BenQ 5000G Series user manual Making Your Own Movies, PowerDirector Workspace

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Making Your Own Movies

Your Joybook can help you edit video files to create a movie that you can share with family and friends. With a digital video camera or other source of digital video footage, you can take advantage of the PoweDirector to produce your very own cinematic masterpiece-or if you're less ambitious, just the coolest home video ever!

Click the button on the QMedia Bar to open PowerDirector.

PowerDirector Workspace

The PowerDirector Program

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Mode Buttons

Click to switch working modes.

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Library

Contains media clips, effects and transitions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Preview Window

Provides playback controls to preview clips and

 

movies.

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Edit Function

Open editing rooms dedicated to a specific task.

 

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Workspace View

Click to switch between Timeline and Storyboard

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views.

 

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Smart Guide

Provides function-specific tips.

 

 

 

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Media Tracks

Insert media clips here.

Capture Mode

When you click the button, PowerDirector enters Capture mode, in which you can capture media from a variety of capture devices.

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Displays media clips during capture.

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Allows you to switch capture devices and set cap-

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Captured Clips

Displays media clips after capture.

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play Area available hard disk space.

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