User manual PINNACLE STUDIO 8

[. . . ] Studio Version 8 Professional Quality Movie-Making Special thanks to Mike Iampietro, William Chien, Richard Edgley, Ivan Maltz, Jon McGowan, Keith Thomson, Jörg Weselmann, and Chris Zamara. Documentation: Nick Sullivan Studio, Studio AV, Studio DC10plus, Studio Deluxe, Studio DV, SmartCapture, SmartSeek, Pinnacle Systems, and the Pinnacle Systems logo are registered trademarks of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. The RealProducer is included under license from RealNetworks, Inc. "RealProducer, " "RealVideo, " "RealServer, " and "Real" logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. [. . . ] The simple layout of this short movie can easily be extended to organise large numbers of clips. Much more complex movies are also constructed from the same elements: multi-page menus with links to chapters and to other menus. Disc authoring in Studio For the purposes of editing in Studio, a disc menu is just one more type of clip. As with titles, you can use or adapt the menus provided in the Album, or construct your own from scratch in the Title Editor (see Chapter 3: The Album and Chapter 7: The Title Editor). To get a feeling for what is involved, try creating the pair of "instant" projects described below. You don't have to go as far as making discs, but you can preview your movie using the DVD playback controls on the Player (see "The DVD Player Control" on page 136). Instant video scene catalogue: In an empty project, multi-select a good number of scenes from the Album and drag them onto the Video track. Now switch to the Disc Menu section of the Album (the bottom tab) and drag any of the menus to the beginning of the Timeline. When Studio asks if you would like to "automatically create links to each scene after the menu", click Yes (see "Using menus from the Album" on page 134). A new track appears at the top of the Timeline, and a small "flag" appears over each of your clips. These represent links from the menu you just added. And that's it ­ sit back and watch the show. Instant slideshow: This time, start in the Still Images section of the Album. Drag as many images as you like Chapter 9: Disc Menus 133 onto the Video track of an empty project, then drag in any disc menu as the first clip on the Timeline, and again click Yes when asked if you want links automatically created. Turn next to the Transitions section of the Album, pick any transition, and drag it between the menu and the first of your still images. Finally, select all of the still images (click the first, then shift-click the last), click with the right mouse button, and choose Ripple Transition from the pop-up menu. Menus and Titles The similarity noted on page 133 between titles and disc menus is not a coincidence: a menu is essentially "a title with buttons". In fact, any still image type can be used as the basis for creating a menu within the Title Editor. Like titles, menus can be used either in full-screen mode on the Video track or as overlays on the Overlay track. When a menu is used an overlay, its background image is suppressed; only buttons, captions and graphics are displayed. This allows the menu to have a moving video background. Using menus from the Album The Disc Menus section of the Album contains a collection of menus that have been designed for particular occasions, authoring styles and chapter counts. Each menu provides a background picture, a title, a set of chapter buttons (generally with spaces for thumbnail frames), and a pair of Next page and Previous page buttons. 134 Studio 8 The number of chapter buttons per page varies from menu to menu, so one criterion for selecting a menu is the number of clips you want it to handle. It is generally more convenient for the viewer to browse a few menu pages with many buttons per page than many pages of a few buttons each. [. . . ] Increase horizontal scale of, or stretch (kern), text selection. Ctrl+Right 238 Studio 8 Ctrl+Down Ctrl+Up Shift+Ctrl+Left Shift+Ctrl+Right Shift+Ctrl+Down Shift+Ctrl+Up Alt+Left Alt+Right Shift+Alt+Left Shift+Alt+Right Reduce scale or leading of text selection depending on current edit mode. Increase scale or leading of text selection. In text selection: Move characters left. No selection: Move left all text from cursor to end of line. [. . . ]