Let’s import videos from an AVCHD hard disk drive camcorder:
1. Connect the camcorder to your computer via a USB 2.0 cable. Turn on the camcorder and switch to the Play mode. Launch VideoStudio, check the 16:9 option and select Movie Wizard.
2. Click Import from mobile device. (If you have a DVD-based camcorder, you can also use the “Insert Digital Media” option.)
3. In the Insert media file from Hard Drive/External Device, your hard disk drive camcorder will be shown as Memory card in Device. Click it to import videos. Check Video to display all the video files in your camcorder. Select the videos you want and click OK.
Editing your video:
4. Your videos are added to the Media Clip List.
5. If needed, trim any unwanted parts from the beginning and end of the clip by dragging the Trim Handles to the desired start and end points. Or, drag the Jog Slider until you locate the point in the video clip that you want to set as the start and click
. Set the end-point by clicking 
. And then click Next.
6. Select HD-Home Movie from the Theme template drop-down list. Theme templates will give your home movies really cool opening/ending sequences by adding animated text, frames, graphics, and background music.
7. Click
to open a dialog box where you can adjust the overall length of your movie and then click OK.- Fit to video duration retains the current movie length
- Fit to background music adjusts the movie duration to fit into the length of the background music
- Specify duration lets you define a custom duration for the whole movie
8. There are two animated titles in a theme template; they are at the start and end of the home movie. To personalize these titles, first select the preset title from the Title list. Double-click the preset text in the Preview Window, and then type in the desired text.
Tips: Click
to change text formatting, font or color.
9. You can choose to keep the background music suggested by the Movie Wizard, or replace the music by clicking 
to open the Audio Options dialog box. Locate and select the desired music file.
10. Drag the Volume slider to the left to increase the volume of the background music over the volume of the video's audio. Click Next.
You can choose to save your project as a video file by clicking Create Video File in the Movie Wizard. If you want to further edit your home movie, like adding filters, overlays, and transitions, click Edit in Corel VideoStudio Editor.
However, most people will want to create a DVD, and it's really easy in VideoStudio!
Creating DVD menu and disc:
11. Click Create Disc to go to the Create Disc Wizard. Select DVD in Output disc format and then click Next. Your home movie is automatically inserted as a video clip in the Media Clip List. Make sure that your aspect ratio is 16:9.
12. You can choose to add chapter points to your video, by clicking Add/ Edit Chapter. Each chapter is like a bookmark for a video clip. By adding chapters, your viewers can skip directly to the sections of the video they want to watch by clicking on the submenu, or by pressing the Chapter button on their remote.
13. In the Add/ Edit Chapter dialogue box, drag the Jog Slider to move to a scene to set a chapter point then click Add Chapter. When all chapters are set, click OK.
14. Select a menu template from the Menu template list.
15. You can edit both your menu and submenus. Use Currently displayed menu to switch to the menu you want to edit.
Tips: In Edit page click 
Set the background music and Select a Music Track for this menu to replace the menu template's current background music, if you wish.
If you wish to replace the menu template's current background, in Edit page click 
Set the background and Select a Background Image for This Menu.
16. Use the Remote Control to preview your project then click Next.
17. To burn a DVD, insert a disc in your burner then click Burn to start the burning process.
