Operation Manual

Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 Reviewer’s Guide [ 10 ]
Chroma Key: You can apply a Chroma Key effect
to overlay clips, which lets you specify a color to
make transparent (for example, green when using
a green screen). For example, you can make the
background in an overlay clip transparent so that
it will absorb the colors of the Video Track.
The Chroma Key effect lets you superimpose a different background onto a video clip.
Multi-trim Video: With the Multi-trim feature,
you can easily extract multiple segments from any
video clip. The AccuCut timeline makes it fast and
simple to zoom in precisely on the exact frame
that needs to be trimmed. You simply play the
video, click the
Mark-in button to set the start
point for the trimmed clip, click the
Mark-out
button to set the end point, and then repeat. The
trimmed clips appear in the Timeline, where you
can delete or re-adjust clips.
Time-lapse / strobe effect: You can easily
create cool time-lapse or strobe effects from a
series of photos with VideoStudio Pro.
You can create time-lapse or strobe effects.
Time-lapse photography involves capturing a
series of consecutive photos of a gradually
occurring event, like moving traffic, a rising tide,
or a setting sun. For example, you might set a
camera to shoot an evening skyline every few
seconds over the course of 8 hours.
Give it a try
To apply a time-lapse effect to photos
1 Click File  Insert Media File to Timeline 
Insert Photo for Time-lapse/Strobe.
2 Navigate to the folder containing the photos
for the project, select them, and click
Open.
For best results, choose a series of photos
taken in succession from your DSLR.
3 In the
Time-lapse/Strobe dialog box, press
Play to preview the clip created from
your series of photos.
4 In the
Keep box, specify the number of frames
to retain for your clip.
A frame is created for each photo in the series.
5 In the
Drop box, specify the number of
photos that you do not want to include in the
final video clip.
This will create a rhythm for the time-lapse
effect. For example, you might keep one
photo and drop two, which will be repeated
to produce the time-lapse clip.