Pinnacle Studio For Dazzle

Pinnacle Studio for DazzleVersion 1.0Your Life in Movies

Copyright 2013 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved.Please respect the Rights of Artists and Creators. Content such as music,photos, video and celebrity images are protected by the laws of manycountries. You may not use other people’s content unless you own the rightsor have the permission of the owner.This product or portions thereof are protected in the United States by one ormore of the following United States Patents: 5,495,291; 6,469,711; 6,532,043;6,901,211; 7,124,366; 7,165,219; 7,286,132; 7,301,092 and 7,500,176; and inEurope by one or more of the following European Patents: 0695094 and0916136. Other patents are pending.Mpegable DS 2.2 2004 Dicas Digital Image Coding GmbH. Portions ofthis product were created using LEADTOOLS 1991-2006, LEADTechnologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions utilize Windows MediaTechnologies 1999-2005 Microsoft Corporation MPEG Layer II Audioby QDesign Corp. This product is based in part on the work of theIndependent JPEG Group.No part of this manual may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed,stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computerlanguage, in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic,manual, or otherwise, without the express written permission of CorelCorporation.Corel Corporation385 Ravendale DriveMountain View, CA 94043, USA2Pinnacle Studio

Table of contentsBEFORE YOU STARTIXAbbreviations and conventions . ixHelp and on-line help . xiCHAPTER 1: USING PINNACLE STUDIO1The Library . 3The Movie Editor and the Disc Editor . 6The media editors . 7The Player . 8Pinnacle Studio Projects . 9CHAPTER 2: THE LIBRARY11Understanding the Library . 14Location tabs . 16The Asset Tree . 17Collections . 19Managing Library assets . 21The Browser . 24Thumbnails and details . 25Optional indicators and controls . 28The Library preview . 31Using the Library . 35Choosing what to display . 35Tags . 38Correcting media . 41Video scene detection . 42Table of contents3

CHAPTER 3: THE MOVIE EDITOR51The project timeline . 55Timeline fundamentals . 55The timeline toolbar . 60The timeline track header . 67Timeline audio functions . 69Editing movies . 69Adding clips to the timeline . 71Title Editor, voice-over . 75Deleting clips . 76Clip operations . 76Using the Clipboard . 88Speed . 89Movies within movies . 91Transitions . 92Clip effects . 98Clip context menus . 99CHAPTER 4: MEDIA EDITING: CORRECTIONS101Media editing overview . 103Correcting photos . 108Photo editing tools . 109Photo corrections . 110Correcting video . 115Video tools . 116Video corrections . 119Correcting audio . 122CHAPTER 5: MEDIA EDITING: EFFECTS123Effects in the media editors . 125Effects on the timeline . 129The Settings panel . 131Working with keyframes . 133Video and photo effects . 135Working with transitions . 1404Pinnacle Studio

Pan-and-zoom . 141CHAPTER 6: MONTAGE145Note: Montage is disabled in the Pinnacle Studio for Dazzle version;upgrade to Pinnacle Studio 16 to use the Montage feature.The Montage section of the Library . 147Using Montage templates . 148Montage clips on the timeline . 149Anatomy of a template . 151Montage Editing . 154Using the Montage Editor . 155CHAPTER 7: THE TITLE EDITOR157Launching (and leaving) the Title Editor . 159The Library . 160Creating and editing titles . 166Background settings . 168Look settings . 169The Edit window . 173Text and text settings . 175The Layer List . 181Working with the Layer List . 182CHAPTER 8: SOUND AND MUSIC191The Audio Editor . 193Audio on the timeline . 204Timeline audio functions . 204Audio creation tools . 211The Voice-over tool . 214Table of contents5

CHAPTER 9: DISC PROJECTS217Disc menus . 218Adding disc menus . 221Previewing disc menus . 223Menu editing on the timeline . 225Timeline menu markers225Authoring tools226The Chapter Wizard . 229The Menu Editor . 232Menu buttons . 233The Disc Simulator . 235CHAPTER 10: THE IMPORTER237Using the Importer . 238Importer panels . 240The Import From panel . 240The Import To panel . 243The Mode panel . 246The Scene Detection Options window . 249The Filename panel . 251Selecting assets for import . 253Import from file . 253Selecting files for Import . 254Scan for assets . 260Import from DV or HDV camera . 261Import from analog sources . 265Import from DVD or Blu-ray Disc . 266Import from digital cameras . 267Snapshot . 2696Pinnacle Studio

CHAPTER 11: THE EXPORTER273Output to disc or memory card . 276Output to file . 280Output to cloud . 289Output to a device . 293CHAPTER 12: SETUP297Watchfolders . 298Audio device . 298Event logging . 298Import . 298Keyboard . 300Preview . 301Project settings . 303Storage locations . 304APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING .305Contacting support . 306Top support issues . 307Compatibility with past content . 307Capture hardware compatibility . 310Serial number information . 311Error or crash while installing . 312Hangs or crashes while launching . 314Troubleshooting software crashes . 315Export problems . 320Disc playback problems . 321Resources, tutorials and training . 323APPENDIX B: VIDEOGRAPHY325Creating a shooting plan . 325Editing . 326Rules of thumb for video editing . 329Soundtrack production . 331Title . 332Table of contents7

APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY333APPENDIX D: KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS347APPENDIX E: THE INSTALLATION MANAGER353The Welcome Screen . 355Plugs-ins and bonus content . 357Equipment requirements . 358INDEXviii361Pinnacle Studio

Before you startThank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio. We hope you enjoy usingthe software.If you are new to Pinnacle Studio, we recommend that you keep themanual handy for reference even if you don’t actually read it all theway through.In order to ensure that your movie-making experience gets off on theright foot, please review the topics below before continuing toChapter 1: Using Pinnacle Studio. We alsorecommendconsideration of the product’s equipment requirements, which aregiven on page 358 in Appendix E: The Installation Manager.Abbreviations and conventionsThis guide uses the following conventions to help organize thematerial.Common termsAVCHD: A video data format used by some high-definitioncamcorders, and for creating DVD discs that can be read on Blu-rayplayers. Successful editing of AVCHD files requires morecomputing power than other formats supported by Pinnacle Studio.DV: This term refers to DV and Digital8 camcorders, VCRs andtapes.HDV: A ‘high-definition video’ format that allows video in framesizes of 1280x720 or 1440x1080 to be recorded in MPEG-2 formaton DV media.Before you start9

1394: The term ‘1394’ applies to OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394,FireWire, DV or i.LINK interfaces, ports and cables.Analog: The term ‘analog’ applies to 8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHSC or SVHS-C camcorders, VCRs and tapes, and to Composite/RCAand S-Video cables and connectors.Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windowsNames of buttons, menus and related items are written in italics todistinguish them from the surrounding text, whereas window anddialog names are written with initial capital letters. For example:Click the Edit menu button to open your menu in the Menu Editor.Choosing menu commandsThe right arrowhead symbol ( ) denotes the path for hierarchicalmenu items. For example:Select File Burn Disc Image.Context menusA ‘context menu’ is a pop-up list of commands that appears whenyou click with the right mouse-button on certain areas of theapplication interface. Depending where you click, a context menumay pertain either to an editable object (like a clip on an editingtimeline), to a window, or to a zone such as a control panel. Onceopen, context menus behave just like the ones on the main menu bar.Context menus are available in most parts of the Pinnacle Studiointerface. Our documentation generally takes for granted that youknow how to open and use them.Mouse clicksWhen a mouse click is required, the default is always a left-clickunless otherwise specified, or unless the click is to open a contextmenu:Right-click and select Title Editor. (Or, one might say, “SelectTitle Editor from the context menu.”)xPinnacle Studio

Key namesKey names are spelled with an initial capital and are underlined. Aplus sign denotes a key combination. For example:Press Ctrl A to select all the clips on the timeline.Please refer to Appendix D: Keyboard shortcuts for a comprehensivetable of available shortcuts.Help and on-line helpImmediate help is available while you are working in PinnacleStudio, both inside the program and on-line.Help file: To open the Pinnacle Studio helpfile, press F1, or click the help button in themain menu bar and choose Help.Tool tips: To find out what a button or other Studio control does,pause your mouse pointer over it. A ‘tool tip’ pops up, like ‘Help(F1)’ in the illustration above, to explain the control’s function.Enhanced tool tips: For some features, more information isavailable through enhanced tool tips, which you can turn on byclicking the help button and choosing Show enhanced tool tips.These provide links to video tutorials with in-depth information Ifyou don’t wish to have the link displayed, click the x button in theextended tool tip, or uncheck the option in the Help menu.The extended tool tip for the Library tab.Click the video icon to start the tutorial.Before you start11

CHAPTER 1:Using Pinnacle StudioFor a simple outline of the digital movie-making process, you don’thave to look any further than the central tab group of PinnacleStudio’s main window. The same steps apply to any type ofproduction, from an unpretentious slideshow with dissolves betweeneach frame to a 3D extravaganza containing hundreds of carefullyarranged clips and effects.Pinnacle Studio’s main control barsummarizes the movie-making process.The ImporterImport, on the left, is a preparatory step. It involves procedures like‘capturing’ video from your analog or DV camcorder, bringing inphotos from a digital camera, and copying media files to your localhard drive from a network location.The Pinnacle Studio Importer provides tools for these tasks, alongwith a Snapshot feature for grabbing frames from video files, and aStop motion tool for building up video frame-by-frame. See Chapter10: The Importer for details.File menu import commands: Choosing Import from the file menuhas the same effect as clicking the Import tab: it opens the Impo

Before you start 9 Before you start Thank you for purchasing Pinnacle Studio. We hope you enjoy using the software. If you are new to Pinnacle Studio, we recommend that you keep the manual handy for reference even if you don’t actually read it all the way through. In order to ensure that your movie-making experience gets off on the