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DVD MovieFactory
User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
January 2006
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Ulead DVD MovieFactory® version 5 © 2000-2006 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
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 3 Table of Contents Welcome to Ulead DVD MovieFactory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DVD MovieFactory launcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Video Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Slideshow Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Capturing video directly to MPEG format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Capture Options dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Set Auto Capture to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Importing DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 5 Welcome to Ulead DVD MovieFactory Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your disc-authoring needs. Instantly create HD DVD, DVD, VCD, and SVCD video or slideshow discs through a user-friendly, wizard-type process and specific task oriented features. You can also enhance your video by adding transition effects, text, audio, interactive menus, and many others, or print disc label or cover to make your discs more attractive
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6 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Notes: • You can also click any tool icon located at the lower part to set project preferences, view disc and burner information, and create disc labels. • Opening previously created project files from outside the DVD MovieFactory launcher will automatically launch the associated program. Video Disc Click to create a new project, open an existing one, or perform other burning tasks. See “Video Disc” for more details. Slideshow Disc Click to create a new
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 7 Edit Disc Click to append data or edit video/MP3 files on a disc. See “Edit Disc” for more details. Copy Disc Click to create a copy of a disc or convert DVD and video formats for use on your projects. See “Copy Disc” for more details. Disc Tools Click to format, erase, or finalize a disc. See “Disc Tools” for more details. Preferences Click to set your working folder, view product updates, register online, or view program information.
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8 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Video Disc Ulead DVD MovieFactory's step-by-step interface makes creating movies simple and easy. To create a video disc, click Video Disc on the Launcher and select an associated task. To create a new project, click New Project. Select your output disc type in Create Video Disc and click OK. • HD DVD (High Density Digital Versatile Disc) Developed as a standard for high-definition DVD, HD DVD uses a 120 mm diameter optical data storage media and 405 nm
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 9 Add/Edit Media In the Add/Edit Media step, you can add media files, modify them or enhance their quality, create chapter points, import and export clips, and view file information among others. Add Media You can add content to your movie by capturing videos, adding video files, creating and adding slideshows, and importing DVD videos. Toggle between showing and hiding advanced options Options for adding media Current project type Captur
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10 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE To add a video file to your project: 1. Click Add video files in the Add/Edit Media page to launch the Open Video File dialog box. 2. Locate the video file(s). You can select and add multiple files under the same folder. Press [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple files. 3. Repeat the above process to add more video files. Add photo slideshow See “Adding photo slideshows” for more details. Import DVD video See “Importing DVD-Video” for more details. Add/
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 11 Use Remove Chapter or Remove All Chapters to delete unwanted chapters. Tips: •To use Auto Add Chapters, your video must be at least one minute long or have scene change information. • If you click Auto Add Chapters and your video is a DV-formatted AVI file captured from a DV camcorder, DVD MovieFactory can automatically detect scene changes and add chapters accordingly. • If the selected video is an MPEG-2 file with scene change informati
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12 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE The right-click menu Right-click a thumbnail in the Media Clip list to display a context menu that gives you access to more options. • Change Thumbnail Changes the current thumbnail display. • Reset Thumbnail Restores the original thumbnail display. • Reset Enhanced Video Removes all enhancement made in the Enhance Video dialog box. • Recover Possible Lost AV Data Retrieves lost data from captured videos. • Audio Output Setting Includes audio data when exp
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 13 Multi-trim Video Multi-trim Video lets you select multiple segments from a video and extract these segments to the Media Clip list. To use Multi-trim: 1. Select the video to be trimmed in the Media Clip list. 2. Click to open the Multi-trim Video dialog box. 3. Drag the Jog Slider to locate the start of the segment to retain, and then click or press [F3]. 4. Drag the Jog Slider to locate the end of the segment to retain, and then click
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14 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Ad-Zapper Ulead DVD MovieFactory lets you search your videos for commercial intervals. Clicking this feature extracts the commercials to the media list. Quick search interval allows you to set a fixed interval between frames and browse through the movie using the set value. Detection sensitivity allows you to control the rate of distinguishing between commercials. Merge CF This feature merges all your extracted clips so that they appear as one thumbnai
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 15 To manually add transition effects: 1. In the Effect tab, drag the Jog Slider or use the playback controls to move between frames in the video. Stop when you reach the point where the effect will be added. 2. Select a transition effect from the list, and enter the duration. 3. Click Add to Current Position. 4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 to add more transition effects. You can use the playback controls to preview the results. 5. Click OK. Options
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16 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 3. Repeat steps 1 to 2 to add more text. You can use the playback controls to preview the result. The text will not overlap each other. Tip: To modify or delete the added text, select it in the Added text list then apply preferred settings or click Delete. 4. Click OK. Options for the Text tab • Added text list Records all the text strings that have been added. Use this list to select the text to edit or remove. • Delete Click to remove the selected text
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 17 3. To add a voice annotation to your video, drag the Jog Slider or use the playback controls or the Jog Wheel to move between frames in the video. Stop when you reach the point where the annotation will be inserted. Click Record Voice and test your microphone (adjust the volume as needed), then click Record to start. 4. To remove a previously recorded annotation, select it from the Recorded voice list then click Delete . 5. Adjust the
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18 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Setup Menu To create menus and submenus, select Create menu in the Add/Edit Media step. Clicking Next take you to the Setup Menu step. Menus allow the viewers to instantly access specific portions of your video. DVD MovieFactory offers a set of menu templates to best fit the purpose of each menu. Custom-made menus are also easily created. See the illustration below to better understand the menu structure. In this example, Clip 1 has three chapters. When
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DVD MovieFactory ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 19 Note: The SmartScene Menus type is not supported in Straight Capture to Disc projects. The most commonly used menu type is Thumbnail Menus. The chapter points that you have previously created are represented as scene thumbnails. Clicking a thumbnail plays back the movie starting from the said chapter point. Text Menus is a category that uses texts to represent chapter points. Selecting a text title plays back the movie from the correspon
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20 ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE Note: The Menu Out transition effects are not supported in DVD+VR projects. To switch to preview mode, click Go to the Preview step. Using motion menus When Motion menu is selected, the movie will use the beginning part of the video at a fixed duration instead of the first video frame as button thumbnails. The duration of motion menus range from 6 to 30 seconds. Using motion menus will increase the file size. Check the disc space usage indicator to mak
