PIP-Studio
Contents
1. If you click on it the Select Pattern window opens and you can choose a background for the two PIPs You will already be familiar with this Select Pattern window from the Titling screen or from the New Scene Pattern menu lf you want to set a monochrome back ground select the tyoe Monochromatic and then the first entry in the list No Pattern and finally open the color box using Color Both scenes will be displayed as small PIPs in front of this background 3 Size If you click on the Size button the PIP will become active and you can adjust its size by moving the trackball Rolling the trackball to the left shrinks the PIP rolling it to the right makes it grow in size y To apply the new size setting click on the left trackball button Click on the right trackball button if you want to reset the PIP to the previous size setting Please note that for technical reasons the PIP is displayed as a rectangle while its settings are being config ured 4 Position You can use the Position button to change the position that the PIP should be in during its hold time and at various waypoints In this case too the PIP is dis played as a rectangle while its settings are being configured This function also allows you to place the PIP outside the visible screen area AS soon as you move the pic ture off the screen i e as soon as one of the coordinates becomes less than or equal to 0 anew screen view is displayed givin2. Studio and is an ideal introduction to the program We will only introduce you to a few buttons in this first example Later tutorials will go into greater detail For this tutorial take a 10 second long video scene which you will use to represent your entire film and insert it into the storyboard The second scene should be of the same length and contain material that you would like to use as your logo Use for instance your initials on a textured background To do so create a 10 second long scene in the New Scene menu add it to the storyboard create the required letters of your initials using the Pages title effect in the Titling menu and allow the title effect to be calcu lated Next using the Scene button if available create a separate scene using this effect This will then appear in the scene bin in the T 6 Edit screen Now in the storyboard that is located in the Edit screen replace the previ ous mask scene with this new one If your system is a Casablanca Avio without a scene function you can also let the scene containing the calculated title effect be placed in the storyboard In the storyboard you will now first see the scene containing your video footage and then the scene containing your logo both are 10 seconds long Open the Transition Effects menu and select PIP Studio from the list of effects Insert the effect between the two scenes and using the x s button s
3. With these settings your PIP would move from the top left to the bottom right while at the same time increasing in size and becoming less transparent Close the Waypoint Parameters window by clicking on OK and you will not only see the finishing point in the bottom right corner but also your rectangular PIP Next click on Insert to insert another PIP halfway along the path You will see that s slightly transparent alpha value 75 and medium sized 134 x 112 So the system automatically renders the transition between the starting and finishing points Now add a few more waypoints and change their position in the same way as already practiced in the previous tutorial Further more by clicking on Edit you can change the size and alpha value for each waypoint If you want to subsequently change the size or aloha value for some waypoints you first have to activate the corresponding buttons in the Waypoint Parameters window by clicking the dash mark on the right and thus replacing it with a tick mark The buttons in this window are initially blocked because they refer to automatically rendered values they are therefore initially unchangeable Let your imagination run free and enter any values that you like You can of course position some waypoints off screen again why not just try it out Next close this screen by clicking on OK and activate the OUT button in the Effect window set the Custom effect here again and set a f
4. reposition the points by following the steps described above Now that a total of 10 dots are displayed you can use them to shape the path To do so click on the various points and move them around to form a curve that goes from the top left corner via the top right corner to the bottom right corner a In the beginning you may have to practice this a little to learn how to use the correct points to form a smooth path If you like you can now use the Preview button to view the path that the curve traces in a small window You can then close this toolbar by clicking on OK and the Select Effect window appears again Now click the OUT button to activate it and therefore make it turn blue Please make sure once more that Custom appears under Effect and set the Fade Time to 2 seconds Select Edit Effect again Once again the toolbar opens in which the OUT button is now also active You see two dots on screen which you can position if not done so already in the bottom right and top left corners The dot at the bottom right is both the starting point of the fade out as well as the finishing point of the preceding fade in If you now change the starting point of the fade out you will of course also be altering it in its function as the finishing point of the fade in Under Edit check whether the alpha value of the starting point bottom right is still set to 100 and then set the alpha value of the finishing point bottom
5. OK and close the program by clicking on the Transition Effects menu symbol in the bottom right corner If neces sary read about how to use the archive in the standard Casablanca II manual You only need to use the archive if you want to use the configured settings again later on for a totally different PIP However for editing calculating and later changing this current PIP all the relevant displays are automati cally saved and are applied again at the next start without you having to use the archive function You can now let the system calculate the effect in the Transition Effects menu and then sit back and watch this example scene at your leisure 4 1 10 2 Personal Logo II Since you ve been given an overview of the program interface with the first tutorial we ll presume knowledge of the basics and the instructions will be less detailed than those in the first Although you will be using many of the same functions you ll employ different settings If you already feel confident about using PIP Studio you can of course skip this tutorial First take another 10 second video scene which you will use to represent your entire film and insert it into the storyboard The second scene should be the same length and contain footage that you would like to use as your logo You can use your initials again or create another personal logo Open the Transition Effects screen and select PIP Studio from the l
6. PIP is reduced in size the border will automatically become thinner as well Again the PIP is displayed as a rectangle while the size setting is being configured 7 Shadow If you click on this button a new toolbar will appear y Here you are given the option of setting a Direction from a selection of eight different ones You can also set a Color using the color box including alpha value and archive In addition this toolbar allows you to set the Distance of the shadow from the PIP using the slider control between 0 and 20 In this case too the PIP is displayed as a rectangle while its settings are being configured The Blur can be set to a value between 0 and 100 8 Preview If you click on this button you will be shown a preview using the settings that you have configured so far You can also view this preview from the Transition Effects screen though to do so you must first close the PIP Studio program 9 Archive If you click on this button you will be presented a selection of four familiar functions Load Save Delete and Cancel If you click on Load a window appears which you will not yet be familiar with Load PIP Here you have the option of deciding which of the PIP s components fade IN fade OUT or hold time should be loaded You can of course activate all three items if you wish Simply click on the yellow field alongside the required function so that either a dash mark will not be l
7. When the dot is shown blue it means it can be moved The dot s coordinates are also displayed at the edge of the screen The line indicates the path which the video will later follow After you ve repositioned the point that you selected confirm the setting by pressing the left trackball button Now that you have configured these settings you can start setting the waypoints to define the path that your second video scene the PIP will later follow within the first video scene To do so click on Insert You ll see another waypoint appear halfway between the two existing points So you have now defined the path s starting and finishing points diagonally across the screen and you have positioned a waypoint in the middle If you want to configure the size or the alpha value i e the transparency of one of these points click on Edit to open the Waypoint Parameters window and in it edit the currently active i e green point While you are making your settings changes only the point that is being edited is visible These size and alpha value settings offer you the advantage of being able to influence how the size and transparency changes at each particular point For instance activate the first waypoint top left simply by clicking on it then click on Edit leave the currently set size as it is and set a low alpha value e g 10 On the right next to the settings you will see two yellow boxes containing dash mark
8. and select Elliptic Next set the Size of this scene to 292 x 240 The priest scene should be placed in the top left corner i e at the coordinates of 156 120 Again in Border you will only need the Blur setting which you should set to 20 You do not need Shadow in this second scene so you can set the Distance to 0 just as you did for the first scene and ig nore the remaining settings in this menu Once you ve changed these settings you can save them in the archive again as de scribed in the first tutorial Now return to the Transition Effects screen and make the system generate the PIP Studio effect You can now sit back and view the wedding scene 3 4 Moving scenes within the video footage This tutorial is a little more complicated than the three previous ones Therefore we ask you to first work through the previous tutori als so that you can get a handle on operating the PIP Studio program In this tutorial you ll fade one small picture PIP video scene in and out of a larger video scene Choose two scenes each with a length of 6 seconds for this tutorial The first scene should show a person and a potential love interest in this tutorial we used footage of a man and a woman at the beach Insert the PIP Studio effect once again and set its length to 6 seconds as well Now launch the program Make sure that the Single function is se lected under PIP You ll see
9. customer number whenever you contact us Installation PIP Studio must be installed on your Casa blanca ll before you can use it To do so you will need at least version 1 6 of the Casablanca II system software You can look up your system version using the information item in the System Settings screen bottom left of the screen Leave your Casablanca powered on and in System Settings select the Install Product button to open the corresponding window Now insert the SmartMedia software installa tion card into the Casablanca s SmartMedia drive When you insert it make sure the gold colored contacts are facing downwards and the clipped off corner is pointing towards the front and left i e towards the Casa blanca Il Push in the card until only around half a centimeter remains protruding from the unit and you feel some resistance You will now see the PIP Studio program listed in the window Select it in the list and click on License or Show if you are running a demo version A numerical keypad will enable you to enter the license code that you acquired from your dealer Amessage will then inform you that the installation process is complete You can now remove the SmartMedia card What is PIP Studio The PIP Studio program is based on the Casablanca s popular Picture in Picture feature but this enhanced program offers numerous additional functions that provide you with a whole r
10. e the arrow pointing towards the bottom left Next you can open the color box again using the Color button and then select black This time choose an alpha value of 70 Using the next button Dis tance you can determine how long the shadow should be starting from the edge of the logo Select a value of 5 The Blur button determines the blur of the shadow in percent select a value of 30 Close this toolbar again by clicking the button in the bottom right corner or by clicking the right trackball button lf you wish you can save your configured settings in the archive You can generate the effect in the Transition Effects screen and then enjoy watching the final results 3 Moving scenes in front of a background In this tutorial you ll learn about one of PIP Studio s more extensive functions the ability to display two moving scenes in front of a background image we ll assume that you have prior knowledge of the buttons covered in previous tutorials Find two scenes that you want to use as PIPs superimposed on a background picture and insert them into the storyboard We ve decided to use two wedding scenes but you can select any video footage you like las wet r _ Range Remo Search Ba Lee 5 1 940 5 Avril Dan 51 71 Cea EOL AS Date jo aa Eu CO OE First we inserted a scene of a bride and groom followed by a scene of a priest Once you ve inserted the re
11. for the hold time The hold time is the length of time during which the PIP re mains stationary before it starts being faded out again If you set waypoints while editing your PIP they will determine the position at which the hold time takes place The last fade in waypoint is also the first fade out waypoint which in turn also defines the position for the hold time The Preview button again allows you to watch the preview in a small window This function lets you view the preview from within this menu The Edit Effect button activates another toolbar You can insert waypoints in this menu to define the motion of the PIP Woe Ag 11 2 I A3 16 5 11 Insert If you click on Insert another waypoint is set The newly inserted waypoint and therefore also the active waypoint is colored green When it is inactive it is yellow The new point is always inserted behind the currently active waypoint If the active waypoint is not the last one the new waypoint will be placed exactly in the middle between the current and the next waypoint on the curve in the case of two waypoints it is of course actually a straight line and not a curve Note A waypoint path is made up of between two and ten waypoints whereby the waypoint for the hold time position is always displayed as a large octagon The PIP moves at a constant speed from the first to the last waypoint on the curve So if two waypoints are close together the PIP is loca
12. left to 10 Now proceed in the same way as you did for the fade in Insert up to another 10 waypoints along the path and change their positions You can the use the Preview button to view the PIP s complete path comprising a two second fade in plus a two second hold time in the bottom right corner plus a two sec ond fade out You can then close this toolbar by clicking on OK The Effect window appears and you can close this too by clicking on OK You will now only see your original toolbar which you can use to archive your settings if you wish Close the PIP Studio program and allow the effect to be rendered in the Transition Effects screen You re finished You can of course also set these waypoints if you decide to use a double PIP In this case you can define separate paths for each PIP Give it a try 5 5 6 6 Moving scenes in various sizes In this tutorial you will once more be making a moving scene circle in front of a back ground Though this time we will be showing you some additional features Choose two scenes each should be 5 sec onds long Insert them into the storyboard switch to the Transition Effects screen and place the effect between the two scenes Then set the effect length to span the whole time period in this case 5 seconds Once you ve launched the program select the Single function for PIP in the toolbar First of all proceed to the settings that you are already fa
13. or operating instructions for a particular purpose Neither MacroSystem Digital Video AG nor its dealers are responsible for any damages resulting either directly or indirectly from the use of the software or the operating instructions e g for profit loss costs hardware or software problems or other difficulties Contents Gon ds 1 1 NAO nda 1 1 al o AAA q 1 3 Sample TUNA SS iia 15 Ly PERSON a LOGO iaa 15 PA Personal LOGO caras 2 1 3 Movingscenesin front of a background 2us222n0200n00nunnnnnnunnannnnnnannnn 3 1 4 Movingscenes within the video footage sssssssssssansnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 4 1 5 Circling scenes within the video footage ssssessscssesseesseesesseesseesesees 5 1 6 Moving SCENES IN various SIZ amp S znuansununnunnnunnnunnunnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnn 6 1 MT 7 1 General Thank you for purchasing PIP Studio from your Casablanca dealer We would like to thank you for placing your confidence in this product and hope that it will fulfill all of your expectations PIP Studio enhances the power of your Casablanca system Please do not hesitate to contact us If you have any further questions or wish to provide us with suggestions for improvement To do SO please use the address and or telephone number printed in your Casablanca Avio or Casablanca Kron hereafter referred to col lectively as Casablanca Il manual We kindly ask you to provide the serial num ber of your unit or your
14. the man as the large background picture and the scene with the image of the woman as a PIP Let s turn our attention to the PIP settings select the Heart shape and then proceed to the Size settings You should adjust the size according to how large the woman appears in the video footage In this tutorial we ve decided to use the 264 x 216 setting Now let s proceed to the Position option You should select the top left corner for the woman we ve chosen the coordinates of 132 116 Please make sure that the man appearing in the background video is not hidden from view Now proceed to the Border menu and select a nice shade of red as the Color and leave the aloha value set to 100 Set a value of 15 for the Size of the border and 50 for the Blur Close the Border menu by clicking the right trackball button or by pressing the on screen button in the bottom right corner and then open the Shadow menu In this menu select black as the Color but this time give it an alpha value of 50 so that the shadow appears slightly transparent Now set the Distance to a value of 3 and the Blur to 10 For the Direction select the fourth from the top i e falling towards the bottom right Once you ve configured these settings and closed the Shadow menu click the Effect button located on the left to open the Effect window where you can determine whether or not you want to edit the IN or OUT i e the fade in or fade
15. you will automatically be presented with a display showing the avail able area located outside the visible area as soon as you move the point off the screen For further details please read the Position description for the main screen We will now once more explain the meaning of the different waypoint colors yellow an inactive point with no special characteristics of its own When you click on it it turns green active red an inactive point for which settings were configured manually under Edit i e for which at least one tick mark was set manually in other words no interpolation If you click on it it turns green active green the currently active point The Posi tion Edit Delete functions have an effect on this point If you click on it it turns blue blue this point can be moved After it has been repositioned and clicked it turns green again 14 Edit If you click on Edit the Waypoint Parameters window appears in which you can configure the size and alpha value for the active waypoint If you click on Size the window is closed and the PIP becomes active so you can change its size You will see the size displayed at the edge of the screen Clicking on Alpha acti vates the control next to it You can then use the control to adjust the PIP s transparency value to between 0 and 100 15 This is where you see the slider control If it is completely grey this means that there is currently only one w
16. Next click on Size to turn off the toolbar so you can read the size in pixels at the bottom edge of the screen The size ranges from O x 0 to 636 x 520 You will no doubt have noticed that your logo is now framed by a rectangle again This will only happen for technical reasons whilst you are changing various settings thereaf ter it will of course return to the shape that you selected Now move the trackball and you will notice the little box containing your logo moves as well If you roll the trackball to the right the little box increases in size if you roll the trackball to the left it shrinks After you have set the required size let us take for instance the size 172 x 140 click on the left trackball button to confirm the size setting and return to the toolbar Although you can also return to the toolbar by pressing the right trackball button your size settings will however not be applied The logo is now framed again by an ellipse Since your logo is still located in the center of the video footage picture now click on the Position button The toolbar is turned off and you will see the coordinates at the bottom edge of the screen please note that the coordinates refer to the center of the PIP Now position your logo in the top left corner but make sure that you dont move it too far off the edge of the screen If this does hap pen however the screen display changes and you will see a gray area S
17. PIP Studio for the Casablanca Avio and the Casablanca Kron User s Manual MACRO MBSYSTEM Safety notice To avoid making mistakes when operating this program we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual We would also like to point out that the PIP Studio program has been designed with the hobby enthusiast in mind We have taken a great deal of care whilst programming and checking this software Never theless since it is not possible to guarantee totally error free software applications in all environments and at any time we unfortunately cannot rule out the possibility that some errors may have crept in If contrary to all expectations this is indeed the case we will rem edy any errors in the program and supply the affected customers with the new software free of charge We cannot however accept any liability for loss of data time or any consequential damages that may occur as a result particularly since we have no influence over correct software installation and operation by the customer MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers therefore cannot be held liable for any defects or unintentional damage in connection with the installation or use of the PIP Studio program MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers do not guarantee fault free use of the product or complete flawlessness of the product Any implied guarantee is null and void including guarantee of suitability of the software
18. ade time of 2 seconds This configured value means that the hold time will equal one second since you have already set a total effect time of 5 seconds In other words your PIP will remain for one second at the fade in finishing point which is the same position as the fade out starting point Now click on Edit Effect again and if neces sary delete the waypoints in the menu that then appears Your starting point is located in the bottom right corner since it is after all the same as the fade in finishing point Again insert several waypoints with the required position size and alpha value to create a nice path for the fade out Next close the program and make the system render the effect The results will surprise you 6 3 Reference This chapter contains help on dealing with problems and questions and explains the functions in all the screens and sub screens We recommend however that you first work through the earlier tutorial exercises to famil larize yourself with the program and then to refer to this reference section if you subse quently have any particular questions If you selected PIP Studio from the transition effects inserted the effect between two scenes and launched the program using the Launch PIP Studio button you ll see the main screen and main toolbar Every toolbar and every sub screen allows you to select the two buttons that are located on the left edge You can use the m
19. ange of different options The software will let you place a scene any where within another scene and inside vari ous different shapes Let your scenes fly in and out of the picture or allow them to fade in and out anywhere you like PIP Studio comes with twelve different shapes e g rectangle circle heart within which your video scenes can appear The shapes can be sized and freely positioned to suit your requirements You can also adjust the shadow or configure the transparency and blur properties of the picture border and shadow separately Let your imagination run wild Notes on general concepts You will frequently come across the term PIP in this manual When we use this term 1 e picture in picture we are referring to the video scene or video picture that overlays your background video So generally speak ing PIP Is the small superimposed picture Each PIP comprises three parts fade in IN hold time and fade out OUT These three time periods add up to the total duration time of the effect You can freely choose the length of the fade in and fade out times The length of the hold time arises from the fade in and fade out times and the length of the transition effect The PIP that is displayed during editing is always the PIP as it appears during the hold time The only exception to this is the PIP that is displayed whilst an effect is being edited You can choose whether you want to displa
20. aypoint If the slider can be clicked and moved then there are several waypoints in your video footage that you can activate Using the separate buttons located on the right of the slider control you can precisely select one waypoint after an other lf the Size and Alpha buttons are blocked grey and inactive you can click on the yellow boxes beside them to change the dash mark to a tick mark Buttons will be blocked if you have set intermediate points whose sizes and alpha values are rendered automatically using the starting and finishing points The tick marks for the first and last points cannot be deactivated since values have to be entered there or else interpolation will not be possible If you can see a tick mark the value that is set to the left of the tick mark will be used at this waypoint If on the other hand a dash mark is set the corresponding value will be interpolated based on the values of the neighboring waypoints the rendered inter polated value is therefore displayed instead You can change the required state whenever you want 16 IN OUT These two buttons allow you to choose whether your settings apply to the fade in or fade out simply click on the corresponding button to make it active blue and therefore selected However if you want to switch from the fade in to the fade out and make further settings changes e g changes to the fade time or the effect you will first have to switch
21. et the effect duration parameter to 10 seconds i e the entire duration of both scenes Now launch the program using the Launch PIP Studio button In a few moments you will see your first scene i e your video foot age as the background picture and your second scene your logo in a small picture Superimposed on the background scene Note Please note that the background scene is always represented by the footage located on the left in the storyboard and that the second i e right hand scene repre sents the PIP You ll see the program toolbar located at the bottom edge of the screen You can now Start positioning your logo If you find that the toolbar is obscuring your view you can use the arrow button bottom left in the toolbar to move it to the top edge of the screen or use the minimize button located above it to turn off the toolbar and of course turn it back on again when you need it Make sure that the selector button next to PIP is set to Single In this case you cannot operate the next button Background since it is not active We shall be skipping the Effect button in this example so we will not describe its functions for the time being Now we have reached the actual design stage of your logo Click on Shape so that the selector button opens up offering youa list of twelve different shapes to choose from Now select Elliptic so that your logo takes on the shape of an ellipse
22. g you a complete overview of the PIP s current position off the screen You will see a gray surface The outer area representing the non visible part is light gray The inner area representing the background video is dark gray Regardless of the actual shape of the PIP in this screen view the PIP is always represented by a blue rectangle even after the settings have been confirmed If you move the PIP anywhere within the dark gray area you will see it in the visible screen area again in the original menu i e in front of the background video 5 Shape The Shape selector button offers the following twelve border shapes for the PIP Rectangle Circle Elliptic Heart Hexa gon Diamond 1 Diamond 2 Star 1 Star 2 Binocs Tube and Square The shape is a fixed parameter and cannot be changed during the course of the fade in and fade out periods 7 3 6 Border If you click on Border a new toolbar will appear offering several options Clicking on Color will open the already famil iar color box including alpha value and archive By clicking on the Size slider control you can adjust the thickness of the border to between 0 and 40 The Blur can be adjusted to between 0 and 100 You can return to the previous toolbar by either clicking on the right trackball button or by clicking on the button located in the bottom right of the menu The thickness of the border is proportional to the size of the PIP If the
23. ince we won t be going into this function in this tutorial move your ellipse back into the displayed background picture Further infor mation on this function can be found in Tuto rial 6 Da Once you have found the right position for your logo e g at the coordinates 128 84 confirm it by pressing the left trackball button and the toolbar is turned on again Now you have already placed your elliptically shaped logo in the top left corner and config ured its size settings The next button is labeled Border Click on it to replace the existing tooloar with a new one This new toolbar contains settings that refer to the border that is displayed in the top right corner of the toolbar You will now see the Color button Click on it and open the color box Select the color blue with an alpha value of 100 i e not transparent and confirm these settings Now click on the next button Size to activate the slider control As you can see you can adjust the thickness of the border to between 0 and 40 Select a setting of 5 here Finally you can see the Blur button which allows you to set the edge blur to between 0 and 100 Simply select any setting you like or leave the default setting as it is Once you have made your settings changes you can leave this toolbar by pressing the button in the bottom right corner and return to the original toolbar You can now select the Shadow button which in turn opens a ne
24. inimize button to reduce the toolbar to just these two buttons so that it no longer covers any pic ture elements You can use the arrow button to move the toolbar to the opposite edge of the screen The button in the bottom right corner of every toolbar returns you to the previous screen 1 PIP The PIP selector button offers three possible settings Single Double 1 and Double 2 Fac 7 The Single setting means that the first of the two scenes in the storyboard is played in full screen mode as the background and the second scene is projected onto it with the selected parameters i e it is played as a PIP Double 1 and Double 2 mean that the starting and finishing scenes can configured separately and then projected onto a pat terned background Clicking on Double 1 activates the first of the two storyboard scenes Any subsequent changes that you make to the settings will be applied to this scene Clicking on the Double 2 function activates the second storyboard scene Any settings changes that you now make will be applied to this scene Please note For technical reasons when you are editing PIPs only the PIP that you are currently working on is displayed in the foreground However while the final PIPs are being rendered the finishing scene PIP is always displayed in front of the starting scene PIP cd 2 Background If you selected Double 1 or Double 2 mode the Background button will be activated
25. ist of effects Insert the effect between the two scenes Using the x s button set the effect duration parameter to 10 seconds Now launch the program using the Launch PIP Studio button In amoment you will see your first scene as the background picture and your second scene as an on screen PIP The settings position size etc from your previous tutorial will remain unchanged AYou will see the program toolbar located at the bottom of the screen Please make sure once more that the selection button next to PIP is set to Single Now click on Shape to open the selector button and this time select Star 2 You will see your PIP take on a star shape after you confirm your selection Next click on Size and set the value to 204 x 168 Once you ve confirmed the size you can proceed to the Position setting Click on the corresponding button so you can position the PIP at the coordinates 580 100 i e the top right corner Now move on to Border again Since you will be setting the Size to O this time selecting a color becomes irrelevant because the border will not be displayed anyway How ever you do still need to set Blur since the edge of the PIP is still affected by this func tion Set a value of 5 here Once you have configured all these settings close the toolbar and click on the Shadow button Select the sixth direction setting in the list i
26. miliar with and select a Rect angle for the Shape Skip the size settings in this tutorial and deal with the positioning a little later First configure the border and shadow parameters Now that you have had a little practice using this program you can choose the settings in this tutorial yourself Give it a try 6 1 Once you have configured these settings click on the Position button You can now position your rectangular PIP Move it to the top left corner and off the screen You will notice the display change as soon as one of the coordinates becomes less than or equal to O The outermost edge of the screen still con tains your background video but it is now Superimposed with a gray surface The outer area of this surface is light grey and repre sents the invisible area of the screen The inner rectangle is dark grey and represents the visible screen area i e your background video The blue colored rectangle is your PIP By the way in this display your PIP is always shown as a rectangle regardless of what shape you have actually chosen for it This display therefore allows you to see where you have positioned your PIP in the video footage In this tutorial exercise position it at the coordinates 0 O and then confirm your set ting Since the coordinates always refer to the center of the PIP this setting will cause the bottom right quarter of the PIP to be displayed in front of the background video Now click o
27. n Effect activate the IN button set Custom under Effect set the fade time to 2 seconds and then click on the Edit Effect button You will see the corresponding 2 toolbar once more at the bottom edge of the screen Depending on the settings that you selected previously you might now see several waypoints Delete these by selecting them and clicking on Delete Repeat this process until all the waypoints have been deleted except for the one located in the top left corner You can now still see the gray surface with the blue rectangle in the top left corner representing the starting point Since you have already defined the position click on Edit First the Waypoint Parameters window appears in which you should click on Size Set the size to 24 x 20 and then click on Alpha value and set it to 50 Once you ve finished editing the starting point close the window with OK and click on Insert to insert another waypoint Since this waypoint is placed in the center of the back ground video the display switches back and you see the dot representing the rectangular PIP superimposed on the background video Now move the Position of the finishing point so that it is located in the bottom right corner e g at the coordinates 620 500 Now click on Edit to open the Waypoint Parameters window again and click on Size Set the size to 244 x 200 and the alpha value to 100 You have now defined the values for the finishing point
28. nes that are each 6 seconds long We ve decided to use two randomly selected scenes and we rec ommend that you do the same for the time being so all you have to do in this tutorial is simply apply our suggested settings Insert your two scenes into the storyboard then switch to the Transition Effects screen and place the effect between the two scenes Then set the effect length to span the whole time period in this case 6 seconds Once you ve launched the program you should again make sure that the toolbar s Single function is set to PIP For Shape select a Circle set the size to 200 x 164 and position the scene in the top left corner at the coordinates of 128 116 5 1 Preview Ari Set the Blur of the Border to 20 and the Size to O the color setting therefore be comes irrelevant Then proceed to the Shadow settings and set the Distance to 0 thus making the other settings in the Shadow menu also irrelevant Once you ve finished configuring these set tings and have closed the Shadow menu click on the Effect button In this window first activate the IN button set the fade time to 2 seconds and then click on the Edit Effect button You now see a new toolbar at the bottom edge of the screen and the Effect window is no longer displayed You ll see your background picture without the PIP e g image of your car superim posed on it unless of co
29. oaded or a check mark will be loaded appears For fade in and fade out parameters such as size and alpha value will be loaded The hold time relates to parameters like the thickness of the border or the shape If you confirm your selection with OK an additional window will appear in which the saved set tings are displayed and from where they can be selected You can confirm your selection by clicking on OK If you click on the Save button the Archive PIP window appears In the upper area you see the PIPs that have already been saved and in the lower area you see a yellow line that you can select Clicking on it will open the on screen keyboard and you can give your PIP a name After clicking on OK the name appears in the upper area of the win dow Please note that when saving a double PIP only the settings for the active PIP i e the selected one in the foreground are saved If you click on Delete the Delete PIP window appears In the upper area of this window you see a list of saved PIPs Initially the OK button is blocked i e it is gray and cannot be selected even if a saved PIP appears se lected This is a security measure to prevent PIPs from being accidentally deleted Select the PIP that you want to delete even if it is already highlighted in gray and then click on the now active yellow OK button to delete it The Cancel button can be used to close the Archive window even if you have not carried out an
30. out Let s start with the fade in Click on IN to activate the button i e it turns blue if it s not active already me Single i Macken Size i 2 pee Position IF u 1444 7 Any other settings changes that you make in this window will now relate to the fade in Click on the Effect selector button to open the list of twelve different fade in options In this tutorial use the Fade option Next set the fade time to 000 02 00 i e to 2 sec onds The total fade time is made up of the fade in time plus the time during which the effect remains stationary plus the fade out time In this case the 2 second setting means that the PIP will fade in gently for precisely 2 seconds Since you do not want to make any further changes with the Edit Effect button you can proceed to the fade out settings and activate the OUT button In this tutorial set the same parameters that you did for fade in i e the Fade option and a fade time of 2 seconds You ll notice that for this setting you now only have 4 seconds available instead of 6 since 2 seconds are already taken up by the fade in effect Since you don t want to make any further changes to this effect click on OK in the Effect window and close the PIP Studio program saving your settings Afterwards have the system generate your effect in the Edit screen 4 5 Circling scenes within the video footage For this tutorial select two sce
31. quired scenes each with a length of 5 seconds into the storyboard insert the PIP Studio effect The PIP Studio effect must be configured to last the entire length of the scene i e 5 sec onds Now launch the program using Launch PIP Studio In a moment you ll see the priest scene appear as a PIP in front of the scene of the bride and groom Make sure that the PIP selector button is set to Double 1 Here Double means that you want two scenes as PIPs in front of a separate background picture while the 1 stands for the first scene in this case the bride and groom Please do not be alarmed if you only see the bride and groom scene as a PIP once you change the setting to Double 1 the other scene is simply hidden behind this PIP FIF Guile 1 shape Circles Baragreund Size Werder Effect Panta Shadow 1 I Now select the Background button to open the Select Pattern window in which you can choose a background of your choice Selart Pattern Product Casablanca Tyee Hinar inii Marble E The Marble 1 background picture that we ve chosen can be found by selecting Casablanca in the Product menu and Monochromatic in the Type menu Now 1 select the twelfth pattern in the list Color White Mode Positive Once you
32. s If you click on these buttons the dashes will be replaced by tick marks The Size or Alpha button will then be activated therefore allow ing you to adjust your settings The tick marks for the first and last waypoints cannot be deactivated since a value has be to en tered there or else interpolation will not be possible Now confirm by clicking on OK Next select the last waypoint i e the finish ing point leave the size as it is and set the aloha value to 100 These settings will cause the scene i e the PIP to move slowly across the background and display a smooth transition in size and transparency The sizes and alpha values for all the inserted waypoints will be rendered automatically 5a Please make sure that the IN button is active the whole time since in this case we are still working on the fade in effect Now that you have changed the two points starting and finishing point you can insert additional waypoints To do so click on In sert to make the next point on the path appear You can insert up to a maximum of 10 waypoints for the fade in effect The points are always inserted after the active point i e in the direction of the finishing point You will notice that the slider control appears smaller and smaller You can activate it and slide it back and forth to activate the various waypoints Naturally you are not just restricted to defin ing the size and alpha value you can also
33. ted in this section of the curve for a shorter length of time than when it is located between two waypoints that are further apart from one another You should remember this if later you plan varying the PIP s parameters between indi vidual waypoints lf two waypoints are located on top of one another the PIP will not move However you can still have the PIP s parameters vary over the entire fade time So for instance you could make a fade in occur while the PIP remains stationary in one position If there are more than two waypoints in the path and two consecutive waypoints are in the same position the first will have no time value associated with it i e it will be skipped 12 Delete Clicking on the Delete button causes the currently active waypoint to be deleted thus making the previous waypoint active 13 Position If you click on the Position button the active waypoint turns blue and can be repositioned using the trackball While you are moving it you will see its posi tion coordinates at the edge of the screen You can confirm the new position by pressing the left trackball button The right trackball button cancels the operation As an alterna tive to the Position button you can also move a waypoint by clicking on an active waypoint once or by clicking on an inactive waypoint twice This action has the same effect as clicking on Position If you want to position the waypoint outside the video picture
34. to the Effect window Each fade effect has its own curve and of course its own parameters It is important to remember that if you change the parameters for the large waypoint the last waypoint for fade in i e the first for fade out then the large waypoint of the other effect will also be changed As a reminder the large waypoint is the one at which the PIP remains stationary between the fade in and fade out 17 PIP If you click on the PIP button it turns blue i e becomes active This means that you will now not only see a green waypoint you will also see your PIP dis played at the position of the currently active point However if you selected a small size or a small alpha value only a green point will continue to be displayed Since the presence of the PIP can often be irritating you should only display it tempo rarily just as a quick check 18 Preview You also have the opportunity of displaying a preview in this screen too 19 OK This button is used to confirm your settings close this screen and return you to the Effect screen
35. urse the PIP button was activated Instead of the PIP you now see either one or two small dots Depending on the effect Fade Zoom etc you selected in a previous exercise the display will be modified by that effect in this menu If you only see one dot it will be green in color and will be located in the same position at which you previously placed your PIP If you see two dots next to one another the active dot is green and the other is yellow lf you worked through our tutorial exercises in the order in which they were presented you ll see two dots displayed one on top of the other You can recognize that this is the case by looking at the slider control on the right it is now no longer completely gray but can be adjusted You can decide which of the two dots to activate using this slider or by clicking the separate buttons next to the slider First activate the PIP button to provide a clearer display your PIP will now appear around the active green dot You can deactivate this function by clicking on PIP again You can see your video scene still in the same position in which you previously placed it i e at the top left If you like you can reposition it with the Position button or move one of the two dots to another position Since the first dot is located in the top left corner activate the second dot and reposition it with the Position or by clicking on it again in the bottom right corner
36. ve set the background picture close the Select Pattern window by clicking on OK You ll see that the background is no longer black but now has a marbled pattern You can now move on to configuring the other settings Define the shape of the first scene by clicking on Shape and selecting Circle Next click on the Size button and select the 636 x 520 setting You can then click on the Position button to set the position of the bride and groom scene to 468 320 You will now see your second PIP again in the top right corner Now you re going to configure the Border setting Since we won t be placing a border around the video scene you should set the Size to 0 In this case the Color setting is irrelevant You can however use the Blur button to adjust the contour of the scene s edge In this tutorial set it to 40 Since you won t be applying a shadow in this tutorial set the distance to 0 in the Shadow menu The remaining settings in this menu direction color and blur are irrelevant so you can leave the current settings as they are Close the Shadow menu Once you ve finished configuring the settings for the first scene and positioned it in the bottom right corner you can proceed to the second scene Click on the PIP button and select Double 2 In a moment you ll see the scene of the priest brought into the fore ground thus allowing you to edit it Click on Shape for this scene
37. w toolbar dealing with the shadow settings The first button in this toolbar is labeled Direction Click on it to display a selection of 8 directions Select the fifth in the list i e the one pointing downwards You can then open the color box again using the Color button and select the color black You can configure the transparency here as well this time select an alpha value of 50 Using the next button labeled Distance you can determine how long the shadow should be beginning from the edge of the logo Select a value of 5 here The Blur button determines the blur of the shadow i e blurred contours in percent Select a value of 10 here Next close this toolbar again by clicking on the button in the bottom right corner After having made these settings changes you will finally see the Preview button Click on it and you will see a small window appear superimposed on the PIP Studio program The window contains a preview of the scene sequence with the applied settings that you adjusted Last you will also see the Archive button in this program You can use it to save and load settings If you click on Archive you will see the Load Save Delete and Cancel buttons Now click on Save so that an empty yellow field appears Click on the lower yellow bar and the keyboard will then appear Enter the required name e g Logo and you ll see the name appear in the list Now confirm with
38. with your own ones You will soon see that just a few minor changes provide a whole wealth of variants and will distinctly influence the results achieved The given length of the scenes can of course also be varied In this manual we have re stricted ourselves to using only short scenes so that the examples can be calculated and displayed more quickly You will be introduced to the program s inter face in the first tutorial entitled Personal Logo in which you will practice making a few adjustments to the settings This ex ample is highly detailed and contains many program screenshots i e examples of what you will see on screen to help you recognize which functions you are working with and find your way around more easily 1 Personal Logo This tutorial will allow you to superimpose your own personal logo onto the video foot age If you regularly use footage in your Casa blanca that you recorded from television you will no doubt sometimes have wished that the TV channel s logo did not appear in the material Up until now you ve only had the option of using various programs or tricks to retouch and remove the logo But now you have the ability to cover it up with your own personal logo You can of course also use PIP Studio to superimpose your logo over your own foot age so that your films become unmistakably yours That probably sounds complicated at first but it is actually very simple to do using PIP
39. y a PIP on a video background or place two PIPs on a patterned or colored background In the first case the background video is defined as a full screen image by default In the second case you can configure all the parameters for both PIPs independently from one another This method gives you consid erably more options but requires more com putation time If you make changes to the PIP e g adjust ments to size position border or shadow the PIP will always be displayed within a rectangle in preview mode Once you have finished making changes to the parameters the PIP will be recalculated immediately using the new settings and displayed in its final form l T Sample tutorials The following tutorials are intended to help you familiarize yourself with the PIP Studio program s various buttons and their func tions Of course our suggested settings only repre sent a small sample of the many variations available When working through the ex amples we recommend that you keep to our suggestions and the sequence of working steps so that you will more easily understand the explanations of how the various options work Please follow us through these instructions button by button You will soon discover just how easy it is We definitely advise you to work through the examples several times so that you quickly learn how to use PIP Studio with confidence You can of course later replace our sug gested settings
40. y actions in the window 10 Effect If you click on the Effect button the Effect window appears Ebert EN Effect A Custer Fateline I soto You will first see the two IN and OUT buttons The button that you click on will turn blue and will therefore be activated An activated IN button means that any fur ther settings you configure will affect the PIP s fade in An active OUT button will cause any settings changes to be applied to the fade out Under Effect you have the option of choosing the type of fade in or fade out The following twelve effects can be selected Hard Cut Fade Zoom Move Left Move Left Up Move UP Move Up Right Move Right Move Right Down Move Down Move Down Left Cus tom The names of the first eleven settings options indicate what they do The Custom setting means you can set your own values If you selected one of the other effects and subsequently edit the effect this will auto matically cause the settings for the Custom effect to be changed as well f gt The Fade Time button provides a slider control for adjusting the duration of the fade in fade out The duration that you are able to set for this can be no greater than the effect duration that is set in the Transition Effects screen If for instance you have a total of 6 seconds at your disposal you could set 2 seconds for the fade in and 2 seconds for the fade out The remaining 2 seconds will then be used
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search