4.Capture your video. For information about capturing video, see the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum online help. To access help, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu.
When you’re finished capturing, your clip is saved to the folder specified in the Capture folder box on the Clip Edit tab. If you selected the Add new clips to project media check box in Capture Preferences, the clip is also added to the Project Media window, from which you can add it to the timeline.
If any captured clips go offline, you can recapture the clips using your video capture application.
You can use the Device Explorer window to capture video clips from your AVCHD video camera and add them to the Project Media window.
1.From the View menu, choose Device Explorer to display the Device Explorer window.
2.Connect your camera to a USB 2.0 port on your computer. The camera is displayed on the left side of the Device Explorer window.
3.Select your camera on the left side of the Device Explorer window. The camera’s clips are displayed on the right side of the window, and clips that have not yet been imported are indicated with a new clip icon (
).
4.Click the Import button (
) to import clips to the Project Media window:
•If clips are selected in the Device Explorer window, only the selected clips are imported. You can hold Ctrl while clicking to select multiple clips.
•If no clips are selected in the Device Explorer window, all new clips are imported.
5.You can then use the Project Media window to organize your clips and add the imported video to your project just like any other media file.
Note: Clips are imported to the folders listed below by default. Click the Device Properties button (
) to change the capture folder for your camera.
•Windows Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Imported Media\
•Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\Imported Media\
Getting imagesYou can bring images directly into the software from your scanner or digital camera. The images are added to the Project Media window as JPEG image files.
Note: In order to get pictures from a scanner or digital camera, you may need to install a driver for your device. Refer to the software that was included with your device or the manufacturer’s Web site.
1.Make sure your scanner or digital camera is on and connected to your computer.
2.In the Project Media window, click the Get Photo button (
). The software is started for the device.
3.Use the device software to get an image and send it to Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software. Once the image has been sent, the Scanned Files dialog appears.
•Click Rename to give the new image a more meaningful name.
•Click Delete to cancel adding the image.
4.Click Done. The new JPEG file is added to the Project Media list.
Tip: If any of the subjects in your captured images have red eyes, you can use the
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