VideoMan 3.0

VideoMan 3.0 is a complete rewrite of previous version undertaken primarily with the aim to provide user with capability to import-export video from DV cameras, and use modern video compression formats.
VideoMan 3.0 provides completely new Capturer module for output/import of video through DV cameras and capture boards.
Video Man also comes with Pocket PC presets to help you create new project with optimal video and audio settings.
Main features:
General functionality
- Support of DirectShow filters and codecs (such as MPEG, DivX, or QuickTime)
- Import and export to DV cameras trough IEEE1394 (FireWire)
- Export movies directly to Windows Media video files
- Export to Windows Media format
- Complete DV camera playback control from within the application
- Stop-frame animation
- Chroma/color/luma/super screen key. Super screen color keying particularly
- effective for fast and accurate keying of small details such as hair, smoke transition track
- SMPTE timeline
- Unlimited file size of output (no 2Gb limit)
- Unlimited number of overlay video tracks
- Unlimited number of audio tracks
- Video Capture utility
- Auto insert mode for fast and easy movie composing
- Ability to insert project as a clip
- Set Mark In and Mark Out during clip import
- 51 Transition effects with previews
- 20 Dynamic special effects filters
- Higher quality of text rendering, in particular if text clip is on motion path
- Navigator window to easily locate clips on the timeline
- Trimming with ability to create interlaced output from non-interlaced video input.
- You can convert your Flash animation to broadcast-quality video
- Unlimited Undo and Redo
- Preview with sound
- Text Composition over video: titling/text animation, drop shadows
- Export frame from Preview
- Grouping of clips on the timeline
- Instant reaction to user input
- Redesigned and customizable interface
Additional functions
- Time Lapse capture mode in VideoMan Capturer.
- Antialiasing and interpolation of text shadow and transparency.
- Antialiasing of frame edge in Motion Path.
- Support of alpha channel in Motion Path.
- Close document command to File menu.
Interface
- Preview, Navigator, Transition Palette can be made popup and non-popup using the
- system menu.
- All windows are disabled during rendering.
- Cursor is not blinking during rendering.
- If SHIFT is pressed than full clip can be dragged to allow for dragging short clips
- even at very large time scale/
- Program remembers position of document windows.
- Progress indicator can be dragged.
- Icons in Construction and Project window captions.
- Meaningless indicators (e.g. CAP and NUM) removed from StatusBar
Preview
- Option to make Preview without writing temporary video file on disk.
- Preview window size can be changed during preview
- Preview settings is stored between program sessions
- Preview is shown during rendering