ULEAD VIDEO STUDIO 9 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE
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Welcome to Ulead VideoStudio .................................... 7
How VideoStudio works .................................................. 7
Installing and running VideoStudio ................................... 8
Setting up your computer ............................................ 9
Installing a capture card ................................................. 9
Connecting a video camera to the computer ...................... 9
DV or Digital 8 camcorder ......................................... 9
Analog video sources .............................................. 13
USB camera .......................................................... 18
Preparation for video capturing and editing ...................... 20
Getting started ........................................................... 21
DV-to-DVD Wizard ....................................................... 21
Step 1: Scan for scenes .......................................... 21
Step 2: Apply a theme template and burn to DVD ...... 23
Movie Wizard ............................................................... 23
Step 1: Add video and images ................................. 24
Step 2: Select a template ....................................... 27
Step 3: Finish ........................................................ 31
VideoStudio Editor ....................................................... 31
The user interface .................................................. 31
The Step Panel ...................................................... 32
The Menu Bar ........................................................ 33
The Options Panel .................................................. 34
The Navigation Panel .............................................. 34
The project timeline ............................................... 35
The Library ........................................................... 39
Starting a new movie project ......................................... 43
Setting your preferences ......................................... 44
Setting project properties ....................................... 44
Adding clips .......................................................... 45
Previewing ............................................................ 45
Undoing and redoing actions ................................... 47
Showing and hiding grid lines .................................. 47
Saving your project ............................................... 48
Capture ...................................................................... 50
Seamless DV and MPEG capture ..................................... 50
The Capture Step Options Panel ..................................... 51
Capturing video ........................................................... 51
Digital Video (DV) .................................................. 53
Analog video ......................................................... 55
Importing from DVD/DVD-VR .................................. 58