Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide,9780321186539

Pinnacle Studio 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780321186539
ISBN10: 0321186532
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
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Summary

-Pinnacle Studio is one of the most popular Windows-based DV editing packages on the market with an installed base of 3.5 million!-As PC Magazine's DV reviewer, Jan Ozer is a high-profile author whose books have been highly reviewed.-Newest software version merges video editing and DVD authoring. This volume also covers the DV production technologies behind them.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Part I: Getting Started
1(28)
The Interface
3(14)
The Guided Tour
3(1)
Edit Mode
4(4)
Capture Mode
8(3)
Make Movie Mode
11(1)
Undo and Redo
12(1)
Saving Your Projects
13(2)
Online Help Facilities
15(2)
Getting Started
17(12)
Selecting Your Capture Drive
18(3)
Defragmenting Your Capture Drive
21(3)
Testing Your Capture Drive
24(2)
Setting Default Durations
26(1)
Setting Auxiliary File Location
27(2)
Part II: Gathering Your Assets
29(76)
Capturing DV
31(22)
The DV Capture Interface
32(4)
Connecting for DV Capture
36(2)
Entering DV Capture Mode
38(2)
Capturing DV Video
40(3)
Choosing Your Capture Format
43(3)
Capturing DV Video to MPEG Format
46(4)
Adding Scene Comments
50(2)
Viewing Your Captured Video
52(1)
Capturing Analog Video
53(20)
The Analog Capture Interface
54(3)
Connecting for Analog Capture
57(3)
Choosing Your Analog Capture Parameters
60(4)
Tuning the Incoming Video Signal
64(2)
Adjusting the Incoming Audio Volume
66(2)
Capturing Analog Video
68(2)
Adding Scene Comments
70(1)
Viewing Your Captured Video
71(2)
Working with Still Images
73(12)
Capturing Still Images
74(6)
Editing Still Images
80(5)
Collecting Assets in the Album
85(20)
Opening the Album to Video Scenes
86(1)
Loading Video Files
87(2)
Playing Videos
89(1)
Combining Scenes
90(3)
Splitting Scenes
93(3)
Working with the Album's Views and Tools
96(3)
Working with Scene Comments
99(2)
Working in the Still Images Tab
101(2)
Working in the Sound Effects Tab
103(2)
Part III: Editing
105(196)
Producing Videos in the Movie Window
107(50)
Looking at Movie Window Views
108(2)
Working in the Storyboard
110(6)
Getting Videos to the Timeline
116(7)
Customizing Your Timeline View
123(2)
Common Tasks in Storyboard and Timeline Views
125(5)
Trimming with the Clip Properties Tool
130(8)
Trimming a Clip on the Timeline
138(2)
Trimming Multiple Clips on the Timeline
140(3)
Advanced Timeline Editing
143(4)
Producing Split Edits
147(3)
Working with Still Images in the Movie Window
150(3)
Working with Audio Files in the Movie Window
153(4)
Using Transitions
157(22)
Looking in the Box
158(2)
Understanding Transitions
160(2)
Using Transitions
162(8)
Customizing Transitions
170(3)
Working with Hollywood FX Transitions
173(4)
Ripple Transitions for Slide Shows
177(2)
Applying Special Effects
179(16)
Fixing Problems with Your Videos
180(4)
Applying Artistic Video Effects
184(3)
Applying Visual Effects over Time
187(3)
Reversing Visual Effects
190(1)
Varying Playback Speed
191(4)
Designing Titles and Menus
195(42)
Opening the Title Editor
196(4)
Looking at the Title Editor
200(2)
Adding and Editing Text
202(4)
Using Studio's Styles
206(4)
Resizing and Justifying Text
210(2)
Managing Word Wrapping
212(2)
Kerning and Leading Text
214(1)
Rotating and Skewing Text
215(1)
Using Full-Screen Titles
216(3)
Adding Logos to Video
219(4)
Creating and Editing Title Objects
223(1)
Working with Buttons
224(4)
Working with Multiple Objects
228(6)
Creating DVD Menu Templates
234(2)
Creating Rolls and Crawls
236(1)
Working with Audio
237(26)
About Audio Tracks and Workflow
238(2)
Setting Recording Options
240(3)
Ripping CD Audio
243(3)
Creating Background Tracks with SmartSound
246(2)
Recording Narrations
248(3)
Editing Audio Clips
251(2)
Using the Volume Tool
253(8)
Adjusting Volume on the Timeline
261(2)
DVD Authoring
263(38)
About DVD Authoring
264(6)
Using Menu Templates
270(10)
Using Custom Menus
280(8)
Previewing Your DVD
288(2)
Creating Audio Menus
290(2)
Creating Video Menus
292(3)
Burning a DVD Title
295(6)
Part IV: Other Output
301(44)
Writing to Tape
303(10)
Setting Up Your Hardware
304(2)
Writing to Tape
306(5)
Writing Disk Files to Tape
311(2)
Creating Digital Output
313(22)
Decoding Your Compression Parameters
315(3)
Compressing to AVI Format
318(5)
Producing MPEG Files
323(3)
Creating RealVideo Files
326(6)
Creating Windows Media Files
332(3)
Using StudioOnline
335(10)
Uploading Videos to StudioOnline
336(5)
Sending Videos from StudioOnline
341(3)
Managing Videos in StudioOnline
344(1)
Part V: Reference
345(20)
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
347(2)
Main Studio Interface
347(1)
Title Editor
348(1)
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
349(16)
Optimizing Your Capture Computer
350(4)
Troubleshooting Common Problems
354(1)
DV card and camera
354(3)
No video or distorted video during DV capture
357(1)
No video or distorted video during analog capture
358(2)
Dropped frames
360(2)
No audio
362(3)
Index 365

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