User manual SRAM X.9

[. . . ] Intel, the Intel logo, Core 2 Duo and the Core 2 Duo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Vista, Zune and other Microsoft products referenced here in are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, iPod, QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the United States and other countries. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, the Acrobat logo, Flash, and Macromedia are Trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. [. . . ] · 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. Modifying text attributes Modify the attributes of your text, such as font face, style, size, and more, by using the available settings in the Options Panel. More options allow you to set the style and alignment, apply a Border, Shadow and Transparency and add a Text backdrop to your text. A text backdrop superimposes your text on a horizontal color bar that stretches across the video frame. Click to open the Text Backdrop dialog box to select whether to use a solid or gradient color and to set the transparency of the text backdrop. SRAM VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 93 Rearranging the stacking order for multiple titles In the Preview Window, click the text box you want to rearrange. After selecting, right-click it then on the menu that opens, select how you want to restack the text. Repositioning a text in a multiple-title clip Drag the text box to the new position. Rotating text Using the purple handles, you can rotate a text towards the position of your cursor in the Preview Window. To rotate a text, make sure that you have selected a text to display the yellow and purple handles. In the Preview Window, click and drag a purple handle to the position you want. You can also specify a value in Rotate by degree of the Options Panel to apply a more precise angle of rotation. Applying animation Apply motion to your text with VideoStudio's text animation tools such as Fade, Moving Path, and Drop. Select a preset animation from the box under Type. Tip: Click to open a dialog box where you can specify animation attributes. 4. Drag the Pause duration handles to specify how long the text will pause after it enters and before it exits the screen. 94 SRAM VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Animation effects Drop dialog box · Accelerate: Select to start animating the next unit of the title clip before the current unit exits the screen. You can also pre-set the length of the recording by entering the desired duration. · Record Voice: Opens the Adjust Volume dialog box where you can first test the volume of your microphone. VideoStudio creates a new clip to the right of the existing audio in the Voice Track on the Timeline. · 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. When clicked, the Surround Sound Mixer tab is displayed. Auto Music tab · Duration: Displays the total duration of the selected music. · Fade-out: Gradually decreases the volume of the music. 98 SRAM VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE · Scope: Specify how the program will search for SmartSound files. Local: Searches for SmartSound files stored in the hard disk. Mounted: Searches for SmartSound files stored in the hard disk and CD-ROM drives Owned: Searches for SmartSound files that you own including those stored in CDs. All: Searches for all SmartSound files available in your desktop computer and the Internet. · Library: Lists the available libraries from which music can be imported. [. . . ] PAL is common in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and some other Asian places, which has a frame rate of 25 fps. In the world of DV and DVD, NTSC has the video resolution of 720x480 pixels, while PAL has 720x576 pixels. Overlay These are the superimposed video or image clips over existing clips in your project. Plug-ins Plug-ins are utilities that add more functions and effects to a program. In Ulead VideoStudio, plug-ins have made it possible for the program to automatically recognize capture devices as well as output videos for different purposes such as for e-mail, Web page, video greeting cards, and DV recording. 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. [. . . ]