Now, have some fun...
Now that you have installed Studio Deluxe, you can use it immediately. We
strongly recommend you take this opportunity to experience Studio Deluxe
digital video editing.
In Chapter 3 of the Studio User Guide, you'll find a quick, easy and enjoyable
tour through the important parts of Studio Deluxe. You can begin right now—
the tour requires no hardware setup, and all the files are pre-organized on your
CD-ROM.
SECTION 7: TECHNICAL NOTES
1. Updates
The first time you run Studio you will be prompted to check the Pinnacle
Systems website for updated software. We strongly recommend you go
through this automated online version checking procedure, and download
and install the update if one is available.
We also recommend that you check for new updates periodically. You can
do this by selecting the Help/Software Updates menu command.
2. Preview Performance of Hollywood FX transitions
Because Hollywood FX are complex 3D transitions, previews work
differently than with other effects.
If your graphics board supports the 3D routines used by Hollywood FX,
Studio can use the 3D accelerator hardware on your graphics board for real-
time previews. Currently graphics boards using the Nvidia Geforce 2,
Nvidia GeForce 3 and ATI Radeon chips support this. If your graphics
board uses one of these chips, select Hardware Acceleration in Setup >
Edit. (You may need to install the latest drivers for your graphics board)
If you don't have hardware 3D acceleration, Studio uses software
acceleration. Due to the complex nature of these 3D transitions, previews
work differently than do 2D transitions:
When you preview in the Player Window, Hollywood FX plays at reduced
resolution. Depending on your PCs performance, real-time previews may
not be possible. Playback speeds may be as low as a few frames per second.
This affects preview only-when you Make Movie; your transition is
rendered at full resolution and frame rate.
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