Avid Studio Online User guide

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Studio Online

User’s Guide

Version 1.0 / GB December 2000

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User's Guide

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Contents

OVERVIEW 1

G

ENERAL

1

P

ACKAGE

C

ONTENTS

3

S

YSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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STUDIO ONLINE INSTALLATION 5

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PECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF

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INDOWS

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NSTALLATION STEPS

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TUDIO

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THE STUDIO INTERFACE 12

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A TOUR THROUGH STUDIO 25

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HARING YOUR FILM VIA THE INTERNET

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CAPTURING VIDEO 40

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APPENDIX C: TECHNICAL DATA XIX

APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY XX

APPENDIX E: LICENCE AGREEMENT XXV

INDEX

User's Guide

iii

About the Users's Guide

This User’s Guide explains how to install and use the Pinnacle Systerms

hardware and software.

In the margins are subheadings to help you quickly find your way through

this manual.

Important text passages are marked with the “notepad” and this format.

Numbers mark step by step instructions:

1.

Start Studio.

Bullets mark instructions for optional steps the order of which is not

important.

•

Connect the board to the camcorder.

All keyboard commands appear in this font:

setup

Menus, commands, options or buttons which the user can select are written

in

italics.

For changes that have occurred after the manual has been printed, refer to

the ReadMe file/s on the CD-ROM supplied with your system!

Subheadings

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Studio Online

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Overview

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Overview

G

ENERAL

What is Studio Online?

Studio is the award-winning software from Pinnacle Systems that lets you

create your own digital movies right on your PC, then share your creation

with family and friends through Pinnacle Systems’ free video-sharing Web

site.

Capture video, edit, add styled titles, transitions, even your own sound track

and narration to your digital video creation. Studio gives you options to

output your video as an MPEG or AVI file, to store on CD, use in

presentations on your Web site, or share a video email.

Studio makes creating exciting digital videos an easy three-step process.

•

First, capture your video to your PC hard drive.

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Next, arrange the video scenes in order. Drag and drop transitions, titles

and still images. Complete your movie with sound effects, background

music and voice-overs.

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Create your final digital movie in a variety of formats.

Easy Video Capture on the PC

Video capture has never been easier. The Studio application has easy-to-use

Good/Better/Best quality presents like a VCR, and calculates how much

video your computer can store. Studio automatically detects and records

scene changes, making editing a breeze.

Interactive Editing with Instant Preview

With Studio, creating a movie is a quick and interactive process. Using the

Instant Preview window, you can view your movie any time during editing

and get a “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” (WYSIWYG) view of your

movie.

If you don’t like a title or effect, make a change and view that change

instantly—video editing has never been as fast or as fun. Just drag and drop

video scenes, transitions, titles and audio (effects, background music and

voice-overs).

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Titles

Studio includes Pinnacle Systems’ Emmy award-winning TitleDeko title

creator, making it easy to add simple or elaborate titles and credits to your

movie. TitleDeko features over 300 looks and styles, including metallic

titles, transparent titles, neon titles and flying titles.

Special Effects

Studio creates over 100 professional-quality scene transitions such as fades,

dissolves and wipes. Drag and drop these to the timeline or storyboard to

add transitions to your video, or animate graphics and titles!

Audio

Adding voice-overs is a breeze—just pick up the microphone, click a button

and start speaking. Studio lets you narrate as you watch the movie, so your

words are in sync with the screen action.

Audio effects, such as applause, or sound tracks from an audio CD can be

added easily using the Studio point-and-click interface. The SmartSound

feature creates custom background music quickly and easily—choose the

type of music and its length, and it appears on the sound

Make Movie

You can save your movie in a variety of formats for playback on the PC.

Chapter 11 explains how to:

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Share your video via the Internet

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Save your movie as an AVI file

!

Save your movie as an MPEG file

!

Save your movie as a RealVideo file

On-Line Help

On-line help is right where you need it, when you need it, while you’re

working in Studio.

!

Standard On-Line Help. Click the Help button in the Studio main menu

bar, or Press [F1] to display the table of contents page of the standard

help topics.

!

Tool Tips. To find out what a button or other Studio control does, pause

your mouse pointer over it and a Tool Tip appears explaining its function.

Overview

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P

ACKAGE

C

ONTENTS

Before beginning the installation of Studio USB TV, please verify that the

package is complete:

Studio Online

with USB cable

CD-ROM with Software and

drivers

Documentations

The Studio Online package contains the following software:

!

The

Studio Software

with its simple interface offers you various

possibilities for capturing, editing, and making videoclips.

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The

Studio Online Assistant

helps you to check the functionality our

your computer system together with Studio Online. All relevant

parameters for the correct installation and function of your system are

checked and saved.

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Drivers

for Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, or

Windows 2000.

S

YSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Before installing Studio Online, please make sure that your system meets the

following requirements:

Computer

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Pentium II computer (or better)

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an unused USB port

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32 MB RAM

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CD-ROM drive

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Sound card, DirectX 8.0-capable

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Graphics, DirectX 8.0-capable.

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100 MB available hard disk space

Studio Online

Software

Minimum

system

requirements

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Studio Online

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Pentium II computer (or better)

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An unused USB port

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64 MB RAM or more

!

CD-ROM drive

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Separate capture hard disk (1 GB or more available hard disk space)

!

Sound card, Direct-X 8.0-compatible

!

Loudspeakers

!

Microphone, if you want to record voice-over narration

!

Graphics card, DirectX 8.0-capable with overlay capability

!

200 MB (or more) available disk space

DirectDraw support:

Before you start to work with the applications, a graphics board with a

complete DirectX must be installed.

The installation program checks to see if DirectDraw has been installed. If

this is not the case, it will install DirectX automatically.

Operating System

Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 98 ME, or Windows 2000.

Video Devices

Composite-Video inputs:

You can connect any video device that supplys a composite video signal in

PAL or NTSC (depending on delivery variant) to the Studio Online's video

input, regardless of the video system used (for example, VHS, S-VHS, Hi8,

Video 8), for example, a VCR, camcorder or satellite receiver.

Audio Devices

Any device with a line out audio signal can be connected to the Studio

Online's audio input (for example, a camcorder).

Recommended

system

requirements:

Studio Online installation

5

Studio Online installation

This section explains you how to install the Studio Online hardware and

software. During the installation, the Studio Online program group will be

created and the Windows drivers, the applications, and the tools will be

copied into this group.

The following illustration shows a sample configuration:

Instead of a camcorder, it is also possible to use a VCR or any other video

source as a playback device.

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PECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF

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Administrator rights

For the installation you need administrator rights. In order to work with the

applications you must be a member of the group Power Users.

Driver certification

During installation a Windows dialog is displayed with the information that

the drivers are not certified. The Pinnacle drivers where not certified by

Microsoft already when this manual was prepared but they are suitable for

the use with Windows 2000. So, you can answer the question concerning the

driver installation with Yes.

I

NSTALLATION STEPS

1. Switch on your computer and start Windows.

Switch on your computer. Windows is started automatically.

If your computer is configured in such a way, that Windows is not started

automatically, start Windows now.

2. Insert the installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your

computer.

Insert the Install CD. If you have the Autorun feature enabled for your

CD-ROM, you are automatically given two choices:

I want to install the software and have some fun! (recommended)

I want to take a guided tour of Studio.

If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your CD-ROM drive,

and double-click on Welcome.exe.

3. If necessary, change the language, click OK.

The software will be installed in the language that your Windows9x is

using. If your language version cannot be detected, you will be requested

now to select the language for the installation.

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4. Select a setup type.

In the Setup Type window, select which kind of installation you prefer:

!

Typical: Installs all components and uses the default settings.

!

Compact: Skips some components (e.g. online manual) and uses the

default settings.

!

Custom: Lets you select the components to install.

5. Change the hard disk / directory.

If you wish to copy the files to another hard disk / another directory, click

on the Browse... button and define the hard disk / the directory. The

software should be installed on the system hard disk and not on the video

hard disk!

6. Click Next.

7. Select the components, click Next.

If you have chosen Custom as setup type, in the following dialog box you

can specifically choose the components that you want to install. After

having determined the components, click Next.

This installation step is not required, if you have chosen Typical or Compact

as setup type.

8. Start copying, Click Next.

In the Start copying files window, all chosen components are listed. If

you wish to change the chosen settings, click on Back. Click Next to start

copying.

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9. Connect hardware.

In the now following window you will get exact instructions for the

connection of the Studio Online box to your computer.

Follow those instructions and then click on Next.

In some cases on Windows 98SE systems which have been updated from

Windows 98 system, get during installation you will get a question for

NTCODEC.AX, MSPCLOCK.SYS, or KS.CAT. This is caused by version

problems between the two windows versions. So first we recommend to use

clean Windows 98 or Windows 98SE systems. Nevertheless, you can find

these files by browsing to the directory C:\ISTUDIO.DRV.

10.Click on Yes if you wish shortcuts on your desktop.

11.Complete installation.

In the Complete Setup window you may be asked to restart Windows - if

MS DirectX components have been updated. Please carry out this prompt

and click on Finish to complete the installation.

12.Installation of further components.

Dependingt on the selected installation option there will be started further

software installations, now (for example Acrobat Reader and RealPlayer).

Please, follow the instructions.

13.The Studio Online Assistant is started.

The Studio Online Assistant is started automatically. The program checks

the functionality of your computer system together with Studio Online.

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The Studio Online Assistant helps you to check the functionality of your

computer system together with Studio Online.

All relevant parameters for the perfect installation and function of your

system are checked and saved.

If you encounter problems later when using Studio Online, you can use this

test application to localize the problems very quickly and find solutions for

them.

The Studio Online Assistant is started automatically after the restart of the

system that is to say after the installation. You can start the Studio Online

Assistant at other times using the Studio Online program group located in

the Tools folder of the Start menu.

When the Studio Online Assistant has been started you can begin with the

test.

After having completed the individual tests, proceed with the next test by

clicking Continue.

If you click the button Details further information on the course of the tests

and on the corresponding failure messages will be displayed.

The display Test Progress is showing you, which part of the tests is already

finished.

All functional tests can be aborted by clicking Exit.

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Studio Online

Checking the Software

The first test of the Studio Online Assistant is checking whether all required

drivers have been installed correctly. If this is not the case, a corresponding

failure message will be displayed.

If the test has been finished successfully, you will also get a corresponding

message and you can proceed with the next text.

DirectX-Installation

For a perfect function of your system, DirectX has to be installed in the

version 6.0 (minimum) or higher. If the Studio Online Assistant determines

that this is not the case, you can carry out this installation supplementary

from the enclosed CD-ROM.

DirectDraw Support

This test will check the DirectDraw compatibility of your graphics board. If

your board is not compatible a failure message will be displayed and you can

take corresponding measures.

Overlay-Test

At this point a test will check whether your graphics board is supporting a

TV full screen. If this is not the case, the possibilities of TV image display of

Studio Online cannot be used completely. Actually, the functionality is not

restricted by this.

Studio Online installation

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Studio Online Resource Test

The last test of the Studio Online Assistant will check the functionality of

the Studio Online-Box

Exit Studio Online Assistant

Once you have tested all functions successfully, click on the button Exit.

If you have problems...

All Studio Online Assistant results are saved to the text file

ASSISTANT.TXT that is created in the Studio Online installation directory.

If you encounter unanticipated problems when installing Studio Online,

please forward a print out of this text file to the Support at Pinnacle Systems.

After you have finished the installation / configuration of Studio Online,

consider visiting the Pinnacle Web site at

http://www.pinnaclesys.com to look for the latest software

updates.

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ONNECTION OF

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EVICES

Depending on your individual requirements, you can connect further devices

to the Studio Online box, now.

Connect video source

• connect your video source (e.g., camcorder, VCR) to the den Studio

Online's video- and audio inputs.

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The Studio interface

This chapter is an orientation to the Studio user interface, and describes the

main areas of the screen and the controls you’ll be using most often.

Detailed descriptions are found in later chapters.

As described earlier, you make a movie in three steps: Capture, Edit and

Make Movie. These modes are represented by three buttons under the main

menu bar, and are ordered in the sequence used to make a movie: Capture

the video, edit the video, and then make the movie by transferring files or

recording a videotape.

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When you first launch Studio , it opens in the Edit mode, because you use

Edit most often. To return to the Edit mode from Capture mode or Make

Movie mode, click the Edit button on the Movie window menu bar.

The Edit mode display includes three main areas: the Album, the Player, and

the Movie window.

Undo/Redo/Help

Album

Player

Movie window

In addition, multilevel Undo and Redo buttons are located in the upper right

corner along with the Help button. Clicking Undo repeatedly steps you back

through the previous changes you made. It is essentially unlimited. You can

feel free to experiment with editing because you can always Undo your way

back to where you started.

The Studio interface

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The Album

The Album contains four tabs that access sections for Video Scenes ,

Graphics , Transitions ,and Sound Effects . Click on the tabs to see

their contents.

Video Scenes

The Player

The Player displays a preview of the movie, or shows what is selected in the

Album. During Edit, the Player displays a preview of the movie at your

current position. The Player also offers controls to navigate the movie you

are editing.

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What is the Player?

The Player consists of two main areas, the Preview window and the

Playback controls. The Preview window displays the video at the current

position. The Playback controls allow you to play the video, or go to an

exact position within it.

Preview window

Playback controls

Jog buttons

Current position counterTransport controls

Player scrubber

The Preview Window

The Preview window is a central point of focus in Studio because you use it

so often. It displays moving video during play. It also displays still images

and titles at your current position, or when you select a scene in the Album

or clip in the Movie window, or if you advance via single frames. The

Preview window is also used in functions such as capture and trimming.

The Playback Controls

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The buttons and controls in the Preview window let you navigate.

Play/ Pause. The Play button previews the movie from the current

position. Once preview begins, Play becomes a Pause button. When paused,

the scene or clip on which Preview stopped becomes the selected scene.

Fast Reverse. Plays the movie in fast-reverse mode at 10x the normal

speed.

Fast Forward. Plays the movie in fast-forward mode at 10x the normal

speed.

Go To Beginning. Moves scrubber to the first frame of your movie.

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