50 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE

Creating a new project

When you run VideoStudio, it automatically
opens a new project and lets you start
composing your video production. If this is
your first time to use VideoStudio, the new
project uses VideoStudio’s initial default
settings. Otherwise, the new project reuses
the project settings which you have last used.
To check what these settings are, click
Settings and Commands and select Project
Properties.
Project settings determine how your video
project is rendered when you preview the
project. Rendering is the process by which
VideoStudio converts raw video, titles,
sounds, and effects into a continuous stream
of data which can be played back in your
computer. You can modify the project
settings in the Project Properties dialog box.
When you capture or insert your first video
clip into the project, VideoStudio automati-
cally checks the properties of the clip and
your project. If properties such as file
format, frame size, etc. are not identical,
VideoStudio displays a message and gives you
the option to have the project settings auto-
matically adjusted to match the clip’s proper-
ties. Changing the project settings allows
VideoStudio to perform the SmartRender
function.
Start
The Start Step is where you create a new project file (*.VSP), or open an existing project. A
project file is a small file used by VideoStudio to store all of the information about your movie
such as clips used, trimming information, duration of movie, size of frames, and type of movie
to make. A project file is not the finished movie and can only be opened in VideoStudio. The
actual process of creating a movie from a project file is performed in the Finish Step.
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