Corel VideoStudio Pro X! Leave us comments in case you find mistakes.
VideoStudio is a software used to create and edit videos, playing with videos,images and text.
You have three main workspaces Capture is used to record and get source files
to use in your future video project;Edit is used to edit your video; andShare
to export it when all is finished.
Let's start making a video. To start working, you need to open the
Edit workspace.
This is composed by a Preview on the left, a list of Tools and a
navigator on the right, and, at the bottom, the project timeline
that we will see.
We are going to use the Timeline View only, since this is the most complete one.
First of all, you need to import all the files you will use in your project.
Simply click and drag your files inside the timeline. You can import videos and images inside
Video or Overlay Tracks, indicated by this icon, and you can import sound files inside the
Voice or the
Music Track, the last two rows in your timeline. All files imported in the timeline are also called
clips.
These are shown with their respective thumbnails and filenames. Videos with sound included show a
loudspeaker icon on them. Then you need to adjust the settings of your Project. Just go to
Settings on top and then to Project Properties..
. In this new window, choose the format on top, and the resolution below. Use
Edit... below to adjust advanced settings. In case you are creating a video for YouTube, select
Online as format and choose one of the HD settings shown. When you are done, go to
OK.You can see your Project name and resolution
in the top right corner. Some clips imported may not match the correct resolution you fixed for your
Project. In this case you need to stretch them. Select the clip you need
to adapt by clicking on it. Selected clips are always highlighted in orange.
Then check the Preview.If the clip is inside an Overlay Track, you can move the clip by dragging it. You can drag the
yellow nodes to scale the clip, and the green ones to skew. In case you mistake, use CTRL+Z to undo.
The Preview also includes the Player to check your project. You can play and stop fast using
Space key. The Preview has two different modes in Clip mode, you will play just the clip selected, and eventually edit it. In
Project mode, you will check all your Project in full, so all its clips on the timeline.
To check all, you can use the player, or simply fix the
playhead, clicking above the timeline, or drag the playhead directly.
The Preview alwaysshows all that is right under the playhead.
Let's see how to edit clips. You can move a selected clip simply clicking
and dragging it through its track or in another track. If you have clips
overlapping in time in two different tracks, its is shown first the clip that
is on the lower track. There is a difference between the Video Track and the
Overlay Track.
All clips inside the Video Track can't be moved, since they are the main video of your
project. All clips inside the Overlay track can be moved instead, and will always appear on the clips inside the
Video Track.
To stretch or shorten a clip, click and drag from its edges. Your pointer will show a double black arrow
. Keep in mind that you can't stretch videos and sound clips over their original duration
. In case you want to loop them, simply copy and paste. Right-click on the selected clip, and go to
Copy. Then simply click and place the copy where you like. You can also
delete clips by right-clicking and going to Delete, or using Delete key.
If you don't want to loop the clip, you can trim it. A trimmed clip is a clip with a different time duration because its
playback speed has been changed.If you hold Shift down and drag from the edges of a clip, you will trim it.
In this case your pointer is a double white arrow. A small note gives you the clip's duration and the playback speed percentage applied.
So if you stretch the clip, the clip will be played faster, if you enlong it,you will play itslower
, and so the clip will last longer. You can also stretch sound clips, and these will keep their original pitch.
Whereas, if you want to split a selected clip in two, fix the playhead and use theS letter key from your keyboard.
You can also hide a full track and its content. Simply click on the track icons to enable or disable tracks.
Use your mouse wheel to move fast on the left or right in time. If you also hold CTRL down , you will zoom in and out around the playhead.
This is the basic editing. VideoStudio has lots of features very useful for
your video project, all listed above the timeline. Let's see some.
The Media panel collects all files and samples collected inside VideoStudio.
You can collect your own ones dragging them inside the panel.
Instant Projects lets you create fast videos using sample templates. Check it!
The Transition panel is used to create special transitions. Each element is a different transition, and you can see a nice preview of each of them. If you
overlap two clips on the same track, you do create a transition, which is an effect that passes from one clip and goes to the other. You can simply add the
one you like dragging it from the Transition panel. The more the clips are overlapped, the more the transition will last, and be slower also. If you put
the clips distant enough, the transition disappears. You can further personalize the transition right-clicking on it and going to
Open Options Panel,
or clicking on Options in the panel corner.You can add transitions also on the extreme edges of a clip, to make it appear
or disappear with effects.In the Filter Panel, you have a collection of effects or ''filters'' instead.Simply click and drag one on your videos or images.
Clips with filters active do show a FX icon on themselves. Plus, if you click on Options, in Attribute section, you can adjust all settings for your effects.
If you uncheck Replace Last Filter, you can add more than one filter on the selected clip. You can also enable/disable a selected filter clicking on the
eye icon, and remove it clicking on the cross on the right. If you go toCustomize Filter , you adjust
the settings for the selected filter. Lots of these default filters do change in time. To edit them, you need to use
the keyframes. We won't see these in this beginner tutorial.
Use Mask and Chroma Key to show parts of the clip interested.
Plus, if you choose Edit on top, you can correct and enhance the visible clip
you have selected. Use Color Correction to adjust the colors of your clip.
Use the Rotate button
s to rotate the clip. Enable
Pan and Zoom
to move or
zoom in/out the clip on the Preview.
With a video clip selected, use
Speed/Time-lapse
and
Variable Speed
to edit
the playback speed, or
Reverse Video
to play it on the opposite way. Use
Split
Audio
to decompose audio from its video clip. This creates a new sound clip
more below, and the original video won't have sound anymore, as the
red icon
suggests.
In sound clips, under
Music & Voice section
, you can change the playback
speed and add audio effects going on
Audio Filter
.
You can close the
Options panel
clicking on the
arrow
in the top right corner.
The
Title panel
lets you add some text. Choose a template and drag it on
the timeline. Text clips are always in green and show a
T icon
in a corner.
You can add them in any
Video
,
Overlay
or
Title Tracks
. You can then double
click on the
Preview
to edit it, with the
Title panel
open.
To start from scratch, double-click on the
Preview
with the
Title panel
open.
Type inside, and click outside to apply. You can
move
the title dragging it,
scale
it using the
yellow nodes
, and
rotate
it using the
violet ones
.
Plus, you can personalize it using the
Options panel
, setting size, font,
distribution and color.
Make sure to have the text selected to apply all.
You can add any border, shadow or transparency more below.
Even more, you can add filters on the text, going on
Filter
as seen before.
Once your project is finished, save it. Go to
File
and then to
Save As...
VideoStudio Projects
are saved as
.vsp
files, and these do contain everything
you have on the timeline and any filter you applied on clips.
You can open your projects going on
File
and then on
Open Project...
If you want to
export
your video instead, go to
Share
on top. On the left
you can check your final video and fix the
orange markers
to decide which
parts of the video to render. On the right you have all the settings to
render it choose
Computer
to obtain your final video file on your hard-disk;
choose
Device
to export for your cellphone or a camera; choose
Web
to export
for social networks. Then choose format, resolution, name and destination
folder.
Go to
Start
to get your final video!
