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. "RealProducer, " "RealVideo, " "RealServer, " and "Real" logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. QDesign MPEG-2 Layer II Fast Encoder/Decoder © 1996-2002 by QDesign Corporation. [. . . ] The tool also displays the volume at the current Timeline position with meters similar to those on stereo equipment. As indicated by the symbols at top, the three sets of controls govern the Original Audio track, the Sound Effect/Voice-over track and the Background Music track respectively. The volume at the current time index is controlled by clicking on the Volume sliders and adjusting them up or down. This operation creates a new adjustment handle at the current time index on the clip in the Chapter 8: Sound Effects and Music 129 corresponding track. In that case, the Volume slider is unavailable. ) To adjust the volume upwards or downwards for the track as a whole, grab the indicator on the Global volume adjustment dial for the track and rotate it clockwise (up to the 4 o'clock maximum position) or anticlockwise (down to the 8 o'clock minimum). Muting tracks Any or all of the three audio tracks can be muted simply by clicking the corresponding track indicator on the Volume tool. The indicator toggles to the "off" position, and the track is muted. The muted state is shown on the Timeline by a red line across the bottom of the audio clips on the track. Fade-in and Fade-out buttons Below each Volume slider is a pair of Fade buttons bearing ramp symbols. These produce a fade in from or a fade out to the current position of the movie. Try scrubbing to a location within the movie, click one of the buttons, and observe the effect on the corresponding volume line. The fade duration is variable from zero to fifty-nine seconds, and is selected in the Edit Options panel (Setup > Edit) under Volume fades. Fades are not available too close to the beginning or ending of a clip. 130 Studio 8 Chapter 9: Disc Menus Understanding menus With the advent of the DVD, VCD and S-VCD disc formats, video has become an interactive medium, with new possibilities for both videographer and audience. Developing ­ "authoring" ­ a disc in one of these formats means going beyond the old idea of creating a movie to be viewed in strict sequence from beginning to end. Now the audience can decide which parts of the movie to view, and in what order. The essential new feature that makes disc authoring possible is the menu. A particular disc may have one, few or many menus, each consisting of a still image or short video sequence. Areas within the menus, called buttons, can be selected by the viewer to activate links to other content on the disc. Activating a link causes an immediate transfer to any of: · A normal video sequence, which in this context is called a chapter. Chapter buttons show a thumbnail frame from the video to which they link. Multiple pages are used when a menu has too many buttons to fit on a single page. · A different menu. Chapter 9: Disc Menus 131 Unlike any other kind of clip, menus automatically loop. When the end of a menu is reached during preview or playback, it is immediately restarted. [. . . ] The federal and state courts within the County of Santa Clara, California shall have excusive Appendix F: License Agreement 235 jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of this License and you hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts within the County of Santa Clara, California. This License is the entire agreement between you and Pinnacle and supersedes any other communication with respect to the Software. No modification of or amendment to this License will be effective unless in writing signed by both parties. If any provision of this License is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this License will continue in full force and effect. 236 Studio 8 Appendix G: Keyboard Shortcuts The terms Left, Right, Up and Down in this table refer to the arrow (cursor) keys. [. . . ]