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ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE
Tens of millions of camcorders have been
sold around the world and computers have
become standard fare in the home. It hasn’t
taken long for video capture cards to make
the connection between the two. So what’s
the big deal with Digital Video (DV)?
The viewing area of the DV is big in 720x480
pixels, with more than 500 horizontal
resolution and PCM 16 / 12 -bit stereo sound.
For the DV camcorders themselves, they are
usually compact and lightweight. In addition,
the tiny DV tape is easy to carry, and its
digital record and playback format, are
superior to analog ones such as High-8, 8-
mm, S-VHS and VHS. What’s more,
capturing DV data into your computer or
recording back to your DV camcorder is
simple through the IEEE 1394 (also known as
FireWire or i.LINK) interface card, in a
purely digital form without loss of quality. No
wonder DV has taken the world by storm,
becoming the format of choice for
enthusiasts.
That’s why Ulead VideoStudio fully supports
DV editing. You can even control your
camcorder with Ulead VideoStudio and the
mouse! (See page 13 for details on setting up
VideoStudio.)
The big picture
Editing video in computers used to be dominated by professionals only. Nowadays, with the
introduction to video editing software programs such as Ulead VideoStudio, editing video in
your computer is easy and fun, even if you’re new to the digital video world!
DV camcorders
Video storage media
An introduction to Digital Video