Book description
Pinnacle Studio 11 is the latest version of the industry leading home video editing tool aimed at the Windows consumer market. In Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio version 11 in classic and popular QuickStart style--with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. Jan provides the skinny on all popular Studio 11 features like HD capture, editing and disc burning: Pinnacle Studio Plus edits native HDV or AVCHD footage and then authors HD DVD format discs that will play on the latest HD players; the new Scorefitter music generator which automatically generates soundtracks with 40 source tracks; new simplified web publishing features where users can now automatically post movies publicly on Yahoo! Videos and more.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Getting Started
- 1. Creating Watchable Video
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2. Introduction to Studio 11
- Using Edit Mode
- Using Capture Mode
- Using Make Movie Mode
- Using Undo and Redo
- Using the Help Menu
- Selecting Your Capture Drive
- Defragmenting Your Capture Drive
- Setting Project Preferences
- Saving Your Projects
- Deleting Projects
- Hiding Premium Content and Features
- Setting Default Durations
- Setting the Project Format
- Working with Auxiliary Files
- Setting Up a Dual-Monitor Display
- II. Gathering Your Assets
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III. Editing
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7. Producing Videos in the Movie Window
- Looking at Movie Window Views
- Working on the Storyboard
- Getting Video Clips to the Timeline
- Customizing Your Timeline View
- Common Tasks
- Trimming with the Clip Properties Tool
- Trimming a Clip on the Timeline
- Trimming Multiple Clips on the Timeline
- Advanced Timeline Editing
- The Insert Edit
- Producing Split Edits
- Working with Still Images
- Working with Audio Files
- 8. Using Transitions
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9. Applying Special Effects
- Types of Effects
- Before Getting Started
- Learning the Special Effects Interface
- Working with Keyframes
- Studio’s Cleaning Effects
- Varying Playback Speed
- About the Overlay Track
- Applying Picture-in-Picture Effects
- Accessing Advanced P-I-P Controls
- About Chroma Key
- About Chroma Key Controls
- Working with Vitascene Effects
- Creating Music Videos Automatically
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10. Designing Titles and Menus
- Opening the Title Editor
- Looking at the Title Editor
- Adding and Editing Text
- Using Studio’s Styles
- Resizing and Justifying Text
- Kerning and Leading Text
- Rotating and Skewing Text
- Using Full-Screen Titles
- Adding Logos to Video
- Creating and Editing Title Objects
- Working with Buttons
- Working with Multiple Objects
- Creating DVD Menu Templates
- Creating Rolls and Crawls
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11. Working with Audio
- About Audio Tracks and Workflow
- Setting Recording Options
- Ripping CD Audio
- Creating Background Tracks Using Scorefitter
- Recording Narrations
- Using Studio’s Sound Effects
- Editing Audio Clips
- Using the Volume Tool
- Adjusting Volume, Balance, and Fade on the Timeline
- Using Studio’s Audio Effects
- Using ClearSpot Noise Reduction
- Using BIAS SoundSoap PE
- The SoundSoap Interface
- 12. DVD Authoring
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7. Producing Videos in the Movie Window
- IV. Other Output
Product information
- Title: Pinnacle Studio 11 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2007
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780321550200
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