User manual PINNACLE STUDIO 14 README

[. . . ] Pinnacle Studio Version 14 Including Studio, Studio Ultimate and Studio Ultimate Collection Your Life in Movies Documentation by Nick Sullivan Copyright ©1996-2009 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Please respect the Rights of Artists and Creators. Content such as music, photos, video and celebrity images are protected by the laws of many countries. You may not use other people's content unless you own the rights or have the permission of the owner. [. . . ] See Chapter 12: The Classic Title Editor and Chapter 13: The Motion Titler for details about editing the properties of titles. 212 Pinnacle Studio Editing photos and graphics The Clip properties tool for editing bitmapped images allows you to perform several important imageprocessing tasks: · Zoom in on your pictures and photos in order to crop away unneeded material and focus on only the essential part of the image; · Rotate the image in 90-degree increments to permit the use of photos taken in "portrait" mode; · Remove the "red-eye" effect that can occur when the subject of a photograph looks directly into the camera when the flash goes off; · In Studio Ultimate, put together "pan-and-zoom" animations in which a high-resolution image is viewed as a succession of smoothly-connected closeups at various degrees of magnification. This technique is closely associated with the well-known documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. The Clip properties tool for photos has pan-andzoom controls for focusing on an area of interest. In Studio Ultimate, pan-and-zoom can be animated to create the effect of traversing the image from one focus to another. Animated `P&Z' can be obtained in other versions by upgrading to Studio Ultimate. Chapter 10: Still images 213 If an image needs rotating by 90 degrees to bring it into "landscape" mode (wider than high), start by clicking one of the image rotation buttons. If needed, click the button more than once until the clip is properly oriented. If you want to reframe the image, click directly on the tool's preview window and, while holding the left mouse-button down, drag the image in any direction until it is properly positioned. Release the button to complete the operation. Next, use the Zoom slider to magnify or reduce the image size as desired. Adjust the position and magnification with these controls until the image is cropped and framed to your satisfaction. The Reset button removes all your position and zoom changes, restoring the original framing of the image. The red-eye reduction feature helps restore a natural appearance to photos in which the subject's eyes are tinged with red. (This problem is caused by light from the flash unit bouncing off the retina of the eye when the subject is looking directly into the camera. ) To activate red-eye reduction, click the left button in the red eye group. Now click the image preview with the left mousebutton above and to the left of the area in which redeye reduction should be applied. While holding the button down, drag down and to the right until the area is fully enclosed. When you release the mouse-button, the red-eye reduction effect is instantly applied within the rectangle you have outlined. It is usually not necessary to be highly precise when marking out the red-eye reduction area. In fact, a larger rectangle may even yield a better result than a smaller 214 Pinnacle Studio one that encloses the eyes and no more. If the red-eye reduction does not clear up the problem entirely on the first attempt, try again with a different rectangle size. Studio's red-eye reduction algorithm provides excellent results with a wide variety of photos. However, some photos are better-suited to the process than others. To remove red-eye reduction once applied, click the right-hand button in the red eye group. Animating Pan-and-zoom in Studio Ultimate If you own Studio Ultimate, or purchase an activation key by clicking the activate button on the pan-andzoom controls, you can create effective animations from your photos and graphic images. Use the highestresolution images available with this technique, since they allow greater magnification levels before there is perceptible loss of quality. [. . . ] See Links Menu track, 228 Editing, 229 Flags, 228 Menus, Disc. See Disc menus Microphone Connecting, 307 MP2 files, 340 MP3 files, 85, 340 MPEG Rendering for output, 333 Multiple capture files Using, 111 MMC. See File-based media Mode panel (Import Wizard), 27 Modes Edit, 4 Introduced, 1 Make Movie, 331 Setting, 2 Multiple selection In Classic Title Editor, 246 In Motion Titler, 294 Multiple selection (in Motion Titler), 293 Multitrack editing, 181 With themes, 139 Monitors Dual, 355 Montage. See Themes Motion blur (video effect), 176 Motion Titler Background panel, 277 Closing, 260 Create and editing titles, 275 Edit window, 279 File operations, 261 Launching, 259 Layer groups, 293 Layer List, 286 Multiple selection, 293 Multiple selection in, 294 Text operations, 282 Music, 297, See Background music Folder, 86 Section (of Album), 85 Selecting (videography tip), 407 Music video. [. . . ]