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DVD Movi

User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
January 2006

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Page 1: ...DVD MovieFactory User Guide Ulead Systems Inc January 2006...

Page 2: ...nited States and other countries QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are Trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Manuf...

Page 3: ...p Menu 18 Menu template categories 18 Applying menu templates 19 Editing menu templates 19 Using motion menus 20 Customizing menu templates 20 Manipulating objects 21 Editing menu thumbnail and text s...

Page 4: ...Save As 37 Preferences 38 Disc Template Manager 39 Ulead DVD MovieFactory Help 39 Product Updates on the Web 39 Online Registration 39 About Ulead DVD MovieFactory 40 Exit 40 Project settings 40 Disp...

Page 5: ...o make your discs more attractive and interesting With DVD MovieFactory creating professional looking video or slideshow discs has never been easier DVD MovieFactory launcher The DVD MovieFactory laun...

Page 6: ...g photo slideshows for more details Import Click to capture content from your camcorder and other devices or import content from a DVD or CD See Import for more details Notes You can also click any to...

Page 7: ...details Disc Tools Click to format erase or finalize a disc See Disc Tools for more details Preferences Click to set your working folder view product updates register online or view program informatio...

Page 8: ...ion of a CD ROM that uses the MPEG 1 format The quality of the exported movie is almost the same but usually better than VHS tape based movies A VCD can be played back on a CD ROM drive VCD player and...

Page 9: ...ou can add content to your movie by capturing videos adding video files creating and adding slideshows and importing DVD videos Capture video See Capturing video for more details Add video files DVD M...

Page 10: ...video clip will immediately jump to the first scene of that chapter and start the playback This feature gives your viewers the freedom to choose a particular part of the movie to watch Note that thes...

Page 11: ...more quickly Or you can use the Shuttle Slider to view the video clip at a constant playback speed Tips To use Auto Add Chapters your video must be at least one minute long or have scene change inform...

Page 12: ...dia Clip Properties Displays the file video and audio properties of the selected media clip Trimming a video You can trim a video using the Jog Slider mark in out buttons navigation controls Shuttle S...

Page 13: ...ist 5 To select more segments repeat steps 3 and 4 6 Click Play or press Space to view the trimmed video 7 To remove any extracted segment from the list select it in the Media Clip list and click Remo...

Page 14: ...combined video clips using the Join Separate Video feature To combine separate video clips 1 Press Ctrl or Shift and click on two or more clips in the Media Clip list 2 Click to combine the selected...

Page 15: ...length of the selected transition effect Add to Current Position Click to add the selected transition effect to the frame currently displayed on the Preview Window Added effect list Select an applied...

Page 16: ...Determines the horizontal distance between the text and the shadow Y offset Determines the vertical distance between the text and the shadow Transparency Enter a value or drag the slider to adjust th...

Page 17: ...d and add voice annotations to your video Mix audio Enter the specific value or move the slider to adjust the volume level for the Original Additional and Voice audio tracks respectively Mute Click to...

Page 18: ...nderstand the menu structure In this example Clip 1 has three chapters When you click the Clip 1 video thumbnail it will jump to submenu 1 If you look at Clip 2 it has no chapters assigned to it There...

Page 19: ...as background for your menus Motion menu Sets the duration for the moving elements in the menu See Using motion menus for more details Background image video Opens a menu of options for selecting or...

Page 20: ...llows you to customize and create your own menu templates for easy application to your current and future movie projects To create your own menu template 1 Click Customize in the Edit tab of the Setup...

Page 21: ...You can use these grid lines as reference when dragging the menu objects to the desired position Make sure that the objects are within the TV safe area defined by a border with dotted lines You can a...

Page 22: ...ck Next in the Setup Menu step 2 Click Play to watch your video project and test the menu selection on your computer Use the navigation controls as you would use a standard remote control of a home DV...

Page 23: ...or burning to define additional burner and output settings 4 Click Burn to start the burning process 5 After successfully burning your disc a dialog box appears from which you can select the next step...

Page 24: ...r audio levels during playback of your movie Different video clips may have different audio recording levels when created When these video clips are put together the volume could vary greatly from one...

Page 25: ...e first it does not actually burn yet the CD DVD burning of the video file This will help you check if the system speed is enough to send data to the CD DVD writing device at a specified recording spe...

Page 26: ...or SVCD To capture videos directly onto a disc 1 Make sure your video source is switched on and properly connected to your computer 2 Insert a disc into the disc burner where the video will be recorde...

Page 27: ...Settings and tools The following tools located at the lower left of the main interface allow you to perform various tasks See Tools for more details Settings and Options Allows you to set preferences...

Page 28: ...project anytime by selecting the desired output format in Current project type Slideshow Disc Adding photo slideshows Aside from video files you can also add photo slideshows complete with multiple b...

Page 29: ...ia Clip list and click Edit Slideshow Modify the selected slideshow in the Edit Slideshow dialog box Import Ulead DVD MovieFactory is capable of capturing video from different video sources such as DV...

Page 30: ...treams Capturing DV video as Type 2 gives more compatibility with other applications To capture DV video 1 Connect your camcorder to the IEEE 1394 interface card Turn it on and set it to Play or VTR V...

Page 31: ...V C tape device you can capture HDV footage To capture video from an HDV camcorder 1 Connect your HDV camcorder to the IEEE 1394 interface card Turn it on and set it to Play mode 2 If you have a Sony...

Page 32: ...a segment of your favorite television show on regular TV or cable then save it in your hard drive in AVI or MPEG format To capture TV footage 1 Check if your computer has an analog video capture card...

Page 33: ...1 Return to the Add Edit Media page and press F6 to open the Preferences dialog box 2 Click Capture tab and select the appropriate format in the Captured image format 3 Specify the image quality appli...

Page 34: ...pports this feature Split video By scene detection Select to capture the different sequences of footage recorded on a DV tape into multiple files or clips based on scene change By date change Select t...

Page 35: ...so you can include the video s main audio channel and or the sub channel if available To import DVD video 1 Click Import DVD Video or DVD VR files from a disc or hard drive The Select a DVD Title dia...

Page 36: ...elect the Copy Disc associated task This opens the Copy Utility dialog box 2 Specify the file to copy in Source Select Browse for a DVD video folder if the source file is from a disc or a DVD folder 3...

Page 37: ...ve Erase Disc Select Erase Disc to open the Erase Disc dialog box This allows you to erase the contents of your rewritable disc Close Disc Select Finalize Disc to open the Close Disc dialog box Closin...

Page 38: ...ation or has been deleted Resume all confirmation dialog boxes Select to have the confirmation boxes appear even after the Do not show again option is selected Max 30MB menus for set top DVD VR record...

Page 39: ...DV capture Launches a confirmation message before performing the actual capturing process Stop tape once capturing stops Automatically stops the connected capture device in your computer once the prog...

Page 40: ...Select to prevent the program from rendering DVD compliant MPEG files during the rendering output process Support X Disc Includes Extended disc XDVD XVCD XSVCD compatible files to your project Two pa...

Page 41: ...en customize the overall design of the disc label disc cover insert or booklet The actual dimensions of your media or label in relation to the selected paper size is displayed to serve as your guide P...

Page 42: ...tical distance of the shadow from the selected image Transparency Adjust the transparency of the shadow by entering a value or using the slider The Text tab allows you to add and format text Wrap text...

Page 43: ...s and covers for your discs It also lets you create your own paper template To create a paper template 1 Click to open the Label Once dialog box 2 In the General tab click to open the Customize Paper...

Page 44: ...to add the selected image on the label 2 Select the image in the Preview Window and use the handles to resize the image To move an image drag it to the desired position on the label 3 To add more ima...

Page 45: ...n existing MovieFactory project and click 2 Initially the background image used for the menu will also serve as background for your disc label The menu title serves as the disc title and the menu thum...

Page 46: ...Open your previous disc label projects for re editing or re printing To open a previously saved disc label project 1 Click Files Load Disc Label 2 Browse for the disc label file UPL to open in the Op...

Page 47: ...llows your computer to control video sources like the camcorder DV Abbreviation for Digital Video which is a very specific format of video DV can be played back recorded by your computer if you have t...

Page 48: ...it rate coding of audio Normalize audio This function evaluates and adjusts the audio waveform of video used in a movie according to the highest peaks and correcting the rest accordingly to avoid volu...

Page 49: ...te disc label 7 Create Music Disc 46 Create Slideshow Disc 7 Creating a slideshow 28 D Direct to MPEG capture 34 Disc information 7 Disc Template Manager 39 Disc Tools 7 Drive information 7 DV Type 1...

Page 50: ...nd Options 37 Slideshow Disc 6 Slideshow image duration 38 Split Video 33 Split video 34 Straight to Disc 26 For DVD VCD or SVCD 26 T The right click menu 12 Transition effect duration 38 Trimming a v...

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