User manual ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION

[. . . ] August 2004 English edition for Ulead VideoToolBox 2 Home Edition, August 2004. © 1992-2004 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement, which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991­1992 C-Cube Microsystems. [. . . ] To create, click Insert Image then in the dialog box, select the images (press [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple files) you want to include in the slideshow and click Open. The duration of each image can be set in the Preferences dialog box. (See "Preferences" on page 21). Rotating an image Use the rotate buttons selected image. to change the orientation of the Rearranging the position of the clips Rearrange the clips in the Media Clip List by dragging and dropping the clip to the desired position. Step 3: Choose a style Choose a movie style for your project then customize movie style attributes such as transition effects, background music and text. Selecting a movie style In the Options Panel, click the style you want to use. Tip: If you do not want to apply a style to your project, select the white thumbnail in the Options Panel. ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE 17 Changing the transition effect Transition effect Options Panel · · Transition effect Select the transition effect you want to use in the drop-down menu. Delete All Click to remove all transition effects in the Media Clip List. To change the transition effect: 1. In the Media Clip List, click the transition effect you want to change. 2. In the Options Panel, select a transition effect from the dropdown menu. Tip: Click Delete All to remove all transition effects from the project. Editing text Text Options Panel · · · · · Font face Select your desired font style. Vertical text Makes the orientation of the title vertical. Font style Set the text as bold, italic and/or underlined. Alignment Aligns horizontal text to the left, center, or right. Or, aligns vertical text to the top, center, or bottom. Color Specify your preferred font color. Shadow Select to add a shadow to the text. Click the color box to change the shadow color. · · 18 ULEAD VIDEO TOOLBOX 2 HOME EDITION USER GUIDE To edit the text: 1. In the Media Clip List, click the text you want to edit. 2. In the Preview Window, double-click the text box to edit the text. Click an empty space in the Preview Window when you are done editing the text. Adjust the text attributes using the settings in the Options Panel. Changing the background music Audio Options Panel · Open Audio File Opens a dialog box where you can locate an audio file to use as the background music. Remove background music Removes the background music from the project. Music/Video slider Adjust the volume of the background music with respect to the video's audio. Normalize Audio Select to automatically adjust the volume to a standard level. This is useful when the background music used is recorded at varying volume levels. · · · To change the background music: 1. [. . . ] LPCM offers high quality but its drawback is that higher data rates leave little bandwidth for video. AC-3 audio is the digital standard for compressed audio files. It is a new and unique way of digitally compressing and decoding audio channels into a very small space to produce high quality audio playback. It covers eight different channel combinations ranging from conventional monophonic or stereophonic sound up to a 6channel surround-type format. [. . . ]