Ulead video studio 7 question

Fallingstar · Post by **Fallingstar** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:47 pm

I am new to this video stuff and i am trying to put three clips together.. But, I cannot for the life of me figure out how... Can anyone help me??

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:27 pm

VS7 - that's 3 generations ago, so I hope it's still the same. Just drag your 3 clips to the timeline. They will join together automatically. Is that what you are asking?

Fallingstar · Post by **Fallingstar** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:11 pm

LOL.. I know it is old but, it is the only one I have.. and yes i think that is what i am asking.... will it save like that then too??

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed May 10, 2006 9:52 pm

What you are doing is the very basis of video editing, and sure, VS7 will do it. I started video editing using that program and thought it was great. Essentially, you do as Blacklab suggested: simply drag your three clips into the timeline. If you want, you put a transition in between each, add titles or do other editing you want. Then you go to Share > Create Video File and select what output you want.

If your clips are in DV format, it could be an idea to output one single DV file, though strictly speaking, this is not necessary unless you intend to send the video back to you digital video camera or will later use that new file in a larger video project involving DV files.

If you intend to produce a DVD, then you go Share > Create Video File > DVD, and it will produce a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 file.

You will need to choose a bitrate according to how big your final file will be and how much you want to fit on a DVD. Roughly speaking, if you burn an mpeg-2 using a maximum bitrate of 8000 kbps, then you will be able to fit around one hour of excellent quality video onto a single layer DVD (4.3 GB). 6000 kbps will fit 90 minutes, and 4000 kbps will fit 2 hours. If you use a high quality compressed audio format, you may be able to fit a little more -- though VS7 will only allow you to use mpeg layer 2 audio in this regard, rather than Dolby.