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30  ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE

Index

A

Add/Edit media clip

 10

Auto-enhance

 11

B

Batch Convert

 8

C

Capture Analog Video

 11

Capture Digital Video

 11

Capturing analog video

 12

Capturing digital video

 11

Capturing still images

 13

Changing the background music

 18

Changing the transition effect

 17

Choose a style

 16

Choose sharing method

 10

Create Video File

 19

E

Editing text

 17

I

Insert DVD/DVD-VR

 10

Insert Image

 10

Insert Video

 10

Inserting clips

 11

M

Media Clip List

 7

Multi-trim Video

 11

N

Navigation Panel

 7

O

Options Panel

 7

P

Preferences

 8

Preview Window

 7

R

Rotate

 11

S

Selecting a movie style

 16

Split Video

 11

Step buttons

 7

Step Panel

 7

Summary of Contents for VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION

Page 1: ...User Guide Ulead Systems Inc August 2004 ...

Page 2: ...marks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe the Adobe logo and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners Sample files Files provided as samples on the program CD can be use...

Page 3: ...rmine video output setting 10 Step 2 Add Edit media clip 10 Inserting clips into your project 11 Capturing digital video 11 Capturing analog video 12 Capturing still images 13 Trimming a clip 13 Multi trim Video 14 Creating an image slideshow 16 Rotating an image 16 Rearranging the position of the clips 16 Step 3 Choose a style 16 Selecting a movie style 16 Changing the transition effect 17 Editin...

Page 4: ...4 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE Batch Convert 20 Preferences 21 Video and Audio Capture Property Settings 22 Video Save Options 25 Advanced Options 29 Index 30 ...

Page 5: ...ting a series of videos into any supported format without the need for a separate application Auto Enhancement Auto adjust the hue saturation brightness and contrast of videos and photos System requirements Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP 128MB of RAM 256MB or more recommended 200MB of available hard drive space for program installation 2GB hard drive space for video capture and editing Windows comp...

Page 6: ...c drive then click Install on the setup screen and follow the instructions User interface 1 Visit Ulead Web site Click to launch your Web browser and connect to the Ulead Web site 2 File menu Select to open a menu where you can save your project file and set project preferences See File menu on page 8 3 Convert menu Click to open a menu where you can convert multiple video files that have differen...

Page 7: ...roject Click to remove the clip from the Media Clip List or click to view the selected clip s properties 8 Step Panel Displays buttons that correspond to the different video editing steps 9 Preview Window Displays the video playback here 10Navigation Panel Displays buttons for playback and trimming clips Navigation Panel 1 Trim Bar Drag the ends of the bar to trim clips 2 Mark in Click to mark the...

Page 8: ... file using another file name or path Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog box where you can set capture options and set the frequency to check for updates on the Ulead Web site See Preferences on page 21 Convert menu Batch Convert Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can choose multiple video files in different file formats and convert them to a single video file format See Batch Conv...

Page 9: ...ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 9 Creating a video file ...

Page 10: ...dd or capture then edit the media clip Add media clip Options Panel Tip Please read the Description to view the properties of the video format or the mobile carrier you selected Insert Video Allows you to add a video file to the project Insert Image Allows you to add an image file to the project Insert DVD DVD VR Allows you to add video from a DVD Video or DVD VR formatted disc to the project ...

Page 11: ...e video from a digital source e g DV camcorder Capture Analog Video Opens a dialog box where you can capture video from an analog source e g TV tuner card Multi trim Video Video only Allows you to choose desired segments from a video file and extract them See Multi trim Video on page 14 Split Video Video only Cuts the selected clip into two To cut position the Jog Bar to where you want the first c...

Page 12: ...t Select Device Control In the dialog box select the device control to use in Current device 6 When you locate the start of the section that you want to capture click Capture Video to start capturing 7 Click Stop Capture or press Esc to stop capturing 8 Click OK Capturing analog video When footage is captured from analog sources such as VHS Video 8 or TV it is converted to a digital format that ca...

Page 13: ...ape If you are capturing from an analog camcorder press the Play button on your device to play your videotape 3 When you see the image you want to capture in the Preview Window click Capture Image 4 Click OK Trimming a clip Cut out unwanted parts in your video or split your video into two clips To split a video clip 1 Select the clip you want to split on the Media Clip List 2 Drag the Jog Bar to t...

Page 14: ...in out Multi trim Video The Multi trim Video feature is another method for splitting a clip into multiple segments Multi trim Video gives you complete control over the clips you wish to extract making it easier for you to manage your project To trim a video file into multiple clips 1 Click Multi trim Video in the Options Panel 2 In the Multi trim Video dialog box view the whole clip first by click...

Page 15: ...ck OK when finished The video segments that you kept are then inserted onto the Media Clip List Tip To mark segments you can also press F3 and F4 while playing the video Navigation controls in the Multi trim Video dialog box Reverses or advances through the video in fixed increments By default these buttons move up or down through the video in increments of 25 seconds To change this set the Go bac...

Page 16: ...nces on page 21 Rotating an image Use the rotate buttons to change the orientation of the selected image Rearranging the position of the clips Rearrange the clips in the Media Clip List by dragging and dropping the clip to the desired position Step 3 Choose a style Choose a movie style for your project then customize movie style attributes such as transition effects background music and text Selec...

Page 17: ...drop down menu Delete All Click to remove all transition effects in the Media Clip List Tip Click Delete All to remove all transition effects from the project Font face Select your desired font style Font size Set your desired font size Vertical text Makes the orientation of the title vertical Font style Set the text as bold italic and or underlined Alignment Aligns horizontal text to the left cen...

Page 18: ...l click Open Audio File In the dialog box locate the audio file you want to use for your background music and click Open 3 Use the Volume slider to adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video s audio Dragging the slider to Open Audio File Opens a dialog box where you can locate an audio file to use as the background music Remove background music Removes the background music...

Page 19: ...utput video formats To create a video file 1 Click Create 2 In the Create Video File dialog box enter the file name then click Save If you have Ulead VideoStudio 8 or Ulead DVD Movie Factory 3 installed in your computer the Burn button will be displayed in the Options Panel Click Burn to use VideoStudio or MovieFactory to burn your video onto a disc Note The Burn button is only available for the D...

Page 20: ...yed Add Opens the Batch Convert dialog box where you can select the files you want to convert Remove Deletes the selected file from the Batch Convert List Remove All Deletes all the files in the Batch Convert List Save in folder Click Browse to select a folder where to save the converted video files Save as type Select the file format to which the video files will be converted Convert Starts the c...

Page 21: ...references Image clip duration Specify the clip length for all image clips that will be added in your video project The unit of time for duration is in seconds Press OK to capture Allows you to press OK to start capturing Stop DV tape when capturing stops Enables the DV camcorder to automatically stop the tape playback after a video capture process is completed Check Ulead Web site every Select to...

Page 22: ...deo for S video input TV system Specify whether to use NTSC or PAL depending on your region NTSC is predominant in North America and many Asian countries PAL is the television standard in Europe and the South Pacific Audio Audio device Select the audio device where you want to capture audio from Input source Indicates the current sound input device Should there be any problems with your audio simp...

Page 23: ...on input Select Antenna if you re using an antenna to watch television or Cable if your television utilizes a cable TV system TV audio Select the audio format currently used by the TV Channel Enter the channel of the television program you plan to capture footage from Advanced Click to open the TV Channel Manager dialog box where you can scan for the TV channels available in your region ...

Page 24: ...erties such as brightness contrast hue and saturation before you capture the video into Video ToolBox There are various video property options that you can adjust in this dialog box Drag the sliders for each item to increase or decrease the value Click Set Default to reset the values to their original settings ...

Page 25: ...s field based or frame based video files Field based video stores video data as two distinct fields of information for each frame If your video is only for computer playback you should save your work as frame based Frame size Select the size of the frame or define your own for the video file Display aspect ratio Select from a list of supported pixel aspect ratios By applying the correct aspect rat...

Page 26: ...e of fluid motion of the video Dragging the slider to the left produces a fluid motion video but at the expense of quality of the video Video settings Video data rate Select either to use constant bit rate CBR or variable bit rate VBR to encode your video file The value must be between 390 14648 kbps When CBR is selected the data rate entered will be used all the time regardless of the amount of i...

Page 27: ...imilar to CD audio but with higher sampling frequencies and quantizations LPCM s maximum bit rate is 6 144 Mb s which is much higher than MPEG 2 coding LPCM offers high quality but its drawback is that higher data rates leave little bandwidth for video AC 3 audio is the digital standard for compressed audio files It is a new and unique way of digitally compressing and decoding audio channels into ...

Page 28: ...e distance between key frames used by the compression scheme Data type Select from the list of available data types of the currently selected video compression scheme Use common palette Select the color palette to use for saving the video Load Click to load a previously saved color palette Audio Click to open the Audio Format dialog box where you can change the audio characteristics Advanced Click...

Page 29: ... of difference on the specified data rate and the data rate of the compressed file Recompress Select this option to force the program to re render recompress the project In most cases you should leave this option unchecked Interleave audio and video Select to be able to specify the interleave ratio between the audio and video data Pack audio data for every _ Frames Specify when the next portion of...

Page 30: ...ill images 13 Changing the background music 18 Changing the transition effect 17 Choose a style 16 Choose sharing method 10 Create Video File 19 E Editing text 17 I Insert DVD DVD VR 10 Insert Image 10 Insert Video 10 Inserting clips 11 M Media Clip List 7 Multi trim Video 11 N Navigation Panel 7 O Options Panel 7 P Preferences 8 Preview Window 7 R Rotate 11 S Selecting a movie style 16 Split Vide...

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