The Mode panel
The Mode panel of the Import Wizard provides a place to adjust the options offered by several import sources.
The options for DV and HDV import are in three groups on the Mode panel.
Presets: The Presets group offers two standard configurations for video and audio compression, and a custom setting that lets you fine-tune compression parameters in the Compression Options window, which opens when the upper more button 
is clicked. The fixed presets are:
· DV: This provides full-quality DV capture, using about 200 MB of disk space per minute of video.
· MPEG: MPEG compression produces smaller files than does DV, but requires more computational horsepower to encode and decode. This could result in slower performance on older computers.
Scene detection: When the scene detection feature is enabled, your footage is divided up on import into “scenes” that can be displayed and manipulated separately in the Studio Album. This greatly simplifies the task of locating material of interest during editing. Click the lower more button 
to open the Scene Detection Options window.
Stop at tape end: This option tells Studio whether to automatically stop capturing if a blank area of tape is encountered. A blank area – one without timecode striping – indicates virgin tape. Provided you have avoided leaving any blank spots during shooting (by slightly overlapping neighboring shots), this option allows for unattended capture.
Import options for analog media
The options for analog import are similar to those just discussed for digital sources. See below for explanations of the Compression Options and Scene Detections Options windows.
Stop when no signal is the analog equivalent of the Stop at tape end option described above. When set, Studio will automatically end capture when the signal from the source device is interrupted.
Import options for file-based media
The Mode panel provides two options affecting importing from file-based media.
Delete original: When this option is enabled, the original copies of the files you import will be deleted after copying. This option is handy if you are using the Import Wizard to consolidate your media and don’t want your hard drive cluttered with redundant copies.
Ignore duplicates: This option helps you deal with redundant media files you already have, by telling the Import Wizard not to import extra copies of files that may be differently-named but are apparently identical.
Import options for stop-motion capture
In stop-motion animation, a series of individual frames is captured from a live video source. Depending on your plans for the stop-motion sequence, you can instruct the Import Wizard to integrate the individual frames into a movie, or simply import each frame as a picture, or both.