Sony PCV-RS220 - Manual (Page 29)

Editing digital video with DVgate software
DVgate software enables you to combine your captured video clips into a single movie. You can also trim the beginning and
end of each clip, so you only include the scenes you desire.
1. Click Start, click All Programs, point to DVgate, and click DVgate Assemble.
DVgate Assemble starts.
2. Click ADD.
The ADD dialog box appears.
3. In the ADD dialog box, select the video clip files you want to include in your combined movie, and click Open.
 You can select multiple clips by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking several files.
 Your selected clips appear in the Assemble list in the DVgate Assemble window.
4. If necessary, edit the order of clips in the Assemble list.
For the combined movie, clips are combined in the order they appear in the Assemble list, starting from the top.
 To rearrange the order, drag clips up and down the list.
 To remove a clip from the list, click it, and click DELETE.
 To copy a clip, click it, click Copy on the Edit menu, click the location on the list where you want the copy
to be placed, and click Insert on the Edit menu.
5. If necessary, trim your video clips to include only the scenes you want included in the final movie, using these
steps:
 Double-click a clip. The clip opens in the DVgate Assemble - Clip window.
 Drag the slider to the point in the clip where your chosen scene begins.
 Click BEGIN.
 Drag the slider to the point in the clip where your chosen scene ends. Click END.
To view your trimmed clip, make sure the BEGIN-END check box is not selected. Use the Play button
to play your clip.
If the BEGIN-END check box is selected, the entire clip is played back.
You can also set the starting and stopping points for your scene by playing the clip with the function
buttons, then clicking BEGIN and END when the clip reaches your chosen begin and end points
 Click OK to save your changes and close DVgate Assemble - Clip window.
6. When you have set the order of your clips and trimmed them to include only the scenes you want, you can
preview the entire finished movie by clicking PREVIEW ALL in the main window.
7. Click OUTPUT ALL to save your finished movie to your hard disk drive.
The Save As dialog box appears.
8. Save your movie to the desired location, type a name for your movie, and click Save.
If you intend later to export your movie to your digital video camera, be sure to select AVI file (*.avi) in the Save as
type: box before saving your movie.
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