Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows : Visual QuickStart Guide
by Ozer, JanEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary
PC Magazine's Jan Ozer takes on the most popular Windows-based DV editing software in classic, Visual QuickStart style!
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Getting Started | p. 1 |
| Creating Watchable Video | p. 3 |
| What Is Watchable Video? | p. 4 |
| Watchable Video Guidelines | p. 5 |
| Using a Feature-Rich Video Editor | p. 7 |
| Developing Strong Nonlinear Editing Skills | p. 8 |
| Choosing the Right Camera Settings | p. 10 |
| Applying Basic Shot Composition | p. 17 |
| Applying Advanced Shot Composition | p. 24 |
| Introduction to Studio 11 | p. 29 |
| Using Edit Mode | p. 30 |
| Using Capture Mode | p. 36 |
| Using Make Movie Mode | p. 39 |
| Using Undo and Redo | p. 40 |
| Using the Help Menu | p. 42 |
| Selecting Your Capture Drive | p. 44 |
| Defragmenting Your Capture Drive | p. 45 |
| Setting Project Preferences | p. 48 |
| Saving Your Projects | p. 49 |
| Deleting Projects | p. 53 |
| Hiding Premium Content and Features | p. 54 |
| Setting Default Durations | p. 55 |
| Setting the Project Format | p. 56 |
| Working with Auxiliary Files | p. 58 |
| Setting Up a Dual-Monitor Display | p. 60 |
| Gathering Your Assets | p. 63 |
| Capturing Digital Content | p. 65 |
| The DV/HDV Capture Interface | p. 66 |
| Connecting for DV/HDV Capture | p. 70 |
| Entering Capture Mode | p. 72 |
| Capturing DV/HDV Video | p. 75 |
| Choosing Your Capture Format | p. 79 |
| Capturing DV Video to MPEG Format | p. 81 |
| Importing AVCHD Video | p. 85 |
| Viewing Your Captured Video | p. 87 |
| Capturing Analog Video | p. 89 |
| The Analog Capture Interface | p. 90 |
| Connecting for Analog Capture | p. 93 |
| Choosing Your Analog Capture Parameters | p. 96 |
| Tuning the Incoming Video Signal | p. 100 |
| Adjusting the Incoming Audio Volume | p. 102 |
| Capturing Analog Video | p. 104 |
| Viewing Your Captured Video | p. 106 |
| Working with Still Images | p. 107 |
| Capturing Still Images | p. 108 |
| Quick Image Fixes in Studio | p. 115 |
| Inserting Pan-and-Zoom Effects | p. 118 |
| Using Moving Picture | p. 123 |
| Collecting Assets in the Album | p. 131 |
| Opening the Album to Video Scenes | p. 132 |
| Loading Video Files | p. 133 |
| Importing Content from DVDs | p. 135 |
| Playing Videos | p. 137 |
| Combining Scenes | p. 139 |
| Splitting Scenes | p. 141 |
| Working with the Album's Views and Tools | p. 145 |
| Working with Scene Comments | p. 149 |
| Working with the Still Images Tab | p. 151 |
| Working with the Sound Effects Tab | p. 154 |
| Editing | p. 157 |
| Producing Videos in the Movie Window | p. 159 |
| Looking at Movie Window Views | p. 160 |
| Working on the Storyboard | p. 162 |
| Getting Video Clips to the Timeline | p. 168 |
| Customizing Your Timeline View | p. 175 |
| Common Tasks | p. 177 |
| Trimming with the Clip Properties Tool | p. 184 |
| Trimming a Clip on the Timeline | p. 189 |
| Trimming Multiple Clips on the Timeline | p. 190 |
| Advanced Timeline Editing | p. 193 |
| The Insert Edit | p. 194 |
| Producing Split Edits | p. 202 |
| Working with Still Images | p. 205 |
| Working with Audio Files | p. 208 |
| Using Transitions | p. 211 |
| Looking in the Box | p. 212 |
| Understanding Transitions | p. 214 |
| Using Transitions | p. 216 |
| Customizing Transitions | p. 223 |
| Working with Background Rendering | p. 226 |
| Ripple Transitions for Slide Shows | p. 229 |
| Working with Vitascene Transitions | p. 231 |
| Vitascene and its Components | p. 234 |
| Applying Special Effects | p. 239 |
| Types of Effects | p. 240 |
| Before Getting Started | p. 242 |
| Learning the Special Effects Interface | p. 243 |
| Working with Keyframes | p. 247 |
| Studio's Cleaning Effects | p. 256 |
| Varying Playback Speed | p. 263 |
| About the Overlay Track | p. 265 |
| Applying Picture-in-Picture Effects | p. 267 |
| Accessing Advanced P-I-P Controls | p. 273 |
| About Chroma Key | p. 274 |
| About Chroma Key Controls | p. 275 |
| Working with Vitascene Effects | p. 279 |
| Creating Music Videos Automatically | p. 282 |
| Designing Titles and Menus | p. 285 |
| Opening the Title Editor | p. 286 |
| Looking at the Title Editor | p. 290 |
| Adding and Editing Text | p. 292 |
| Using Studio's Styles | p. 295 |
| Resizing and Justifying Text | p. 301 |
| Kerning and Leading Text | p. 303 |
| Rotating and Skewing Text | p. 304 |
| Using Full-Screen Titles | p. 305 |
| Adding Logos to Video | p. 309 |
| Creating and Editing Title Objects | p. 313 |
| Working with Buttons | p. 315 |
| Working with Multiple Objects | p. 319 |
| Creating DVD Menu Templates | p. 325 |
| Creating Rolls and Crawls | p. 327 |
| Working with Audio | p. 329 |
| About Audio Tracks and Workflow | p. 330 |
| Setting Recording Options | p. 332 |
| Ripping CD Audio | p. 334 |
| Creating Background Tracks Using Scorefitter | p. 337 |
| Recording Narrations | p. 340 |
| Using Studio's Sound Effects | p. 343 |
| Editing Audio Clips | p. 344 |
| Using the Volume Tool | p. 345 |
| Adjusting Volume, Balance, and Fade on the Timeline | p. 357 |
| Using Studio's Audio Effects | p. 361 |
| Using ClearSpot Noise Reduction | p. 367 |
| Using BIAS SoundSoap PE | p. 369 |
| The SoundSoap Interface | p. 370 |
| DVD Authoring | p. 375 |
| About DVD Authoring | p. 376 |
| Using Menu Templates | p. 382 |
| Using Custom Menus | p. 395 |
| Previewing Your DVD | p. 402 |
| Creating Audio Menus | p. 405 |
| Creating Video Menus | p. 407 |
| Burning a Standard-Definition DVD Title | p. 412 |
| Burning an AVCHD Disc | p. 417 |
| Burning an HD DVD Disc | p. 420 |
| Other Output | p. 423 |
| Writing to Tape | p. 425 |
| Setting Up Your Hardware | p. 426 |
| Writing to Tape | p. 427 |
| Creating Digital Output | p. 431 |
| Decoding Your Compression Parameters | p. 432 |
| Studio's Format Options | p. 434 |
| A Task-Oriented View | p. 435 |
| General Encoding Parameters | p. 437 |
| Creating Windows Media Files | p. 439 |
| Creating iPod-Compatible Files | p. 442 |
| Creating Sony PSP-Compatible Files | p. 443 |
| Uploading Videos | p. 445 |
| Uploading Videos to StudioOnline | p. 446 |
| Uploading Videos to Yahoo! Video | p. 449 |
| Converting Tapes to DVD | p. 451 |
| Working in Advanced Mode | p. 452 |
| Customizing Your DVD Menus | p. 457 |
| Index | p. 461 |
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