User Guide

Chapter 2: Capturing Video 37
during recording, right in the camera. When you
transfer the footage through an IEEE-1394 port to your
computer, the data remains in the compressed digital
format throughout, so you cannot adjust the audio or
video levels during the capture. This is in contrast to
analogue captures, where the audio and video can be
adjusted as capturing takes place.
With digital captures, you defer any needed adjustment
of audio and video levels until Edit mode. The Adjust
colour / Add visual effect tool in Edit mode provides
sliders (Hue, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast) to
adjust video levels, while the Volume tool allows you
to adjust audio levels. These tools allow you to adjust
individual clips rather than making global adjustments
on all the video in a capture file.
ANALOGUE CAPTURE
The topics in this section relate to capture with
analogue equipment, such as:
• A camcorder or VCR connected to a Pinnacle Studio
DC10plus, Pinnacle Studio AV, or Pinnacle Studio
Deluxe AVDV.
• A camcorder or VCR connected to a Pinnacle Linx
USB Video Capture Cable or other DirectShow-
compatible capture device.
• A camcorder or VCR connected to a Pinnacle PCTV
or other TV Tuner PCI board.
• A USB video camera or web-cam.
• If you are using a DV or MicroMV camcorder
connected to your computer via a 1394 port, please
refer instead to “DV capture” on page 32.