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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
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
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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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