Pinnacle Studio 18 User Guide 18.0 Studio18 En

User Manual: pinnacle Studio - 18.0 - User Guide Free User Guide for Pinnacle Studio Software, Manual

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Contents
Before you start
- Abbreviations and conventions
- Buttons, menus, dialog boxes and windows
- Help and Tooltips
- Finding your version information
- Upgrading
Chapter 1: Using Pinnacle Studio
- The Importer
- The Exporter
- The central tabs
- The Library
- The next step
- The Movie Editor and the Disc Editor
- The media editors
- The Player
- Pinnacle Studio Projects
Chapter 2: The Library
- Adding assets to a project
- Correcting media files
- Instant gratification: SmartMovie
- Understanding the Library
- The Navigator
- Collections
- Managing Library assets
- The Browser
- Thumbnails and details
- Optional indicators and controls
- The Library preview
- Choosing what to display in the Library
- Tags
- Correcting media
- Video scene detection
- SmartMovie
- SmartMovie
Chapter 3: The Movie Editor
- The compact Library
- Previewing in the project editors
  - Disc editing
  - Slideshow productions
- The Project Timeline
- The timeline toolbar
- The timeline track header
- Editing Movies
- Title Editor, ScoreFitter, voice-over
- Deleting clips
- Clip operations
- Using the Clipboard
- Speed
- Movies within movies
- Transitions
- Clip effects
- Clip context menus
Chapter 4: Corrections
- Correcting Library assets
- Correcting timeline clips
- Media editing overview
- Photo editing tools
  - Image rotation
  - Before-and-after
- Correcting photos
- Red-eye
- Correcting video
  - Video / audio switch
  - Waveform display
- Video tools
  - Markers
- Video corrections
- Stabilize
- Correcting audio
Chapter 5: Effects
- Corrections vs. effects
- About effects
- Pan-and-zoom
- Effects in the media editors
- Effects on the timeline
- The Settings panel
  - Modifying parameters
- Working with keyframes
- Video and photo effects
  - Effects and stereoscopic 3D
- Working with transitions
- Pan-and-zoom
Chapter 6: Montage
- Montage in the Library
- Montage titles vs. standard titles
- The template collection
- Montage in your project
- The Montage section of the Library
- Using montage templates
  - Template backgrounds
- Montage clips on the timeline
  - Trimming Montage clips
  - Transitions and effects
- Anatomy of a template
- Montage editing
- Using the Montage Editor
  - Interior trimming of Montage clips
  - Working with drop zones
Chapter 7: The Title Editor
- Launching (and leaving) the Title Editor
- The Library
  - Adding Library media to a title
- The Presets Selector
- Preset Looks
  - Previewing Looks
  - Applying a Look
- Preset Motions
- Creating and editing titles
  - Creating text and shape layers
  - Editing layers
- Background settings
- Look settings
  - Working with detail layers
  - Saving a custom Look
- The Edit window
  - Layer operations in the Edit Window
- Text and text settings
- Titles and stereoscopic 3D
- The Layer List
- Working with the Layer List
- Working with layer groups
Chapter 8: Sound and music
- Audio features of Pinnacle Studio
- The Library
- Corrections and effects
- The Audio Editor
- Audio corrections
- Audio effects
- Audio on the timeline
- Timeline audio functions
- Audio creation tools
  - Locating the Library asset
- ScoreFitter
  - Expanding your song collection
- The Voice-over tool
  - Additional controls
Chapter 9: Disc projects
- Disc menus
- Adding disc menus
- Previewing disc menus
  - Link indicators
- Menu editing on the timeline
- Timeline menu markers
- Authoring tools
  - Timeline editing of chapter and return markers
- The Chapter Wizard
  - Why use the Chapter Wizard?
  - Using the Chapter Wizard
- The Menu Editor
  - Starting the editor
  - The button cycle
- Menu buttons
- The Disc Simulator
Chapter 10: The Importer
- The next step
- Using the Importer
  - Importing stereoscopic 3D content
- Importer panels
  - The Import From panel
  - Single-frame import
  - Adjusting analog audio and video levels
- The Import To panel
  - Working with import folders
  - Selecting an import folder
  - Setting a subfolder
- The Mode panel
  - DV / HDV import options
  - Import options for analog media
  - Import options for file-based assets
  - Import options for stop-motion capture
- The Compression Options window
  - Video settings
  - Audio settings
- The Scene Detection Options window
- The Metadata panel
- The Filename panel
- Selecting assets for import
  - Import from file
- Selecting files for Import
  - The folder and file browser
  - Previewing media and project files
  - Marking files for import
- Customizing the browser
- Adjusting the import file date and time
  - To correct the file time or date:
- Scan for assets
- Import from DV or HDV camera
  - Previewing video
  - Recording video and audio
  - To capture manually with the Start Capture and Stop Capture buttons:
  - To capture automatically by setting mark-in and mark-out points:
- Import from analog sources
  - To capture from an analog source:
  - To capture for a specified duration:
- Import from DVD or Blu-ray Disc
  - Previewing the disc files
- Import from digital cameras
- Stop motion
  - The Stop Motion control bar
  - Importing the animation
- Snapshot
  - Using the Image Tray
  - Importing the frames
Chapter 11: The Exporter
- Configuring output
- Preparing your movie for output
- Create between markers
- Output to disc or memory card
- Output to file
- Output to cloud
- Output to a device
Chapter 12: Setup
- Watchfolders
- Audio device
- Event logging
- Export and Preview
- Import
- Keyboard
- Project settings
- Storage locations
Chapter 13: Screen capture
- Starting a screen capture project
  - To open the Screen Capture window
  - Screen Capture toolbar basics
- Recording your screen
  - To configure your video
  - To record your screen capture
Appendix A: Troublehooting
- Contacting support
- Forums
- Top support issues
  - Compatibility with past content
- Capture hardware compatibility
  - Supported hardware
  - Unsupported hardware
- Serial number information
  - Finding your serial number
  - Using a serial number when upgrading
- Error or crash while installing
- Hangs or crashes while launching
  - Further troubleshooting steps:
- Troubleshooting software crashes
- Case 1: Studio crashes randomly
- Case 2: Studio crashes after a user action
- Case 3: Studio crashes repeatably
- Export problems
- Disc playback problems
  - If your DVD does not play back, or appears blank:
Appendix B: Videography
- Creating a shooting plan
- Editing
- Rules of thumb for video editing
- Soundtrack production
- Title
Appendix C: Glossary
Appendix D: Keyboard shortcuts
- General shortcuts
- Library
- Playing and transport
- Importer
- Movie interface
- Media editors
- Title Editor
Appendix E: The installation manager
- Before you begin
- Upgrade Installation
- Launching the Installation Manager
- Registration
- Supporting installations
- The Welcome Screen
- Common controls
- Installing plugs-ins and bonus content
- System requirements

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