User manual ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO SE

[. . . ] March 2006 English edition for Ulead® VideoStudio® SE, March 2006. © 1992-2006 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 apply animation to the current text: 1. In the Animation tab, select Apply Animation. Select the animation category to use in Type. Select a preset animation from the box under Type. Tip: Click to open a dialog box where you can specify animation attributes. 4. Drag the Pause duration handles to specify how long the text will pause after it enters and before it exits the screen. ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE 37 Audio Sounds are one of the elements that determine the success of your video production. VideoStudio's Audio Step allows you to add both narration and music to your project. The Audio Step consists of two tracks: Voice and Music. Insert your narrations on the Voice Track and your background music or sound effects on the Music Track. Adding voiceover narration Documentaries and news features often use narrations to help the audience understand what is going on in the video. VideoStudio allows you to record your own narration with crisp and clear results. Move to the section of the video where you want to insert your narration by using the Jog Slider. Note: You cannot record over an existing clip. When a clip is selected, recording is disabled. Make sure that a clip is not selected by clicking on an empty area on the Timeline. 3. Speak into the microphone and check if the meter responds accordingly. Use the Windows audio mixer to adjust the volume of the microphone. Click Start and begin speaking into the microphone. Press [Esc] or click Stop to stop recording. Tip: The best way to record narrations is to do the recording in 10 to 15-second sessions. This makes it easier to remove a badly recorded narration and redo it. To remove, just select the clip on the Timeline and press [Delete]. 38 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Adding background music Set the tone of your movie with the background music of your choice. VideoStudio can record and convert song tracks from your CD into WAV files and then insert them onto the Timeline. VideoStudio also supports WMA, AVI, and other popular audio file formats which you can directly insert onto the Music Track. Importing music from an audio CD Capture music by importing from an audio CD. VideoStudio copies the CDA audio file then saves it in your hard drive as a WAV file. Click Import from Audio CD in the Music & Voice tab to open the Rip CD Audio dialog box. [. . . ] Click OK to create the card. 62 ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The background templates that are provided with VideoStudio are JPEG image files. You can create your own templates in any graphics editor, or even use still frames captured from your movies. To use your own backgrounds, search for images using Browse next to the Background template file name entry box. Setting your video as your Movie Screen Saver Personalize your desktop computer by creating your own video file then setting it as your screen saver. Set a video as your desktop screen saver: 1. [. . . ]