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Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO
Getting Started
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Take a moment to familiarize yourself Congratulations and welcome to with the components that enable you the Compaq Presario to create professional looking DVDs. MyMovieSTUDIO leading edge With your Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO bundled solution, digital video editing and DVD you should have: authoring desktop computer. > A DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo You’ve purchased a premier drive (installed in your computer) desktop solution for quickly > Digital Video Center (1 IEEE-1394 recording, authoring,
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What can you do? Store data on CD-RW Create home DVD Create CDs & DVD-RW discs discs Now that you have the Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO what do you do? Get Connected First, install the MyDVD software. To install this software, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen steps. Note: When you are finished installing your applications, re-boot your Compaq Presario computer. Next, connect the hardware. Connect your camcorder or other recording device to the IEEE-1394 port on the
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What can you do with MyMovieSTUDIO? The Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO makes it easy to put quality video and audio onto recordable DVDs and CDs. Using the MyMovieSTUDIO bundled solution, you can record directly to DVD or CD, create or author a new project, or edit an existing DVD project previously recorded on a DVD disc. Record Directly What about advanced editing? to DVD or CD For more information, see “Preparing files using other applications” in the online MyDVD User Guide. What do you need
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Get to know MyDVD Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with MyDVD. To open the MyDVD application, double click the MyDVD icon on your desktop or from the Start button, click All Programs, MyDVD, then MyDVD. It is recommended that you view the MyDVD software at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. To modify your screen resolution: 1. Right click your desktop. 2. Click Properties, then the Settings tab. 3. In the Screen Resolution area, click and drag the slider to 1024 x 76
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The Toolbar and Menu Editor You can use the toolbar to perform most of the functions in MyDVD. You can add video clips, create menus and buttons, select styles, and navigate through your project using the Menu Editor. Start the Save the Open the Preview the New Project current “My Videos” current Wizard project folder project Start the Record Open an Start the Create a existing Direct-To- DVD Capture DVD project Wizard Wizard Toolbar Click to create a button that links to a new menu Menu label.
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Create a Direct-to-DVD Recording This feature allows you to quickly transfer or archive videos to a DVD without having to manually create or author titles, menus, or buttons. The Wizard walks you through the steps to automatically create a DVD that is ready to play. 1. Connect the video device to your Presario computer and insert a DVD or CD into the DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo drive. 2. Click Record Direct-To-DVD on the Wizard screen, then the Next button or click the Direct-To-DVD button on the t
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Choose Your Menu Style 7. Select a category of menu styles from the Category drop-down list. 8. Scroll through the list, click the style to use for your menus, and click the Next button. Click to select style Scroll to desired style Select to give menu Choose what you buttons want to record and text a 3-D effect Set Recording Parameters 9. Select your record settings from Record drop- down list. 10. Select the quality for your recordings from the Set Quality drop-down list. Refer to the table be
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Create or Author a New Project Authoring or creating a movie project involves: • Creating video • Creating menus with buttons • Adding movie clips to your project • Previewing the project • Recording to disc from the project 1. Click New MyDVD Project on the Wizard, then the Next button or click New Project on the toolbar. Choose Your Style A style consists of a background image and a layout for menu buttons and labels. For more information on editing styles, see the MyDVD User Guide. 2. Select
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Save the Project 8. Click Save Project on the toolbar or choose File, Save Project. 9. Type a file name for the project and click Save. Note: MyDVD saves all projects to the My DVDs folder located in the My Documents folder on your desktop. Each project has a unique folder that contains the project file saved with the name you entered and a .dvd extension. Create a DVD You can record your project to: • A DVD-R or DVD-RW disc • A CD-R or CD-RW disc For more information on DVD and CD disc properti
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Click Open Edit an Existing Project Preview Make Record your to edits back You can open and edit any projects that you have file Save preview to to from new already recorded to your hard drive or DVD disc. your your DVD* hard DVD You do not have to store your video, audio, or project. DVD disc drive project graphic files on your hard drive in order to edit Exit project or hard or DVD your projects. Preview. drive disc For more information on advanced editing, see “What about advanced editing?” o
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If you do not add chapter points, MyDVD creates a single menu button that links to the captured clip. 1. Connect the video device to your Presario computer. 2. Click Capture on the toolbar or choose Tools, then Capture. 3. Choose your settings from the Capture to Disk window. 4. Click Record to start recording and Stop when finished. 5. Enter a file name and click Save. Note: MyDVD saves movie clips to the My Videos folder Select to add chapter Record located in the My Documents folder. You can
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Create Additional Menus MyDVD automatically creates additional menus when the number of buttons exceeds the maximum number for the menu style. You can also manually create additional menus. For additional help on creating menus, see the MyDVD User Guide. 1. On the Menu Editor, click Menu or choose Project, then New Menu. Note: MyDVD places a button that links you to the new menu page. 2. Add video clips and/or additional menus and Back to To next Create To previous home menu new buttons as neede
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Modify menu styles You can change the style of the menus in your project. To create a custom style, click Style, then the New Custom Style button on the Menu Editor. You can also download additional styles from the MyDVD web site. 1. On the menu editor, click Style or choose Project, then Change Menu Style. 2. Choose a style category from the Category drop down list. 3. Scroll through the styles for the category and click the style you want to use for your project. 4. Click OK to use the new sty
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Drive and Media Information You can use several different types of media with your CD or DVD drives. Media simply refers to the type of disc you insert into the CD or DVD drive. The type of drive determines what you can do with your drive you have and the media you use in the drive. For example, you can listen to music, but not record it, if you use a CD-ROM disc in the CD drive. On the other hand, you can record and playback a DVD movie, if you use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc in the DVD-R/RW drive.
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©2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. COMPAQ, the Compaq logo, and Presario Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. First Edition February 2002. 16 277980-371 My Movie Final.p65 16 02-3-14, 17:38
