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Corel VideoStudio is an amazing video editing software with everything
you need to create your own video and slideshows through a simple user
interface and professional adjustments and effects.
When you open VideoStudio with internet access, the Welcome page opens,
collecting all the latest news from Corel, and several useful
tutorials, tips and extra features.
At the top, you can open the three main workspaces available: Capture,
Edit and Share.
Capture is used to capture audio, record videos from your webcam, or
make a direct screen recording.
Edit is the main workspace used to import, modify and realize your
custom video by adding modifications, text and effects. Then, when
your project is ready, you can use the Share workspace to render and
upload it online. In this beginner tutorial, we will get a complete
overview just on the Edit and the Share workspaces.
To start making your project, open the Edit workspace. This is divided
into two main parts: on top you have the Video Preview and several
useful panels; at the bottom you have the project timeline, where all
your media is placed in time.
The first thing to do at this point is to add your media files inside
VideoStudio, such as pictures, videos and sound files. You can import
these in several ways: you can drag and drop them from any of your
folders to the project timeline directly; or you can import samples
from VideoStudio itself, through the Media panel. You can also use the
Import Media Files button on top to add your own file inside the Media
panel before dragging it into the timeline.
The timeline can be used in either the Storyboard or the Timeline View.
In this video, we will just see the Timeline View, which indeed gives
you full control of your project content.
All the files imported on the timeline are shown as rectangular
objects called clips, complete with their filename and visual
thumbnails for a quick preview. You can check the timeline through
time by using your mouse wheel, and zoom in and out around the white
marker by holding down the CTRL key and using your mouse wheel.
All the clips are contained inside rows called Tracks, such as Video
and Overlay Tracks for visual clips; Title Tracks for pieces of text;
and Voice or Music Tracks for sound files or recorded speech. Clips
also assume different colors depending on their Track: dark green for
Video and Overlay Tracks; green for Title Tracks; violet for Voice
Tracks; and blue for Music Tracks.
To check the content inside the timeline you have to use the Video
Preview in the top left corner, which can work in either the Project
mode or in the Clip mode.
When you click on the timeline, you place the white marker on it, and
the Preview will show the appearance of your project and all its clips
exactly on that point, in Project mode. You can also click and drag
the marker to check your project frame after frame, without any audio.
To playback the project content and its audio, you have to use the
player right below the Preview.
Now, let's see how to manage and edit the clips.
Click on a clip to select it. This will be highlighted in orange color
and opened on the Preview, this time in Clip mode. This shows the
content of the selected clip, and also allows basic editing in case
the clip is either a picture or a video. In this case, you can click
and drag the clip to move and place it; use the orange nodes to scale
it; and the small green ones to skew and distort.
More below, you can switch to the Crop Mode to crop the clip by using
the orange borders. Make sure to use the Full screen button to edit
your clip more precisely.
On the timeline, you can click and drag a clip to move it in time
within the same Track, or in another.
Pay attention that the Video and the Overlay Tracks are not the same at
all. Video Tracks are placed on top of the timeline and should collect
the main content of your project. All the clips here are placed one
after another, without any time gap.
Overlay Tracks collect visual clips as well, and are placed more at
the bottom of the timeline. These Tracks are made for all the clips
that should be put in front of the main video content, such as pictures
or pieces of text. So you can place the clips where you like, even with
time gaps.
Video clips with sound are a unique clip on the timeline, with a
speaker icon indicating that audio is present. Video frames and audio
are always moved together, but if you want to make these independent,
you can right-click on the clip and go to Split Audio.
To stretch or shorten a clip, just approach its edges and click and
drag. You will get limitations on video and sound clips, since you
can't stretch them over their maximum duration, and you cut part of
their content if you shorten them in time.
You can stretch and shorten video and audio clips easier by holding
Shift down. This way you will adjust the clip duration by acting
on their speed rate instead of modifying their content. So if you
shorten the clip, this will be played faster in time; if you stretch
it, this will be played slower to last longer.
To copy, paste or remove a clip, just right-click on it. If you make
any mistake, you can use CTRL+Z to undo.
To split a clip in pieces, just place the white marker in time, select
the clip interested, and then use the S key.
Let's see how to manage the Tracks inside the timeline.
On the extreme left you get several buttons for each Track. You can
use the left button to disable or enable a Track, in order to hide
or show its content. Click on the speaker icon to mute or unmute the
audio content of such Track.
Moreover, on Video and Overlay Tracks, use Track Transparency to set
the opacity level of their content by pulling up or down the yellow
line. Use the cross button on the right to apply.
You can also add new Tracks by right-clicking on an empty space on the
extreme left.
Now let's see how to add and edit text!
To add text, just open the Title panel on top. Then, you can either
browse for a ready-template to drag and drop on the timeline, or create
your own piece of text by double-clicking on the Preview, typing
inside. Click outside the text to apply it.
Once you drop the template or create your piece of text, a new title
clip is created on the timeline, contained inside an Overlay or a
Title Track.
To edit the basic appearance of the text, just select the title clip
and use the Video Preview in Clip mode to move, scale and rotate the
text by using the nodes as seen for other clips. You can also add
other independent pieces of text by double-clicking on the Preview.
To edit and customize the text properties open the Options panel
through the small buttons on the extreme right. Here, under Edit, you
can adjust the font family, style, size, color, inclination and
alignment on the text selected from the Video Preview.
The Options panel is also used to apply adjustments, corrections and
effects to visual and audio clips.
When selecting visual clips, the Edit section collects all the basic
corrections for it, such as rotation, pan & zoom, and speed adjustment
for videos. The Correction section applies advanced adjustments on the
clip appearance, such as White Balance, Brightness, Contrast, Hue,
Saturation and also Lens Correction.
You can also apply amazing effects to your visual clips by using the
Filter panel. Click on one effect to check it on the Preview and then
drag and drop it on the interested clip. This will get an FX icon in a
corner.
The effect applied on the selected clip is also listed under the Effect
section of the Options panel. You can also apply multiple effects on
the same clip by disabling Replace Last Filter first.
The effects list is very useful to manage each filter applied. Click
on one to select it, and use the right arrows to change its position.
A different effects order can change the final appearance of the clip
itself.
Click on the eye icon to disable and enable the effect, and use the
cross button on the right to remove the effect from the list. To
customize the effect appearance just select it and then use Customize
Filter.
As for Title clips, you can use the Attribute section to apply motion
and effects on the piece of text selected from the Preview; and use
Animation to add fade-in and fade-out transitions.
Under Filter, you can check and manage all the effects applied on the
text, as seen for visual clips.
When selecting sound files, the Options panel shows a unique section
called Music & Voice, where you can regulate the speed rate of the
clip and apply audio effects through Audio Filter.
With VideoStudio you can also apply visual transitions to pictures,
videos and text clips through the Transition panel. Transitions are
special effects used to make a clip appear or disappear in time.
Choose your favorite transition from the list, and then drag and drop
it on the edges of the clip, or also between two consecutive clips.
The transition will show up with its icon and you can adjust its
duration by dragging its edges.
You can change the transition properties by selecting it and using the
Options panel. Whereas to change the kind of effect to use, you have to
drag and drop another transition template on it.
To remove the transition, just right-click on it and go to Delete.
Now let's see how to save and render your project!
If you go to File, and then to Save As... you will save your project
and all of its content, including all the corrections, effects and
properties applied.
Whereas, to render and export your project on a video or online, you
have to use the Share workspace.
Here, on the left side, you can use the orange markers below the Video
Preview to select the part of the project to export. On the right, you
can choose the way to export your project. Choose Computer or 3D Movie
to export a 2D or a 3D video on your computer with file format, and
fixed resolution and frame rate; choose Device to pick a ready template
suitable for consoles and smartphones; use Web to render and upload
your video to social websites with recommended settings; and use Disc
to burn your video onto a disc.
Once you are ready, click on the Start button below!
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