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1. 3 2 1 Buttons The following buttons are available in the extended area Confiaure Opens the configuration of Nero Vision see Configuration Edits the default options when creating a video The Default Video Options window appears see Video options As long as you have not selected any kind of disc the video options for all the supported formats will be shown After you have selected a disc format only the General tab and the tab for the current disc format are displayed The Nero Digital Encoder Configuration window appears for Nero Digital format Default Video Options Erases rewritable discs The Erase Rewritable Disk window opens see Erasing a rewritable disc Before a disc can be erased the burner must contain a rewritable disc The erase method can be set Shows information about the inserted disc such as type of disc available storage capacity number of sessions and tracks The Disc Info window appears seeDisplaying disc info Insert the disc that you want to know more about and select the drive where it is located Finalizes the DVD VR DVD VFR video mode or Finalize Disc DVD VR disc see Finalizing a disc The Finalize Disc window appears Starts Nero CoverDesigner see Creating covers and labels Nero CoverDesigner is an application in the Nero 8 program suite and is automatically installed when Nero 8 is being installed Nero CoverDesigner allows you to create and print label
2. Mi The graphic objects are only available in Advanced Editing customize existings template buttons and add new ones Links must be manually assigned E You can select and combine individual buttons in Advanced Editing only You can also to buttons that you add e The sets of Navigation Buttons always consist of three buttons one each for Back Next 9 and Back to Main Menu eh Page 63 VISION 5 8 2 2 3 Button and graphic object properties If a graphic object or button is enabled in the compilation area the Properties pop up menu is divided into the Links Display Transformation Font and Text areas y The Links Font and Text areas are only available for buttons 9 The Links area is only available in Advanced Editing To edit a required element enable it in the preview window The highlighted area is identified by a red frame and sizing handles You have three options when editing a thumbnail button to to set focus If the focus lies on the entire button it can be moved or adjusted proportionally in size If the focus lies on the text element of the button the length of the text field can be adjusted and moved within the button If the focus lies on the text in the text element the input can be edited The following options are available in the Links area Defines where the button should link to All available destinations of the project video title all chapters and slide shows are displayed in the combo box
3. Select your desired transition group in the combo box Highlight the required transition and click the button gt An image with transition is identified in the contents area by the colorful K icon of the respective transition Images without a transition are indicated in the contents area by a gray el icon gt You have inserted transitions 7 2 2 Slide Show Editing images nero COVISION 5 You can edit the individual images of a slide show as desired The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required compilation appears in the Slide Show screen To customize an image proceed as follows Page 54 Slide show 2 Enter the required display time in the Duration CTVISION 5 Highlight the required image in the Contents area and click the button gt The Properties window opens and displays the Image Properties area and the Images and Comments tabs The Comments tab is only available if an audio comment has been assigned to the required image If you want to change the settings for several pictures at once click the con The Properties window then remains open and displays the settings for a picture when that picture is highlighted Properties Rad Picture properties Picture Header text Footer text Microsoft Sans Seri Underline Fig 22 Properties window Mal input field in the Image Properties area The input field displays the duration in the format hour
4. gt The effect is customized gt You have added an effect to a media file 6 2 4 Adding a text effect You can overlay the added video titles of a compilation with text effects Depending on the effect selected you can customize the various detail settings The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required video title appears in the Movie screen To add a text effect to a media file proceed as follows 1 Click the H Timeline tab in the Contents area 2 Click the __4 tab in the media area i Bouncing Characters ie Curl Text Scroller 4 Floor Scroller k Horizontal Fade Fig 15 Text Effects tab 3 Highlight the required text effect 4 While holding down the left mouse button move the text effect to the required place in the Text area on the Timeline tab gt The Properties dialog appears nero COVISION 5 Page 36 Video editing Properties DM Text effect properties Duration Fig 16 Properties dialog input field The input field displays the duration in the format hours minutes seconds hundredths of a second To do this click the group of digits that you would like to change and then click the EN or kd button 6 Enter the required text in the Text input field 7 Make the rest of the settings as required 8 Click the 3 button gt The text effect is added in the Contents area Mi Media files with text effects are indicated by a l icon on the HU
5. Nero Vision Manual Nero AG nero COVISION 5 nero CIVISION 5 Copyright and Trademark Information The Nero Vision Manual and all its contents are protected by copyright and are the property of Nero AG All rights reserved This manual contains materials which are protected by internationally recognized copyright laws This manual may not in whole or in part be copied transmitted or otherwise reproduced without the express written permission of Nero AG Nero AG rejects any claims that transcend the clauses of the guarantee rights Nero AG does not accept any liability for the correctness of the content of the Nero Vision manual The contents of the supplied software as well as of the Nero Vision manual may be changed without prior notice All trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners The trademarks mentioned here are named for information purposes only Copyright 2007 Nero AG and its licensors All rights reserved SW 5 0 100 3 Contents Contents 1 Start Successfully 6 1 1 About Nero Vision 6 1 2 Working with Nero Vision 6 1 3 About the manual 9 2 Launching the program 10 3 User interface 11 3 1 Main window 11 3 2 Extended area 12 3 2 1 Buttons 13 322 Check boxes 13 3 2 3 Combo Boxes 14 4 Creating a disc project 15 4 1 Contents screen 15 4 2 Creating a disc project 17 5 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 19 5 1 Capturing 19 5 2 DV H
6. Transition 7 o Defines a transition for the link if desired Opens the Transitions window see Transition window Options Depending on the transition selected you can specify the button detail settings here You can also specify the duration of the transition A period of two seconds is selected in the default settings Link to combo box Manually specifies the numbering of the buttons Nero Vision automatically numbers all the buttons of a template The number is not diplayed in the editable text field of a button When you edit the menu and reposition buttons Combo box Nero Vision maintains the numbering Any adjustments to the Button number text e g font are automatically taken over If a button is assigned a different number A Nero Vision automatically assigns the number now available B to the button whose number A has been selected for the new assignment The following options are available in the Display area Defines what is displayed on the thumbnail of the button video title still of a video or picture If the Video File or Image File option has been selected clicking on the Options button opens the Select Start Gombo box Position or Select Poster Frame window opens see Select Display Start Position window or Select Poster Frame window If you select the Image File option a window automatically opens for selecting the required image Only available if the focus lies on a button eh
7. 2 format The data on the disc can be edited modified or supplemented by other video titles later The creation of a Blu ray disc is only supported by specific burners Blu ray discs are written with a blue laser The shorter wave length 405 nm of this laser makes it possible to adjust the laser beam with greater precision Data can be packed more tightly and takes up less space on the disc Editable Blu ray discs can be played back using Nero ShowTime or a Blu ray player Bit rate The amount of data calculated in bits over time Buffer underrun Buffer underruns are caused when there is an interruption in the flow of data to the internal buffer of the burner This can be the fault of the software or the hardware itself When recording data is fed continuously to the burners s buffer in order to keep a steady flow of data which is required when recording When something interrupts that steady flow it can cause a buffer underrun and your disc is no longer useable CD R Compact Disc Recordable Write once disc CD RW Decoding Page 96 Glossary COVISION 5 Codec Compressor decompressor A codec is a method in which data is digitally encoded for recording or saving to disc then decoded for playback Container format A container format is a file format in which other file formats are saved in multiple data streams for video and audio For example an MP4 container i e a file with the exten
8. The following combo boxes are available in the Save Template As window Intro Video Displays the name of the intro video or No Intro Video if no video has been added to the menu template Defines which menu from the arranged template is saved as the title menu All menus available in the template are available in the combo box Defines which menu from the arranged template is saved as Chapter Menu the chapter menu All menus available in the template are available in the combo box Defines the name that you want to save the new template Template Name andar Defines where the template is saved Nero Vision automatically saves created menu templates in Add to subcategory the My Menu Templates folder itself If you want to sort your templates in topic groups select an existing group or the Create new subcategory option to create a new category Defines the name of a new category New Group Name Only available if you have selected the Create New Subcategory option in the Add to Subcategory combo box If the Save media files together with template box is checked Nero Vision saves the media files used in the template with the new template 8 3 Create Menu V O COVISION 5 The number of Smart3D and animated 2D templates is limited in Nero Vision Essentials and Nero Vision Essentials SE Advanced Editing is not available in Nero Vision Essentials SE Requirements Page 70 The Create Menu screen is displayed
9. discard the entire project if you do not like the change 3 Burning VM different actions These buttons allow you to quickly undo or redo the action last performed Burning marks the end of a project For this you should define the burning parameters and click the Burn button Depending on the type of project you are working on and the burner connected to the system a number of different entries are available for selection nero COVISION 5 f Untitled Project Super Video CD Nero Vision Lal k Bum Options ge Set the parameters for buming tes Project summary Set the parameters for buming Current video options R Video mode NTSC Ki Bum Ze gt oe ee disc Volume Name s Your project contains 3 titles and RE Recording Settings i Curent destination gt Bum to device a Total space used 22 4 out of 703 1 MB Quality Excellent TE Osx amg EE Fig 3 Burn Options screen Page 8 Start Successfully 4 Following the burning process Once you have finished burning you can decide what you would like to do next launch Nero ShowTime and view your project or create covers and labels for the disc using Nero CoverDesigner Of course you can also save the project or start a new one 1 3 About the manual COVISION 5 This manual is intended for all users who wish to learn how to use Nero Vision It is process based and explains how to re
10. l Click the More button gt The extended area opens 2 Ifthe Start screen appears click the Default Video Options button If a different screen appears click the Video Options button gt The Default Video Options window opens gt You have called the video options and can now make the required settings 14 2 Default Video Options window You can change the settings that effects the encoding of future projects in the Default Video Options window You can call up video options at any time from the extended area The window also sls appears if you select Custom Capturing and customize the video settings when recording a video ly The Nero Digital Encoder Configuration window appears for Nero Digital format The tabs for all supported formats are displayed until you have selected a disc format After selecting a disc format only the General tab and the respective formats appear 14 2 1 General tab The General tab is divided into the Video Mode and Nero SmartEncoding areas In the Video Mode area the color transmission system is defined specifically This guarantees that videos can be displayed on the existing playback devices The following options are available in the combo box Selects the video mode PAL Phase Alternating Line which is used in PAL Europe but also in Australia South America and many African and Asian countries Selects the video mode NTSC National Television System Commit
11. 6 Vid o eer 22 Slide show lte Ee el 16 Slide Show Add Audio Commentary eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 53 AdO TANS NOUN WEE 53 Background Music 53 EE 16 Creating D 18 52 Sound Track add 33 EE 6 SIE deeg 9 System requirements DOUMO CAN BE 92 System Requirements oaoannnnnnnnoennnnnnnnnnnnnnenenneennnni 92 Capture DEVICES scicicdisaneieutavoevoes tonzueriwehevertnastontedeberseutextuete 22 System requirementsn Capture Ee 19 F Tab nero COVISION 5 lt Disc Format gt EE 88 WANGCT Te e E 9 TASKS EE 6 11 12 eeh 7 Keele 86 TRAN SCOGMIAG E 102 Transition add 33 Add53 TN AN EE 25 TV cards Editing TV channels seserian adane EAE RD 23 TV channel SAC EN 22 TV Cards Manage TV Channel Groupe 24 Select source type gt annanmer enenn ee ar reaEee ne eet nee en ener neeeer ere 23 V e EE Video CD e ae ee ee ee ee ee eee ae eee ee 95 Video PUAN OO EE 19 Capture to hard drive 17 19 25 28 LENG E E E AI cto stasis E T A E NE 19 Video Camera 25 Video Set le EE 19 Video Capture 17 19 25 28 Video capture Card 19 Video Edtmmg 15 30 Video Options RI En 6 E 88 Video Title POG Transi WEE 393 Add Video e Se EE rt keea E E E E E 32 38 viden RE 102 W WHQL certified driver ccccccccccsssesseeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeees 92 Page 104 Contact Information 19 Contact Information Nero Vision is a product from Nero AG Nero AG Im St
12. CR Cuts the highlighted picture to the desired size The Cut Graphic window opens Assigns effects to the highlighted graphic A context menu with the available effects opens These effects are not stored in the original file but only for the slide show Rotates the highlighted pictures 90 degrees to the left Rotates the highlighted pictures 90 degrees to the right Saves the highlighted picture with all the effects A window opens Records an audio file that can be assigned to the background of the slide who or an image You can add audio comments to each image The Audio Recording Settings window opens If a picture is highlighted in the Contents area the audio file is directly assigned to the picture otherwise the recording is added to the media area Defines the picture display time and the transition periods The Default Za Duration Values window opens Edits the properties of the marked elements such as display duration header and footer as well as playback duration for stored audio files audio commentaries The Properties window opens Page 51 Slide show You can test your compilation in the preview area in the upper left The folllowing buttons are available Displays the played position in the format hours minutes seconds hundredths of a second Jumps to a specific position by clicking on the EJ next and kad back buttons 7 2 Creating a slide show ale Se a ale is ule iy NA COV
13. Displays Microsoft Video for Windows devices in the Display Microsoft R Video list of capture devices for Windows R devices Only available in the Video Capture screen The duration of the slide show is adapted to the length of the background music The check box is only Fit slide show duration to available if the slide show has been given background audio duration music Only available in the Slide Show screen 3 2 3 Combo Boxes The following options are available in the Adding effects to timeline combo box only available in the Movie screen Move next When inserting an effect moves the next effect to the objects back When inserting a new effect adjusts the effect so that it only takes up the available space up to the beginning of the next effect Fit to available space In the Capture to File combo box only available in the Video Capture screen you can select the storage location for the imported video eh Page 14 VISION 5 Creating a disc project Creating a disc project Contents screen In the Contents screen you can create a project to your requirements and arrange titles of a compilation The screen is divided into the Contents area in which added titls are listed and the What do you want to do selection area p fat Untitled Project DVD Video Nero Vision Create and amange titles for your project What would you like to do H Capture Video a Add
14. E E E E E A ET 13 Meet 7 Compatibility Oovernview 92 93 Disc WM Le 75 83 Disc Image nero COVISION 5 PS INN KE 78 OS ne PEEP PE nace PEE EE E E E A EENE 83 DISO TNO WEE 13 DVD V R E 11 27 PYD E 11 27 DVD Video Plugin 92 95 DYD NR essence fattsssde gee te nelrarnntcocesonace easriedacnd aeseansoae 11 27 E Editable disc Tomate 92 94 ENG CONG DEE 99 Eeer 11 43 Extended Area 11 12 L Launching the program 10 27 M Main VC Chill ceacoscscaannsneeuiastecasseaeetendcedeeaeceeunaceseacgeacceeted 11 Menu Edit70 Menu Hierarches AANEREN 58 Menu Template 58 71 Menu Template Group 71 SEHR 60 Menu Template Groups oonnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnennnnnnensennnni 58 Movie Aad TANSO sieme Er 33 P DON ee 43 Deet 32 N Nero Covertieogner 13 84 Nero Digital TM encoder configuration 001 00000nn 90 Kee 21 Nero Vision EE 6 Essentials ee 95 Essentials SE EE 95 V4 oy 8 go ane ne ee ene ae eee ere ees eee ee 95 P Preview Page 103 Index Ki 73 Project OS a e E E E E N E E meu E 83 VINO E 11 83 R FAS COIN ME 101 Requirements cccccseeecceeeeecceeeeeceseeeseuseesseneeeseaees 92 Rewritable Disc ES IAG E 13 81 S Scope of FUNCTIONS cee cccecceeecceecseeeeeeeceeeeeeesaeeeeess 95 Screen Burme COONS oaro mgasearedaemaennetueaseesaaes 8 ele cog CN 8 17 Create Chapters neneeeeeee eenean ennnen ennen nenene 41 EO VSO PEE T A E E EE 44 Movie 33 52 FEEDS 73 E
15. Group opens Page 33 Video editing Fig 12 Create Element Group window 2 Enter the required name in the input field and click the OK button gt The new group appears in the combo box and opens automatically gt You have created a new storage group and can now load media files to the group 6 2 2 Inserting transitions Transitions can be used to connect the video titles added to a compilation The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required video title appears in the Movie screen To insert a transition proceed as follows 1 Click the HUDD Storyboard tab in the Contents area 2 Highlight the media file to which you want to assign the transition 3 Click the _ tab in the media area m Tee IT d aE SEN 3D Exploding Cubes LEI 3D Flying Quads 3D Fold Up 55 3D Horizontal Spinning Strokes SEL Fig 13 Transitions tab 4 Select your desired transition group in the combo box 5 Highlight the desired transition 6 Click the button nero p 4 COVISIONS SSES WW Ai Video editing gt The media file is identified in the Contents area by the colorful icon of the respective transition Mi Media files without a transition are indicated in the Contents area by a gray 2 Icon gt You have inserted a transition 6 2 3 Adding an effect ule Ta nero COVISION 5 You can overlay the added video titles of a compilation with effects Dep
16. Nero Page 61 COVISION 5 Menu COVISION 5 Offers a selection of predefined graphic objects as well as an empty text box in the Default Objects category You can import your own graphic files into the My Objects folder See Buttons and Graphic Objects pop up menus Not available for Smart3D menus Only available in Advanced Editing Graphic Objects Offer settings that customize the playback of the disc Disc Project according to your requirements See Disc Project pop up menu Offers a number of theme related versions for Smart3D menus See Template Settings pop up menu Only available for Smart3D menus Template Settings 8 2 2 1 Properties for background and intro video pop up menu If the background is enabled in the compilation area the Properties pop up menu is divided into the Background Background Audio and Interaction areas lf the Intro Video is displayed in the compilation area the Background and Background Audio areas are also The Links area is also dispalyed in Advanced Editing mode The following options are available in the Background area Defines whether an image or video should be imported into the background of the template or whether the background should be a solid color Defines whether an image or video should be imported into the background of the template or whether the background Background should be a solid color combo box If you select the Image File or Video File opti
17. Page 64 VISION 5 Menu Defines the numbering of the buttons displayed on the template Only the numbering text of the button or number and text can be displayed Nero Vision automatically numbers all the buttons of a Combo box template The number is not diplayed in the editable text field Text Numbering of a button When you edit the menu and reposition buttons Nero Vision maintains the numbering Any adjustments to the text e g font are automatically taken over Nero Vision automatically numbers all he buttons of a template Only available if the focus lies on a button Combo box Defines the style of numbering Combo box Defines the fill color of a graphic element Combo box Defines the color of the margin frame of a graphic object Only available if the focus lies on a predefined graphic object Combo box Defines the thickness of the margin frame of a graphic object Line Weight Only available if the focus lies on a predefined graphic object This button is only available if the Burn box is checked Apply Shadows Clicking on the Options button opens the Shadow Settings check box see Shadow Settings window button You can customize the shading according to your requirements The following input fields are available in the Transformation area Pos X Defines the horizontal position of the selected object in the compilation window Defines the vertical position of the selected object in the com
18. You can specify the image to be used by moving the controller The following buttons are available Plays the video back in the preview area of the window Stops the preview 8 2 6 Shadow Settings window You can adjust the detail settings of the shading at the top of the Shadow Settings window A preview appears at the bottom of the window by enabling the Preview check box You can preview immediately what effect changing the settings has The following options are available Light Source Defines the desired angle of the virtual light source in relation combo box to the object _ nero COVISION 5 Page 69 Menu Opacity Defines the required shadow transparency in percent controller Distance Defines the distance between the object and the shadow in controller pixels or Defines the desired color of the shadow combo box 8 2 7 Transition window You can select the category of available transitions in the top combo box of the Select Transition window The Fade In Fade Out 3D Wipe and Other categories are available All the transitions of the selected category are displayed in the selection area below that Apply a selected transition to the template by clicking the OK button Depending on the transition selected you can define the detail settings in the Properties window You can also specify the duration of the transition A period of one second is selected in the default settings 8 2 8 Save Template As window
19. be added if space is still available on the disc This means that a DVD VFR video mode is similar to a video cassette but of a far Superior quality Page 98 Glossary DVD VFR video mode allows you to create menus like DVD Video although without chapter menus and play lists A DVD VFR is compatible with DVD Video as far as possible after finalizing the disc and can be played back on most DVD players DVD VR DVD VR video mode is a special format type of DVD Video that offers three options that DVD Video does not Direct recording of videos onto disc in real time is possible option Record Directly to Disc The data on the disc can later be edited and altered More video titles can be added if space is still available on the disc This means that a DVD VR is similar to a video cassette but of a far superior quality The DVD VR is specifically designed for recording directly to disc Although a graphics menu is not supported playlists are created instead Furthermore the sound track cannot be changed i e it is not possible to edit or add to the existing track DVD VR is not compatible with DVD Video and can only be played on special DVD players DVD VR DVD VR video mode is a special format type of DVD Video that offers three options that DVD Video does not Direct recording of videos onto disc in real time is possible option Record Directly to Disc The data on the disc can later be edited and alte
20. gt The Movie or Slide Show screen appears 3 Edit your movie or slide show see Creating a slide show 4 Ifyou are satisfied with your compilation click the Next button gt The media title is updated gt You have created a disc project and can now create a menu for your project Page 18 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 5 1 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices Capturing Capturing is a way of taking the video from a DV video camera or another video capture device connected to the video capture card and placing it on your PC The capture device is the device that transmits the video signals to be captured e g a DV video camera video capture card or TV card You will find a list of supported devices on our web page under http www nero com link php topic_id 117 amp language eng amp gen_ id 8 If you want to transfer the video from an external capture device to your PC to use it ina project at a later time proceed as described under Capturing video on the hard drive If you want to create a disc and also capture a video for this special project you should select the relevant option Make DVD or VCD SVCD miniDVD HD BURN from the Start screen and then select the option Capture Video from the Content screen That way you can capture the video and work on your project simultaneously 5 2 DV HDV cameras digital and analog videos Ther
21. gt The extended area opens 2 Enter the path and the file name in the Capture to File input field Capturing video requires a lot of drive space Please make sure that you have enough drive space to capture all your video Capturing video from a capture card requires about 3 30 MB of hard drive space per second depending on the resolution and the data format of your video A DV capture via a FireWire card IEEE 1394 uses up to 3 6 MB of hard drive Space per second Click the button gt Capturing starts and the picture currently captured in Nero Vision appears pe Click the button to stop capturing gt A selection list appears which contains captured files that have not yet been assigned to a project If you want to capture other videos from the same source repeat the previous two steps If you want to view the captured video Page 26 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 1 Select the required video in the selection list be 2 Click the button gt The captured video appears in the preview area 15 Click the Next button gt The screen with the menu What would you like to do next appears gt You have captured a video on the hard drive and can now edit it 5 6 Capturing to disc directly oc COVISION 5 If you have installed a DVD RW RW burner and insert a DVD RW or DVD RW disc you can use Nero Vision to create editable DVD disc formats DVD VR DVD
22. in both windows if the connected capture device offers configuration options The following buttons are available in the preview area Starts playback Tee the video Fastionars the video Page 20 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices Switches to full screen mode You can return to window mode by pressing the Esc key Sets the capture timer which allows you to define the start time end time and capture time for capturing a video Switches to the next channel Switches to the previous channel Displays the played position in the format 00 02 56 716 hours minutes seconds hundredths of a second Jumps to a specific position by clicking on the EJ next and kd back buttons 5 3 1 Video Device Properties Video Device Properties al SS a Channels Available groups and channels Manage groups Channel tuning Fig 7 Video Device Properties window The following tabs are available in the Video Devices Properties window Sets the frame rate color compression process and output format to correspond to the way the video is to be burned onto the disc In the case of analog capture devices clicking on the Configure button starts the device test You can select the video source here video composite or S video Sets values such as brightness sharpness or contrast using the sliders All available channels of the selected device are displa
23. it for future use on your hard drive Once Mi you have connected the appropriate burner to the system you can burn disc images on real discs at any time using Nero Vision Nero Burning ROM or Nero Express You can burn a project as a disc image or write it to the hard drive as a folder in the Burn Options screen Depending on the type of project you are working on and the burner connected to the system a number of different options are available in the Set the parameters for burning selection list on the right side of the screen The Project summary area on the lift side displays information about the settings and content of the project e g H Untitled Project Super Video CD Nero Vision Burn Options Set the parameters for buming Be Project summary Set the parameters for buming Current video options 8 Video mode NTSC Ki Bum To r Aspect ratio Automatic ZS Quality Automatic it to disc Volume Name gt Your project contains 3 titles and EA BEE REESEN Current destination CN Bum to device a Total space used 22 4 out of 703 1 MB Quality Excellent a gt Ma O 1 pe Fig 31 Burn Options screen A project file nvc saves the project data information about file paths and layout after you have started work on your project This means that you can interrupt your work at any time and resume the project at a later point or burn i
24. that results for the output file is displayed in the Output File area You can click the Browse button to select the storage location for the output file The format and profile combo boxes are available for each export option Open the Video Options window by clicking on the button to adjust the detail settings see Default Video Options window sbt Depending on the export template chosen the following will change output format aspect 9 ratio quality settings bit rate resolution encoding mode and or audio quality eh Page 43 VISION 5 Video editing i 7 fa pa nero COVISION 5 Untitled Project DVD Video Nero Vision Export Video Export your movie to a file Export video to file Save your title for playback on your computer Export video to camera Record your title to a tape in your camera Export video and send as E Mail dei Epor your title and send it as an e mail attachment y AVI S Profile Cinepak Codec by Radius v Configure Output file OO L Fig 19 Export Video screen The following export options are available in the selection area Export video to file Exports a movie to a video file Exports a movie to a tape in the camera Export video to camera Only available if a camera is connected to your PC and on Exports a movie adjusted to an appropriate file size to send as an e mail attacment Expo
25. the intro video and menu pages You can give your videos a starting animation and three dimensional menus using a menu template from the Smart3D group The menu templates are based on dynamic 3D scenes with animated menu transitions and predefined scorings Category If you select a Smart3D menu please note Your PC must have a graphics card with 3D acceleration Advanced Editing is not available If problems arise when editing the menu make sure that you have installed the current version of the graphics driver If you want to save your own menu template you have to specify and save the title and chapter menu separately even if both are based on the same template Not available for Smart3D menus 8 2 2 Customize tab COVISION 5 More or fewer pop up menus are displayed on the Customize tab depending on the mode selected Clicking the title bar of the menu closes or opens the menu Nero Vision automatically starts in normal editing mode with the Compact Menu View A thumbnail is displayed for the intro video and title as well as each chapter menu Components not used are greyed out If a title or chapter menu consists of several pages the thumbnails are displayed one above the other Check the Advanced Editing box to go to Advanced Editing with Advanced Menu View The intro video and each page of the individual menus are displayed as thumbnails Page 60 Menu Only go to Advanced Editing if you have experience
26. the required settings on the pop up menus see Customize tab gt Any changes made are displayed in the preview and compilation window 8 If you want to save the adjusted menu as a menu template 1 Click the Save As Template button gt The Save As Template window opens eh Page 71 VISION 5 nero COVISION 5 Save As Template Sc Intro video No intro video e Main menu Main Menu Chapter menu Main Menu M Template name Add to subcategory lolo W Store media files with template ee Fig 29 Save As Template screen 2 Enter a name in the Template Name input field Select the Create new subcategory option in the Add to Subcategory combo box 4 Enter the name for the new menu template group in the New group name input field and click the OK button gt The adapted menu is saved as a menu template SS gt You have edited the menu and can now view the entire project in the preview area Page 72 Preview 9 Preview 9 1 Preview screen In the Preview screen you can play back a disc to test it before actually burning it Using the cursor or the remote control you can test how the disc behaves when played back on a compatible player In the menu all of the buttons can be used quite normally so that you can view your finished work Gt Untitled Project Super Video CD Nero Vision Preview Examine the results of your project before buming it 2 Butterfly TITLE ME
27. to your hard disk Capture device ST Hauppauge WinTV 8 amp DVB T Tu c e Custom capture template IMPEG 1 ba Details Profile VCD compatible Configure Use this template to capture video in MPEG 1 compatible format The application initially configures the capture device but you can Led change the device settings manually by clicking the Video Device Properties button to the right Video 352 x 288 1 4 D1 pixel Fast Encoding 1 Pass 1150 kbit s Audio Stereo D Fig 6 Video Capture screen The following radio buttons are available Optimizes all parameters based on the selected capture device and captures the video in the format specified by the capture Native Capturing device The Native Capturing radio button is selected in the default settings We recommend using Native Capturing Custom Capturin Adjusts the detail settings of the parameters You can select the H g required target format For detail settings and capture procedure the screen is divided into two areas the preview area on the left and the information area that shows the most important settings of the target file Clicking on the Configure button opens the window for adjusting the detail settings of the video options Clicking on the o button opens the Video Device Properties window Clicking on the GC button opens the Audio Device Properties window You can change the detail settings
28. verifies whether the burner is capable of burning the session with the Determine maximum speed selected write speed If this box is checked Nero Vision carries out the burn Check boxes immediately after the speed test Burn When writing to an image file this box is automatically checked Defines the book type The Automatic option is Book Type Settings selected by default combo box The combo box is only displayed for supported burners If this box is checked Nero Vision the files directly to the disc without temporarily storing the disc structure on the hard drive first This check box is automatically disabled if the burner does not support Burn at once Use Burn at once check box The book type of a DVD helps DVD players to identify the inserted disc and determines the vie DVD s level of compatibility With some DVD burners Nero can change the book type Mi setting if a DVD is burned The combo box is only displayed for supported burners The following options are available in the Book Type Settings combo box Automatically defines the most compatible book type for this disc DVD ROM Sets the book type to DVD ROM Leaves the book type unchanged as specified on the Physical disc type DVD disc Current recorder setting Applies the book type setting from the burner eh Page 76 VISION 5 Burning a disc 10 2 Burning a disc COVISION 5 The following requirement has to be fulfilled
29. 1 About Nero Vision Nero Vision is software with an extremely friendly user interface for capturing editing and burning movies and slide shows Nero Vision can be used to play your videos from DV video cameras or other external video devices on your PC and to burn them as DVD video DVD VR VFR video mode VR Video CD VCD Super Video CD SVCD miniDVD HD BURN AVCHD or BD AV or to save them to a hard drive folder With the numerous features that this powerful multimedia software offers you have a variety of options for creating and archiving discs of your most cherished memories Even users new to the world of video find it easy to use Nero Vision Nero Vision can be used to quickly and easily shorten and add effects to your videos to create chapters using automatic scene recognition and to manually label chapters to create your own menus with animated buttons from pre defined menu templates to add your own background images and text to use the preview screen with the handy virtual remote control for viewing your project and much more With your DV video camera a FireWire card and the appropriate software you can import your own videos If you have a DirectShow compatible video capture card Nero Vision can be used to capture your videos from the video capture card directly If you do not have the required video hardware you can edit video files from your PC or downloaded from the Internet 1 2 Working with Nero Vision Basical
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31. D VFR video mode and DVD VR specifications However the process is essentially identical to the process described in this chapter gt The Contents screen appears To capture a video for your project 1 Select the Capture Video option gt The Capture Video window opens 2 Repeat the steps under Capturing video on the hard drive If you have already captured a video or want to add a video saved on the hard drive 1 Select the Add Video Files option gt The Open window appears 2 Select the required files and click the Open button gt The required files are added to the project If you want to add videos that are stored on a disc 1 Insert the disc in a drive 2 Select the Import Disc option 3 If more than one drive has been installed select the drive in which the disc is inserted from the combo box gt The Import Title from Disc window appears 4 Select the required videos and click the OK button gt The video files are added If you want to import files from an Internet community 1 Select the Import from the Web option gt The Import from the Web window appears 2 Selec the desired file see Import from the Web 3 Click the Download button gt The imported media file is added to the contets area If you want to make a movie or slide show 1 Click the Make Movie or Make Slide Show button Page 17 Creating a disc project 10 l1 12 nero COVISION 5 g
32. DD Storyboard tab 9 Drag the left end of the blue effect bar to the required starting position 10 Drag the right end of the blue effect bar to the required end position The duration of the text effect is automatically adjusted when you drag the start and end lv position independently Mi To adjust the position without having to shorten the length or lengthen the effect highlight the blue effect bar in the Text area hold down the left mouse button and move the text effect to the required position gt You have added an text effect to a media file 6 2 5 Inserting an audio file With two sound tracks you can also place several audio files on top of one another in Nero Vision For example a commentary can be provided on the Audio 2 track while music plays simultaneously on the Audio 1 track Nero Page 37 COVISION 5 Video editing The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Movie screen appears To insert an audio file proceed as follows Click the Tab in the media area Highlight the required audio file While holding down the left mouse button move the audio file to the required position in the Audio 1 or Audio 2 area TS ooo i E fT fT WE u u E E p p p E E E u u u u u p n B f Text Je Curl Text Scroller SC Ef z EE AE Video Track f SEM paea Audio 1 IERE Audio 2 JO E E 10s 20s d gt The audio file appears on the _ Timeline tab o
33. DV cameras digital and analog videos 19 5 3 Video Capture screen 19 5 3 1 Video Device Properties 21 5 3 2 Audio Device Properties Window 22 5 4 Setting a TV card 22 5 5 Capturing video on the hard drive 25 5 6 Capturing to disc directly 27 5 7 Import from the Web 28 6 Video editing 30 6 1 Movie screen 30 6 2 Make Movie 32 6 2 1 Creating storage groups 33 6 2 2 Inserting transitions 34 6 2 3 Adding an effect 35 6 2 4 Adding a text effect 36 6 2 5 Inserting an audio file 37 CVISION 5 wh Contents 6 2 6 6 3 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 6 9 6 10 6 11 6 12 7 1 7 2 7 2 1 12 2 7 2 3 8 1 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 2 8 2 3 8 2 4 8 2 5 8 2 6 8 2 8 2 8 8 3 9 1 9 2 10 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 nero COVISION 5 Cutting video titles Create Chapters screen Creating chapters manually Creating chapters automatically Editing chapters Export Video screen Export video to file Export video to camera Export video and send as e mail attachment Export audio to file Export to Internet Slide show Slide Show screen Creating a slide show Slide Show Inserting transitions Slide Show Editing images Slide Show Fitting the display duration Menu Levels Editing the menu screen Templates tab Customize tab Select Start Position window Edit Background Audio window Select Poster Frame window Shadow Settings window Transition window Save Template As window Create Menu Preview Preview screen Showing a
34. ISION 5 Please note that when creating a slide show the picture files e g og omp gif are not saved in the original format If you want to save the picture in the original picture format as well proceed as described at the end of this section The following requirement has to be fulfilled For slide shows on DVD Video Super Video CD miniDVD AVCHD and HD BURN the DVD Video plug in with which MPEG 2 is encoded The plug in is already available in the full version To create a slide show proceed as follows Inthe Start screen select the Make Slide Show option and choose the format in which you want to make the slide show If you are in the Contents screen and want to make a slide show for your project select the Make Slide Show option in the selection area gt The Slide Show screen appears If media files are already available they are displayed in the media dialog box at the top right The entry displayed in the default setting is My Media Files If you want to add media files pictures or audio files that are on your PC to the slide show click the button gt Browse gt The Open window appears Select the files you want and click the Open button gt The files are added to the media area The files are displayed under My Media Files in the default setting You can also load your files into a new folder e g birthday photos Christmas photos etc for a better overview see Creatin
35. NU DO RH H Mam Confirms the mark and starts the marked element Displays the title menu Displays the last menu used b Displays the current media title Page 73 nero COVISIONS Preview O Stops the playback Mi Switches to the previous chapter Switches to the next chapter lf a menu contains animated elements the Preview Menu Animation button also appears Clicking the button plays the background animations Otherwise the video background is displayed as a still 2 9 2 Showing a preview The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Preview screen appears To display the preview for a project proceed as follows 1 Click the buttons for the desired actions in the virtual remote control gt Ifthe menu contains animated elements the Preview Menu Animation button appears 1 Click the Preview Menu Animation button gt The Preview Menu Animation window opens While the menu animation is being calculated the current status appears in the progress bar 2 Click the Close button 2 lf you are happy with the preview click the Next button gt The Burn Options screen appears see Burning a disc gt You have displayed the preview and can now burn your project eh Page 74 VISIONS Burning a disc 10 Burning a disc 10 1 Burn Options screen Even if you do not have a burner capable of burning DVDs or CDs you can still use the le Image Recorder to burn a disc image and save
36. The Burn Options screen appears To burn a project to a disc proceed as follows Insert a writable disc in the desired burner Select the Burn To option and the desired burner gt The Burn button appears in the window in the lower right corner Select the Volume Name option gt A group box appears Enter the desired name for the disc in the input field Characters that are not permitted in the disc name are automatically converted to underscores _ Select the Recording Settings option gt The Settings for recording group box appears Inthe Speed combo box select the speed that the burner should use to write to the disc If you want to perform a speed test check the Determine maximum speed box gt Before burning the program verfies whether the burner is capable of burning the session with the selected writing speed In addition it also verifies if all files selected for burning are actually available lf you still want to burn the disc on positive verification check the Burn box If Nero Vision is capable of changing the Book Type Settings with your burner and you want to make the changes to the Book Type select the required option in the Book Type combo box If you want to burn the project directly to the disc without temporarily storing the disc structure on the hard drive first check the Use Burn at once box Click the Burn button gt The Burn screen appears The pr
37. To burn a project as a disc image preceed as follows l Select the Burn To gt Image Recorder option gt The Burn button appears in the window in the lower right corner 2 Select the Volume Name option gt A group box appears 3 Enter the desired name for the disc in the input field ale iy Characters that are not permitted in the disc name are automatically converted to underscores _ 4 Select the Recording Settings option gt The Settings for recording group box appears 5 If you want to burn the project directly to the disc without temporarily storing the disc structure on the hard drive first check the Use Burn at once box 6 Click the Burn button gt A window opens 7 Select the desired folder for the image file in the Location combo box 8 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button gt The Burn screen appears The project files are converted into the appropriate format and then burned as a disc image EN vc The priority determines how much computing power is assigned to the burn process 9 Normally you should not change this setting Leh Page 78 VISION 5 Se Burning a disc If you want to change the priority of the recording process select the relevant entry from the Priority combo box 10 If you would like your PC to shut down automatically after successfully burning a disc check the Shut down computer when finished box gt As soo
38. To create the menu for a project proceed as follows l Choose in the Menu to use combo box on the Templates tab whether your disc should have title and chapter menus title menus only or no menu at all ew If your disc consists of video titles with multiple chapters i e if your menu has title and multiple chapter menus repeat the following steps for each menu you want to edit 2 Select the desired menu template group in the Category combo box gt The menu templates of the selected category appear 3 Select the required menu template gt Inthe preview and compilation area the menu items of the selected title or chapter menus are displayed according to the template selected 4 Click the Customize tab gt The Customize tab opens You can edit the selected menu template here see Customize tab 5 If you want to go to Advanced Editing to make changes Only go to Advanced Editing if you have experience editing menus oc 1 Check the Advanced Editing box gt You opens notifying you that you are entering Advanced Editing 2 Click the Yes button gt The additional functions appear 6 Highlight the menu you want to edit in the Menu View 7 f you want to make changes 1 Highlight the style element you want to edit in the preview and compilation window gt Additional pop up menus may appear or disappear on the Customize tab ale Mi Click the title bar of a pop up menu to display all areas 2 Adjust
39. VFR video mode and DVD VR In comparison to DVD Video the advantage of these disc formats is that the content can be changed later on This means that you can edit the movies insert new passages delete scenes that you no longer want or overwrite the disc The DVD VFR video mode and DVD VR disc formats are compatible with DVD Video and can be played on nearly any commercial DVD player Although the DVD VR disc format which is available for DVD RW and DVD RAM discs can only be played on appropriate VR compatible burners It has the advantage that it is specially designed for direct recording on disc You can find an overview of which disc format is Supported by which disc under Disc formats supported In Nero Vision Essentials SE you cannot capture video directly to Blu ray Disc or DVD VR If you create an editable DVD by means of a capture device you can transfer the required data e g camera recordings directly to disc i e without buffering The following requirements have to be fulfilled A capture device for digital or analog video is installed and connected to the PC No applications are running that place a high demand on the processor m There are no applications running in full screen mode The workstation is not blocked during the entire capture process To create an editable DVD directly via a capture device proceed as follows Insert a rewritable disc in the DVD burner Turn the capture device o
40. Video Files Se Make Movie WW Make Slide Show import AVCHD from hard disk wi Import From Web CA Import Disc gt fer Edit Movie R Add Video Files Here you can select one or more video files from your hard drive or disc and add them to your project Total space used 0 00 out of 4 38 GB 0GB 1 0GB 2 0GB 3 0GB 40GB DVD a meb He e s Fig 5 Contents screen The following options are available in the What do you want to do selection list Captures a video Capture Video The Video Capture screen appears see Video Capture screen Add Video Files Addes video files to the project The Open window appears Creates a movie The Movie screen appears see Movie Make Movie screen Creates a slide show The Slide Show screen appears mane Nee now see Slide Show screen ImportDisc Imports elements from an existing disc Import AVCHD from Hard Imports videos that are saved in an AVCHD project on Drive DVD storage card or hard drive Edit Movie Edits a selected video title The Movie screen appears see Video editing Graate Chapicrs Creates chapters in the selected video title The Create H Chapters screen appears see Create Chapters screen imporcirom ihe Web Imports files from Internet communities and adds them to H the project as new titles See Import from the Web Page 15 ule ly COVISION 5 Creating a disc project NA Each vi
41. ach a particular objective on a step by basis To make the best use of this manual please note the following conventions Indicates warnings or instructions that have to be followed o Strictly Indicates additional information or advice A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for 1 Grant i action Carry out these actions in the order specified Indicates an intermediate result gt Indicates a result Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program interface of Nero Vision They are shown in bold face Pieters Indicates references to other chapters They are executed as siames links and are shown in red and underlined O e Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands Page 9 Launching the program 2 Launching the program To launch Nero Vision via Nero StartSmart proceed as follows l Click the Nero StartSmart icon gt The Nero StartSmart window opens 2 Click the button gt The list of Nero applications appears Neo Safe TSS FS nero Start Page Rip and Burn Create and Edit Deeg Back Up f E ls SE Welcome to Launch Applications Data B ae Nero StartSmart Com plete your od tasks quickly Audio Burning 4 o and easily Audio Ripping that does it all J Special direct functions E make it even easier ee Manage your projects Copy Disc step by step with the application launcher oR Fig 4 Nero StartSm
42. ailable on our website at http www nero com link php topic_id 115 amp language eng amp gen _id 8 The following requirement has to be fulfilled A TV card is connected to your PC and switched on To configure a TV card using the TV wizard proceed as follows Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen gt The Video Capture screen appears If you have several devices connected to your PC select the required device in the Capture Device combo box Click the Di button gt The Video Device Properties window opens Click the Channels tab Click the Channel Setting button gt The first screen of the TV wizard Analog TV Channel Search appears This wizard prompts you to make all the necessary entries step by step Page 22 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices ale iy NA 10 l1 12 COVISION 5 8 TV Wizard Analog TV Channel Search ANI Configuring your analog TV card Select country Germany v Select source type Antenna e Start TV channel search for your analog TV Card Search Status Start Search Progress Channel tuning 0 channel s found Next 6 Close Fig 8 TV wizard Analog TV Channel Search Select your country in the Select country drop down field When configuring DVB S TV cards you must select the satellite instead of the country in the Select
43. an be customized within the framework of the MPEG 1 scope DVD Video and SVCD compatible HDV HD1 720p HDV HD2 1440x10801 HDTV 1920x1080i HD DVD Video and Editierbare Blu ray Disc compatible User defined All parameters are predefined in accordance with DVD Video The parameters of all profiles are predefined and can be customized in the framework of the MPEG 2 scope To make a disc in HD DVD Video disc format a supported DVD burner must be connected to the PC You also need the Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in It is not included in the full version of Nero Vision You can obtain the plug in at www nero com Mobile Portable iPod Memory Stick Standard Cinema and Nero Digital High Definition TV Nero Digital AVC The parameters of all profiles are predefined and can be customized in the framework of the scope of the respective profile AVCHD and HD DVD Video compatible To make a disc in HD DVD Video disc format a supported DVD burner must be connected to the PC You also need the Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in It is not included in the full version of Nero Vision You can obtain the plug in at www nero com If you have selected Export video and send as e mail export option the MPEG 1 and Nero Digital formats are only available There is also a combo box that specifies the maximum size of the file created You can choose between 1MB 2MB 5MB or user defined 6 8 Export video to file In the Export Video
44. apter label Each video title consists of at least one chapter The more labels Chaser a video title contains the more chapters it has P The advantage that chapters have is being able to jump to individual chapters within a video directly without having to fast forward or reverse Refers to a finished compilation from one or more video titles that are Movie usually edited An example of a movie is montage of videos from your last vacation Refers to the process from opening the video to exporting the final movie A project can be saved in a project file with all changes made and re opened at a later time The project file has the extension nvc Nero Vision Compilation Refers to a data medium to which information is saved CD R DVD R and DVD R are examples of write once discs that are written to by a burner and read by a player Discs of the same type with different storage capacities are available e g for DVD R with 4 38 GB or as DVD R DL Dual Layer with two data layers with 7 95 GB Refers to the form in which the data is organized on a disc For example the disc format DVD VR is only supported by and can only be used with DVD RW and DVD RAM discs Conversely Video CD VCD Super Video CD SVCD miniDVD and HD BURN can be burned to CD R and CD RW disc formats What technical options such as subtitle or multiple sound tracks are available depends on the disc format 2 Completing a task Depending on the task you will
45. art 3 Select Nero Vision in the Applications selection list gt The Nero Vision window opens gt You have launched Nero Vision via Nero StartSmart nero COVISIONS paged User interface 3 User interface 3 1 Main window ale iy d ale ls COVISION 5 The user interface for Nero Vision consists of a main window and an expandable area After selecting a task in the Start screen complete the task by navigating through the various steps with a new screen displayed for each The Start screen always displays only those entries that are technically possible for the drives installed on the computer and devices connected to the computer If you have installed a DVD RW RW burner and insert a DVD RW or DVD RW disc you can use Nero Vision to create editable DVD disc formats DVD VR DVD VFR video mode and DVD VR In comparison to DVD Video the advantage of these disc formats is that the content can be changed later on This means that you can edit the films insert new passages delete scenes that you do not want to see or overwrite the disc The DVD VFR video mode and DVD VR disc formats are compatible with DVD Video and can be played on nearly any commercial DVD player Although the DVD VR disc format which is available for DVD RW and DVD RAM discs can only be played on appropriate VR compatible burners It has the advantage that it is specially designed for direct recording on disc You can find an overv
46. audio data in Dolby Digital audio format in 6 5 1 Channel Surround channel Surround i e 5 channels with the full frequency range and one bass channel nero COVISION 5 Page 91 Technical information 15 Technical information 15 1 System requirements In addition to the general system requirements for the Nero program package the following individual system requirements apply to Nero Vision Optional m FireWire IEEE 1394 Controller for DV capturing USB capture device webcam Analog or digital TV card analog DVB T DVB S DVB C and ATSC to the BDA driver standard DirectShow compatible video capture card Graphics card with 3D acceleration and minimum 64 MB of video memory for Smard3D templates m Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in for playback of Blu ray and or HD DVD media Installation of the latest WHQL certified device drivers is recommended WHQL stands for Windows Hardware Quality Labs and means that the device driver certified by Microsoft is compatible with Microsoft Windows and the relevant hardware To make a disc in DVD Video SVCD miniDVD or HD BURN disc format the video source files must be encoded in MPEG 2 video format The discs can then be played back on compatible DVD players If the original data is not available in compatible format you will need the DVD Video plug in to create it the DVD Video plug in is already included in the full version of Nero Vision Nero Vision su
47. ayed make the required changes see Slide show Fitting the display duration If you want to change the settings of an individual image make the required changes see Slide Show Editing images Le NW Click the Mi button and view the slide show in the preview area If you are happy with your slide show click the Next button gt The Contents screen appears see Contents screen Creating a disc project If you also want to save your slide show images to disc in a format readable by your PC select the required option in the Add combo box gt You have made a slide show and can now add additional titles to your project or create a menu in the Select Menu screen Page 53 Slide show 7 2 1 Slide Show Inserting transitions E ule iv j Transitions can be used to connect the images added to a slide show The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required compilation appears in the Slide Show screen To insert transitions proceed as follows EN Click the D tab in the contents area If you want to assign the same transition to all pictures click the film strip until it is highlighted in blue If you want to insert different transitions in the pictures highlight the picture to which you would like to assign the transition effect Click the mas tab in the media area 3D Flying Quads Ce Ba 3D Fold Up 3D Horizontal Spinning Strokes Fig 21 Transitions tab
48. button You can automatically create manually add and edit existing chapters in the Create Chapters screen A slider bar below in the preview area on the left side of the screen shows the video title from beginning to end The slider allows you to move to a certain position within the video title The video picture that exists at that position is shown in the preview area All chapters that already exist are listed in the chapter list on the right side of the screen Page 39 Video editing nero COVISIONS 3 Untitled Project Super Video CD Nero Vision Create Chapters Add modify or auto detect chapters for the title A e E E E E E OHO OOOG Fig 17 Create Chapters screen The individual chapters are separated from one another by chapter marks which define the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next The beginning of each chapter is indicated by the chapter mark H below the preview area on the scrollbar an exception to this is the first chapter the beginning of which is the beginning of the video title The following buttons are available by pressing the Esc key Deletes all chapter marks Starts automatic scene cut detection The Scene Cut Detection window opens Inserts a new chapter mark at the current position of the slider Displays the played position in the format hours minutes seconds hundredths of a second Jumps to a specific posit
49. by default Defines the folder in which imported image files and video Saved snapshots are stored picture files The My Pictures folder of the user who is logged on is used by default Defines the folder in which imported video files are stored The NeroVision subfolder of My Documents of the user who is logged on is used by default Imported video files The button opens a window in which the folder can be selected for the respective files 13 2 3 Messages tab Under certain circumstances Nero Vision can display info messages or a prompt that must be confirmed before continuing In the selection list you can specify which messages are displayed and what tasks are executed automatically without confirmation or additional information When you right click on an entry in the selection list a context menu opens in which the following entries are available Continues with the action withing prompting Prompt Inquires as to whether or not the action should be performed eh Page 86 VISION 5 Configuration The following buttons are available in the selection list Sets all info messages to Continue Disable Info Messages Messages about alternative options continue to be displayed Set default values be the settings for all messages to the default nero Page 87 COVISION 5 Video options 14 Video options 14 1 Displaying video options To call up the video options proceed as follows
50. create and print covers labels and booklets for burned DVDs and CDs Please see the separate Nero CoverDesigner user manual for full instructions on how to make professional looking covers and labels Proceed as follows 1 Click the More button gt The extended area opens 2 Click the Make covers and labels button gt Nero CoverDesigner opens Page 84 nero COVISION 5 Configuration 13 Configuration 13 1 Opening a configuration To open the configuration proceed as follows 1 Click the More button gt The extended area opens 2 Click the Configure button gt The Application Settings window opens gt You have called the configuration and can now make the required settings 13 2 Application Settings window The Application Settings window contains the General Folders and Messages tabs You can adapt Nero Vision to your own personal requirements here Application Settings General Folders Messages Format of saved media files Pictures Portable Network Graphics png Options Display tooltips lf Never show black thumbnails for assets Enable all supported recorder formats for the Image Recorder Fig 32 Application Settings window 13 2 1 General tab The General tab is divided into the Format of saved media files and Options areas The Grapics combo box is available in the Format of saved media files area Here you can define the graphics format in which Nero V
51. ct the encoding of future Nero Digital projects The following combo boxes are available Defines the profile category Profile category Once you have selected a category and profile only the corresponding entries in the combo box are displayed Creates the profile Once you have selected a category and profile only the corresponding entries in the combo box are displayed Aspect ratio Defines the aspect ratio Picture Refresh Rate Defines the maximum number of pictures per second Defines the size of the target file Target Size If the user defined parameter is selected the required value can be entered in the text field beneath this Resolution Selects the resolution from a list of the resolutions available for Nero Digital E Leh Page 90 VISION 5 Video options Fast encoding 1 pass encodes the video very quickly Encoding is faster but the quality is inferior High Quality 2 pass VBR encodes the video in two passes with variable data rate Encoding takes longer but the quality is better VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate and means that individual periods in a video are encoded using different suitable data rates scenes with a lot of movement are encoded with a higher bit rate than scenes with less movement Coding Method You define the audio format in the Nero Digital Audio area The following radio buttons are available Stereo Encodes audio in MPEG 1 layer 2 Encodes
52. deo title is shown in the Contents area with a thumbnail and information on the file name length of the video and number of chapters Depending on the disc type a different number of titles can be created for a slide show No titles are created in DVD VR projects VCD SVCD up to 98 titles DVD Video MiniDVD HD Burn DVD VFR up to 99 titles DVD VR up to 64 titles Editable Blu ray disc BD AV up to 200 titles Chapters cannot be created in slide shows The E buttons are available Moves selected media titles up Moves selected media titles down Deletes selected media titles Combines several video titles to form a single title Changes the name of the selected medial title The Rename Title window appears You can change the disc type next to the capacity bar of the Overall Memory Used in the lower area The display of available space is adjusted accordingly The total available space depends on which project you are editing If the disc you are using is not a DVD with 4 38 GB storage capacity but a DVD 1 or DVD 9 with 7 95 GB capacity select the disc type from the combo box in the bottom right hand section of the screen If the disc you are using is a CD select from the menu whether the CD has a capacity of 74 or 80 minutes If you have added a slide show to your project the Add combo box appears under the Contents area The following options are available Nothing Only saves the pict
53. e are three types of capture device digital analog and DV HDV cameras All three have different hardware requirements DV HDV cameras In the case of a DV or HDV camera the video signal is sent to the PC in digital format All you need to transfer video to your PC is a connecting cable and a corresponding socket on your PC Analog Video Video signals from an analog source need to be converted to a digital format for your PC to be able to work with them Examples of analog capture devices include VHS video recorders TV VHS C 8 mm and Hi 8 video cameras Unlike DV capture devices where the device itself delivers digital video signals to your PC you need to have a video capture card installed in the PC in the case of analog video signals The analog signals are converted into digital signals by the video capture card Digital Video ATSC DVB T S C Video signals from digital capture devices are sent to the PC in digital format and exist in MPEG 2 format after transfer TV cards are typical examples of digital devices In order to transfer digital video a corresponding device must be connected to your PC 5 3 Video Capture screen COVISION 5 All connected devices are displayed in the Capture Device combo box of the Video Capture screen Page 19 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices COVISION 5 Ei Nero Vision Capture Video Capture Video Select a device and capture video
54. e of the video camera appears in the preview area A TV card is always in camera mode as there is a constant video signal coming in and there is no way of pausing rewinding fast forwarding or restarting the video signal In VCR mode the video already exists on tape or another medium To capture this video you need to insert the tape into your video device and play it back You can also rewind fast forward through the whole tape to play back specific scenes Digital video cameras can be set to either camera mode or VCR mode Please check the manufacturer s instructions on how to do this Analog video cameras are automatically in VCR mode Depending on whether the capture device is in camera or VCR mode some buttons are not available Choose between the Native Capturing and Custom Capturing radio buttons in the upper right of the window Native Capturing transfers the video without lossy conversion in the format specified by the capture device The Native Capturing radio button is selected in the default settings Capturing with Native Capturing is recommended If the Custom Capturing radio button is selected 1 Select the required format in the combo box see Video Capture screen gt The Profile combo box appears in the Details area Page 25 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 7 8 9 10 J ds 12 ile 14 COVISION 5 2 Select the required profi
55. eation of a disc in the HD BURN format is only supported by specific burners An HD BURN CD is nothing more than a CD R or CD RW for which the storage capacity has been doubled using a special procedure and that has been written in UDF format with a DVD Video structure It has the same technical options and quality as a DVD Video be it creating chapters and menus or supporting sub titles and mutliple sound tracks even in true digital multi channel sound Table of contents The table of contents TOC is stored in the lead in This is where the content of every session is managed Interlaced Video This method involves displaying a video in two parts each part contains a line in every second row and displays it first field The second part fills in the other rows up until the screen is fully displayed second field This method is faster than progressive scan or non interlaced scanning in which all rows are displayed simultaneously JPEG An acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group This is an international group which approved a standard for the compression of pictures Chapter marks These are marks set in the video title that identify a scene change or position A video title can be subdivided into several chapters that are separated from one another by chapter marks Lead in The initial area of every session is known as the lead in This is where the table of contents for your disc and additional information concerning t
56. ed 8 2 2 5 Properties of the Smart3D menus If you have selected a Smart3D template on the Templates tab the Properties pop up menu is adjusted accordingly It is divided into the Background Audio and Interaction areas The following combo box is available in the Background Audio area Defines an audio file as background music or disables the background music If you select the User defined option a path appears for selecting the required file The following combo boxes are available in the Interaction area Defines the color used to highlight marked buttons Highlight Color SE You can also specify the Opacity in percent Defines the color used to highlight buttons selected for Activation Color _ Starting You can also specify the Opacity in percent 8 2 2 6 Disc Project pop up menu The Disc Project pop up menu is diviced into the Disc Settings and Project Settings areas The Do not use black thumbnails check box is available in the Project Settings area Enable this option to ensure that button thumbnails do not display black images rather the first frame of the linked video title The following combo boxes are available in the Disc Settings area eh Page 66 VISION 5 Menu Defined the title that is played first after inserting the disc into a player Only available in Advanced Editing In normal editing mode the intro video is automatically played or the titel menu displayed Defines the menu t
57. editing menus If you check the box a window appears that indicates you are about to enter advanced editing mode Links between menus and buttons are not created dynamically based on project content Therefore video titles menus and buttons that are not created after opening advanced editing mode must be manually linked to each other Advanced Editing is not available for Smart3D templates oc Templates Customize Advanced Editing Properties A Background 2 Background c Prog Defauk MT Background jpg M Position jp Background Audio Audio wan Interaction Highlight color Opacity AD Activation color Opacity 50 H Autorun action None e Buttons Disc Project Fig 25 Edit Menu screen Customize tab The following pop up menus are available Displays a customized area for each menu element marked in the compilation area You can make any setting changes here See Properties for background and intro video pop up menu Button and graphic object properties Properties of the Smart3D menus Properties Lists all titles and chapters of the project in an overview See Contents pop up menu Not available for Smart3D menus Only available in Advanced Editing Contents Offers sets of predefined buttons in the Thumbnail Buttons Text Buttons and Navigation Buttons categories See Buttons and Graphic Objects pop up menus Not available for Smart3D menus
58. ending on the effect selected you can customize properties such as intensity and speed The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required video title appears in the Movie screen To add an effect to a media file proceed as follows 1 Click the _ Timeline tab in the Contents area 2 Click the __ _ tab in the media area 6 ie GC Fig 14 Video Effects tab Select the required effect group in the combo box Select the required effect While holding down the left mouse button move the effect to the required place in the Effects area on the Timeline tab gt The effect is added in the Contents area Media files with video effects are indicated by a LZ icon on the 58005 Storyboard tab Drag the left end of the blue effect bar to the required starting position Drag the right end of the blue effect bar to the required end position Page 35 Video editing The duration of the effect is automatically adjusted when you drag the start and end le position independently To adjust the position without having to shorten the length or lengthen the effect highlight the blue effect bar in the Effects area hold down the left mouse button and move the effect to the required position 8 If you want to customize the specific properties of the selected effect 1 Double click the blue effect bar gt The corresponding window opens 2 Make the required settings and click the Ed button
59. entials SE Advanced editing is not available You can select menu templates and or templates that meet your requirements in the Edit Menu screen Editing remains limited to the most important functions while additional customization options are available in the Advanced Editing You can layout the individual form and design of the menu in the advanced editing mode You can place and edit your own graphical elements and text on the menu modify delete and create various button options as well as make links between any buttons menus and videos E Untitled Project Super Video CD Nero Vision ole ea Edit Menu Customize the menu of your disc Templates Customize Menus to use Category Abacus Abstract Frames Abstract Rings Building Blocks Hanging Screens OMB 100MB 200MB 300MB 400MB 500MB 600MB 700MB E co 80 min Wi Lal More gt gt bel see EI GES Next D Fig 24 Edit Menu screen Intro Video Main Menu a Page 58 In the preview and compilation area of the screen on the left the menu items of the title or chapter menus are displayed according to the template selected If the intro video is selected the preview shows a still of the video You can edit the individual elements of the template directly Selected objects are identified by a frame and can then be adjusted for e g size rotated or moved The Templates and C
60. ents in a compilatioin in the media and or contents area Ctrl A Selects all elements in the media area Ctrl C Copies selected elements from the contents area to the clipboard Cuts selected elements from the contents area and adds them to the Ctrl X clipboard Ctrl V Pastes elements from the clipboard to the desired position in the contents area eh Page 94 VISION 5 Versions of Nero Vision 16 Versions of Nero Vision Nero Vision is available in versions with different functionalities In addition to the full Nero Vision version there are other versions with restricted functionality The following functions are not available in Nero Vision Essentials The number of Smart3D and animated 2D templates is limited The following functions are not available in Nero Vision Essentials SE Make New Movie Make Blu ray Discs Make Editable Blu ray Discs m Edit Movie Export Movie to File Export Movie to DV Video Camera Record Directly to DVD VR Record Directly to Blu ray Disc Make and finalized editable DVD DVD VR DVD VFR video mode VR Edit menu in the Advanced Editing The number of Smart3D and animated 2D templates is limited To make a disc in DVD Video SVCD miniDVD or HD BURN disc format the video source vie files must be encoded in MPEG 2 video format The discs can then be played back on compatible DVD players If the original data is not available in compatible format you wi
61. ess while exporting is displayed in the same window Once the export is complete a window opens 7 Click the OK button gt Nero Vision automatically returns to the screen that was open before the export gt You have exported a movie to the hard drive 6 9 Export video to camera In the Export Video screen you have various options for exporting a movie that you created in Nero Vision in addition to burning it to disc The following requirements have to be fulfilled The Contents or Movie screen appears This function is only available if a camera is connected to your PC and on The camera a must be in VCR mode To export a movie to camera proceed as follows l Click the Export button ale Mi In the What would you like to do next selection choose the Export Movie option eh Page 46 VISION 5 Video editing gt The Export Video screen appears 2 Select the Export video to camera export option in the selection list gt The format is automatically adjusted to the camera connected 3 Click the Export button gt The export starts Progress while exporting is displayed in the same window Once the export is complete a window opens 4 Click the OK button gt Nero Vision automatically returns to the screen that was open before the export gt You have exported a movie to the camera 6 10 Export video and send as e mail attachment In the Export Video screen you have various options fo
62. f you want to make your video publically accessible select the Public option field in the Publication area If you want to make your video private select the Private option field in the Publication area gt The Export button is enabled after you have made all your entries Click the Export button gt The export starts Progress while exporting is displayed in the same window Once the export is complete a window opens Click the OK button gt Nero Vision automatically returns to the screen that was open before the export gt You have exported a movie to the Internet Page 49 Slide show 7 Slide show 7 1 Slide Show screen In the Slide Show screen you can compile pictures into a slide show and add transitions and background music You can add comments to individual pictures on a second audio track Untitled Project DVD Video Nero Vision E My Media Files es Autumn Leaves fal Frangipani Flowers eS Garden e CH 5 OO 2 Total slide show duration 0h 00m 00s 0 pictures eO Fig 20 Slide Show screen In the upper right area in the media area you can search on your computer for the required media files and import files to then add them to the compilation In addition all transitions are listed in groups The tabs are available in the media menu Browse Searches for media files and adds them to your own medial files The Open
63. g 26 Select Start Position screen The controller on the navigation bar shows the start position in the video The duration of the video is automatically adjusted to the duration of the menu You can define the required start position by moving the controller on the navigation bar The following buttons are available Plays the video back in the preview area of the window Stops the preview 8 2 4 Edit Background Audio window In the Edit Background Audio window you can define which section of the selected audio file is played as the menu s background music Edit Background Audio OKs All bh Fig 27 Edit Background Audio screen The controller on the navigation bar shows the start position in the audio file The duration of the background music is automatically adjusted to the duration of the menu You can define the required start position by moving the controller on the navigation bar eh Page 68 VISION 5 Menu The following buttons are available Plays the audio file Fades the audio in or out during playback in the menu each one second Defines the playback volume 8 2 5 Select Poster Frame window In the Select Poster Frame window you can define which image of a linked video is displayed in the thumbnail view of the Thumbnail Button Select Poster Frame Fig 28 Select Poster Frame screen The controller on the navigation bar shows the position of the image in the video
64. g is faster but the quality is inferior High Quality 2 pass VBR encodes the video with variable data rate Encoding takes longer but the quality is better VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate and means that individual periods in a video are encoded using different suitable data rates scenes with a lot of movement are encoded with a higher bit rate than scenes with less movement Encoding mode The following options fields are available in the Aspect Ratio area Defines the aspect ratio as 4 to 3 Defines the aspect ratio as 16 to 9 the original material we Defines the aspect ratio for each title automatically on the basis of This radio button is selected by default You define the audio format in the Audio area The following options are available in the Audio Format combo box Automatic Automatically detects the best audio format Encodes audio data in the Dolby Digital audio format with Dolby Digital AC 3 5 1 6 channel surround sound 5 1 means 5 channels with the full frequency range and one bass channel Dolby Digital AC 3 2 0 Encodes audio data in the Dolby Digital audio format in stereo Encodes audio in MPEG 1 layer 2 This option is only available in PAL video mode LPCM Encodes audio data in LPCM This option is only available in NTSC video mode 14 3 Nero Digital Encoder Configuration In the Nero Digital Encoder Configuration window you can change the settings that affe
65. g storage groups Page 52 Slide show ale is WW ale is j 10 LI 12 L3 nero COVISION 5 Select the required images that you want to add to your slide show and click the button Up to 2000 images can be added to a slide show E w J 1 gt The images are added to the tab in the Contents area If you want to add audio files background music to the slide show highlight the required audio files and click the button gt The audio files are added to the _ tab in the Contents area If you want to adjust the length of the slide show to the playback duration of the audio files background music 1 Click the More button gt The extended area opens 2 Check the Fit slide show duration to audio duration box gt The overall duration of the slide show will be adapted to the overall length of the inserted audio files If the Fit slide show duration to audio duration box has been checked the display time for the images cannot be changed If you want to add audio commentary to individual pictures in your slide show drag amp drap the required audio file from the media area to the required image in the Contents area gt The image underlaid with the audio file is identified by an additional icon on the i el 1 tab Add flowing transitions between the images as desired see Slide Show Inserting transitions If you want to change how long an image is displ
66. h 4 38 GB of actual disk space up to 18 GB can be stored on double sided and double layered DVDs The terms disc and disc format are often combined under the umbrella term DVD The disc is the physical volume such as a DVD RW for example i e a rewritable DVD It stores multimedia content in a specific disc format such as DVD VR for instance which also determines the features that are available such as subtitles The video codec used is MPEG 2 Writable DVD discs are categorized as follows Data medium Digital Versatile Disc Identifies an optical data medium Specification EN Refers to discs that conform to the specification of the DVD Forum Refers to discs that conform to the specification of the DVD RW Alliance Page 97 Glossary COVISION 5 Rewritability oR Recordable Refers to write once discs ReWritable Refers to rewritable discs RAN Random Access Memory Refers to rewritable discs with special data security Data layers DL Dual Layer in discs and Double Layer in discs Refers to discs with two data layers on each side A DVD R DL is therefore a write once disc with two data layers it has a capacity of 7 95 GB DVD R The DVD was originally designed for the movie and games market But now you can burn data and your own home videos to a DVD R which can be played back on all DVD ROM drives You have the advantage of storing much more data on this disc than on a regular CD R RW You ca
67. hat is displayed when the Title button is pressed on the remote control Only available in Advanced Editing In normal editing mode the title menu is automatically displayed Title Menu Defines whether the menu is displayed again after playback of a title is complete enabled in the default settings or whether the next title by number is played automatically 8 2 2 7 Contents pop up menu sf Only available in Advanced Editing 9 Not available for Smart3D menus In the Contents pop up menu all the titles and chapters of the project that you have compiled in the Contents screen are listed in a navigation tree Using drag amp drop you can link any title in the list to a desired button and thereby define the target of a link ew If the title is dragged into the compilation for the first time or again without a specific button marked Nero Vision automatically creates a default button and links it to the video Note that all menu items on the template remain linked when you make changes If a new link is assigned to a button the old link is lost i e it is not automatically assigned to another button The same menu item can be linked via multiple buttons oc 8 2 3 Select Start Position window In the Select Start Position window you can define which section of a linked video is displayed in the background or in the thumbnail view of the Thumbnail Button eh Page 67 VISION 5 Select Start Position _ Fi
68. have to go through various steps until you reach the end Each individual step consists of a new screen To help you know where you are and what you need to do each screen comes with a name and a brief description en Each screen contains tool tips detailed information and explanations for the buttons icons and menus Hold your cursor for a few seconds over an item to learn more about it eh Page 7 VISION 5 Start Successfully Untitled Project DVD Video Nero Vision Content A Create and arrange titles for your project ies i 2 1 Bear What would you like to do Video Title 0h 00m 12s EI Capture Video Target video options 720 x 576 CCIR 601 D1 e B ne i iles Se Make Movie H Make Slide Show gert aoe Fia Ma 9 import AVCHD from hard disk igh Import From Web S Import Disc gt 6y Edit Movie i Create Chapters Total space used 0 02 out of 4 38 GB Quality Excellent hoce 1 0GB 2 0GB 3 0GB 40GB DVD z d al eer Rz ka 9 gra Leg Fig 2 Contents screen For each screen the manual contains a chapter in which all areas are described in detail JI Togo to the next or previous screen click the Next or Back button in the navigation bar Both EI Undo and Redo buttons are available on screens in which you can execute In this way you can try out a number of functions in Nero Vision risk free without having to
69. he CD is stored Lead out The final area in a session This area is located at the end of the disc If the disc has not yet been finalized the reference to the next session is stored here MiniDV This is a type of cassette that a DV video camera uses It is known to have finer quality miniDVD A miniDVD in principle is nothing more than a CD R or CD RW that has been written in UDF format with a DVD Video structure It has the same technical options and quality as a DVD Video be it creating chapters and menus or supporting sub titles and mutliple sound tracks Page 100 Glossary COVISION 5 even in true digital multi channel sound This format can easily be played on a PC whereas there is no guarantee that it can be played on all DVD players MPEG Acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group that approves industry standards for audio and video codecs MPEG 1 This format is part of the MPEG compression family MPEG 2 There is very little difference between MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 with the exception that MPEG 2 works better with televisions that are interlaced and is the broadcast standard MPEG 2 is used as a video format on DVDs MPEG 4 MPEG 4 is the most recent MPEG standard for video and audio which was adopted in 1999 MPEG 4 combines many functions from MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and other standards Nero Digital video and Nero Digital audio are based on this industry standard Nero Digital Nero Digital is a
70. ia files Displays video effects Displays text effects Displays transitions nero COVISION 5 Page 30 Video editing The following buttons are available in the media area Browse Searches for media files and adds them to your own medial files The Open window appears Browse and Add to Project Searches for media files adds them to your own media files and to the movie The Open window opens Starts video capture The Video Capture screen appears see Video Capture screen Import Imports media files from a TWAIN compatible device such as a scanner A window opens Select source Selects a source for the TWAIN import The Select source window opens eae media files from Internet communities A window is opoened Import from the Web b Removes the selected element from the group Removes all elements from a group A window opens Starts automatic scene cut detection The Scene Cut Detection window opens Opens the marked media file with an associated program This element is only displayed if an executable action has been assigned to the marked media file Otherwise a gray button appears Adds selected elements to the movie In the lower area of the screen the Contents area all file that you are adding to the compilation are displayed on the Storyboard HUDD or Timeline tabs The Timeline tab opens automatically when you add an audio file video or text effect to your mo
71. iew of which disc format is supported by which disc under Disc formats supported The following buttons are available in the main window Help for Nero Vision opens online help Enter new serial number allows you to enter a new serial number The Welcome to Nero window opens Nero Vision on the Web opens the Nero Vision Web page Tips opens the Tips window You can configure Nero Vision in such a way that useful tips are displayed when you open each screen Key Definitions displays assigned key combinations and their functions The Key Definitions window opens Info displays the version and registration data The About Nero Vision window opens Displays the extended area see Extended area Exports the movie or video sound track to a file or camera The Export Movie screen appears In this screen you can configure the export settings and then export the project see Export Video screen Only available if you have added at least one video to a project Saves the project with all changes made The Save As dialog appears The project is saved to an administration file with the extension nvc NeroVision Compilation This function is useful for times when you are not able to finish your project and would like to continue at a later time see Saving a project Page 11 User interface This undoes the last action With Nero Vision you can undo many actions so that you can restore the desired condition eve
72. ion Color l Z You can also specify the Opacity in percent If desired specifies a video title or chapter to automatically start after a timeout As an alternative you can also rotate through the pages of the menu No automation is selected in the default settings i e the none option is enabled Dela Defines the timeout duration after which the selected y automation begins The following options are available in the Links area Link to Defines which page of the menu the intro video should link to Transition Transition Defines a transition for the link if desired Opens the Transitions window see Transition window Options You can specify here the detail settings depending on the button transition selected In addition you can also specify the duration of the transition A duration of one second is selected in the default settings 8 2 2 2 Buttons and Graphic Objects pop up menus First you can select the category of the available elements in the Buttons or Graphic Objects pop up menu For the Buttons the Thumbnail Buttons Text Buttons and Navigation Buttons are available For the Graphic Objects the Default Objects option and My Objects option with all the images you have imported are available The available buttons or graphics from the category selected are listed in the preview area of both pop up menus You can use the Add button to customize the view of your menu template in the compilation screen
73. ion by clicking on the EJ next and kl back buttons Page 40 Video editing 6 4 Creating chapters manually You can manually add chapters to a video title of your compilation The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents screen appears To create a chapter manually proceed as follows Highlight the required video title in the Contents screen Click the Create Chapter option gt The Create Chapters screen appears Move the slider bar on the scrollbar to the position at which a new chapter should begin and click the button gt The chapter is created a chapter mark is set on the scrollbar in the preview area and the chapter is added to the chapter list Repeat the last step to add more chapters Click the Next button gt The Contents screen appears gt You have manually created new chapters 6 5 Creating chapters automatically COVISION 5 Chapters can be automatically created for a video title in your compilation The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents screen appears To create chapters automatically proceed as follows Highlight the required video title in the Contents screen Click the Create Chapter option gt The Create Chapters screen appears Click the button gt The Scene Cut Detection window opens Automatic scene cut detection is performed This may take some time The window shows how many chapters
74. is not modified This element is only displayed if an executable action has been assigned to the marked media file Otherwise a gray button appears Cuts scenes from the video title see Cutting video titles This element is only displayed if an executable action has been assigned to the marked media file Otherwise a gray button appears Edits the properties of the selected elements The Properties window opens Displays the played position in the format hours minutes seconds hundredths of a second Jumps to a specific position by clicking on the EJ next and kF back buttons 6 2 Make Movie V You cannot edit videos or make your own movies in Nero Vision Essentials SE L To make a movie proceed as follows l Inthe Start screen select the Make Movie option MI The Make Movie button is also available in the Movie and Slide Show compilation screens Zen If you are in the Contents screen and want to make a movie for your project select the 9 Make Movie option in the selection area UAVISION 5 ae Video editing ale iy ale is WW gt The Movie screen appears If media files are already available they are displayed in the media area at the top right The entry displayed in the default setting is My Media Files If you want to add media files that are on your PC to the movie click the button gt Browse gt The Open window appears Select the required media files and click the Ope
75. ision saves media files from external devices and snapshots of videos Portable Network Graphics is selected by default nero Page 85 COVISION 5 Configuration The following options are available in the Options area Verbose When you move the cursor over a pop up menu it displays its function and provides a detailed explanation as a tool tip This option is selected by default Brief When you move the cursor over a pop up menu it displays its function None Does not show anything when the cursor is moved over a pop up menu Does not show any black thumbnails in the Contents Never show black area Instead the first non black thumbnail is found and thumbnails for assets displayed check box This function can slow down the application The box is checked by default Activates all supported burner formats for the Image Enable all supported Recorder recorder formats forthe Some disc formats require a specific burner With this Image Recorder setting the Image Recorder enables the creation of all check box disc formats and not only those supported by the installed burner This box is checked by default Display tooltips combo box 13 2 2 Folders tab The following input fields are available in the Directories area Defines the folder in which temporary files are stored Temporary files The folder should be located on a drive with plenty of drive space The temp folder of the user who is logged on is used
76. le see Video Capture screen gt The output file settings are displayed in the Details area under Output File 3 If you want to adjust the detail settings click the Configure button gt Awindow appears see Default Video Options window 4 Make the required detail settings and click the OK button see Video options gt The output file settings are adjusted If you use an analog capture device start the playback on the capture device If you use a digital capture device and it is in VCR mode use the buttons to control the tape gt You will see the current scene in the preview area Check playback from the capture device in the preview area If you want to change the video settings 1 Click the e button gt The Video Device Properties window appears see Video Device Properties If a digital capture device was selected in the Capture Device selection list only the Channels tab is available in the Video Devices Properties window 2 Make the required settings and click the Ed button gt The video settings are adjusted If you want to select an external audio source for capture 1 Click the fy button gt The Audio Device Properties window appears see Audio Device Properties Window 2 Make the required settings and click the Ed button gt The audio settings are adjusted If you want to save the video file to a folder other than My Documents NeroVision CapturedVideo 1 Click the More button
77. ll need the DVD Video plug in to create it this is not included in the Nero Vision Essentials or Nero Vision Essentials SE versions You can obtain it from www nero com iy i To make a disc in HD DVD Video disc format a supported DVD burner must be connected to the PC You also need the Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in It is not included in the full version of Nero Vision You can obtain the plug in at www nero com eh Page 95 VISION 5 Glossary 17 Glossary COVISION 5 Capture card This is a card that fits inside your PC and connects to your DV analog capture device via a cable It captures video from your device through the card and onto your hard drive Capturing This is a procedure for transferring a video from a DV video camera or a DV analog capture device to your PC AVCHD AVCHD Advanced Video Codec High Definition is a new format for HD recordings on DVD memory card or hard drive New camera models use this high resolution format The video material is compressed with the MPEG 4 AVC H 264 codec Audio is saved in Dolby Digital AC3 format or for the standard NTSC and PAL formats in Linear PCM format AVCHD discs can be played back using Nero ShowTime or a Blu ray player AVI An acronym for Audio Video Interleave A Microsoft standard container format BD AV And editable Blu ray disc BD AV is a special variant of the Blu ray disc that can record videos encoded in the DV or MPEG
78. ly the user interface consists of the selection of a task from the Start screen You then complete the task by navigating through the different steps with a separate window being displayed for each individual step A project consists essentially of four steps l Picking a task Select what you would like to do by moving the cursor over the menu item As you move your cursor over an item an explanatory text will pop up next to it Nero Vision Start fs fos ex nero VISION 5 What would you like to do Make ovo Gj Make HD DVD Disc gt LB Make CO gt Ba Record Directly to Disc air Make Movie Bi Make Slide Show gt iH Capture Video to Hard Drive GN Disc Tools gt ey Open Saved Project or Disc Image LO ees en Fig 1 Start screen P COVISION 5 age 6 Start Successfully This manual contains a chapter for each task that describes all of the steps required for its completion You should know the following definitions in Nero Vision Refers to an individual video file that is saved on the hard drive e g Video your vacation video It does not matter whether you created or imported the video yourself Refers to a video file that you open and edit in Nero Vision Edition a Video title video can include for example creating transitions cutting scenes or creating a sound track Refers to a section of a video title whose start is defined by a ch
79. ly difference being that the laser writer is switched off Page 101 Glossary SVCD A Super Video CD SVCD is very similar to a Video CD VCD but uses the MPEG 2 video code to record video As a result this disc format saves video files in a quality similar to an S VHS video and can save up to 30 or 40 minutes of video with stereo sound on a 650 or 700 MB CD SVCDs can be played back on an increasing number of DVD players and on the PC if your PC has the appropriate software and a drive that can read CD R RW discs Track Data unit that joins successive sectors on a disc On an audio CD a track corresponds to a piece of music Several tracks together with the lead in and lead out constitute a session Track at once Method in which the laser in the burner turns off and on between each track Transcoding Transcoding is the conversion of an existing video from one video format to another e g from Xvid to MPEG 2 UDF Acronym for Universal Disk Format File system used for DVDs Blu ray discs and HD DVDs VBR Acronym which stands for Variable Bit Rate In contrast to normal storage of audio or video data with a constant bit rate CBR individual periods are encoded with different bit rates that have been adjusted accordingly Scenes with lots of movement are stored with a higher bit rate than stills they therefore require more storage capacity which is not required for scenes with less movement The quality of the
80. n after having made a large number of changes Restores the last action that you have undone With Nero Vision you can restore many actions that have been undone so that you can restore the desired condition even after having made a large number of changes Returns to the previous screen Go Back If necessary you will be prompted to save the project as the changes you have made will otherwise be lost Next Displays the next screen Starts the burn process rn base ony yedine Bum sxe Exits Nero Vison rm serge O 3 2 Extended area ale Se S COVISION 5 The user interface for Nero Vision consists of a main window and an expandable area After selecting a task in the Start screen complete the task by navigating through the various steps with a new screen displayed for each Clicking on the More button displays an extended area The extended area is closed again in normal mode when you switch to the next screen In so called sticky mode the extended area will be displayed until it is closed once more by clicking on the More button again The icon in the extended area displays the current mode Clicking on the icon changes the mode fi The extended area is in the normal mode Ge The extended area is in the sticky mode The user interface for Nero Vision displays the pop up menus required at the time depending on the screen you are in This makes the interface easy to use Page 12 User interface
81. n and launch Nero Vision see Launching the program To install a capture device for digital or analog video a recording card that meets the requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC on the factory side Select the Capture to Disk Directly option in the Start screen If more than one burner is installed on your PC select the burner in the combo box in which you have inserted the rewritable disc gt The Video Capture screen appears Page 27 ale Ta Da Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices Mi If you have not captured your TV card yet repeat the steps under Setting a TV card 4 Proceed as described under Capturing video on the hard drive gt You have created an editable DVD directly via a capture device 5 7 Import from the Web ale V ale iy j ale iy j ef COVISION 5 You can download a video or image file from the Internet or Internet communities and add it to your project as a title or as a component in the timeline content area of your compilation You can import files in all capture formats supported by Nero Vision Only one file can be downloaded at a time The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents screen appears To download a file from the Internet proceed as follows Click the Import from the Internet button in the Contents window When starting the import f
82. n as the burning process has finished a window opens 11 If you do not want to save a log file for the burning process click the No button 1 Click the Yes button gt Awindow opens 2 Select the desired folder in the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button gt You have written a disc image and can now burn the project again or save it start new project or create covers and labels 10 4 Writing hard drive folders iy COVISION 5 ale Da The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Burn Options screen appears To write a project as a folder to the hard drive proceed as follows Select the Write to Hard Disk Folder option gt The Choose a location for the project window opens Inthe directory tree click the folder where the files are to be saved and then click the OK button gt The Write button appears in the window in the lower right corner Select the Volume Name option gt A group box appears Enter the desired name for the disc in the input field Characters that are not permitted in the disc name are automatically converted to underscores _ Click the Write button gt The Burn screen appears The project files are converted into the appropriate format and then written as a folder to the hard drive The priority determines how much computing power is assigned to the process Normally you should n
83. n button gt The files are added to the media area The files are displayed under My Media Files in the default setting You can also load your files into a new folder e g Videos Summer Vacation Videos Ski Vacation etc for a better overview see Creating storage groups Highlight the files that you want to add to your movie Click the button gt Media files are added to the Contents area on the HUDD Storyboard tab and shown with thumbnails Add transitions between the individual media files according to your requirements see Inserting transitions Add the required media and or text effects see Adding an effect and Adding a text effect 8 Add audio files to the movie as desired see Inserting an audio file as Click the Mi button and view the movie in the preview area If you are happy with the movie click the Next button gt The Contents screen appears gt You have made a movie and can now add additional titles to your project or create a menu 6 2 1 Creating storage groups COVISION 5 You can load the required media files in the media area in various folders you create according to your requirements e g in groups sorted by topic The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Movie or Slide Show screen appears To create a new group proceed as follows Select the lt Create New Group gt option in the media area in the combo box gt The Create Element
84. n the selected sound track Drag the left end of the blue effect bar to the required start position Drag the right end of the blue effect bar to the required end position The audio file is automatically cut at the front and back when you drag the start and end position independently To adjust the position of the entire file without having to shorten the length highlight the blue efeect bar in the Audio 1 or Audio 2 area hold down the left mouse button and move the bar to the required position gt You have inserted an audio file 6 2 6 Cutting video titles nero COVISION 5 When cutting video titles in Nero Vision the original video file is not changed instead the cut information is stored in the project You can use the cut function to remove the required length at the beginning or end of a title and to also cut out a middle section The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required video title appears in the Movie screen To cut video titles proceed as follows a Click the xj button in the preview area gt The first time the function is invoked a window opens Page 38 Video editing If you do not want to display the window anymore check the Do not show this message again box gt The start and end marks are displayed in the preview area SR EEEE EEE EEEEEEEEEEE NENNEN EEN EEN Maa Mig a a a If you want to cut the beginning of the video only move the left star
85. n write to a DVD R once and this disc is compatible with most DVD ROM drives and DVD players DVD RW An acronym for DVD ReWriteable A rewritable disc developed by the DVD Forum The DVD RW is rewritable and performs the same function as a DVD R But it can only be read by a few DVD ROM and DVD players Check with the manufacturer for compatibility issues DVD RW An acronym for DVD ReWriteable Rewritable disc developed by the DVD RW Alliance The DVD RW enables full non cartridge compatibility with existing DVD Video players and DVD ROM drives for both real time video recording and random data recording for many PC and entertainment software applications DVD Video Using the video codec MPEG 2 to compress video files a DVD Video can hold up to 135 minutes of video on a 4 38 GB DVD R RW R RW in a quality far superior to VHS video or Video CD You can play the disc on most DVD players which means very high quality storage for all of your home videos You can also play DVDs on your PC if you have the appropriate software and DVD ROM drive A DVD DL disc doubles the storage capacity of the disc and in turn the space for a DVD Video DVD VFR DVD VFR video mode is a special format type of DVD Video that offers three options that DVD Video does not Direct recording of videos onto disc in real time is possible option Record Directly to Disc The data on the disc can later be edited and altered More video titles can
86. nalize Disc window opens Insert the disc you want to finalize and select the drive where the disc is located in the Select Recorder menu Click the Update button to display information about the disc you have inserted Inthe Menus to be created on the disc combo box choose whether you want to create a new menu on your disc keep an existing menu or do not create a menu at all Click the Start button gt You have now finalized a DVD Page 82 Project management 12 Project management 12 1 Saving a project Once you have started working with your project occasionally you may want to interrupt your work resume it at a later date or burn it A project file nvc saves the project data information about file paths and layout The contents of a project file can only be opened with Nero Vision The file size of a saved compilation is significantly smaller than a disc image A disc image image file is the precise image of the project data to be burned You can burn the finished image as often as you like at a later stage but it requires just as much space on the hard drive as the compilation to be burned As well as being burned on disc some projects can also be recorded in hard disk folders provided there is enough space You can open files in the hard drive folder using Nero ShowTime and play them back like a real disc To save a project proceed as follows Click the Save button gt The Sa
87. nels will be displayed in Nero Vision following configuration in the TV wizard 1 Highligh a required channel and click the Rename button gt The Rename Channel window opens 2 Enter the name you want on the Rename Channel text field and click the OK button gt The channel is renamed Click the Next button gt The third screen of the TV wizard Manage TV Channel Groups appears You can sort the channels in existing topic groups or in groups according to your requirements E TV Wizard TS Manage TV Channel Groups Q amp g pr TV Channels to Groups Tv Channel Groups Radio Channels to Groups Radio Channel Groups Available Channels Modify your groups Name Favorites v Name EN Oe RH Fig 9 TV wizard Manage TV Channel Groups Click the Add button on the TV Channel Groups tab gt The Add Group window appears Enter the required name of the group in the Add Group text field and click the OK button gt The group is created Click the TV Channels in Groups tab Select the group you want to edit in the Modify groups drop down menu Highlight the channels you want to assign to this group in the Available Channels area and click the gt gt button gt The highlighted channels are shown in the Modify groups Name area Click the Up and or Down buttons gt The order of the channels within the group is adjusted Click the Click the Finish button gt The TV wizard is closed and
88. nter the desired time in the Duration of transitions input field 2 Check the Apply to existing transitions box 5 If you have added commentary 1 Check the Fit image duration to commentary box to adjust the display duration of the image to the duration of the commentary 2 If you want to display the image before the commentary plays back enter the required time in the Duration to commentary start input field 3 If you want to display the image longer than the commentary plays back enter the required time in the Duration to commentary end input field 6 Click the OK button gt You have adjusted the display time of an image Page 57 COVISION 5 8 Menu 8 1 Levels A menu can have up to two levels in addition to the intro video The main or title menu consists of all the video titles in the project Each video title is represented by a button consisting of a thumbnail and a buiton text If a video title has more than one chapter a video title submenu is generated Each chapter of the respective video title is represented by a button in the chapter menu When making changes you can adjust the levels of the menu independently You can select the layout of each menu from existing menu templates Menu templates are subdivided into individuel menu template groups for a better overview 8 2 Editing the menu screen V oO nero COVISIONS The number of Smart3D and animated 2D templates is limited in Nero Vision Ess
89. of the image in the Duration to Commentary End after playback of the audio file is done 4 Move the Volume slider to adjust the volume Click the Ed button gt The settings are applied gt You have customized an image to your requirements 7 2 3 Slide Show Fitting the display duration COVISION 5 You can adjust the display duration of the individual images of a slide show as desired The following requirement has to be fulfilled The required compilation appears in the Slide Show screen To adjust the display duration of an image proceed as follows Highlight the required image in the Contents area and click the button gt The Default Time Options window opens Page 56 Slide show Default Duration Values Here you can specify the duration values to assign to new pictures and transitions Picture visibility time Apply to existing pictures Duration of transitions 10 00 S Commentary options Fit picture duration to commentary Commentary start offset 000s Commentary end offset 10 00 5 Apply to existing pictures o Fig 23 Default Time Options window 2 Enter the required duration in seconds in the Display duration for images input field 3 If you want the same display duration for all images in the compilation check the Apply to existing images box 4 If you have inserted transitions and want to change the required duration of a transition 1 E
90. oject files are converted into the appropriate format and then burned to the disc The priority determines how much computing power is assigned to the burn process Normally you should not change this setting If you want to change the priority of the recording process select the relevant entry from the Priority combo box If you would like your PC to shut down automatically after successfully burning a disc check the Shut down computer when finished box gt As soon as the burning process has finished a window opens Page 77 Burning a disc 14 If you do not want to save a log file for the burning process click the No button If you want to save a log file 1 Click the Yes button gt Awindow opens 2 Select the desired folder in the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button gt You have burned a disc and can now burn the project again or save it start new project or create covers and labels 10 3 Burning an image file Even if you do not have a burner capable of burning DVDs or CDs you can still use the le Image Recorder to burn a disc image and save it for future use on your hard drive Once Mi you have connected the appropriate burner to the system you can burn disc images on real discs at any time using Nero Vision Nero Burning ROM or Nero Express The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Burn Options screen appears
91. on a window opens for selecting the required file The path to the selected file is then displayed in the selection area Depending on the option selected more or fewer combo boxes are displaed for detailed settings Moves the selected image or video to the correct position Background images are fitted to the screen without black borders Only available for background images and videos Position navigation bar Defines the detail settings of the background video The Select Dateie Start Position window opens see Select Start Position window utton Only available for background videos Color Defines the desired color as the background color combo box Only available for background color The following options are available in the Background Audio area Defines an audio file as background music or disables the Audio background music combo box If you select the User defined option a path appears for selecting the required file Page 62 Menu Defines the detail settings of the background music The Background Audio window opens see Edit Background Audio window Options button In the Interaction area you can specify whether the menu responds to input when playing back the disc The following combo boxes are available oe Defines the color used to highlight marked buttons Highlight Color g You can also specify the Opacity in percent o Defines the color used to highlight enabled buttons Activat
92. ot change this setting If you want to change the priority of the write process select the relevant entry from the Priority combo box Page 79 Burning a disc 7 If you would like your PC to shut down automatically after successfully writing to the hard drive check the Shut down computer when finished box gt Assoon as the write process has finished a window opens 8 If you do not want to save a log file for the write process click the No button If you want to save a log file 1 Click the Yes button gt A window opens 2 Select the desired folder in the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button gt You have written a hard drive folder and can now burn the project again or save it start new project or create covers and labels nero Page 80 COVISION 5 Disc Tools 11 Disc Tools 11 1 Erasing a rewritable disc To erase a rewritable disc proceed as follows l Select Disc Tools gt Erase Disc in the Start screen ale iy The Disc Tools options Erase Disc Disk Info and Finalize Disc can also be started from the advanced area of the main window at any time gt The Erase Rewritable Disc window opens 2 Inthe top combo box select the burner in which the disc has been inserted If you want to erase the disc quickly select the Erase Rewritable disc quickly from the bottom combo box Zen The fast erasing procedure does not
93. physically remove the data from the disc it only makes it inaccessible Please note that the data can be restored 3 If you want to physically erase all data from the disc select the Full erase rewritable disc from the bottom combo box J Sometimes it can take quite a long time to erase a rewritable disc completely 4 Click the Erase button gt The erase procedure starts gt You have erased a rewritable disc 11 2 Displaying disc info To display information about a disc that has been inserted proceed as follows l Select Disc Tools gt Disc Info in the Start screen en The Disc Tools options Erase Disc Disk Info and Finalize Disc can also be started from the advanced area of the main window at any time gt The Disc Info window opens 2 Select the burner in which the disc has been inserted from the combo box gt You have displayed information on the disc that is inserted eh Page 81 VISION 5 Disc Tools 11 3 Finalizing a disc iy V O ule nero COVISION 5 Nero Vision Essentials SE cannot be used to finalize a DVD VR VFR video mode VR To finalize a DVD VR VFR video mode VR R or DVD RW disc with videos and to preven further processing proceed as follows Select Disc Tools gt Finalize Disc in the Start screen The Disc Tools options Erase Disc Disk Info and Finalize Disc can also be started from the advanced area of the main window at any time gt The Fi
94. pilation window You can customize the font and size of the text in the Font area The folowing combo boxes are available in the Text area Text Color Defines the color of the text Defines the horizontal alignment of the text centered left Horizontal Alignment or right Vertical Alignment Gre the vertical alignment of the text top middle or 8 2 2 4 Template Settings pop up menu ale Mi Only available for Smart3D menus eh Page 65 VISION 5 You can customize the menu transitions according to your requirements in the Template Settings pop up menu and depending on the menu template selected choose between different them versions The following options are available BEER Enables all transitions of the selected template option field Enables the Options button User defined Clicking on the Options button opens the Transition Transitions Settings window that displays all the transitions of the option field selected template You can disable individual transitions and or the background audio of the transitions Defines the required theme version of the selected menu Theme template combo box The combo box and number of options depends on the template selected Opens a window in which you can customize individual properties of the menu independent of a theme or combine Options theme elements button Not available for all Smart8D menus The combo box and number of options depends on the template select
95. pports various disc formats For details on which disc format is available on which discs refer to Overview of compatibility between disc formats and discs For details on which disc format for editable DVD is available on which discs refer to Overview of compatibility between DVD discs and editable disc formats 15 2 Disc formats supported ale Sy Da COVISION 5 Nero Vision supports various disc formats Nero Vision supports various disc formats For details on which disc format is available on which discs refer to Overview of compatibility between disc formats and discs For details on which disc format for editable DVD is available on which discs refer to Overview of compatibility between DVD discs and editable disc formats To burn a DVD Video DVD VR VFR video mode r ACVHD disc a supported DVD burner must be connected to the PC To burn DVD VR discs a DVD burner must be connected that supports rewritable media To burn VCD SVCD miniDVD HD BURN discs you need to have a supported CD and or DVD recorder connected to your system Please visit www nero com for the list of currently supported burners Even if you do not have a burner capable of burning DVDs and or VCDs SVCDs miniDVDs HD BURNs you can still burn a disc image and save it for future use on your hard drive Once you have connected an appropriate burner to the PC you can use Nero Vision Nero Burning ROM or Nero Express at any time to burn disc images on real disc
96. preview Burning a disc Burn Options screen Burning a disc Burning an image file Writing hard drive folders 38 39 41 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 48 50 50 52 54 54 56 58 58 58 60 60 67 68 69 69 70 70 70 73 73 74 75 19 11 78 79 Page 4 Contents 11 11 1 11 2 11 3 12 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 13 13 1 13 2 13 2 1 13 2 2 13 2 3 14 14 1 14 2 14 2 1 14 2 2 14 3 15 15 1 15 2 15 2 1 15 2 2 15 3 16 17 18 19 nero COVISION 5 Disc Tools Erasing a rewritable disc Displaying disc info Finalizing a disc Project management Saving a project Opening a project Opening a disc image Creating covers and labels Configuration Opening a configuration Application Settings window General tab Folders tab Messages tab Video options Displaying video options Default Video Options window General tab lt Disc Format gt tab Nero Digital Encoder Configuration Technical information System requirements Disc formats supported Overview of compatibility between disc formats and discs Overview of compatibility between DVD discs and editable disc formats Key combinations Versions of Nero Vision Glossary Index Contact Information 83 83 83 83 84 85 85 85 85 86 86 88 88 88 88 89 90 92 92 92 93 94 94 95 96 103 105 Page 5 Start Successfully 1 Start Successfully 1
97. r exporting a movie that you created in Nero Vision in addition to burning it to disc The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents or Movie screen appears To export a movie to send via e mail proceed as follows l Click the Export button gt The Export Video screen appears 2 Select the Export video and send as e mail attachment export option in the selection list gt The combo boxes are displayed accordingly 3 Inthe upper combo box select the required format 4 Inthe bottom combo box select the required maximum file size 5 If you want to make changes to the export settings 1 Click the Configure button gt Awindow appears see Default Video Options window 2 Make the required changes and click the OK button 6 If you want to save the video to another folder and or under a name other than the name displayed in the Output File display panel 1 Click the Browse button gt The Select a storage location for the video file window opens 2 Select the desired folder from the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button 7 Click the Export button gt The export starts Progress while exporting is displayed in the same window Once the export is complete a window opens 8 Click the OK button Leh Page 47 VISION 5 Video editing gt Nero Vision automatically returns to the screen that was open before the expor
98. red More video titles can be added if space is still available on the disc This means that a DVD VR is similar to a video cassette but of a far superior quality Once the disc has been finalized the DVD VFR format is essentially compatible with DVD Video and can be played in most DVD players The storage capacity doubles for burning to a DVD R DL disc as does the space for the DVD VR Encoding Encoding is the generation of a video in a specific video format e g MPEG 2 or Nero Digital MPEG 4 An appropriate encoder is required for each video format Finalizing Finalizing writes additional data to a disc and so completes it it is not possible to write anymore to a finalized disc An exception to this are finalized rewritable discs that can be erased Some disc formats such as DVD VFR and DVD VR can only be played with normal DVD players after they have been finalized Firmware The firmware in burner s functions as the operating system of the drive and contains instructions that determine how the drive reacts to commands from the PC Generally the firmware in modern burners can be updated which improves the support for discs from other manufacturers for instance eh Page 99 VISION 5 Glossary COVISION 5 Frame A single still picture in a sequence of pictures which give the impression of movement when played fast enough Frames per second The number of pictures per second in a video title HD BURN The cr
99. rt video and send as e l mail attachment The export file can be attached to a new e mail from the default e mail application or saved to the hard drive Exports the audio track from a video to an audio file Export audio to file The exported audio file can be edited externally e g in Nero WaveEditor and re imported into Nero Vision Exports a movie to the Internet in a file size adjusted accordingly Communities normally limit the maximum length of a video file to 10 minutes with a maximum file size of 100 MB If the movie is too long an error message is displayed and Nero Vision cancels the procedure Export to Internet If you have selected the Export to camera export option Nero Vision automatically sets all parameters according to the attached camera and the Format and Profile combo boxes are not available The Export to camera export option is only available if a DV camera is connected to your PC and on Page 44 Video editing If you have selected the Export to audio file export option the WAV and MP3 formats are available If you have selected the Export video to file export option the following export templates are available Offers all codecs installed on your computer AVI DV AVI DV type 1 and 2 VCD compatible All parameters in the video options are predefined and cannot be changed with the exception of the frame rate User defined All parameters are predefined in accordance with VCD but c
100. s Page 92 Technical information Ai To make a disc in HD DVD Video disc format a supported DVD burner must be connected to the PC You also need the Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in It is not included in the full version of Nero Vision You can obtain the plug in at www nero com 15 2 1 Overview of compatibility between disc formats and discs DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW DVD Video DVD RAM DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW DVD RW DVD VR DVD RAM DVD R DVD RW DVD RAM DVD R DVD R DL DVD VR DVD RW CD R Video CD VCD CD RW Super Video CD CD R SVCD CD RW D CD R miniDVD CD RW CD R HD BURN CD RW Editable Blu ray disc BD R BD AV BD RE DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW DVD RAM DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW Storage card hard drive HD DVD Video HD DVD R DVD VFR video mode eh Page 93 VISION 5 Technical information 15 2 2 Overview of compatibility between DVD discs and editable disc formats Supported disc formats for editable DVDs 15 3 Key combinations The following key combinations for entering commands are available in Nero Vision FL Displays the help file Ctrl S Saves the project Alt D Displays disc info Alt E Erases the disc Alt F Finalizes the disc Alt K Alt P i Alt T Opens the Key Definitions window that lists an overview of the key combinations Opens the Application Settings window Displays tips for the respective screen Make slide show video Deletes selected elem
101. s and booklets for burned DVDs and CDs Please see the separate Nero CoverDesigner user manual for full instructions on how to make professional looking covers and labels Make covers und labels 3 2 2 Check boxes The following check boxes are available in the extended area Black thumbnails are not used in menus Instead the first non black thumbnail is found and displayed Never use black thumbnails This function can slow down the application Only available in the Contents screen eh Page 13 VISION 5 User interface Creates chapters automatically that can be selected Create chapters individually later when playing the movie automatically Only available in the Contents screen Connects the elements in the Timeline tab to one Link timeline another as with a magnet Consequently text audio elements and effects begin at the same time Only available in the Movie screen Use time code based This automatically identifies individual scenes in DV chapter detection for DV __ Digital Video files using the time stamp and files incorporates them Enables playback on the capture device Enable capture device audio This setting does not affect playback of captured video playback files Only available in the Video Capture screen Automatically searches for scene changes when Detect scenes while capturing from a DV capture device capturing DV l Only available in the Video Capture screen D
102. s minutes seconds hundredths of a second To do this click the group of digits that you would like to change and then click the EN or kd button If you have assigned an audio file to the image and if you want the duration of the display to reflect the length of the audio file check the Fit Display Duration to Commentary Duration box The check box is only available if an audio file has been assigned to the image If you want to display text at the top of the picture enter the desired text in the Header text input field Page 55 Slide show 2 6 If you want to display text at the bottom of the picture enter the desired text in the Footer text input field If you have entered and want to adjust text 1 Select your desired font type from the large combo box 2 Select the required font style in the upper small combo box and the font size in the lower small combo box 3 Inthe Color area click in the color circle to define the color and color saturation for the text 4 Move the slider bar to the right next to the color area to adjust the color intensity If you have assigned an audio file to the image and want to adjust the file 1 Click the Comments tab 2 Enter the display time of the image in the Duration to Commentary Start SS input field before playback of the audio file begins 3 If you have checked the Fit Duration to Commentary Duration box in the Image Properties area enter the display time
103. screen you have various options for exporting a movie that you created in Nero Vision in addition to burning it to disc The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents or Movie screen appears To export a movie as a file to the hard drive proceed as follows l Click the Export button COVISION 5 Page 45 Video editing J Inthe What would you like to do next selection choose the Export Movie option gt The Export Video screen appears 2 Select the Export video to file export option in the selection list gt The combo boxes output format and profile are displayed accordingly 3 Select the required format in the Format combo box and the required profile in the Profile combo box gt The selected export template primarily specifies the output type and playback quality 4 If you want to make changes to the export settings 1 Click the Configure button gt Awindow appears see Default Video Options window 2 Make the required changes and click the OK button 5 If you want to save the video to another folder and or under a name other than the name displayed in the Output File display panel 1 Click the Browse button gt The Select a storage location for the video file window opens 2 Select the desired folder in the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button 6 Click the Export button gt The export starts Progr
104. sion mp4 can consist of video streams in the video format MPEG 4 AVC encoded using Nero Digital and audio streams in the audio format MEPG 4 HE AAC encoded using Nero Digital This and other container formats can also contain additional data such as subtitles menus or additional sound tracks Decoding Decoding is the opening or playing of a video that was encoded in a specific video format Disc at once Method in which the laser in your burner burns straight through in one session without turning off and on between each track This method is best when recording audio CDs you want to play in your home or car stereo Disc image An individual file on the hard drive that contains an image of a complete disc A disc image can be used if problems occur during the burning process or if there is no burner connected to your PC You will need free space on your hard drive to create a disc image DV An acronym for Digital Video This is an umbrella term for formats for backing up and saving video and audio data intended for DV products such as video cameras for instance Also stands for a video that was recorded by a digital camera often via FireWire DVD Acronym for Digital Versatile Disc The DVD is an optical disc and is the successor of the CD Just like a CD a DVD is a round plastic disc measuring 12 cm in diameter but it can store more data A DVD can be written to on each side in two layers The standard size is the DVD 5 wit
105. suite of MPEG 4 compatible video and audio codecs The codecs are fully compatible with the MPEG 4 standard and have been further developed by Nero to achieve a considerably higher quality and to make available additional functions such as subtitles NTSC An acronym for National Television System Committee and the standard for video and television in extensive parts of America and in some East Asian countries Other parts of the world use different standards NTSC has more frames per second than PAL but fewer horizontal lines PAL PAL stands for Phase Alternating Line and is the video and television standard in use in many parts of Europe but also in South America and Australia PAL has more horizontal lines than NTSC however fewer frames per second Recoding Recoding is the conversion of an existing video with specific properties e g bit rate 2500 kb s to the same video format with different properties e g bit rate 1990 kb s Session Discs such as CDs and DVDs are divided into tracks and sessions A session is a self contained data area that is burned using a single process and consists of a lead in one or more tracks and a lead out In principle a session is comparable to the partition on a hard drive A multisession disc can contain multiple sessions Simulated recording Simulation of the burn process in order to test whether there is a constant writing The procedure is the same as that for writing to a disc the on
106. t gt You have exported a movie to send via e mail 6 11 Export audio to file In the Export Video screen you have various options for exporting a movie that you created in Nero Vision in addition to burning it to disc The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents or Movie screen appears To export a movie s audio track proceed as follows l Click the Export button gt The Export Video screen appears 2 Select the Export audio to file export option in the selection list gt The combo boxes for output format and profile are displayed accordingly 3 If you want to make changes to the export settings 1 Click the Configure button gt Awindow appears see Default Video Options window 2 Make the required changes and click the OK button 4 If you want to save the video to another folder and or under a name other than the name displayed in the Output File display panel 1 Click the Browse button gt The Select a storage location for the video file window opens 2 Select the desired folder from the Location combo box 3 Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button 5 Click the Export button gt The export starts Progress while exporting is displayed in the same window Once the export is complete a window opens 6 Click the OK button gt Nero Vision automatically returns to the screen that was open before the export gt You have exported a mo
107. t The Movie or Slide Show screen appears 2 Make your movie or slide show see Creating a slide show 3 Ifyou are satisfied with your compilation click the Next button gt The media title is added to the Contents area If you want to change the selected disc type select the desired disc type from the combo box in the bottom right hand section of the screen gt The capacity bar at the lower edge of the screen which displays the space available is automatically adjusted If you have already added several titles to your project and want to move a media title select a a the media title and click the a or 7 button gt The media title is moved to the required position If you want to rename a media title 1 Select the title and click the button gt The Rename Title window appears 2 Enter the new title in the input field and click the OK button gt The media title is renamed If you want to remove a media title from the project select the media title and click the button gt The media title is removed from the project If you want to combine several video titles to form a single title proceed as follows 1 Highlight the video titles 2 Click the button gt A window opens 3 Click the Yes button gt The selected video titles are combined to form a single new title If you want to edit a media title 1 Highlight the title 2 Select Edit Movie or Edit Slide Show option
108. t mark to the beginning of the area that you want to remove ee ee ee ee ee ee EE La Mg Ni Mig Mig Mig Mig Mg Mig Mi Mig Mig Mig Mig Mg Ri Mg Mag Nag Mag hing Mig Mig Mig Ri a Mig a a E If you want to shorten the end of the video only move the right end mark to the beginning of the area that you want to remove If you want to remove a middle section move the left start mark and the right end mark to the start and end of the area respectively that you want to cut out ES K NNEN K Bee Click the button gt A window opens Click the Yes button gt If you have adjusted the start or end the video title is cut gt If you have removed a middle section the video title is divided the first section contains the area that was in front of the cut and the second section contains the area that was after the cut gt You have cut a video title 6 3 Create Chapters screen CTVISION 5 Chapters are sections in a video title that you can access on your player using the Back and Next buttons without having to wind Initially each video title contains only one chapter You can add new chapters manually or automatically If you have checked the Create chapters automatically box in the extended area marks are automatically created during the burning process for quicker navigation with the remote control although without menu entries The check box is available in the Contents screen by clicking the More
109. t on disc The contents of a project file can only be opened with Nero Vision The file size of a saved compilation is significantly x0 smaller than a disc image A disc image image file is the precise image of the project data to be burned You can burn the finished image as often as you like at a later stage but it requires just as much space on the hard drive as the compilation to be burned As well as being burned to disc or as a disc image some projects can also be recorded in hard drive folders provided there is enough space You can open files in the hard drive folder using Nero ShowTime and play them back like a real disc j eh Page 75 VISION 5 Burning a disc The following options are available in the Set the parameters for burning selection list Defines the desired burner All burners available in the system are displayed If you want to burn the project as a disc image select the Image Recorder option Burn To Opens the Choose a location for the project window Write to Hard Disk Folder If you want to write the project to your hard drive define the required storage path or folder Displays a dialog box You can specify a name for the disc Displays a dialog box You can change the required EES Settings for recording here The following options are available in the dialog box of the Recording Settings Speed Only available when burning to a burner Check boxes Before burning the program
110. tee NTSC which is used in extensive parts of America and some East Asian countries Automatically sets the correct video mode for the selected country Country If you are unsure about the video mode that is used in your country select your country from the country list The following options are available in the combo box in the Nero meee area eh Page 88 VISION 5 Video options Determines automatically whether video and audio material is re encoded Nero Vision checks among other things how much space is available for the project and then determines which compatible segments are re encoded This option is selected by default Activates SmartEncoding Video and audio material which is compatible with the target format is not re encoded This saves a lot Activate of time for large scale projects so that you achieve your goal much faster 14 2 2 lt Disc Format gt tab You can adjust the video options in terms of profile aspect ratio on the tab of the respective disc format The Video Format display panel shows the video format used A selection is greyed out here Each tab is divided into the Transcoding Quality Aspect Ratio and Audio areas The following combo boxes are available in the Transcoding Quality area Automatic fit to disc uses the best possible encoding quality in relation to the available storage capacity Other settings for bit rate and resolution are not available This entr
111. the Video Capture screen appears gt You have configured the TV card Page 24 5 5 Capturing video on the hard drive Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices ale iy j ale iy COVISION 5 j ef The following requirements have to be fulfilled No applications are running that place a high demand on the processor m There are no applications running in full screen mode The workstation is not blocked during the entire capture process There is sufficient space on your hard drive To capture a video on the hard drive proceed as follows Connect the digital or analog capture device to the PC using the corresponding cables and switch it on To set up a capture device for digital or analog video a recording card that meets the requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC on the factory side Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen gt The Video Capture screen and a window are displayed The window recommends the Native Capturing choice Select the capture device in the Capture Device combo box The capture device may be in camera mode or in VCR mode In camera mode the video signals are continuously transferred from the capture device to the PC and you can view the current video signal in the preview area In the case of a DV video camera everything in the picture area fram
112. the compilation window a number This option is only available in Advanced Editing Changes the arrangment of graphics and text fields of a template Marked elements can be moved to the back or front by one level or to the very back or very front The background image always stays on the back level buttons on the front level Only available in Advanced Editing eh Page 59 VISION 5 8 2 1 Templates tab V O oc ale Ki Da Mi The number of Smart3D and animated 2D templates is limited in Nero Vision Essentials and Nero Vision Essentials SE Select a desired template from the Standard2D Animated2D and Smart3D categories on the Templates tab In addition you can save your own templates in the My Menu Templates category The following combo boxes are available Menus Defines whether the menu should be created as a title or chapter to be used menu or simple title menu You can also create no menu Defines the category from which the template should be selected The My Menu Templates shows saved templates You can give your videos an appropriate graphic background using a menu template from the Standard2D group The menu contains a layout for the title and chapter menu You can give your videos predefined background animations using a menu template from the Animated2D group including matching intro video and scoring The menu contains a layout for the title and chapter menu as well as background music for
113. u try to import a video into a 9 slide show a window appears with the appropriate message 6 Click the Download button gt The import is started the file is downloaded in its original format and saved to your hard drive Progress while importing appears in a separate window Nero Vision lists the file as a new title in the project gt y 2 If you have imported the file into one of the Movie or Slide Show compilation screens 9 Nero Vision lists the file in the media areaes gt You have imported a file from the Internet and can now work it into our project COVISION 5 Page 29 Video editing 6 Video editing 6 1 Movie screen V You cannot edit videos or make your own movies in Nero Vision Essentials SE In the Movie screen you can compile media files into a movie cut videos that you have added and or work with effects and transitions according to your requirements You can add video and image files as well as background music to your movie Untitled Project DVD Video Nero Vision Tome A BE ET 1S My Media Files a Autumn Leaves eae Fig 10 Movie screen In the upper right area in the media area you can search on your computer for the required media files and import files to then add them to the compilation In addition all transitions as well as video and text effects are listed in groups The following tabs are available in the media area Displays the med
114. uired video title in the Contents screen Click the Generate Chapter option gt The Create Chapters screen appears If you want to move an existing chapter mark click the respective mark on the scrollbar and drag it to the required position Page 42 Video editing y l vc You can move the position of the individual chapter marks within the start and end 9 positions of the video title up to the next chapter mark 4 Ifyou want to change the title of a chapter 1 Highlight the chapter in the chapter list and click the button gt The Rename Chapter window opens 2 Enter the new chapter name in the input field and click the OK button gt The title is changed 5 If you want to delete a chapter 1 Highlight the respective chapter in the chapter list and click the button gt The chapter is deleted 6 If you want to delete all chapters 1 Click the button gt A window opens 2 Click the OK button gt All chapter marks are deleted 7 Click the Next button gt The Contents screen appears gt You have edited the chapters 6 7 Export Video screen Nero Vision Essentials SE cannot be used to export a video to the hard drive or a DV video camera The Export Video screen can be divided into three areas the preview area for playing the movie back a selection area to the right of that which lists the export options and the combo boxes for format and profile below that All data
115. unction Nero checks whether new configuration files are available A window informs you if there are any recommended or required updates gt The Import from the Web window appears Internet communities that are available to downloading media files are listed in the combo box at the top left Select the desired community gt A window for entering your user data appears If you have a user account for the selected community enter your Username and Password in the text boxes and click the OK button Check the Save account information box to save your access data for later visits gt The navigation tree of the community appears on the left side of the window You have the option of accessing the freely accessible folders of the community and your own videos If you do not have a user account for the selected community click the Cancel button gt The navigation tree of the community appears on the left side of the window You have the option of accessing the freely accessible folders of the community Look for and highlight the required media file on the right side of the window You can enter a search word in the text box at the top right of the window and click the Search button to look through the community for keywords Any files found are listed in the area below Page 28 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices sf Ifa selected file type does not fit the current project e g yo
116. ures in the slide show Saves the pictures in the original format as well Original pictures Original pictures are saved on the disc in the ORIGPICS folder Additionally creates a HTML version of the slide show on the disc this can be displayed on any PC using a browser You can display the HTML browser gallery by opening the INDEX HTM file on the disc Additionally creates an executable file on the disc this can be opened on any Windows PC The executable file for the PC slide show is called slideshw exe HTML browser gallery PC slide show Page 16 Creating a disc project 4 2 Creating a disc project COVISION 5 To create a disc project proceed as follows Inthe Start screen select the Create DVD or Create CD selection entry and the required disc type Video CD Super Video CD miniDVD HD BURN DVD Video AVCHD If your burner supports an editable disc format the Editable DVD format is also displayed under the Make DVD option If a Blu ray burner is connected to your PC the Editable Blu ray Disc option is also displayed If an HD DVD burner is connected to your PC the Make HD DVD gt HD DVD Video option is also displayed To make a disc in HD DVD Video format you need the Blu ray HD DVD Video plug in which is not included in the full version of Nero Vision You can obtain it at www nero com There may be differences when editing titles and movies due to the differences in the DVD VR DV
117. ustomize tabs are available on the right You can also make changes to objects in the respective pop up menu A capacity bar in the compilation area shows how much space your project takes on the selected medium The following buttons are available on the navigation bar in the compilation area Creates an empty menu without links in the layout of the template last selected Only available in Advanced Editing Not available for Smart3D templates Create New Menu Deletes a style element from the template Delete Menu All elements except the background can be deleted Only available in Advanced Editing Saves a template with all changes made The Save As Template window opens see Save Template As window Save As Template If you want to save your own menu template you have to specify and save the title and chapter menu separately even if both are based on the same template Not available for Smart3D templates Goes to the next or previous page of the title or chapter menu that was selected in the Menu View If a title or chapter menu consists of several pages the thumbnails are displayed one above the other Previous Next Menu Page Only available in normal editing if a menu has several pages If the Display Safe Zone option is enabled Nero Vision displays or hides the frame of the safe zone in the preview and compilation window If the Display Button Numbers option is enabled Nero Vision gives each button in
118. ve As window opens Enter the desired file name in the File Name input field and click the Save button gt You have saved the project and can open it again later to continue working on it or burn it 12 2 Opening a project To open a saved project proceed as follows Inthe Start screen select the Open Saved Project or Disc Image option gt The Open window appears Inthe File Type combo box select the Nero Vision Projects nvc option Highlight the project file of the required video project and click the Open button gt The project opens in the Contents screen gt You have opened an existing project and can now continue to edit it or burn it 12 3 Opening a disc image COVISION 5 To open a disc image proceed as follows Inthe Start screen select the Open Saved Project or Disc Image option gt The Open window appears Inthe File Type combo box select the Nero Image Files nrg option Highlight the desired image file and click the Open button Page 83 Project management gt The image opens in the Burn Options screen gt You have opened a disc image and can now burn it 12 4 Creating covers and labels To create covers and a lable for your disc project you can start Nero CoverDesigner from Nero Vision Nero CoverDesigner is an application in the Nero 8 program suite and is automatically vi4 installed when Nero 8 is being installed Nero CoverDesigner allows you to
119. video is better overall VCD The Video Compact Disc format Movies and audio video data are saved on a Video CD in MPEG 1 format By using the MPEG 1 video codec to copmress video files a VCD offers quality similar to a VHS video and can save up to 74 or 80 minutes of video with stereo sound on one 650 or 700 MB CD A Video CD can be played on most CD ROM players DVD players and DVD ROM drives VHS The old cassette tape format that was generally used to play back videos eh Page 102 VISION 5 Index 18 Index B BUMIN EE 8 Button Video Capture screen 20 Buttons CSS EE 11 uel geste 212 Ae ne ee ee 11 ION CS CLOCM ace icncevasaticuen sen sessasudacvecutadennedecmuacestnasuen temeashion 31 Preview Screen so oecs crete nua scneesdanacedeenuen cnenedereeaeneressdencasseceeenl 73 Slide Show e 51 C Capture GOVICE arera 19 EEN 19 EE Ebert 7 Eeer 43 RONIE eia a 43 Chapters Creating Automatically cccccccccccececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeanaes 41 Creating Manually ccccccccccccccececeeeceeeeeeeeaeaeaeaeaeanaeanaes 41 EVA Aen E E E E 42 Compatibility Ooverview 92 93 94 OFAC UA ON pyss 85 OG Tee EE 85 Contact information cccceceeceeeeeeeeeeeeessseeeeeees 107 Copnventons 7 9 Covers and Labels ANE E 13 84 D Diea a Ire WE 97 Disc BUN EE L BUNING serie deanna a A aa E 74 75 Displaying MAG soso cenic cuenta tontohicdunsdenuteedaaaaeecdonaiaxtantnceaas 13 81 Erao EE 13 elt e E
120. vie Images are indicated on both tabs with the EI icon in the top left corner W eg ooo d 9 o 9 9 i 9 9 9 9 o p p n p n n n n n p 9 p p po Tet Effects Video Track e Audio 1 Audio 2 b i CS H ai Us 10s GL Fig 11 Timeline tab The Timeline tab consists of the following areas Contains the text effects Effects Contains the video effects Video Track Contains the video titles Page 31 nero COVISION 5 Video editing Audioi Contains the audio files on the first track Audio Contains the audio files on the second track The following buttons are available on the Timeline tab BD Zooms out of the Timeline tab so that the entire movie appears E 8 Zooms into the Timeline tab Zooms out of the Timeline tab You can test your compilation in the preview area in the upper left The folllowing buttons are available Begins playback of the movie Switches to the full screen mode You can return to window mode by pressing the Esc key Q _Creates a still of the displayed position in the video tite a still of the Creates a still of the displayed position in the video tite position in the video title E on an audio commentary for the video title The Audio Recording Settings opens Splits the video title at the selected position Both titles exist independently of each other after splitting and can be added separately However the original file
121. vie s audio track The exported audio file can be edited externally e g in Nero WaveEditor and re imported into Nero Vision 6 12 Export to Internet In the Export Video screen you have various options for exporting a movie that you created in Nero Vision in addition to burning it to disc eh Page 48 VISION 5 Video editing iy ale COVISION 5 j Communities normally limit the maximum length of a video file to 10 minutes with a maximum file size of 100 MB If the movie is too long an error message is displayed and Nero Vision cancels the procedure The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents or Movie screen appears To export a movie to the Internet proceed as follows Click the Export button gt The Export Video screen appears Select the Export to Internet export option in the selection list When starting the export function Nero checks whether new configuration files are available A window informs you if there are any recommended or required updates gt The Export to Internet window opens You can specify all information about the selected export file Choose the community in the Select another community combo box Enter the required title of your video a brief description and keywords in the respective input fields Select an appropriate option field in the Video Category area Select the required language of your video in the Language combo box I
122. were detected using these settings Page 41 Video editing Chapter Detection Settings Sensitivity Minimum chapter length j 3s Low High Min Max i Keep previous chapter marks Generate Cancel Fig 18 Scene Cut Detection window If you want to reduce the minimum length of a chapter move the Minimum chapter length slider to the left If you want to increase the minimum length of a chapter move the Minimum chapter length slider to the right If you want to look for chapter marks with with a high sensitivity move the Sensitivity slider to the right Move the Sensitivity slider to the right if you want to use less sensitivity when loooking for chapter marks gt The window shows how many chapters were detected using these settings If you want to keep existing chapters check the Keep previous chapter marks box Click the Generate button gt The chapters are created chapter marks are set on the scrollbar in the preview area and the chapters are added to the chapter list Click the Next button gt The Contents screen appears gt You have created chapters automatically 6 6 Editing chapters nero COVISION 5 You can edit and rename chapters reposition or remove individual chapters markings as well as delte existing chapter marks The following requirement has to be fulfilled The Contents screen appears To edit a chapter proceed as follows Highlight the req
123. window appears Browse and Add to Project Searches for media files adds them to your own media files and to the slide show The Open window appears Import Imports media files from a TWAIN compatible device such as a scanner A window opens Select source Selects a source for the TWAIN import The Select source window opens Imports media files from Internet communities A window opens Page 50 nero COVISIONS Slide show COVISION 5 Removes the selected element from the group Removes all elements from a group A window opens Opens the marked media file with an associated program This element is only displayed if an executable action has been assigned to the marked media file Otherwise a gray button appears Adds marked elements to the slide show In the Contents area at the bottom all picture files ER SS that you add to the compilation are displayed on the D Tab The tab opens automatically when you add an audio file to the slide show The following buttons are available in the Contents area Removes the highlighted element from the slide show Removes all elements from the slide show A window opens Removes an audio commentary that has been assigned to an individual image The context menu also contains the Delete All Commentary function which Els Ge audio commentary from the slide show The audio files on the tab audio files in background are not affected by this
124. y is selected by default High Quality Standard Play Standard Play Plus Long Play Extended Play Super Long Play sets the respective preset quality profile with defined bit rate and resolution Quality settings Custom enables user defined settings Manual setting of the bit rate and resolution is only available for this entry Please note that only experienced users should change this setting Progressive uses the progressive or full screen procedure in which actual full pictures are used for building the picture Interlaced top field first uses the interlaced procedure Sample format in which a picture is made up of two separate fields and transmits the top field first Interlaced bottom field first uses the interlaced procedure in which a picture is made up of two separate fields and transmits the bottom field first Automatic encodes the file in the sample format in which the original exists This entry is selected by default Defines the bit rate The bit rate affects the quality of the Bit rate video The input field is only activated if the Custom entry has been selected in the Quality settings combo box Selects the resolution from a list of resolutions possible for Resolution the disc type The combo box is only activated if the Custom entry has been selected from the Quality settings combo box Page 89 COVISION 5 Video options Fast encoding 1 pass encodes the video very quickly Encodin
125. yed You can select the required channel for your recording here Clicking on the Manage TV Channel Groups button displays the last screen of the TV wizard again and you can edit add or remove groups and assigned channels The TV wizard screen displays the available channels and groups of all installed capture devices If you click the Channel Setting button you can once again configure a TV card on a step by step basis using the TV wizard see Setting a TV card Channels nero Page 21 COVISION 5 5 3 2 Audio Device Properties Window Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices The following areas are available in the Audio Device Properties window Device Settings Defines the required audio source Defines the required audio inputs e g CD player line Audio Input microphone Click the B icon to display the available options 5 4 Setting a TV card COVISION 5 If you have connected a TV card to your PC and call the Video Capture screen for the first time all connected devices are displayed in the Capture Device combo box To set up a capture device for digital or analog video a recording card that meets the requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC on the factory side Nero Vision provides simultaneous support for a number of TV cards TV cards with dual tuner and or hybrid tuner cards A list of supported TV cards is av
126. your satellite configuration field When configuring DVB C TV cards you must select the appropriate frequency range instead of the country Choose between Antenna and Cable as the signal source in the Select source type drop down field The Select source type drop down field is not available when configuring digital TV cards DVB T DVB S DVB C Click the Start Search button to start the search gt The search starts You are kept informed about the search progress and the number of channels found in the Search Status area Click the Next button gt The second screen of the TV wizard TV Channel Edit appears You can order rename or remove the channels as required Click the Up and or Down buttons gt The order of the available channels is changed Highlight the channels you do not want and click the Remove button gt The channels are deleted If you want to coordinate the channels of a number of TV cards with each other Page 23 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 13 14 LS 16 Ly 18 19 20 nero COVISION 5 Nero Vision regards TV channels with the same name so called physical channels on different tuner cards as the same logical channel This means that a logical channel can contain one or more physical channels The channels are automatically coordinated with each other during the channel search Only the logical chan

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