Edit Your Video Faster with Canopus Edius Pro

Editing With Canopus Edius Pro can be a rewardng experience. If you have a basic knowledge of non-linear editors and a history with Adobe Premiere, you can find your way around Edius pretty quickly. One great advantage of Edius is to be able to capture DVD video discs using the DiscCapture option, creating a local MP2 file on the desktop. This is much faster than real time capturing, creates a smaller file, and allows you to edit the file directly. Edius can also edit VOB files directly on the DVD. What follows is a basic run through of the process with some note about additional programs. The other programs will have their own walk-throughs at a later date.

to begin, place your DVD in the DVD drive.

CAPTURE THE DVD USING DISC CAPTURE
From the start menu, select Program Files -> Canopus-> Discapture

Once the DVD shows in the capture window, select the capture button on the bottom left of the window marked with a DVD and a green arrow
(see image 001)

In the next window, choose the folder you want to save the file to in the upper window and give the file a name in the lower window

The capturing disc window will appear, let it finish (as marked by the blue bar)

Click the "ok" button

Close the Discapture window by clicking the top right X

Open Canopus Edius Professional

Click NEW

On the first window, name your project in the top text box and select DV PAL 4:3, 44.1k
(see image 002)

Then click OK

Right click on the 1VA track layer on the time line window and left click on Add Clip
(see image 003)

Change to the folder you saved the file in and select the file and then click OPEN

Editing is the same as in Premiere with some differences

Use C to cut (instead of ctrl+K)

Use the top left time menu on the time line to zoom in and out (see arrow)

When finished, select the red square under the monitor window, select "print to file"

Choose Canopus Procoder 2

Select the ADD button

Either use a pre-selected option or create your own DVD choice

In the first box, name your project the same name as the original name on step 4

In the second box, choose where you want to save the DVD files to

Adjust the bitrate ( bottom arrow) to allow the project to fit on one DVD (top arrow)

When finished, click START

When finished, open NERO Burning ROM or any other DVD burning software and burn as normal