User manual ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO SE

[. . . ] March 2006 English edition for Ulead® VideoStudio® SE, March 2006. 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. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991­1992 C-Cube Microsystems. Ulead and the Ulead Systems logo are registered trademarks and Ulead VideoStudio is a trademark of Ulead Systems, Inc. [. . . ] 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. To rearrange 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. To reposition a text in a multiple-title clip: Drag the text box to the new position. 36 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 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. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 37 Audio Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your video production. VideoStudio's Audio Step allows you to add both narration and music to your project. Insert your narrations on the Voice Track and your background music or sound effects on the Music Track. Adding voiceover narration Documentaries and news features often use narrations to help the audience understand what is going on in the video. VideoStudio allows you to record your own narration with crisp and clear results. Move to the section of the video where you want to insert your narration by using the Jog Slider. Note: You cannot record over an existing clip. Make sure that a clip is not selected by clicking on an empty area on the Timeline. 3. Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds accordingly. Press [Esc] or click Stop to stop recording. Tip: The best way to record narrations is to do the recording in 10 to 15-second sessions. This makes it easier to remove a badly recorded narration and redo it. To remove, just select the clip on the Timeline and press [Delete]. 38 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Adding background music Set the tone of your movie with the background music of your choice. VideoStudio can record and convert song tracks from your CD into WAV files and then insert them onto the Timeline. VideoStudio also supports WMA, AVI, and other popular audio file formats which you can directly insert onto the Music Track. Importing music from an audio CD Capture music by importing from an audio CD. VideoStudio copies the CDA audio file then saves it in your hard drive as a WAV file. Click Import from Audio CD in the Music & Voice tab to open the Rip CD Audio dialog box. To check if the disc is detected, see to it that Audio Drive is enabled. Click Browse and select the destination folder where the imported files will be saved. Click Play Selected Music to play back the music with the variation applied. Set the Volume level then click Add to Timeline. Tip: Select Auto trim to automatically trim the audio clip to fit the empty space based on the Jog Slider position. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 39 Adding audio files VideoStudio provides a separate Voice Track and Music Track but you may interchangeably insert voice and music files on either track. [. . . ] Select Always under Use Eudora MAPI server. Electronic greeting cards Share your video with friends and relatives by creating multimedia greeting cards. VideoStudio packs the movie into an executable (EXE) file that automatically plays the video. In addition, you can even display your video using your choice of background. Select a video clip from the Library. Note: You cannot export DV AVI files as a greeting card. 2. [. . . ]