Editing Questions

mji · Post by **mji** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:29 pm

Video Studio 5

I will be videoing some school Christmas plays and I want to drop clips over the top without altering camera 1 time line - ie equivalent to VCR insert editing (which I have done before).

How can I achieve this with VS5 or DVD Movie Factory 1, or do I need to reuse my old VCR?

I may also be doing total audio replacement by using a MD recorder for the sound.

Thankyou

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:53 pm

If by wanting to "drop clips" you mean using an audio overlay, that's trivial and easily done -- UVS has two audio tracks. The first one usually contains the audio track from the video file, and the second one can be used for narrations or background music etc.

If that is not what you meant, please clarify.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:52 pm

mji - like THoff I am having problems understanding what you want to do - first reaction is that what you want to do is so simple and basic that I feel I must be missing something. To do "insert editing" you just put the 'inserted' video or sound in the appropriate overlay track - if necessary muting the sound on the original video - You most certainly do NOT want to use your old VCR.

mji · Post by **mji** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:16 pm

What I want to do is capture tape 1 - whole tape no editiing, then drop clips in over the top - equivalent to insert edit on a vcr - rather than cut out 10 seconds and stick 10 seconds in from another AVI.

I hope that makes sense!

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:57 pm

Yes, you can do that easily enough with current versions of Videostudio (8 and 9), but UVS 5 is ancient, and frankly I don't remember back that far -- things are getting a little foggy. I don't believe it had multiple audio and video tracks, so you may have to update to a more recent version.

mji · Post by **mji** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:18 pm

I'll have a look then - thanks

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:20 am

Hi All

VS 5 does have mutiple sound tracks.

The only track missing is the 'Overlay Track'

Trevor

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:05 pm

Version 6 has the overlay track - so it must have been introduced at V6 - so anything from 6 onwards will do "insert" editig very easily.