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Introduction


Setup and Preparation


IntroDV is a digital video editing application that lets you easily put your digital video and audio clips into a seamless video story, which you can then record onto videotape.

This tutorial walks you through the basic steps in assembling various separate clips into one story. You'll be working with a few video clips that showcase a pet dog, Rex. (These clips are provided on the IntroDV Installation CD-ROM.) You'll edit these clips into a logical order, add some transitions and music to your video, then print your story out to videotape.

Before you begin, you need to take a few steps to make sure the video clips are installed on your hard drive, then launch IntroDV.

Setting up your video clips

You'll be working with five separate video clips of Rex, a pet dog, to create a story sequence of about 23 seconds long. The specific clips, plus a music files, should be copied to your hard disk when you install the IntroDV Tutorial. Take a moment to make sure the right clips were copied to your hard drive so they'll be available for you to import into IntroDV.


To check the video and music clips:
  1. On your hard drive, navigate to the C:\IntroDV_Tutorial folder and locate the following clips:
    • close up outside.mov
    • eyes.mov
    • hedgehog 2.mov
    • walking out red door.mov
    • with hedgehog.mov
    • Boulevard Funk.wav
  2. If you can't locate the clips on your hard drive, create a new folder on your hard drive named C:\IntroDV_Tutorial. Copy the clips listed above from the IntroDV CD-ROM to this new folder.
  3. A completed version of the story you will be creating is also provided in the C:\IntroDV_Tutorial. It is called Tutorial.zdv. You may find this useful for comparing with the movie you will create.

Launching IntroDV

Now you're ready to start IntroDV and get to work creating a video story.


To launch IntroDV:
  1. From the Start menu, choose Programs>Digital Origin>IntroDV>IntroDV.

    If this is the first time you're starting IntroDV, IntroDV launches and displays the Project Format dialog box. If you've already launched IntroDV before, choose File>New, then proceed to step 2.

  2. Choose a project format to use: NTSC or PAL, then click OK.

    NOTE: NTSC is the most common standard composite video signal used in the United States. PAL is the most common standard composite video signal used in Europe. Choose the project format that's most appropriate for your equipment and output.

    The New Project dialog box appears.

  3. Specify a name and location for your project and click OK.

    Three windows appear in IntroDV: the Library window, the Cutting Room window, and the Story window.

The Library window

When you capture or import your clips into IntroDV, they appear in the Library window. IntroDV displays the first frame of each video clip in the Library window as a visual reference to the content of the clip.

The Cutting Room window

The Cutting Room window contains two smaller windows, the Clip Player and the Story Player.

The Clip Player (on the left) is where you view your clips and set Start and End Cuts (begin and end points) for them. The Story Player (on the right) is where you view the sequence of clips you've edited into a story, along with any titles and transitions you've added.

The Story window

The Story window is a graphic representation of all the clips you include in your story, displayed along a timeline.

The Story window lets you quickly see the order in which you've placed the clips, where the transitions and titles (text) occur, and how the video portion of your story relates to the audio portion.

The Effects window

The Effects window doesn't appear when you launch IntroDV. It appears when you're ready to add titles and transitions to your story and you click either the Titles or Transitions button from the toolbar or choose View>Effects.

With only these four windows, you can create compelling videotapes from your clips. Now, on to the next lesson!


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Phone: (650) 404-6300
460 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
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