Steve Jones

There is a way to get VideoStudio to synchronise a slideshow so that the pictures change with the music. The trick is not to use the normal VideoStudio Editor but instead use the Movie Wizard. http://www.steve-jones.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/camtodvd/07.jpg In the [Settings] dialog box there are options ...

Author: Spectre Before you start, it is a good idea to check all your photos on a good photo editor to correct the brightness and contrast, crop to the right size or make any other corrections that may be necessary. Once that's done, put all the photos you intend to use on the project in the one dir...

Another quick way to do this, as long as you don't want transitions, is capture the screen to file and place it on the overlay track and cover the video on the main track. This is very quick and easy and you get the audio from the video, but you give up the ability to transition out of the image. I...

Author: rtc2901 Looking for a dramatic effect to take your video to the next level? The J-cut and L-cut are used extensively in TV shows, movies, etc. and are easy to do in VideoStudio 9. Just what is a J-cut you ask? well, it involves cutting out a segment from the beginning of a video clip but lea...

Subject:- Video Studio 8--Moving Audio Clips Linking and moving audio / title clips within the timeline of Video Studio 8 Unfortunately Video Studio 8 does not provide any way of linking clips within the timelines. The best way around this problem is not to let it occur in the first place. (easier ...

This is a quick down and dirty tutorial on how to create your own Transitions, using nothing more then MSP 8. This uses the nice new feature of virtual time-lines. What you'll need is a copy of MediaStudio Pro 8, 3 short video clips, not all being the same duration, a little creativity or imaginatio...

Author: Lewist MediaStudio Pro 7.0: Embedding An Animated GIF And Follow A Moving Path On your favourite TV show, you may have seen little animated graphics moving across the screen, usually in the lower 1/3 portion. It is very easy to create this effect and apply it to improve your opening sequence...

There appears to be a problem with Smart compositor not being able to \"see\" files which form part of the smart composition. Both Klowther http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=22 and myself working on completely seperate projects have apparantly encountered the ...

Ulead have now provided us with a tutorial about how to create a Smart Composition http://www.ulead.com/learning/msp/msp8_05_01.htm Firstly please download the DVP file provided by Ulead here: http://www.ulead.com/learning/msp/images/msp8_sample_project.dvp If you now create a Smart composition with...

Author: Terry Stetler Even though Ulead chose not to implement true inter-track transitions this doesn't mean you can't do them, you just have to get a bit creative :) Here's the procedure for doing an inter-track transtition between Video1 and Video2, though it'll work anywhere; 1. create a blank *...

Author: Terry Stetler First open the manual, browse to page 133 and review the section on the Titler. Now for the How To; Once in the Titler enter your text either by loading a text file or direct entry. There's a max text file size of 5k if you're loading it from notpad etc., so you may have to cre...

Author: Terry Stetler How to move an object like a ball around or behind portions of the background, say the columns or windows in a building, without using 3D software? Basically this effect only requires compositing multiple layers consisting of the ball, the building and the parts of the building...

Author: Terry Stetler In another thread this question was posed; What would be the best way to create a "twinkle" on a lone star on a black background in an introduction? I have been experimenting with this in CG Infinity and the results were resonable but if there is an easier or differen...

Author: Terry Stetler This was first posted in another thread and was well received. Given that and my lack of ability to post to a Tutorial forum I'm making this a \"sticky\" so it'll remain readily available. Ever see the effect where just the silhouette of a person is moving across a ba...