Library

The Library is a storage depot for everything you need to create a movie: video clips, photos, instant project templates, transitions, titles, filters, color clips, and audio files.

Right-click a clip in the Library to view the clip's properties as well as copy, delete, or split clips by scene.

You can also trim a clip in the Library by using the Trim markers.

Hold [Ctrl] or [Shift] to select multiple clips.

Adding and deleting media clips in the Library

Organize the media clips in the Library so you can access assets for your projects with ease and speed. You can also import a Library to restore media files and other library information.

To add media clips to the Library

1 Click Add to create a new library folder where you want to store your media clips.

Note: You can create custom folders to separate your personal clips from sample clips and manage your assets more efficiently or to keep all clips that belong to a project in a single folder.

2 Click Import Media Files to locate your files.

3 Select the files you want to import.

4 Click Open.

Click Browse to open the File Explorer where you can drag and drop files to the Library or Timeline.

To delete media clips from the Library

1 In the Library, select a clip and press [Delete].

Or, right-click the clip in the Library and click Delete.

Note: While the clips are referenced in the Library, they actually remain in their original location, so when you delete a clip from the

Library, only the Library instance is deleted. You can still access the actual file in the location where it is stored.

2 When prompted, confirm that you want to delete the thumbnail from the Library.

To automatically locate and restore the link of the files in your library

• Click File > Relink.

A message appears that notifies you about the number of clips that are successfully relinked.

Note: If the links to some clips are not restored, you can restore them manually by browsing for the corresponding file on your computer.

To export a library

1 Click Settings > Library Manager > Export library and specify a folder location where you want to save your Library.

2 Click OK.

It is recommended that you back up your Library to avoid losing important library information and media clips. This action creates a backup of the virtual media files information of your current library in a directory you specify.

To import a Library

1 Click on Settings > Library Manager > Import Library and find the folder path of the directory you want to import.

2 Click OK.

To reset your Library to the default settings, select Settings >

Library Manager > Reset Library.

Tagging Files as 3D

3D media clips are supported in Corel VideoStudio Pro. Tagged 3D media clips are marked with 3D for easy identification and to enable the 3D media clip for 3D editing.

To tag video and photo clips as 3D

1 Right-click 3D files imported into the Library or the Timeline and choose Tag as 3D from the right-click menu. The 3D Settings dialog box is displayed.

2 Choose one of the following options to set the correct format for 3D content:

• 2D — the default setting if the selected clip is not recognized as

3D.

• Side-by-side — delivers 3D content by splitting the horizontal resolution of each frame for the left and right eye. Side-by-side 3D is widely used by cable channels for delivering content for 3D ready

TV sets because of lower bandwidth usage. Choose between the

Left-Right and Right-Left formats.

• Over-Under — delivers 3D content by splitting the vertical resolution of each frame for the left and right eye. The higher count of horizontal pixels makes this option more suitable for displaying panning motion. Choose between the Left-Right and

Right-Left formats.

• Multiview Video Coding (MVC) — generates a high-definition two- view (stereoscopic) video or a multi-view 3D video.

• Multi-view image — delivers high-quality stereoscopic images such as Multi-Picture Object (MPO) files that are shot using 3D cameras.

3 Click

OK.

The thumbnail of the media clip in the Library and Timeline now has the 3D tag.

In Corel VideoStudio Pro, MVC and MPO clips are automatically detected and tagged as 3D during import.

The Left-Right format for side-by-side 3D is a popular choice for delivering content and is used mostly in media clips imported or captured from 3D video cameras. The Right-Left option is used mostly in media clips acquired from the Web.

Tagging video and photo clips as 3D is required for editing in 3D mode.

To preserve 3D attributes, make sure you only split or trim 3D media clips. Applying 2D effects or filters to a 3D clip converts the

3D clip to 2D.

Saving Titles to the Library

When you are creating multiple title clips that share the same attributes, such as font type and style, it is useful to store a copy of your title clip in the Library.

To save your title as a preset

• Right-click the title clip in the Timeline and click Add to My Favorites.

This way, you can easily change the text by dragging it from My

Favorites in the Library back onto the Title Track while still maintaining the attributes of the title clip.

Sorting clips in the Library by using Media Filters

There are different ways to sort your media clips according to classifications and views.

To sort media clips by name, date or rating

• Click the Sort clips in the Library button

Name, Sort by Type or Sort by Date.

To change the media clips views

, then select Sort by

• Click the List view button

to display your media clips in a list that includes file properties, or click the Thumbnail view button to display thumbnails.

To show or hide media clips

• Click one or more of the following buttons:

• Show / Hide Videos

• Show / Hide Photos

• Show / Hide Audio Files

You can also use the icons in the Media Library to display media clips, transitions, titles, graphics and filters.

Thumbnail Views

Corel VideoStudio Pro allows you to adjust the size of thumbnails for easier access to the different media clips in the Library.

Thu mbnail size slider

To adjust thumbnail size

• Move the slider to the left or right to decrease and increase thumbnail size.