Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SHOWBIZ 2 ArcSoft
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................. 1 1.1 Installa tion ............................................. 3 1.2 System Requ ir ements ............................... 4 1.3 Workflow Ov erview ....................
6. Menus ..................................................... 55 6.1 File .......................................................57 6.2 Edit.......................................................58 6.3 View ...........................................
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 1 1. Introduction Installation System Requirements Workflow Overview.
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 2 Welcome to ArcSoft Show Biz® DVD 2, a powerful video application tha t includes everythi ng you n eed to edit your home videos and create spectacular DVDs. This Introducti on covers the insta llation and system requirem ents and provides an overview of the typical ShowBiz workflow.
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 3 1.1 Installation 1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. The in staller shoul d start automatica lly. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete t he installa tion . Take note as to where t he program is insta lling, and wher e it can be found in the Start menu.
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 4 1.2 System Requirements Minimum System Re quirement s OS Windows 2000/XP/ Vista CPU Pentium III 800 MHz or higher ( P4 1.6 GHz or higher recommended) Memory 128 MB RAM (512 .
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 5 1.3 Workflow Overview ShowBiz DV D 2 is div ided into f our main se ctions, or "modules. " You can start in any module, depending on what you are interested in! Capture Record video from your DV ca mera or other video device.
Chapter 1: Introduct ion 6 When you first launch S howBiz, the Welcom e screen offers several options for common starting places. Selecting an option takes you right into one of the four mo dules: Create, Edit, Cap ture, or Quick DVD.
Chapter 2: Capture 7 2. Capture Video Capture Audio Capture.
Chapter 2: Capture 8 The Capture module is where you record vid eo and audio. It consists of two tabs: Vid eo and Audio. Choose Video to record video from DV camcorders and other connected devices. Choose Audio to record sound clip s, voiceovers, and othe r sounds.
Chapter 2: Capture 9 2.1 Video Capture You can capture video from a multitude of video device s, includ ing DV camcorders. The ava ilable options vary depending on th e device. Capturing from a DV Tape When capturin g from a DV device, playb ack controls app ear.
Chapter 2: Capture 10 Auto Scan: Click to have the program scan f or available channe ls. Audio Device: Check the box if you would like to record audio as well. If you check the box, choose your device from the pull-down. The following buttons may also be available.
Chapter 2: Capture 11 Capturing fro m VFW Devices VFW ("Video for Windows") devices follow an older Microsof t multimed ia framewor k. Older we bca ms, USB devices, or PCI devices may use the VFW standard. To capture vi deo from VF W devices, select you r desired VFW device from the pull-down.
Chapter 2: Capture 12 Check the Aud io Device box to record audio from your selected sound source. When you're ready, clic k the red Record button. Save As For capturing from any device, after you click the red Record button, you'll be prompted w ith the Save As window.
Chapter 2: Capture 13 Lastly, you can set the scen e detection. Sc ene dete ction is discussed further in Section 3.3. If you choose to have sc ene detect ion, you can either do it manually during the capture proces s (by pressing th e space bar on your keyboard), or automatically.
Chapter 2: Capture 14 2.2 Audio Capture When captur ing audio, you ha ve the choice of extracting musi c from a CD, or recording audio from a sound device. If you are extracting audio fr om a CD, select the l etter associated with the driv e you plan to use.
Chapter 3: Edit 15 3. Edit Video Clip Components Player Media Storyboard Timeline Text Transitions Effects Export.
Chapter 3: Edit 16 The Edit modu le is where yo u assemble vari ous componen ts to create a new video clip. It contains four primary tab s, one for each type of component you can add to your video clip: M edia, Text, Transitions, Effect s. A fifth tab, Export, appears as so on as you have content in your video cl ip.
Chapter 3: Edit 17 3.1 Video Clip Components Everything you need to crea te your video clips is in one of four tabs: M edia, Text, Tran sitions , and Effect s. Media – Choose still images, vi deo fi les, and audio files that you'd like to use to create a new video cl ip.
Chapter 3: Edit 18 3.2 Player The Player consi sts of the preview area o n the right side of the screen and a ll the contro ls belo w it . Use the Player to preview and trim your video clip as you compile it. The Player contains standard play/pause/rew ind button s, along with other controls that depend on what you are previewing or recording.
Chapter 3: Edit 19 There are two ti mers. The lef t timer indic ates the tota l playing time of the s elected compo nent. The r ight ti mer indicates the current time. When viewing an audio or vid eo component, the timer (s lider) beneath the pr eview window has two marke rs: the Start Marker and the End M arker.
Chapter 3: Edit 20 3.3 Media The Media tab of the Edit mo dule is where y ou browse your albums for video content. Conten t includes stil l images, video files, a nd audio f iles. Albums Albums are collec tions of shortcuts to files stored on your s ystem.
Chapter 3: Edit 21 Use this p ull-dow n to choose your album. To crea te a new album, choose "< New Album >". Enter a new name for your album (or rename any a lbum) by simply typing over the exist ing name. Add - Click this button to add files to your album.
Chapter 3: Edit 22 Scene Detect ion Scene detect ion makes i t easy for you to break up long video clips into separate component s without hav ing to save ea ch clip indivi dually. The program sc ans the se lecte d video file and automatica lly breaks it up according to changes in time or content.
Chapter 3: Edit 23 3.4 Storyboard The Storyboard is one place where you arrange your video clip components. It serves as the temp late for video construction. You add a still image or video clip to each spot on the Storyboard. Then, when yo u save your video, all of the compon ents are combin ed into a sing le file.
Chapter 3: Edit 24 All of the components on the Storyboard are swappable, meaning you can drag and drop them to swap them w ith other components. T his makes i t easy to rearrange video cl ips and still images, or swap transitions from one spot to another.
Chapter 3: Edit 25 the timer to th e spot where y ou want the sp lit performed, t hen right-click the video component on the Storyboard or Timeline and select Spli t. You can recomb ine two split v ideos by selecti ng them both on the Storyboard or Timeli ne, right-clicking, and selecting Combine.
Chapter 3: Edit 26 3.5 Timeline The Timeline is the other place wher e you arrange your video clip components. It serves as the temp late for video construction.
Chapter 3: Edit 27 beginning or end of video clips or the en tire movie), and cu t, copy, and paste commands. Editing Text Effects . To edit text effect s, click the Ed it Text butto n that appears on th e left of the Play er. Options for editing t ext are discussed in Section 3.
Chapter 3: Edit 28 • Drag the slider s to the left of the Player to adjust the brightness, co ntrast, hue , and saturatio n. • Use the top t imer to modify th e display ti me for each stil l image. Thi s is the ti me that the i mage remains o n the screen before chang ing to the nex t compon ent on the Timeline.
Chapter 3: Edit 29 componen ts uneditable . This is u seful if you want to move around or edit specific areas witho ut having to worry about unintentionally modifying other compo nents. While work ing in the T imeline, y ou have the following op tions available: Undo – Undoes the last comma nd.
Chapter 3: Edit 30 3.6 Text Add text over any video clip or sti l l image. Click on any text option to preview it in the Player . Add the sele cted text component to your project by dragging it to the Storyboard/Timeline. The Text tab is divid ed into tw o categories: Style and Effect.
Chapter 3: Edit 31 alignment, color, and st yle (bold and ital ic). On the ri ght is a column of text styl es. Chose the one you like best. In Edit mode, choos e either Move or Text. With Mov e selected, you can reposition your text by clicking and dragging.
Chapter 3: Edit 32 3.7 Transitions Transitions are special effects that can be insert ed between video clips or still images on the Storyb oard/Tim eline. In the Tran sitions tab, choose y our transition fr om the availab le categorie s, then click the ar row to add it to the Sto ryboard /Timelin e.
Chapter 3: Edit 33 3.8 Effects Special effects are included to he lp you spice up your movies. In the Effects tab, they are organize d into various ca tegories including crop shapes, frame s, and filters. Click and drag an effect onto any video cli p or still image on the Timeline.
Chapter 3: Edit 34 3.9 Export The Export tab offers various option s for sav ing your video. All of the componen ts on the Story board/Timeline wil l be combin ed into a single video f ile. (The Export se ction only appears on ce you have components on the Storyboard/Timeline.
Chapter 4: Create 35 4. Create Media Themes Customize Text Set Chapters Preview Area Slide Show s Write Disc.
Chapter 4: Create 36 The Create mo dule is where y ou go after you have ed ited your video files, when you want to create a DV D or VCD. The module is divided into six tabs: Media – In this tab, you cho ose individual video files that you want to use in your DVD movie.
Chapter 4: Create 37 4.1 Media The Media tab is where you choose the videos you want to include in your DVD movie. Each video you add is made into its ow n chapter in your movie. The preview ar ea on the right s ide of the screen shows you your curre nt movie layout.
Chapter 4: Create 38 4.2 Themes The Themes ta b is where you add background i mages to your projects. Themes are albums of categorized imag es that can be used as menu background s for your DVD. From the pull- down, select the category yo u want. You can th en choose the exa ct menu backgr ound.
Chapter 4: Create 39 4.3 Customize The Customize tab lets you c ustomize the look and feel of the chapter thumbnails seen in your menus. You can choose the th umbnail border s as well as the thumbnail arrangements.
Chapter 4: Create 40 4.4 Text In the Text tab , you can modify any text that appears on a ny menu. Simply click on the text you want in the pr eview area, then edit as you see fit. You can alter the font , size, style (b old and italic), a nd text color.
Chapter 4: Create 41 4.5 Set Chapters The Set Chapters tab lets yo u trim video clips and break them up into mult iple chapter s. Video s that con tain mult iple chapt ers will automatica lly be tur ned into their o wn submen us. Setting chapters is on ly ava il able for DVD projects.
Chapter 4: Create 42 Click this button to set the current frame as the thumbnail for the chapter. Click this button to remove all chapter points from the video. Click this b utton to se t the starting po int of the v ideo at the current position of the timer.
Chapter 4: Create 43 4.6 Preview Area The preview area show s you how your DVD menu will appear. You can also use it to play your DV D. When you do, a virtual remote control appears, let ting you navigate thro ugh the DV D menu in the same way that you would on your TV.
Chapter 4: Create 44 Click here to save your background as a reusable templ ate unde r the Themes s ection. Click and drag audio to th is spot to have music/narration play du ring the current me nu. Check this box to animate the menu thumbn ails (t he respective chapter will play within the ch apter butto n for the specified ti me).
Chapter 4: Create 45 4.7 Slide Shows Slide shows can be added to your movie as separate chapters. Double-c licking the respective chapter butto n lets you edit an existin g slide show.
Chapter 4: Create 46 Add Pan & Zoom Effects The Pan & Zoom option lets y ou add a unique moveme nt effect to your slides. See Section 7.8 for mo re information. This option is only available for DVD projects. Add Audio You can attach music files to each slide.
Chapter 4: Create 47 Once you have gotten t his far in creating your slide show, click "Next." Transitions Transitions are effects that oc cur when one slid e changes to another. Choose a set effect, or "All Eff ects (Random) ," to have the program random ly insert tr ansitions betw een each slide .
Chapter 4: Create 48 4.8 Write Disc This is the final step in creating your DVD or VCD. The top meter shows the amo unt of available and required space to create your movie. The lower meter shows you the progress in the creation of your movie. When you're ready, click Start.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 49 5. Quick DVD.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 50 By choosing the Quick DVD option, yo u'll have a "wizard" that w ill walk you through each step in order to capture and create your movie. Just follow the instructions in each step. The wiz ard is designed to guide you throughout the entir e process.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 51 5.1 Quick DVD Steps The Quick DV D wizard guides you throug h the following st eps. You can start the Quick DVD wizard at any time by selecting File > Quick DV D. 1. Choos e th e drive t o whi ch you r DVD will b e saved . You can choose eit her a DVD writeabl e (or rewriteable) drive, or your hard drive.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 52 - Capture one vid eo to DVD : Enter a title for your movie. Op tionally, y ou can also en ter the date, which w ill appear below the title. You can also choos e a menu des ign . Fr om t he pull-d own , select th e category you wish to view.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 53 You can also choose a men u design . From the pull-down, select the category you wish to view. Th en, use the left and r ight arrows to browse through the d ifferent designs with in the category. Finally, se t the numb er of discs to b e burned.
Chapter 5: Quick DVD 54.
Chapter 6: Menus 55 6. Menus File Edit View Options Play Extras & Help Keyboard Shortcuts.
Chapter 6: Menus 56 The menus are located at the top of the program desk top. The menus in clude: File, Ed it, View , Options, Pla y, Extras, and Help.
Chapter 6: Menus 57 6.1 File The following comma nds are available under the Fi le menu: New Project – Takes you to the Edit module (if you are not already there), where you can crea te a new video c lip. Open Project – Lets you open a previously saved project.
Chapter 6: Menus 58 6.2 Edit The following comma nds are available under the Edit menu: Undo – Reverses the last command. Redo – Reverses the last Undo command . Cut – Removes th e selected component an d stores it in memory. Copy – Places a copy of the select ed componen t in memory.
Chapter 6: Menus 59 6.3 View The following comma nds are available under the View me nu: Capture – Takes you to the C apture module . See Chapter 2 . Edit – Takes y ou to the Ed it module . See Chapter 3 . Create – Takes you to t he Create modu le.
Chapter 6: Menus 60 6.4 Options The following comma nds are available under the Option s menu: Preferen ces – Lets you v iew and modify various program settings.
Chapter 6: Menus 61 6.5 Play The following comma nds are available under the Play menu: Play/Pause – Starts/pa uses playback of th e currently select ed video component. Play Entir e Storyboa rd/Timeline – Plays all of the co mponents on the Storyboard/Timeline i n order.
Chapter 6: Menus 62 6.6 Extras & Help The following comma nds are available under the Extras menu: More ArcSoft Pr oducts – Offers additional ArcSoft products that compleme nt your program. Updates and Patches – Automatic ally detects and install s the latest program updates to your software.
Chapter 6: Menus 63 6.7 Keyboard Shortcuts Menu Shortcuts: File: ALT + F Edit: ALT + E View: ALT + V Options: ALT + O Play: ALT + P Extras: ALT + X Help: ALT + H Capture Module: ALT + 1 Capture Video:.
Chapter 6: Menus 64 Set Thumbnail: ALT + U Write Di sc: ALT + R Start: ALT + A Main Menu: A LT + U Intro: ALT + I Quick DV D: CT RL + D Player Shortcu ts: Active Clip: AL T + A Entire Project: ALT + J.
Chapter 6: Menus 65 Delete T humb nail/File : DELETE Select All: CTRL + A Desele ct All: C TRL + D Cut: CTRL + X Copy: CTRL + C Paste: CTRL + V Save: CTRL + S Add to St oryboard/Timeli ne: ENTE R Edit.
Chapter 6: Menus 66.
Chapter 7: How Tos 67 7. How Tos Capture Video Capture Audio Create New Al bum Add Content to S toryboard Modify Content Create DV D Create Slide Sh ow Add Pan & Zoom Perform Advan ced Editing Des.
Chapter 7: How Tos 68 ShowBiz DV D can seem like a co mplex prog ram. I n this cha pter, rather than de scriptions of th e user interface function by function, you'll find short "how to" procedures for common tasks.
Chapter 7: How Tos 69 7.1 Capture Video Step 1 . Connect your camera to the computer and tur n the power on. Launch the program. From the welcom e wizard, selec t "Capture, crea te, or edit vid eos." From the next screen, s elect "Capture From Device.
Chapter 7: How Tos 70 7.2 Capture Audio Step 1 . Launch th e program and click " Capture" at the to p of the screen to go to the Captur e module.
Chapter 7: How Tos 71 7.3 Create New Album In order to add cont ent to the St oryboard/Timeline, you need t o first create an album. Albu ms consist o f shortcu ts that link to the picture, music, and video f iles stored on your compu ter. There are a few sample albums included in the program.
Chapter 7: How Tos 72 7.4 Add Content to Storyboard The Storyboard is where you add conten t to piece tog ether your movie. The Storyboard consists of several squares. The larger squares are for ST ILL IMAG ES and VIDEOS. The smaller squares are for TRANSITIONS.
Chapter 7: How Tos 73 7.5 Modify Content This section covers simple co ntent modif ications that can be done on the Storyboard. For mor e inform ation on advanced editing, see Section 3.
Chapter 7: How Tos 74 7.6 Create DVD The Create mo dule of the prog ram is where you act ually put together yo ur DV D (or VCD) . Step 1 . Launch the program and click "Create" a t the top of the screen to go to the Creat e module. Step 2 . From the Me dia tab, choose th e album that has the video clips you wish to add.
Chapter 7: How Tos 75 7.7 Create Slide Show You can create a photo slide show , w hich is added to your movie as a separate chapter . Step 1 . Launch the program and click "Create" a t the top of the screen to go to the Creat e module. Step 2 .
Chapter 7: How Tos 76 7.8 Add Pan & Zoom Pan & Zoom is a neat e ffect that can be applied to photos on the Storyboa rd while in the Ed it modu le, or to sl ides in slide shows created in the Create module.
Chapter 7: How Tos 77 Step 3. Preview . When the sl ide show reaches the photo, th e focus will be exclusively on the "Begin" ma rquee. The dis play will then " pan & zoom" to the "End" ma rquee. Use th e preview to get an id ea how the effect works.
Chapter 7: How Tos 78 7.9 Perform Advanced Editing On the Storyboard, you can perfo rm basic content modifi cation, including ad ding st ill images, v ideo clips, a nd transit ions to y our movie, as well as en hance your stil l images and tri m your video clips.
Chapter 7: How Tos 79 Step 4 . To add text, click the Text tab. Click the Style category you want ("Simple" or "Fa ncy"), th en click and drag th e particular text style you want to the Time line .
Chapter 7: How Tos 80 7.10 Design Menus Once you have added content to your DVD i n the Create m odule, you can customiz e the look and feel of your menu. Modification 1: Organizing Chapter Buttons To organize the chapter butt ons, click the Custom ize tab.
Chapter 7: How Tos 81 Modification 5: Choosing a New Background To choose a new background , click the The mes tab. Doub le-click the theme th at you want. You can al so click the "New Background" butto n in the preview ar ea and browse your syste m for an image that you want to use.
Chapter 7: How Tos 82 7.11 Burn To Disc Once your video clips and me nus are all rea dy to go, you can preview your project, choo se the output options, and burn it to disc. Step 1 . When you're all ready to go, click the Write Disc tab in the Create mo dule.
Chapter 7: How Tos 83 When you're ready, click "OK." Yo ur movie is conver ted into DVD or VCD format, and the burned to your disc or written to your hard drive.
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INDEX 89 INDEX < New Album >, 21, 71 < New Theme >, 38 A Acquire, 21 Acquire Phot os, 45, 75 Active C lip, 18 Add, 21 Add Audio, 46 Add Photos, 45, 75 Add to Album, 12 album, 14, 20 Animat.
INDEX 9 0 DV Tape, 9 DVD, 16, 23, 37, 38, 41, 43, 46, 48, 57, 74, 80, 82 DVD Options, 51, 60 DVD Qual ity Settin g, 60 DVD+V R, 51 DVD-Video , 51 DVD-V R, 51, 5 3 E Edit, 59 Edit ArcSoft DVD Di sc, 57.
INDEX 9 1 Mozilla, 3 4 MPEG, 51, 60 MPEG-2, 69 N Name Slid e Show, 4 7 New Background, 38, 43, 81 New Project, 5 7 Next F rame, 61 NTSC, 10, 48, 60, 82 O Open Project, 57 Options me nu, 60 Orient Phot.
INDEX 92 special effe cts, 27, 3 3 editing, 28 Split, 24, 27, 29 Start Marker, 19 still im ages, 27, 72 editing, 27 Stop, 61 Storyboard, 23, 59, 72, 76 Storyboard/Timeline, 20 Stretch t o Fit, 27, 60 .
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