Another newbie Question!!Please Help

selwol · Post by **selwol** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:05 am

I have a movie file in this file i have rotated a small clip,can someone please tell me how to save this back to the original file,at the moment there is only the small clip in the storyboard.

Thanks in advance

Mark

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:06 pm

Hi Selwol,

You can not save it back to the original clip. Video Studio ( and I'm assuming that's what you are using since you didn't provide that info) uses *.vsp files, which are Video Studio Project files. It just contains information about the location of edits to be done, using the original clip. Then once you are finished editing, you go to Share>Create Video File to create a video file based on your editing. This then creates a video file, that is seperate from your original clip.

Ron P.

selwol · Post by **selwol** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:37 pm

Thanks Ron,but it stilldoesnt make sense(sorry)

i have a film file of 2Gb size, when i choose the clip to rotate i have only the small clip in the storyboard and i when i save it to its own VSP the main film is gone ,sorry to seem so dumb but iam really new to VS9,How does it get back in the main film?

Hope you can find the time to help me.

Cheers

Mark

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:55 pm

Selwol,

Don't think of this like imaging or document applications, where any changes you make are to the original. With VS, you are not making changes to the original video file/clip. You are using the original, to make edits, and then those edits are reflected in a new video file. This is a great, because if you mess up, it does not affect the original.

When you say the original is gone, are you meaning the "thumnail? or just what was on the timeline? What is in the library and on the timelines are just thumbnails representations, not the actual video clip.

To better show you this, take a very short clip, say 30 seconds. Place it on your timeline. Edit it, by cutting it into 2 clps. Place a transition between them. Rotate one of them like you have done. Now once you have finished editing, you should then go to Share>Create Video File. Select a format. Depending on what your goal is, making a DVD, or sharing it on the internet, determines what template you would select.
What I want you to select is Same as Project settings. You will have to choose a place on your computer (the desktop will due for this) to save it to, and name it Test Video. Now it should render very fast.
Once it is done it will show up as a thumbnail in the library. In fact since you probably did not go to the options while saving(creating) the video file, it will automatically play once it is rendered.

When it does play, you will see your edits, the transition, rotated clip. However you can go back to your timeline and change everything and it will not affect the video file you just created, because you are not working with the actual video...

Does that help? I have to leave for work so don't have more time now..

To learn with video editing, experiment, read, experiment, play around, and have fun. There are tutorials listed on this forum, and on Ulead's website that can help you understand video editing...

Ron P.

selwol · Post by **selwol** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:17 pm

Thanks Ron,

You are right the best way to learn is to practise and read,but i really was stuck.
Thanks once again for your time and expert advice.

Mark