User manual ARCSOFT SHOWBIZ DVD 2.1

[. . . ] ARCSOFT® PRODUCT FAMILY ArcSoft PhotoStudio ® Awesome photo editing for the home or office. Work with layers and enhance your photos in a number of ways. 4) ArcSoft VideoImpression TM Create multimedia presentations by combining photos and video clips with audio, text and scene transitions. Windows ArcSoft PhotoImpression TM This all-in-one solution blends powerful photo editing with project templates and a slick, easy-to-use interface. [. . . ] If your video clip is a little long or has parts you simply don't want to include, you can trim it in no time. You'll notice that there are green and pink trim markers. These let you change the start/end time of the video. All you need to do is click and drag them. Alternately, you can move the timer to the spot you want, then click the respective Trim button (the green and pink scissorses). GLOBAL AUDIO SETTINGS When viewing your entire project, you can modify the overall audio of the Video track and both Audio tracks. - 10 - ARCSOFT SHOWBIZ DVD 2. 1 THE TIMELINE & ADVANCED EDITING Look how much you've learned!You now know how to add still images, video clips, and transitions to the Storyboard. You know that when you compile your movie, everything on the Storyboard is smooshed together to create a single video. You know how to enhance your still images and trim video clips. Now, let's find out how to add a soundtrack, special effects, and text to your movie. In order to do this, we need to leave the comfort zone of the Storyboard and use the slightly more complex Timeline. As you already know, the Timeline displays all the same information as the Storyboard, and more. Things may look a little jumbled at first, but once you have a basic understanding of the layout, things appear much less confusing. The Timeline is divided into separate tracks. The tracks are: Text, Video, Audio 1, and Audio 2. As you may have guessed, the Text track is where you can add text effects. The Video track is where you can add still images, transitions, and video clips. The Video track also has a section that displays any audio that may be included with a video. The two audio tracks are where you can add audio files. Two different audio tracks are provided so that you can layer multiple audio files. You can effectively include an ongoing soundtrack, along with a narration or special sound effects track. ADDING AUDIO Adding audio to the Timeline works exactly the same as adding still images, videos, and transitions to the Storyboard. Choose your audio from whichever album, and double-click it. [. . . ] Transitions, or special effects, can occur as one slide changes to the next. Choose the effect you want from those available (choose "Random" to have the program automatically mix in transitions for you). Pan & Zoom: this is a fun option that lets you apply your own scrolling and zooming effect to each photo. Here's how it works: The Pan & Zoom effect works by setting two different windows: Zoom From and Zoom To. [. . . ]