Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 8.0, User Manual

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CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED 25
Customizing a video project
When you create a new project, its properties are determined by the New dialog
box settings. These settings are integral to your project and determine not only
how previews are created, but also the format of the final movie. You can change
these properties and customize your project through the Project Settings dialog
box.
To view and/or alter your project settings while in the project:
1. Click the Project Settings button or select Project: Project Settings
[ALT+ENTER]. This opens the Project Settings dialog box where you can
view the properties of your project.
2. To change any of the settings, click the Edit button to open the Project
Options dialog box. Click through the various tabs and then specify the
television standard you are using, such as NTSC or PAL, the frame rate, and the
frame size.
Project Options dialog box
As mentioned earlier, the Project Options dialog box gives you direct control over
an existing project. There are three tabs in this dialog box:
Video Editor tab
• Select the desired TV standard.
• Choose whether or not to preview applied video filters when you view your
project in Video Editor.
• Specify the type of audio channel, Stereo or Multi-Channel Surround Sound,
that you will use for your project.
General tab
• Set the project Frame rate and Frame size.
Project settings directly determine the default settings in the Video Save
Options dialog box which in turn determines your final video format. (See
“Determining your video save options” on page 156 for details).
The Frame rate option determines the number of frames for any
resulting video file. The appearance of the clip on the Timeline will not
change.