Operation Manual

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PowerDirector Plug-ins
Manual: select this option if you want to manually adjust the starting position
of each clip on the source tracks. You can do this by clicking and dragging
the clips on the source track to a new position.
Note: you can also click the button in the camera area to manually
move the clip on the source track back one frame. Click to move it
forward one frame.
Timecodes: select this option and then click Apply if you want the MultiCam
Designer to synchronize using the video clip's timecodes. The MultiCam
Designer will auto adjust the clips on the source tracks.
Note: this option can only be used if the video clips were recorded with a
DV or HDV camera that imprinted the timecode information in the clips and
were captured by CyberLink PowerDirector.
File Created Time: select this option and then click Apply to use the date and
time the file was created as the synchronization points. The MultiCam
Designer will auto adjust the clips on the source tracks.
Audio Analysis: select this option and then click Apply if you want the
MultiCam Designer to analyze the audio and then sync the files based on the
audio in them. The MultiCam Designer will auto adjust the clips on the source
tracks.
Markers on Clips: select this option and then use the playback controls to find
the synchronization points in each clip. Once you find a point, right click on
the source track and then select Set Marker. Once you have manually added
all the markers, click the Apply button. The MultiCam Designer will adjust the
clips on the source tracks.
Creating Recorded Content
Once you have imported and then synchronized all the media clips in the MultiCam
Designer, you are ready to record your video. The recorded video is placed on the
recording track and then is imported into the Edit module's timeline once you click
OK.
To record your content, do this:
1. Select the camera (video source) you want to start off the recording with. You
can do this by simply clicking on the camera preview area.