Ulead VIDEOGRAPHICS LAB, Manual

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VIDEO PAINT: CHAPTER ONE 11
quality as the file undergoes compression twice, once in Video Paint and
once more when you create the final video sequence in Video Editor.
To create an image file, click File: Create Image File . This opens the
Create Image File dialog box which allows you to select the data type, file
format, resolution, and size of the image. If you plan on using the image in
other projects you are working on, make sure that the size is the same and,
if you have to compress the file, use a format with a lossless compression
scheme such as (TIF). Otherwise, use a standard format such as the
Windows bitmap (BMP).
Performing Cut and Copy operations
When working on your project, you will often want to copy changes you
have made in one frame to others in the video sequence. To do this, you
use the
Cut and Copy buttons on the Standard toolbar or the Edit: Cut
and Copy commands. Copy duplicates a selected area or floating selection
while Cut removes it from the image. Once cut or copied, you can paste it
into the current frame or into another. When there is no selection area or
floating selection, Cut and Copy works over the entire image (in Composite
mode), or only edits (in Paint Layer mode.) If there are no edits, then the
commands work over the entire image.
Note: You can paste image data to and from Video Paint to any other image editor
such as Ulead PhotoImpact. If pasting to PhotoImpact, any mask information is
retained.