User manual PANASONIC SWEETMOVIELIFE 1.1E

[. . . ] Cover Operating Instructions Easy-to-use motion video editing software SweetMovieLife 1. 1E Before use, please read these instructions completely. Preparation Editing video Setting Available features Troubleshooting © 2007 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. , Ltd. VQT1N42 Contents Before using this software Please read this first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Operating environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Available features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Detailed settings for editing Changing volumes of video sound and added music . . . [. . . ] Tips While importing the video on a tape, the following screen appears. A B C D E A B A The edited video can be checked before saving. 4 · Select A to further edit the contents in MotionDV STUDIO. ( 36) B Save the edited video without checking it. Click [Next] to open the save setting screen. 5-1 (To save on a hard disk) / 5-2 (To save on a tape) A Saved location and file name are displayed while importing. B The video is displayed while importing. C The duration of the imported video is displayed. (Only when [Capture video from current position to end] or [Capture total video content after rewinding] is selected in the input setting. ) E Import is aborted, and the video imported up to this point is deleted. Do not operate this software or start up other softwares when importing video from a tape. Dropping a frame*1 may be caused. *1: It means generation of a frame (of video) which cannot be imported. 25 Editing video Performing auto edit and saving the video 4 :Checking the edited video before saving. 5-1 :Saving the video on a hard disk. 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 Select [Hard Disk]. · This is not displayed if you are only importing the video on a tape. 1 Check the video by using the video operation buttons. · To do advanced editing with MotionDV STUDIO, click [MotionDV STUDIO]. MotionDV STUDIO starts and the edited video is displayed on the edit track. (SweetMovieLife cannot be returned to from MotionDV STUDIO. ) ( 36) 2 Click the button to select the file format when saving. · This is not displayed if you are only importing the video on a tape. The video is saved in AVI (DV-AVI) format. [AVI:Highest Image Quality] Video is saved in AVI (DV-AVI) format. This format is suitable for recording to a tape. [MPEG1:VideoCD Quality] Video is saved in MPEG1 format. This format is suitable for creating a video CD. [ASF(Windows Media):Mail Quality] Video is saved in ASF (Windows Media compatible) format. This format is suitable for e-mail attachments. 2 Click [Next]. · Click [Previous] to change the editing content. To save the edited video on a hard disk. 5-2 Tips Rims of title characters may look blurred on the preview screen; however, it will be displayed clearly after being saved. 26 Editing video Performing auto edit and saving the video 3 Enter a file name. [. . . ] You can only add music with a duration between 2 seconds and 120 minutes. Files that are not on a hard disk (files in a floppy disk, CD-ROM, memory card etc. ) cannot be used for editing. When an effect has been inserted in a video, the part of the video before and after where the effect was inserted may be cut. This is because a part of the video is used to create the effect. [. . . ]