User manual ULEAD MEDIASTUDIO PRO 6.5

[. . . ] 4 Seamless DV Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Instant Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Voice Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The moment the device is switched on, Video Capture prompts a message asking if you want to use the new device. There is no need to restart the program when switching to a different capture plugin. 4 Seamless DV Capture When using the DirectShow driver, the maximum file size is 4 GB under the FAT 32 file system in your hard drive. Yet, you can go beyond this limitation when using Windows 2000 and Windows NT with a NTFS formatted hard drive partition that allows a file size to exceed 4 GB. Once a DV AVI file reaches 4 GB, the remaining video is automatically saved as an another file. The capturing process remains uninterrupted no matter how long the video footage is. To enable Seamless Capture: 1. Make sure the DirectShow capture plug-in is selected and a DV driver is used. Select Seamless capture in the Advanced page of the Capture video dialog box then click the Options button. In the Seamless Capture Options dialog box, specify the desired maximum video file size in the Cut file when file size reaches box. Select the Cut when scene is detected option and select the desired method. a. At file size limitation Cuts the file when the size reaches the value in the Cut file when file size reaches box. At first scene after Cuts the file when the captured video file size exceeds the value entered in the box. Capture Video dialog box Seamless Capture Options dialog box 5. Click OK. 5 Video Editor The Video Editor program is the mixing plate of a project. It is where video, sound, titles, and effects are put together and saved as a file. This version of Video Editor is a significant upgrade from its predecessor in MediaStudio Pro 6. 0. Enjoy using its new features and take advantage of improved support for the latest hardware and software products. Instant Playback MediaStudio Pro 6. 5 now features instant playback using its own video rendering engine. Users can now go directly to playback without the need to create a preview file for play project. The Instant Playback function can be enabled/disabled on the pop-up menu of the preview window. Access this pop-up menu by clicking on the Preview window menu button. Note: The Title bar of the Preview window displays the current play mode selected. Title bar Preview window menu button 6 Voice Over In the case of documentaries and presentation videos, narration often helps viewers understand and appreciate the movie's content. This is why MediaStudio Pro 6. 5 now offers a voice over function to meet the voice-over requirements of narrated videos. The Voice Over function allows you to incorporate narration and voice overs into your videos using five easy steps. To insert a voice over: 1. Use the Preview bar to determine the section of the video where you want to add your narration. Note: Make sure the Project cursor is not over an existing audio clip on the selected Audio track. 2. In the Insert Voice File dialog box, test the sensitivity of the microphone by looking at the level meter. Note: You can adjust the recording level of the microphone by going into the Windows Volume Control. Project cursor over a blank area on the selected Audio track 4. [. . . ] Select the DV video clip then access the Split by Scene function. Note: The Split by Scene option is disabled when the selected video clip does not contain any scene information. Click Scenes to access Split by Scene Insert Video dialog box 2. The Scenes & Recording Cuts dialog box appears. Note: When the different scenes of the video clip are not displayed, click Scan to generate the scene information. 3. When done, select the Open scenes & recording cuts as multiple clips option. This also results in DVDs and SVCDs having better picture Variable bit rate encoding option quality. DVD/VCD/SVCD Compatible MPEG Files To help users create DVD/VCD/ SVCD files, Video Editor now has three MPEG subsets under Media Type in the Video Save Options dialog box. [. . . ]