BenQ S52 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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No.	Area	Description
1	Mode Buttons	Click to switch working modes.
2	Library	Contains media clips, effects and transitions.
3	Preview Window	Provides playback controls to preview clips and
		movies.
4	Edit Function	Open editing rooms dedicated to a specific task.
	Buttons

5	Workspace View	Click to switch between Timeline and Storyboard
	Buttons	views.
6	Smart Guide	Provides function-specific tips.
7	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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No.	Area	Description
1	Capture Pre-	Displays media clips during capture.
	view Window
2	Capture Device	Allows you to switch capture devices and set cap-
	Selection Area	ture limits.
3	Captured Clips	Displays media clips after capture.
	Area
4	Information Dis-	Displays information about captured file size and
	play Area	available hard disk space.

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