3gp Movie Studio User Guide

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3GP Movie Studio 1.0 User Guide Acon Digital Media GmbH 3GP Movie Studio User Guide Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners. The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document. Table of Contents I Table of Contents 2 Part I Introduction 1 Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 2 Part II Creating a Video Ringtone 3 1 Importing Audio ................................................................................................................................... and Video Clips 3 2 Recording Audio ................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Adding Audio from ................................................................................................................................... CD 5 Part III Edit the Video Ringtone 7 1 Selecting Clips ................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Moving Clips ................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Cropping Clips ................................................................................................................................... 7 4 Deleting Clips ................................................................................................................................... 7 5 Cut, Copy and Paste ................................................................................................................................... 8 6 Zooming and Scrolling ................................................................................................................................... 8 7 Playing a Ringtone ................................................................................................................................... 9 8 Audio Track Controls ................................................................................................................................... 9 9 Adding Track Effects ................................................................................................................................... 10 Reverb Equalizer Optimizer Delay ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 10 Adding Transitions ................................................................................................................................... between Video Clips 15 11 Saving and Loading ................................................................................................................................... the Video Ringtone Project 16 Part IV Transferring the Video Ringtone 17 1 WAP Transfer ................................................................................................................................... 18 2 Infrared Transfer................................................................................................................................... 18 3 Bluetooth Transfer ................................................................................................................................... 19 4 Exporting Video................................................................................................................................... Files 20 5 Transferring an Audio ................................................................................................................................... Ringtone 20 Index Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 22 2 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 1 Introduction Join the video ringtone revolution! Audio ringtones are yesterdays news — modern cell phones allow moving pictures combined with audio to be used as ringtones. 3GP Movie Studio is the perfect tool for getting creative and making your very own video ringtone. The program allows you to create your own 3GP compatible video ringtones and transfer them to your cellular phone using WAP download, Bluetooth, infrared or cable connections. Video and audio clips are added per drag and drop from the integrated media file browser. Up to six tracks of audio can be mixed. Transitions between video clips are created by overlapping clips and a large number of amazing transitions are available. You can also import your favourite tracks from music CDs or record audio tracks using the soundcard on your computer. Editing your ringtones is a breeze with 3GP Movie Studio. You can easily crop clips, adjust the volume and even apply amazing studio effects like echo, reverb or equalizing. The possibilities are endless! 1.1 Requirements Before you install 3GP Movie Studio, please make sure your computer fulfills the following requirements: · A Pentium or compatible processor with at clock rate of 750 MHz or more · Minimum 256 MB RAM · A Windows compatible sound card In addition, you will need the following software installed on your computer: · Windows XP Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Creating a Video Ringtone 2 Creating a Video Ringtone After launching 3GP Movie Studio the main window appears: The upper part shows a horizontal time line with the available video and audio tracks below. You can create video ringtones by importing audio or video files and place them on one of the tracks in the time line. We will refer to the imported files in the time line as clips. 2.1 Importing Audio and Video Clips The Media Browser makes it easy to add audio or video clips to the video ringtone project by dragging and dropping the files with the mouse. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 3 4 3GP Movie Studio User Guide The Media Browser shows a list of all the supported files and folders in the current folder. You can change the current folder by double clicking a folder item in the list or by clicking the arrow down button in the drop-down list and select a new folder from the list. Importing an Audio or Video File, Step by Step 1. 2. 3. 4. 2.2 Choose the folder in which your file is located from the Media Browser drop-down list. Click the video or audio file you wish to import and keep the mouse button pressed. Move the mouse cursor to the track and position where you want to insert the new clip. Release the mouse button. Recording Audio You can record audio clips using the sound card in your computer and insert them into your video ringtone project. To start recording, click the recording button in the track where you want the clip to appear. The newly recorded clip will appear at the current cursor position indicated by a dotted blinking line. Recording, step by step 1. Make sure the audio source is properly connected to the audio input of your computer. The physical layout of the audio inputs differs from computer to Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Creating a Video Ringtone 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2.3 computer. Please consult your computer or sound card manual for further explanations. Move the cursor position to the location where you want to insert your recorded clip. Click the record button in the track where you want the clip inserted. The recording console window appears. Now make sure that the correct input line is selected in the line in combo box (2) You can monitor the input level using the level meters (4) and, if needed, adjust the input level using the input level slider (5). The level meter should never be in the red area in order to avoid clipping distortions. Click the button labelled Record (1) to start the recording. When you are done recording, click the button labelled Keep to accept the recording. Adding Audio from CD Tracks from audio CDs can also be imported and used as clips in a video ringtone project. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 5 6 3GP Movie Studio User Guide Importing (ripping) from an Audio CD, step by step 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Move the cursor position to the location where you want to insert your Audio-CD track. Selected Import Track from Audio CD... from the File menu. The CD Track Import dialog box now appears. Choose the CD-Drive where you inserted the audio CD from the "CD-ROM Device:" drop-down list. The tracks present on the audio CD should now appear in the track list. Choose the track you want to import. Click the button labelled Extract. Note You can listen to the selected track by clicking the "Preview" button if you don't know the track number of the song you want to import. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 3 7 Edit the Video Ringtone 3GP Movie Studio allows you to edit your video ringtone by aligning and cropping the video and audio clips. You can also add transitions between video clips from a large selection of transitions and add audio effects to the audio tracks. 3.1 Selecting Clips To select clips for further editing: 1. 2. Click on one of the clips you want to select. The clip gets selected (indicated with a thicker frame). If you want to select several clips, press the Shift button and click the additional clips you want to select. If you have selected several clips and want to exclude one clip from the selection, press the Ctrl button while clicking the clip. 3.2 Moving Clips To move one or more clips in the video ringtone project, you can do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 3.3 Select the clips you want to move. Now click one of the selected clicks and keep to mouse button down. Move the mouse cursor to the new time location. If you have selected audio clips only, you can also move the selected clips to other audio tracks. Release the mouse button when the clips are positioned as you wanted. Cropping Clips Clips can be cropped by clicking the beginning or the end of a clip: 1. 2. 3. 3.4 Move the mouse cursor to the beginning or the end of a clip. The mouse cursor will change to a left-right arrow. Click the mouse button and keep it pressed while moving the mouse. Release the mouse when you have reached the desired crop position. Deleting Clips To delete one or more clips: 1. 2. Select the clips you want to delete. Press the Delete ("Del") button on your keyboard. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 8 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3.5 Cut, Copy and Paste You can duplicate clips using the copy and paste commands. To copy and paste clips 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the clips you wish to copy. Press Ctrl+C to copy the clips to the clipboard. Click the mouse cursor at the location and track you want the duplicates inserted. Press Ctrl+V to paste the clips. You can move clips by using the cut command (Ctrl+X) instead of the copy command in the step-by-step instructions above. 3.6 Zooming and Scrolling You can zoom in to get a more detailed view in of the video ringtone project. Horizontal zoom To zoom in horizontally: · Press the arrow up key - or · Move the mouse wheel upwards To zoom out for a better overview: · Press the arrow down key - or · Move the mouse wheel downwards Scrolling In those cases where only a part of the video ringtone project is shown, a scroll bar is visible below the audio and video tracks. You can use the scroll bar to move the view to other parts of the video ringtone project. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 3.7 Playing a Ringtone You can control the playback of the ringtone using the navigation bar: Playing the complete ringtone: 1. 2. Click the play all button (1) in the navigation bar. You can stop the playback by clicking the stop button (3) or by pressing the space bar. Playing the selected region of a ringtone: 1. 2. 3.8 Click the play button (2) in the navigation bar or press the space bar. You can stop the playback by clicking the stop button (3) or by pressing the space bar. Audio Track Controls You can adjust the volume of each track and add audio effects using the track controls left to each track in the video ringtone project: To change the volume of a track: 1. 2. 3. Click the mouse button on the volume knob control (3) and keep the mouse button down. Move the mouse button to change the volume level. Release the mouse button when the level is correct. The track level meter (1) allows you to supervise the sound level of each track during playback. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 9 10 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3.9 Adding Track Effects You can add one or more audio effects to each audio track. The effects are applied in real time to all the audio clips in the track during playback. To add an audio effect to a track: 1. 2. Click the effects button (2) in the track you want to add an audio effect. The effect browser dialog appears: 3. 4. Click the audio effect you wish to add from the list of available effects Click the button labelled "<< Add effect". The effect now appears in the track effects list. If you wish to modify the settings of the effect, click the button "Edit settings...". A effect settings window appears that differs from effect to effect (see the following chapters for more information). Click "Ok" when you are done. Click the button labelled "Ok". 5. 6. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 3.9.1 11 Reverb The reverb simulates the reverberation effect of some natural surroundings. The Reverb settings Settings · Reverb program Select the reverberation program from the drop-down list that fit you needs. You can choose between Small room, Medium room, Large room, Concert Hall 1, Concert Hall 2, Cathedral, Stadion or Plate reverb. Only the Plate reverb needs further explanation. The plate reverb program simulates the sound of analog plate reverbs used frequently before digital reverbs were available. · Reverberation time The time before the reverb tail drops below 1 / 1000 of its original amplitude. · Reverb level The amount of processed signal in the output mix. · Dry out level The amount of unprocessed signal in the output mix. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 12 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3.9.2 Equalizer 3GP Movie Studio features a powerful six band parametric equalizer. Unlike a graphic equalizer, a parametric equalizer allows the user to select the center frequency of the bands. The equalizer in 3GP Movie Studio also has variable bandwidths on each band. The center frequency is specified in Hertz. Sound characters of the different frequencies are best discovered through experimentation. The bandwidth may be specified in octave bands. One octave band equals the frequency range of one octave on the piano keyboard. The bandwidth is the same parameter as the Q-factor found in some analog equipment. A higher Q-factor represents a narrower bandwidth. The lower part of the equalizer dialog box is used to display the filter response curve (gain versus frequency). The filter response curve is calculated mathematically and is updated as the parameters are altered. The Equalizer settings Settings · Frequency response The frequency response of the current equalizer settings is visualized. Each band is visualized with a small circle with the number of the band. The currently active band is highlighted. You can activate band by clicking the circles representing each band. If you keep the mouse button down while moving the mouse cursor, you can change the gain and the center frequency of each band directly in the frequency response. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 13 · Frequency · Gain · Bandwidth 3.9.3 Optimizer The Optimizer is a tool that optimizes the audio tracks for playback on a cellular phone. You can boost the perceived loudness and remove low frequency audio content, that might distort the ringtone on some cell phones. Settings · Loudness Maximizer Use this slider to set the amount of loudness maximization you want. A value of zero percent means no change and 100% means full maximization. · Bass cut You can use the bass cut to soften frequencies below the cut frequency. A value of around 100 Hz is recommended for most cell phones. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 14 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3.9.4 Delay The delay effect adds echoes to audio track. The Delay settings Settings · Delay time · Feedback The feedback percentage specifies the volume attenuation since the last delay interval. · Dry Level The amount of unprocessed signal in the output mix. · Delay Level The amount of processed signal in the output mix. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 3.10 15 Adding Transitions between Video Clips You can easily add transitions between two video clips by moving the clips so that they overlap in the video ringtone project. Clips are gradually faded into each other by default, but you can choose other transitions from a large selection of different transition effects. 1. 2. Click the transition symbol in the upper part of the overlapping area between two clips as indicated in the illustration above (1). The Transition Browser appears: Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 16 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3. 4. 3.11 Click the transition you wish to use from the list. Click the button labelled "Ok". Saving and Loading the Video Ringtone Project You can save the video ringtone project for later editing and backup purposes. 1. 2. 3. Select Save as... from the File menu. Look up the directory where you want to save the video ringtone project from the Look in list and enter the desired file name. Click the button labelled Ok. You can reload the video ringtone project at any time: Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Edit the Video Ringtone 1. 2. 3. 4 17 Select Open... from the File menu. Look up the directory where you the file is stored from the Look in list. Double click the file you want to open. Transferring the Video Ringtone When you are satisfied with the video ringtone, you can transfer it to your cell phone. 3GP Movie Studio offers several means of transferring the ringtone: · WAP-Transfer Works with all modern cell phones. · Infrared Transfer Almost every modern cell phone has an infrared port. Many laptop are also equipped with infrared ports. If you computer doesn't have an infrared port, there are USB Infrared adapters available at low prices. · Bluetooth Bluetooth is a very fast and convenient way of transferring ringtones if your cell phone supports it. USB Bluetooth adapters for your computer are available for low prices if you don't have one. · Cable connection High class cell phones often come with a cable connection for the computer. Many vendors also offer a optional cable connection kit that you can order where you bought the cell phone. With a cable connection, most cell phones appear as a normal mass storage device in Windows and you can save the ringtone file directly on the cell phone. 3GP Movie Studio supports the standardized 3GP video ringtone format as well as all common audio formats for ringtones, including Wave, MP3, SMAF and AMR. Different cell phone manufacturers support different formats. We maintain a list of the most popular models and the ringtone formats they support: · Click here for a list of the most popular cell phone models with the formats they sup port. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 18 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 4.1 WAP Transfer 3GP Movie Studio allows you to transfer your ringtone to your cell phone using the WAP or Internet Browser on your cell phone. Almost all modern cell phones support WAP or Internet browsing. When you transfer your ringtone using WAP, you will be charged a small fee for the amount of transferred data, but this fee is very small and not to be confused with the expensive Premium SMS transfers that commercial ringtone providers offer. WAP Transfer, Step by Step 1. Make sure that your computer is connected to the internet. 2. Select "Transfer Video to Phone..." from the "Transfer" menu. 3. The Video Transfer Wizard opens. Click the button "WAP Transfer" 4. 5. 6. 4.2 A window appears showing the transfer progress. Please wait until the transfer is complete. After the transfer was completed, a window appears containing a link address to the ringtone. Start the WAP or Internet browser on the cell phone and go to the link address. A web page appears on your cell phone with a link to your ringtone. Now, click the "Download ringtone" hyperlink. Infrared Transfer If you wish to transfer your ringtone using the infrared port you will need a computer and a cell phone equipped with infrared ports. Most modern cell phones have infrared ports and many laptops have them built-in. If you don't have an infrared port on your Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Transferring the Video Ringtone 19 computer, there are USB infrared ports available for low prices. Infrared Transfer, Step by Step 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 4.3 Activate the infrared receiver on your cell phone. Please consult your cell phone manual as the procedure is different for every cell phone model. Put your cell phone near the infrared port on the computer Wait until the connection symbol appears in the symbol tray (in the task bar at the bottom of the Windows screen). Select "Transfer Video to Phone..." from the "Transfer" menu. The Video Transfer Wizard opens. Click the button "Infrared Transfer" Click the button "Infrared Transfer" in 3GP Movie Studio and proceed with the on screen instructions. Bluetooth Transfer For bluetooth transfers you will need a cell phone with bluetooth support and a bluetooth adapter for your computer as well as Windows XP Service pack 2 installed on your computer. USB bluetooth adapters are available for low prices if you don't have one already. Bluetooth Transfer, Step by Step 1. 2. Activate the bluetooth reception on the cell phone. Please consult your cell phone manual as the procedure is different for every cell phone model. Select "Transfer Video to Phone..." from the "Transfer" menu. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 20 3GP Movie Studio User Guide 3. The Video Transfer Wizard opens. Click the button "Bluetooth Transfer" 4. The bluetooth transfer wizard in Windows appears. Click the "Browse" button to select your cell phone as the target device. Deactivate the "Use passkey" option. Click the "Next" button. 5. 6. 4.4 Exporting Video Files Many cell phones come with a cable connection for the computer. With a cable connection, most cell phones appear as a normal mass storage device in Windows and you can save the ringtone file directly on the cell phone. Saving the Video Ringtone using Cable Connection, Step by Step 1. 2. 3. 4. 4.5 Select "Export Movie..." from the "File" menu. A "Save As" window appears. Select the folder on the cell phone in the "Look in:" drop-down list where you want to store the ringtone. Enter the name of the ringtone file and click "Ok". Transferring an Audio Ringtone You can also transfer the audio tracks of your ringtone as a pure audio ringtone: 1. 2. Select "Transfer Audio to Phone..." from the "Transfer" menu. The Audio Transfer Wizard is shown: Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Transferring the Video Ringtone 3. 4. Audio ringtones can exist in several different formats. Click the "Show list of supported mobile phones" link in the Audio Transfer Wizard for a list of common cell phones and the formats they supprt. Select a format (WAV, MP3, SMAF or AMR) that is supported by your phone. Click the WAP, Infrared or Bluetooth transfer button. For details on the different transfers method, please see the section about video ringtone transfer. Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 21 22 3GP Movie Studio User Guide Infrared Transfer Introduction Index Requirements -AAudio files importing Audio Track Controls Audio-CD importing tracks 3 3 9 5 5 -BBluetooth Transfer 19 -CCable Transfer CD importing tracks Clipboard Clips cropping deleting moving selecting Copy Crop Cut 20 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 -DDelay Deleting Clips 14 7 -EEditing Effects delay equalizer optimizer reverb Equalizer Exporting a video file 7 10 14 12 13 11 12 20 -FFades 15 -IImporting audio and video files 3 18 2 2 -MMoving Clips 7 -OOpening an video ringtone project file Optimizer 16 13 -PPaste Playback 8 9 -RRecording Audio Requirements Reverb Ringtone transfer to cell phone 4 2 11 17 17 -SSaving the video ringtone project Scrollbar Scrolling Selecting Clips 16 8 8 7 -TTransfer Bluetooth Cable connection Infrared WAP Transfer to cell phone Transitions 19 19 20 18 18 17 15 -VVideo files exporting importing Video Ringtones 20 20 3 3 -WWAP Transfer Wipes 18 15 Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH Index -ZZooming in or out Copyright © 2005-2006 Acon Digital Media GmbH 8 23