously and within your edit window will be saved. When unchecked, all previously created chapter marks may be deleted when you press "Generate". [. . . ] A technology for CD-R (recordable) media. Chapter Marks These are marks set in the video which identify a scene change or place. Chapters are sub-positions of the video. NeroVision Express 2 Glossary · 87 CODEC (EnCOder/DECoder) A method in which a video is encoded for recording or saving to disk then decoded for playback. Disc-At-Once Method in which the laser in your recorder burns straight through in one session without turning off and on between each track. This method is best when recording audio CD's you would like to play in your home or car stereo. Disc Image This process can be used when having system performance problems or when you do not have a burner available. When choosing the disc image option, it takes the file you want to copy and places it temporarily on your hard disk. [. . . ]