ArcSoft SHOWBIZ 2 User Manual

User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction 6 When you first launch ShowBiz, the Welcome screen offers several options for common starting places. Selecting an option ta

Chapter 2: Capture 7 2. Capture Video Capture Audio Capture

Chapter 2: Capture 8 The Capture module is where you record video and audio. It consists of two tabs: Video and Audio. Choose Video to record video

Chapter 2: Capture 9 2.1 Video Capture You can capture video from a multitude of video devices, including DV camcorders. The available options vary

Chapter 2: Capture 10 Auto Scan: Click to have the program scan for available channels. Audio Device: Check the box if you would like to record aud

Chapter 2: Capture 11 Capturing from VFW Devices VFW ("Video for Windows") devices follow an older Microsoft multimedia framework. Older we

Chapter 2: Capture 12 Check the Audio Device box to record audio from your selected sound source. When you're ready, click the red Record but

Chapter 2: Capture 13 Lastly, you can set the scene detection. Scene detection is discussed further in Section 3.3. If you choose to have scene dete

Chapter 2: Capture 14 2.2 Audio Capture When capturing audio, you have the choice of extracting music from a CD, or recording audio from a sound devi

Chapter 3: Edit 15 3. Edit Video Clip Components Player Media Storyboard Timeline Text Transitions Effects Export

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Chapter 3: Edit 16 The Edit module is where you assemble various components to create a new video clip. It contains four primary tabs, one for each t

Chapter 3: Edit 17 3.1 Video Clip Components Everything you need to create your video clips is in one of four tabs: Media, Text, Transitions, and Ef

Chapter 3: Edit 18 3.2 Player The Player consists of the preview area on the right side of the screen and all the controls below it. Use the Player t

Chapter 3: Edit 19 There are two timers. The left timer indicates the total playing time of the selected component. The right timer indicates the cur

Chapter 3: Edit 20 3.3 Media The Media tab of the Edit module is where you browse your albums for video content. Content includes still images, video

Chapter 3: Edit 21 Use this pull-down to choose your album. To create a new album, choose "< New Album >". Enter a new name for your

Chapter 3: Edit 22 Scene Detection Scene detection makes it easy for you to break up long video clips into separate components without having to save

Chapter 3: Edit 23 3.4 Storyboard The Storyboard is one place where you arrange your video clip components. It serves as the template for video const

Chapter 3: Edit 24 All of the components on the Storyboard are swappable, meaning you can drag and drop them to swap them with other components. T

Chapter 3: Edit 25 the timer to the spot where you want the split performed, then right-click the video component on the Storyboard or Timeline and s

Table of Contents 1. Introduction ... 1 1.1 Installation ... 3

Chapter 3: Edit 26 3.5 Timeline The Timeline is the other place where you arrange your video clip components. It serves as the template for video con

Chapter 3: Edit 27 beginning or end of video clips or the entire movie), and cut, copy, and paste commands. Editing Text Effects. To edit text effec

Chapter 3: Edit 28 • Drag the sliders to the left of the Player to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. • Use the top timer to mo

Chapter 3: Edit 29 components uneditable. This is useful if you want to move around or edit specific areas without having to worry about unintentiona

Chapter 3: Edit 30 3.6 Text Add text over any video clip or still image. Click on any text option to preview it in the Player. Add the selected text

Chapter 3: Edit 31 alignment, color, and style (bold and italic). On the right is a column of text styles. Chose the one you like best. In Edit mode

Chapter 3: Edit 32 3.7 Transitions Transitions are special effects that can be inserted between video clips or still images on the Storyboard/Timelin

Chapter 3: Edit 33 3.8 Effects Special effects are included to help you spice up your movies. In the Effects tab, they are organized into various cat

Chapter 3: Edit 34 3.9 Export The Export tab offers various options for saving your video. All of the components on the Storyboard/Timeline will be c

Chapter 4: Create 35 4. Create Media Themes Customize Text Set Chapters Preview Area Slide Shows Write Disc

6. Menus... 55 6.1 File ...57 6.2 Edit...

Chapter 4: Create 36 The Create module is where you go after you have edited your video files, when you want to create a DVD or VCD. The module is di

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 i

Chapter 4: Create 38 4.2 Themes The Themes tab is where you add background images to your projects. Themes are albums of categorized images that can

Chapter 4: Create 39 4.3 Customize The Customize tab lets you customize the look and feel of the chapter thumbnails seen in your menus. You can cho

Chapter 4: Create 40 4.4 Text In the Text tab, you can modify any text that appears on any menu. Simply click on the text you want in the preview are

Chapter 4: Create 41 4.5 Set Chapters The Set Chapters tab lets you trim video clips and break them up into multiple chapters. Videos that contain mu

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

Chapter 4: Create 43 4.6 Preview Area The preview area shows you how your DVD menu will appear. You can also use it to play your DVD. When you do, a

Chapter 4: Create 44 Click here to save your background as a reusable template under the Themes section. Click and drag audio to this spot to ha

Chapter 4: Create 45 4.7 Slide Shows Slide shows can be added to your movie as separate chapters. Double-clicking the respective chapter button lets

Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1. Introduction Installation System Requirements Workflow Overview

Chapter 4: Create 46 Add Pan & Zoom Effects The Pan & Zoom option lets you add a unique movement effect to your slides. See Section 7.8 for m

Chapter 4: Create 47 Once you have gotten this far in creating your slide show, click "Next." Transitions Transitions are effects that occ

Chapter 4: Create 48 4.8 Write Disc This is the final step in creating your DVD or VCD. The top meter shows the amount of available and required spac

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 49 5. Quick DVD

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 50 By choosing the Quick DVD option, you'll have a "wizard" that will walk you through each step in order to capt

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 51 5.1 Quick DVD Steps The Quick DVD wizard guides you through the following steps. You can start the Quick DVD wizard at any t

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 52 - Capture one video to DVD: Enter a title for your movie. Optionally, you can also enter the date, which will appear below t

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 53 You can also choose a menu design. From the pull-down, select the category you wish to view. Then, use the left and right arr

Chapter 5: Quick DVD 54

Chapter 6: Menus 55 6. Menus File Edit View Options Play Extras & Help Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 1: Introduction 2 Welcome to ArcSoft ShowBiz® DVD 2, a powerful video application that includes everything you need to edit your home videos

Chapter 6: Menus 56 The menus are located at the top of the program desktop. The menus include: File, Edit, View, Options, Play, Extras, and Help. Th

Chapter 6: Menus 57 6.1 File The following commands are available under the File menu: New Project – Takes you to the Edit module (if you are not al

Chapter 6: Menus 58 6.2 Edit The following commands are available under the Edit menu: Undo – Reverses the last command. Redo – Reverses the last U

Chapter 6: Menus 59 6.3 View The following commands are available under the View menu: Capture – Takes you to the Capture module. See Chapter 2. Ed

Chapter 6: Menus 60 6.4 Options The following commands are available under the Options menu: Preferences – Lets you view and modify various program

Chapter 6: Menus 61 6.5 Play The following commands are available under the Play menu: Play/Pause – Starts/pauses playback of the currently selected

Chapter 6: Menus 62 6.6 Extras & Help The following commands are available under the Extras menu: More ArcSoft Products – Offers additional Arc

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 H

Chapter 6: Menus 64 Set Thumbnail: ALT + U Write Disc: ALT + R Start: ALT + A Main Menu: ALT + U Intro: ALT + I Quick DVD: CTRL + D Player Shortcu

Chapter 6: Menus 65 Delete Thumbnail/File: DELETE Select All: CTRL + A Deselect All: CTRL + D Cut: CTRL + X Copy: CTRL + C Paste: CTRL + V Save: CTRL

Chapter 1: Introduction 3 1.1 Installation 1. Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. The installer should start automatically. 3. Follow the o

Chapter 6: Menus 66

Chapter 7: How Tos 67 7. How Tos Capture Video Capture Audio Create New Album Add Content to Storyboard Modify Content Create DVD Create Sl

Chapter 7: How Tos 68 ShowBiz DVD can seem like a complex program. In this chapter, rather than descriptions of the user interface function by functi

Chapter 7: How Tos 69 7.1 Capture Video Step 1. Connect your camera to the computer and turn the power on. Launch the program. From the welcome wizar

Chapter 7: How Tos 70 7.2 Capture Audio Step 1. Launch the program and click "Capture" at the top of the screen to go to the Capture module

Chapter 7: How Tos 71 7.3 Create New Album In order to add content to the Storyboard/Timeline, you need to first create an album. Albums consist of

Chapter 7: How Tos 72 7.4 Add Content to Storyboard The Storyboard is where you add content to piece together your movie. The Storyboard consists of

Chapter 7: How Tos 73 7.5 Modify Content This section covers simple content modifications that can be done on the Storyboard. For more information on

Chapter 7: How Tos 74 7.6 Create DVD The Create module of the program is where you actually put together your DVD (or VCD). Step 1. Launch the progr

Chapter 7: How Tos 75 7.7 Create Slide Show You can create a photo slide show, which is added to your movie as a separate chapter. Step 1. Launch

Chapter 1: Introduction 4 1.2 System Requirements Minimum System Requirements OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista CPU Pentium III 800 MHz or higher (P4 1

Chapter 7: How Tos 76 7.8 Add Pan & Zoom Pan & Zoom is a neat effect that can be applied to photos on the Storyboard while in the Edit modul

Chapter 7: How Tos 77 Step 3. Preview. When the slide show reaches the photo, the focus will be exclusively on the "Begin" marquee. The dis

Chapter 7: How Tos 78 7.9 Perform Advanced Editing On the Storyboard, you can perform basic content modification, including adding still images, vide

Chapter 7: How Tos 79 Step 4. To add text, click the Text tab. Click the Style category you want ("Simple" or "Fancy"), then cli

Chapter 7: How Tos 80 7.10 Design Menus Once you have added content to your DVD in the Create module, you can customize the look and feel of your men

Chapter 7: How Tos 81 Modification 5: Choosing a New Background To choose a new background, click the Themes tab. Double-click the theme that you wa

Chapter 7: How Tos 82 7.11 Burn To Disc Once your video clips and menus are all ready to go, you can preview your project, choose the output options,

Chapter 7: How Tos 83 When you're ready, click "OK." Your movie is converted into DVD or VCD format, and the burned to your disc or

Chapter 7: How Tos 84

Reference 84 Licensing Agreement PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS ("Agreement") CAREFULLY. USE OF THE SOFTWARE (defined below) PROVIDED BY A

Chapter 1: Introduction 5 1.3 Workflow Overview ShowBiz DVD 2 is divided into four main sections, or "modules." You can start in any module

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Reference 88 About ArcSoft ArcSoft, Inc. is an industry leading software developer of multimedia technologies and applications across desktop and embe

INDEX 89 INDEX < New Album >, 21, 71 < New Theme >, 38 A Acquire, 21 Acquire Photos, 45, 75 Active Clip, 18 Add, 21 Add Audio, 46 Add Phot

INDEX 90 DV Tape, 9 DVD, 16, 23, 37, 38, 41, 43, 46, 48, 57, 74, 80, 82 DVD Options, 51, 60 DVD Quality Setting, 60 DVD+VR, 51 DVD-Video, 51 DVD-VR, 5

INDEX 91 Mozilla, 34 MPEG, 51, 60 MPEG-2, 69 N Name Slide Show, 47 New Background, 38, 43, 81 New Project, 57 Next Frame, 61 NTSC, 10, 48, 60, 82 O Op

INDEX 92 special effects, 27, 33 editing, 28 Split, 24, 27, 29 Start Marker, 19 still images, 27, 72 editing, 27 Stop, 61 Storyboard, 23, 59, 72, 76 S

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