Table of Contents
The big picture ................................................................................ 6
An introduction to digital video ....................................................................................... 6
Key features of DV ......................................................................................................... 7
Analog to digital ............................................................................................................. 7
An introduction to MPEG ............................................................................................... 8
MPEG-1 ............................................................................................................................... 8
MPEG-2 ............................................................................................................................... 8
How VideoStudio works ................................................................................................. 9
Whats new? ................................................................................. 10
System requirements ....................................................................... 12
Hardware checkup before using VideoStudio ........................................... 13
DV IEEE 1394 capture card ......................................................................................... 13
Analog capture card ..................................................................................................... 15
USB port ...................................................................................................................... 15
Installing and running VideoStudio ....................................................... 16
Configuring VideoStudio.................................................................... 17
DV (IEEE 1394 capture card) ...................................................................................... 17
Analog capture card ..................................................................................................... 18
USB input device ......................................................................................................... 18
Getting around VideoStudio ............................................................... 19
The Library ................................................................................................................... 23
Library Manager ................................................................................................................24
Steps to create your movie................................................................. 25
Start ............................................................................................................................. 27
Creating a new project ..................................................................................................... 27
Selecting a template ......................................................................................................... 29
