Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 8, User Manual

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240 AUDIO EDITOR
As opens the Save Audio File dialog box where you can specify a new name and/or
destination.
There is also an option where you can directly save the audio file into the
Production Library of Video Editor, saving you the trouble of having to import it
when using Video Editor.
Saving files to a video
Apart from saving audio as a wave file, you can also save it as an audio track to an
existing AVI or MOV file. If the file contains an original audio track, the track is
overwritten with the new data. (If the waveform is longer in duration than the
video, it is truncated to the video length.)
Changing audio properties
After saving a file, you may find that you need to change its attributes, particularly
if you are planning on mixing it with other files that have different properties.
To change audio properties, click Edit: Convert To . In the dialog box that opens,
you can choose to change the sampling rate, channels and sample size according
to your needs. Once you click
OK , the dialog box closes and the waveform is
changed accordingly.
Zooming
When you edit a waveform, you may want to see part of it in greater detail or
display it in a more compressed manner. You can do this in three ways: click
View:
Zoom In and Zoom Out , by dragging the Zoom Slider , or by dragging on the
borders of the Global View Panel of the Overview Strip . (The amount you can
zoom depends on the size of the edit window, the length of the waveform and the
amount of the waveform shown in the window.)
If the saved audio file is included as a track in a Video Editor project, the track
is automatically updated.
Increasing attributes, such as adding an extra channel or increasing the
sample size, does not result in an improvement in the sound of the file. This is
because the attributes of an audio file are already determined at the time of
its creation.