User Guide

38 Studio 8
Capture quality options
Studio offers three preset quality choices – Good,
Better and Best – and a Custom option. The video
capture settings for each of the presets, including
picture size, frame rate, compression characteristics and
quality, depend on the capabilities of the capture
hardware being used. Keep in mind that the higher the
quality, the more disk space is required. Choose the
Custom preset to configure your own video capture
settings. For more information on video capture
settings, see Appendix A: Setup Options.
Audio and video levels
Studio provides slide-out panels for controlling video
and audio levels during capture. This feature is
especially useful for compensating for differences in
video captured from multiple sources.
Although you can also adjust these levels with the
Toolbox controls in Edit mode, setting them correctly
for capture can save you from having to carry out time-
consuming scene-by-scene colour correction.
Setting your audio options correctly as you capture will
help in achieving consistent volume levels and quality.
Particular capture devices may offer fewer options than
are shown and discussed here. For instance, with
hardware that doesn’t support audio captures in stereo,
a balance control will not appear on the audio panel.