Operation Manual

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• Enable Hardware Encoder acceleration — improves the
rendering time required for producing your movies
Note: For optimum performance, VGA cards must support
DXVA2 VLD mode with Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later.
If you want the program to automatically detect the hardware
acceler
ation capabilities of your system and determine the
optimum settings, select all hardware acceleration options in
Performance Optimization, including Enable hardware
acceleration optimizat
ion.
If the feature is not supported by your system, some hardware
acceler
ation options will be grayed out.
Preparing for video editing
Video editing tasks require a lot of computer resources. Your computer
must be properly set up to ensure successful capturing and smooth
video editing. Below are some tips on how to prepare and optimize
your computer before you launch Corel VideoStudio.
• It is recommended that you close other applications when
working with Corel VideoStudio. To avoid interruptions while
capturing, it is best to turn off any a
utomatically launched
software.
• If you have two hard drives in your sy
stem, it is recommended that
you install Corel VideoStudio to your system drive (usually C:) and
st
ore captured videos on your other drive.
• It is recommended that you store video files on a dedicated hard
drive.
• Increase the Paging File (Swap File) s
ize to twice your amount of
RAM.
When you are in Corel VideoStudio, you can choose settings that let
y
ou balance the quality of the playback and the speed of the