Avid Studio 9 Owner's manual

Pinnacle Studio 9

Including Studio SE, Studio QuickStart,

Studio Standard and Studio Plus

Easy, MORE Powerful,

MORE Creative Video Editing

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Special thanks to Mike Iampietro, William Chien, Richard Edgley,

Ivan Maltz, Jon McGowan, Keith Thomson, Jörg Weselmann, and

Chris Zamara.

Documentation: Nick Sullivan

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Table of contents iii

Table of contents

BEFORE YOU START..................................................XI

Equipment requirements.........................................................................xi

Abbreviations and conventions.............................................................xiv

On-line help........................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER 1: USING STUDIO ....................................... 1

Undo, Redo, Help and Unlock................................................................. 2

Setting options......................................................................................... 3

Edit mode .................................................................................................... 5

The Player................................................................................................6

Playback controls..................................................................................... 8

Further editing topics............................................................................. 11

Expanding Studio ..................................................................................11

CHAPTER 2: CAPTURING VIDEO.............................. 15

The Capture mode interface.................................................................... 17

The Diskometer ..................................................................................... 19

The Camcorder Controller..................................................................... 20

The capture process..................................................................................21

Capture hardware................................................................................... 21

Capture step-by-step.............................................................................. 23

Scene detection......................................................................................25

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Digital capture .......................................................................................... 26

SmartCapture: Preview-quality capture................................................. 27

Full-quality capture................................................................................29

Audio and video levels – digital ............................................................ 31

Analog capture.......................................................................................... 32

Capture quality options.......................................................................... 32

Audio and video levels – analog............................................................ 33

CHAPTER 3: THE ALBUM .......................................... 35

The Video Scenes section ......................................................................... 38

Opening a captured video file................................................................ 40

Viewing captured video......................................................................... 43

Selecting scenes and files ......................................................................44

Displaying scene and file information................................................... 45

Comment view.......................................................................................46

Combining and subdividing scenes .......................................................47

Redetecting scenes................................................................................. 49

The Transitions section............................................................................ 50

The Titles section...................................................................................... 52

The Still Images section ...........................................................................53

The Sound Effects section........................................................................ 54

The Disc Menus section............................................................................ 56

CHAPTER 4: THE MOVIE WINDOW........................... 59

Movie Window views................................................................................62

Storyboard view..................................................................................... 62

Timeline view........................................................................................ 63

Text view............................................................................................... 67

The toolboxes ............................................................................................ 67

The Video toolbox................................................................................. 69

The Audio toolbox................................................................................. 71

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CHAPTER 5: VIDEO CLIPS ........................................ 73

Video clip basics .......................................................................................74

Adding video clips to your movie ......................................................... 74

Working with multiple capture files...................................................... 75

Interface features ................................................................................... 76

Trimming video clips................................................................................78

Trimming on the Timeline using handles.............................................. 78

Clip-trimming tips .................................................................................82

Trimming with the Clip properties tool................................................. 83

Resetting trimmed clips......................................................................... 85

Splitting and combining clips .................................................................. 86

Advanced Timeline editing ...................................................................... 87

Insert editing..........................................................................................89

Split editing ...........................................................................................91

Using video effects .................................................................................... 95

Working with the effects list..................................................................96

Changing effect parameters ................................................................... 98

Fading effects in and out .......................................................................99

Previewing and rendering.................................................................... 100

Video effects – the basic set....................................................................101

Cleaning effects....................................................................................... 103

Auto color correct................................................................................ 103

Noise reduction.................................................................................... 104

Stabilize ............................................................................................... 104

Time effects ............................................................................................. 105

Speed ................................................................................................... 105

Strobe................................................................................................... 106

Color effects ............................................................................................ 107

Black and white ................................................................................... 107

Color correction...................................................................................108

Posterize ..............................................................................................108

Sepia .................................................................................................... 109

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Fun effects ............................................................................................... 109

Lens flare............................................................................................. 110

Noise.................................................................................................... 110

Water drop........................................................................................... 111

Style effects..............................................................................................112

Blur...................................................................................................... 112

Emboss ................................................................................................ 113

Mosaic ................................................................................................. 113

Old film ............................................................................................... 114

Stained glass ........................................................................................ 115

The SmartMovie music video tool......................................................... 115

CHAPTER 6:

TWO-TRACK EDITING WITH STUDIO PLUS ... 119

Introducing the overlay track...............................................................119

A/B editing .......................................................................................... 121

The Picture-in-picture tool................................................................... 123

The Chroma key tool ........................................................................... 128

Selecting colors ................................................................................... 135

CHAPTER 7: TRANSITIONS..................................... 137

Transition types and their uses ............................................................ 138

Previewing transitions in your movie ..................................................141

Audio transitions .................................................................................142

The Ripple Transition command ......................................................... 143

Trimming transitions ............................................................................. 144

Trimming with the Clip properties tool............................................... 145

CHAPTER 8: STILL IMAGES .................................... 147

Editing still images ................................................................................. 150

Editing image clip properties............................................................... 150

The Frame Grabber ............................................................................... 158

The Frame grabber tool ....................................................................... 158

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CHAPTER 9: DISC MENUS....................................... 161

Disc authoring in Studio...................................................................... 163

Using menus from the Album..............................................................165

The DVD Player Control..................................................................... 167

Editing menus on the Timeline............................................................ 168

Editing with the Clip properties tool ................................................... 170

The Disc menu tool.............................................................................. 175

CHAPTER 10: THE TITLE EDITOR .......................... 177

Launching the Title Editor................................................................... 178

The Title Editor controls ....................................................................... 179

Title-type buttons................................................................................. 179

Object toolbox ..................................................................................... 180

Editing-mode selection buttons ........................................................... 183

Object layout buttons........................................................................... 185

Clipboard and delete buttons ............................................................... 187

Text-styling controls............................................................................ 187

The Title Editor Album .........................................................................189

The Looks Browser ............................................................................. 189

The Backgrounds section..................................................................... 191

The Pictures section............................................................................. 192

The Buttons section ............................................................................. 193

CHAPTER 11: SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC........ 197

The Timeline audio tracks ...................................................................199

The CD audio tool ............................................................................... 201

The SmartSound tool ........................................................................... 203

The Voice-over tool .............................................................................205

Trimming audio clips ............................................................................. 208

Trimming with the Clip properties tool............................................... 208

Audio volume and mixing...................................................................... 210

Anatomy of an audio clip .................................................................... 211

Adjusting audio on the Timeline ......................................................... 213

The Volume and balance tool.............................................................. 215

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Audio effects............................................................................................ 220

Noise reduction.................................................................................... 221

Equalizer.............................................................................................. 223

Grungelizer.......................................................................................... 224

Karaoke ...............................................................................................225

Leveler................................................................................................. 226

Reverb .................................................................................................226

CHAPTER 12: MAKING YOUR MOVIE..................... 229

Outputting to a camera or video recorder... ......................................... 231

Output your movie to videotape .......................................................... 232

Save your movie as an AVI file........................................................... 234

Save your movie as an MPEG file....................................................... 237

Save as RealVideo or Windows Media ............................................... 239

Share your movie via the Internet........................................................ 240

Output your movie to DVD, VCD or S-VCD......................................242

Copying an AVI file to tape................................................................. 245

APPENDIX A: SETUP OPTIONS .............................. 247

Capture source settings........................................................................ 248

Capture format settings........................................................................ 252

Edit settings .........................................................................................256

CD and voice-over settings.................................................................. 260

Make tape settings ............................................................................... 262

Make AVI file settings ........................................................................ 264

Make MPEG file settings .................................................................... 266

Make RealVideo file settings...............................................................268

Make Windows Media file settings .....................................................271

Make disc settings ...............................................................................272

APPENDIX B: TIPS AND TRICKS ............................ 277

Hardware ............................................................................................. 277

Software............................................................................................... 279

Increasing the frame rate ..................................................................... 281

Studio and computer animation........................................................... 282

Smart Capture Tips (DV only) ............................................................ 282

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APPENDIX C: TROUBLESHOOTING ....................... 285

Technical help on-line ............................................................................286

Studio crashes in Edit mode ................................................................ 289

Capture error occurs on starting capture.............................................. 294

Studio hangs when rendering...............................................................297

CD or DVD burner is not detected ...................................................... 299

Studio hangs on launch or does not launch..........................................300

HollywoodFX transitions are still watermarked after upgrading......... 302

“Cannot initialize the DV capture device” error appears in Capture mode

............................................................................................................. 302

Installation problems ............................................................................. 306

Operation problems ............................................................................... 308

APPENDIX D: VIDEOGRAPHY TIPS ........................ 315

Creating a shooting plan...................................................................... 316

Editing ................................................................................................. 317

Rules of thumb for video editing......................................................... 320

Soundtrack production......................................................................... 322

Title .....................................................................................................323

APPENDIX E: GLOSSARY........................................ 325

APPENDIX F: LICENSE AGREEMENT .................... 341

APPENDIX G: KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS................ 345

INDEX ........................................................................ 349

Before you start xi

Before you start

Thank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio. We hope

you enjoy using the software.

This manual covers all versions of Studio, including

Studio Plus. Differences between versions will be

noted as applicable. Most of the time, the word

“Studio” will be used generically to refer to all versions.

If you have not used Studio before, we recommend that

you keep the manual handy for reference even if you

don’t actually read it all the way through.

In order to ensure that your Studio experience gets off

on the right foot, please review the three topics below

before continuing to Chapter 1: Using Studio.

Equipment requirements

In addition to your Studio software, here is what you

need to make a Studio editing system.

Computer

• Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 800 MHz or higher

(1.5 GHz or higher recommended)

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• Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows “Millennium”,

Windows 2000 or Windows XP (recommended).

The MicroMV digital video format is supported only

under Windows XP.

• Graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 (ATI

Radeon or NVIDIA GeForce2 or higher

recommended)

• Sound card compatible with DirectX 9

• Audio system with Dolby Pro Logic compatibility if

previewing surround-sound mixes is required

• 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)

• CD-ROM drive

• DVD drive for installing the bonus DVD containing

tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content. The

same content is available free on CD-ROMs from

the Pinnacle e-store (shipping cost not included).

• Speakers

• Mouse

• A microphone, if you want to record voice-overs

• 500 MB of free hard drive space to install software

• Optional CD burner for creating VideoCDs (VCDs)

or Super-VideoCDs (S-VCDs)

• Optional DVD burner for creating DVDs

The hard drive

Your hard drive must be capable of sustained reading

and writing at 4 MB/sec. Most drives are capable of

this. The first time you capture at full quality, Studio

will test your drive to make sure it is fast enough.

Video in the DV format occupies 3.6 MB of hard drive

space per second, so just four and a half minutes of DV

video will consume a full gigabyte on the drive.

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If disk space is a concern with your DV captures, use

SmartCapture to capture your video at preview quality

(see “SmartCapture: Preview-quality capture” on page

27). This feature uses much less disk space. An entire

tape can fit in as little as 360 MB.

Tip: We recommend using a separate hard drive

dedicated to video capture. This avoids competition

between Studio and other software, including

Windows, for use of the drive during capture.

Video capture hardware

Studio can capture video from a variety of digital and

analog sources. Please see “Capture hardware” on page

21.

Video output hardware

Studio can output video to:

• Any DV or Digital8 camcorder or VCR. This

requires an OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 (FireWire)

port (as provided by Pinnacle Studio DV). The

camcorder must be set up to record from DV Input.

• Any analog (8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C or

SVHS-C) camcorder or VCR. This requires Pinnacle

Studio DC10plus, Studio AV, or another Pinnacle

card with analog outputs. Output to analog

camcorders or VCRs is also possible using a

Pinnacle Studio DV or other OHCI-compliant 1394

port if your DV or Digital8 camcorder or VCR can

pass a DV signal through to its analog outputs (see

your camcorder manual and Chapter 12: Making

your movie, for more information).

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Abbreviations and conventions

This guide uses the following conventions to help

organize the material.

Terminology

Studio: “Studio” and “Studio Plus” refer to the editing

software.

DV: The term “DV” refers to DV and Digital8

camcorders, VCRs and tapes.

1394: The term “1394” refers to OHCI-compliant

IEEE-1394, FireWire, DV or i.LINK interfaces, ports

and cables.

Analog: The term “analog” refers to 8mm, Hi8, VHS,

SVHS, VHS-C or SVHS-C camcorders, VCRs and

tapes, and to Composite/RCA and S-Video cables and

connectors.

Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows

Names of buttons, menus and related items are written

in italics to distinguish them from the surrounding text,

whereas window and dialog names are written with

initial capital letters. For example:

Click the Edit menu button to open your menu in the

Title Editor.

Choosing menu commands

The right arrowhead symbol (¾) denotes the path for

hierarchical menu items. For example:

Select Toolbox ¾ Generate Background Music.

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Keyboard conventions

Key names are spelled with an initial capital and are

underlined. A plus sign denotes a key combination. For

example:

Press Ctrl+A

to select all the clips on the Timeline.

Mouse clicks

When a mouse click is required, the default is always a

left-click unless otherwise specified:

Right-click and select Go to Title/Menu Editor.

On-line help

Two kinds of immediate help are always available

while you are working in Studio:

• On-line help: Click the help button in the Studio

main menu bar, or select the Help ¾ Help topics

menu, or press F1 to open Studio’s on-line help file.

• Tool tips: To find out what a button or other Studio

control does, pause your mouse pointer over it. A

“tool tip” appears explaining its function.

Chapter 1: Using Studio 1

CHAPTER 1:

Using Studio

Creating movies with Studio is a three-step process:

1. Capture: Import source video material – your “raw

footage” – to your PC hard drive. Possible sources

include analog videotape (8mm, VHS etc.), digital

videotape (DV, Digital8), and live video from a video

camera, camcorder or webcam.

Capture mode is covered in Chapter 2: Capturing

video.

2. Edit: Arrange your video material as desired by

reordering scenes and discarding unwanted footage.

Add visuals, such as transitions, titles and graphics, and

supplementary audio, such as sound effects and

background music. For DVD and VCD authoring,

create interactive menus that give your audience a

customized viewing experience.

Edit mode is the arena for most of your work in Studio.

See “Edit mode” later in this chapter (page 5) for a

fuller introduction.

3. Make movie: When your project is complete,

generate a finished movie in your choice of format and

storage medium: tape, VCD, S-VCD, DVD, AVI,

MPEG, RealVideo or Windows Media.

Make Movie mode is covered in Chapter 12: Making

your movie.

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Setting the mode

Select which step of the movie-making process you

want to work on by clicking one of the three mode

buttons at the top left of the Studio window:

When you switch modes, the Studio screen changes to

display the controls needed for the new mode.

Undo, Redo, Help and Unlock

The Undo, Redo, Help and

Unlock buttons are always to be

found in the top right corner of the Studio window, no

matter which of the three modes you are currently

working in.

• Undo allows you to back out of any changes you

have made to your project during the current session,

one step at a time.

• Redo reinstates the changes one by one if you undo

too far.

• The Help button launches Studio’s on-line help

system.

• The Unlock button lets you expand Studio by

purchasing and installing premium content. (See

page 11 for details.)

All other controls on the Studio screen are dedicated

to tasks within the current mode.

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Setting options

Most options in Studio are set using two tabbed dialog

boxes.

The first lets you control options related to Capture

mode and Edit mode. It has four tabs:

The other dialog box is concerned with options relating

to Make Movie mode. It has six tabs, one for each of

the six movie output types:

Each panel of both dialog boxes can be opened

individually with a corresponding command on the

Setup menu (e.g. Setup ¾ Capture Source). Once either

dialog box is open, however, all of its panels are

available through the tabs.

For simplicity, we generally refer to the different

options panels independently, as in “the Capture

source options panel”.

Detailed explanations of the options in both dialog

boxes are contained in Appendix A: Setup Options.

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