Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 6.5

[This_Idiot]

Ah well Brian, looks like we'll have to put off meeting for a bit longer yet then.

I'll definitely be taking the camcorder, I don't get enough practise using it as it is (cos I'm shut indoors with the PC's when I'm not earning me crust). Besides, I've just invested in 5 mini-dv 64 minute tapes for the bargain price of £6 each instead of the high-street price of around £15 apiece.

Maybe I'll look into the lo-price airfares from here in Brum to Cyprus during the quiet season and disturb your peace around February (muse, muse - I'll just have finished a big project in London around then which will take me away from my beloved and the children for several months)

Chris

[Dr Mordrid]

One more tip on 6.5 that I posted to another thread, but it applies here too.

This came up in a discussion with wkulecz about manually cutting long clips or using scene detection based on the DV tape markers. Here's the pertinent text;

"Under unscripted conditions I agree that the handy cutting of a large single capture is beneficial. This is where the "Cut by Cue" (in the Source window) and "Split by Scene" (timeline) Video Editor commands come into play...."

Either of these features can be used to cut long DV captures into multiple clips in the editor , with the method depending on your preference.

If you want to use the off/on markers in a timeline DV clip you use "Split by Scene". When this is selected from either the Clip or context menu a dialog is presented that lets you choose from several options as to which scenes are to be used, split, joined etc.

If you want to use your own cues you can use "Cut by Cue" in the Source window's menu. You can use this on clips in either the Storyboard or timeline. All you do is press F5 as you scroll through the clip and then you select Cut by Cue from the Source windows menu. Voila! Takes about 3 seconds.

If the original clip was in the Storyboard new icons are created for each new "clip". These new "clips" can be re-ordered before auto-importation to A/B from the Storyboard if that's your desire. If the original clip was already on the timeline cut marks appear at the appropriate time indices.

The only limitations are that the original clip must not have been previously trimmed or had any f/x applied. That disables the menu items.

More neat stuff;

How's loading Cool3D 3.0 project files directly onto the timeline sound? No more rendering uncompressed *.avi's. Obviously this saves a s***load of disk space and time. The alpha channel is supported when using them as overlays. Works great, esp. with Instant Preview & a P4.

BTW: you can also import VideoStudio project files. Yes, this means you can import edited VS projects directly into 6.5 intact, either from the File/Open or the timeline. This should make life just-a-bit easier for VS upgraders.

Dr. Mordrid