Operation Manual

56 Corel VideoStudio Pro User Guide
Split by Scene
Use the Split by Scene feature in the Edit Step to detect different scenes
in a video file and automatically break it down into several clip files.
The way Corel VideoStudio Pro detects scenes depends on the type of
video file. In a captured DV AVI file, scenes can be detected in two ways:
• DV Recording Time Scan detects scenes according to their shooting
date and time.
• Frame Content detects content changes, such as motion change,
camera shifting, brightness change, etc., and splits them into
separate files.
In an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file, scenes can only be detected based on
content changes (i.e., by Frame Content).
To use Split by Scene on a DV AVI or MPEG file
1 Go to the Edit Step and select a captured DV AVI file or an MPEG file
on the Timeline.
2 Click Split by Scene in the Options Panel. This will open the
Scenes dialog box.
3 Choose your preferred scan method (DV Recording Time Scan or
Frame Content).
4 Click Options. In the Scene Scanning Sensitivity dialog box, drag the
slider to set the Sensitivity level. A higher value means more precision
in the scene detection.
5 Click OK.
6 Click Scan. Corel VideoStudio Pro then scans through the video file
and lists all the detected scenes.
You may merge some of the detected scenes into a single clip.
Simply select all the scenes that you want to join together then click
Join. The plus sign (+) and a number indicates how many scenes are