User manual ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO 6

[. . . ] November 2001 First English edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 6. 0, November 2001. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement, which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. [. . . ] Select the VSP project under Project file name where the temporary preview files you want to remove are located and click Delete. This removes only the temporary preview files and not the actual VSP project. Click Delete All to remove all temporary preview files of all VSP projects. Click Close. Tip: Press [Ctrl + S] to quickly save your project from time to time. This ensures that all project settings and file links are always updated. Inserting a clip into the Timeline To add video clips to the Timeline, you can use drag and drop or browse and select, depending on where your clips are located. To insert a video clip into the Timeline: · Select a clip in the Library and drag and drop it to the Timeline. To insert a clip from a file folder directly to the Timeline, click Insert Media Files, located to the left of the Timeline. · Insert Media Files STORYBOARD 43 Trimming a clip The best part of editing your movie on your computer is the ease with which you can snip and trim with frame by frame accuracy. To trim a clip from the Timeline: 1. Drag the yellow Trim handles on either side of the clip to change its length. The Preview Window reflects the position of the Trim handle in the clip. To trim frame by frame, refer to the Video mark in / out timecodes in the Options Panel. Other clips in your project automatically reposition themselves according to changes made. It is most convenient to use the Trim Bar in adjusting your clips. This is the green bar beneath the Preview Window which represents the selected portion of a clip. If the clip has not been trimmed, the green bar extends along the entire length. To trim a clip with the Trim Bar: 1. Hold down [Shift] and click Play Clip to selectively play only the trimmed portion of the clip. For precise control, 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. Check the Video mark in / out timecodes in the Options Panel to monitor your trimming. The Mark in / out points can also be set by pressing [F3] and [F4], respectively. You can also use Zoom controls to display each frame of your video in the Timeline and trim one frame at a time. The Scroll Bar makes navigating through your project quicker and easier. A wheel mouse can also be used to scroll, and to zoom by pressing [Ctrl]. 44 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE To trim a clip in the Options Panel: 1. Mark in shows the timecode representing the first frame of the clip and Mark out shows the timecode for the last frame. Click Apply. Note: Changes made in the Video duration box only affect the Mark out point. Video mark in / out Displays the points in the original clip where the trimming takes place. Apply renders the new settings made in the Options Panel to the selected clip. Working with clips Your original video file can be used as a source for creating a number of different clips in the Library. [. . . ] Compression is achieved through a codec. MP3 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. 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: CD-ROMs have lower data rates than hard disks. The data rate of the Internet is very low. MPEG-1 A standard for video and audio compression used in many products like VCD. [. . . ]