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Contents

1. Welcome .......................................................... 1

Welcome to MoviePlus X5!.............................................................................. 3

Key features ......................................................................................................... 4

New features ..................................................................................................... 10

Licensed feature unlocking........................................................................... 14

Installation.......................................................................................................... 14

2. Getting Started ............................................... 17

Startup Wizard .................................................................................................. 19

Starting a new project .................................................................................... 20

Opening an existing project ......................................................................... 23

Adding media files to your project ............................................................. 25

Capturing video ................................................................................................ 28

Trimming ............................................................................................................ 32

Scene detection ................................................................................................ 36

Previewing your project ................................................................................. 36

3. Editing in Storyboard mode ............................ 41

Storyboard basics............................................................................................. 43

Adding media files ........................................................................................... 46

Selecting clips ................................................................................................... 48

Arranging clips .................................................................................................. 49

Resizing clips ..................................................................................................... 50

Applying transitions (storyboard) ............................................................... 52

Using pan and zoom ....................................................................................... 55

Using CG clips ................................................................................................... 57

Contents

4. Editing in Timeline mode ................................ 63

Timeline basics .................................................................................................. 65

Adding and arranging tracks ........................................................................ 71

Adding media files ........................................................................................... 72

Selecting clips (timeline only) ...................................................................... 73

Zooming, scrolling, seeking, and scrubbing (timeline only) ............... 76

Arranging clips (timeline only) ..................................................................... 78

Using groups (timeline only) ........................................................................ 85

Splitting clips on the timeline ...................................................................... 88

Cropping ............................................................................................................. 88

Using envelopes ............................................................................................... 90

Adjusting keyframes (timeline only) .......................................................... 95

Applying transitions (timeline) ................................................................. 101

Using markers ................................................................................................. 108

Slowing down and speeding up ............................................................... 112

Transparency & opacity (timeline only) .................................................. 112

Removing Backgrounds .............................................................................. 114

Masking ............................................................................................................ 114

Blue/green screening (Chroma Key) ....................................................... 118

Video overlays (timeline only) ................................................................... 121

Introducing transforms (timeline only) .................................................. 128

5. Effects .......................................................... 131

Applying video effects ................................................................................. 133

2D filter effects ............................................................................................... 139

3D filter effects ............................................................................................... 141

Colour correction .......................................................................................... 144

Applying audio effects ................................................................................. 145

Contents

2 Welcome

Welcome 3

Welcome to MoviePlus X5!

Welcome to MoviePlus X5, the powerful video-editing program from Serif.

MoviePlus is the program of choice for video editors looking for easy and

intuitive ways to create and share their own movies.

MoviePlus X5 offers an exciting experience at all the key steps of movie

creation—from importing media, media management (trimming and scene

detection), and video editing, through to exporting your project to DVD and

Blu-ray disc, as well as to YouTube, movie file, Apple devices, or PSP.

Video editing can be performed in storyboard or timeline mode (for ease-of-

use vs. editing power). Whichever mode you plan to work in, you'll be the envy

of your audience at your movie's first screening!

For a more detailed summary of what MoviePlus can offer, see Key features

(p. 4).

Upgrading?

If you've upgraded from a previous version, this new edition of MoviePlus

includes a host of exciting new features (p. 10) which keeps MoviePlus ahead of

its competitors and at a fraction of the price!

Registration

Don't forget to register your new copy, using the Registration Wizard on the

Help menu. That way, we can keep you informed of new developments and

future upgrades!

4 Welcome

Key features

Gathering and managing media

• Import Media

Copy from camcorder, USB mass storage devices (hard drive,

memory stick/card, flash drives), or CD/DVD. MoviePlus transfers

media files straight from your device, ready for use in your Media

pane.

• Trimming

Trim video clips to your preferred length in a dedicated Trim dialog,

without affecting your original video clip.

• Media Pane

Your project's media (video, image, and audio files) can be gathered

together in a Media pane before commitment to your storyboard (or

timeline). You can reuse media for subsequent projects by adding to

the pane's Library tab. Fix incorrectly oriented image and video files by

one-click rotation.

• Quick Sourcing of Video, Audio, Image Content

Capture video and audio directly from sources like a DV (digital

video) camcorder and video capture card. Take images straight off

your camera.

• Automatic Scene Detection and Management

Detect and utilize scenes within movies from tape-based camcorders

(even adjust detection sensitivity). Exclude unwanted scenes, merge

scenes together, or even add manual cuts to trim and split scenes to

your liking! The original file is left intact, not split into pieces by the

process.

Welcome 5

MoviePlus basics

• Storyboard Simplicity or Timeline Editing Power!

Use the Storyboard for basic movie projects or "slideshow" image

montages. Clips are automatically arranged in sequence one-by-one

with inter-clip transitions. The Timeline lets you arrange video and

audio clips with editing freedom, working with an unlimited number

of video and audio tracks (or groups).

Timeline essentials

• Tracks and Groups

Store clips across multiple "layered" tracks for stunning blending

effects (opacity control) or split-screens, spins, rotations, and rolls

(transform control). Control opacity and transforms at group level

using video groups (containing multiple video tracks).

• Clip-based Opacity, Crop, and Transform Control

Apply opacity, cropping, and transforms to any selected clip!

• Keyframe Controls

Transitions, effects, transforms, opacity, plus audio volume and stereo

panning are all "key-framable". You can specify changes over time and

all the in-between steps are calculated for you. The changes themselves

can also adopt different speeds or accelerations by changing the

keyframe properties.

• Preset Envelopes

Using MoviePlus’s advanced keyframe technology is even more

accessible through a comprehensive range of preset envelopes—these

can be simply dragged and dropped onto video and audio tracks and

will perform previously complex video editing techniques, such as

opacity, transform and crop, with ease.

• Transparent Overlays

All of MoviePlus's video tracks support video transparency to

superimpose not just titles but any 32-bit transparent image (or video)

over your movie's action. Make portions of existing video transparent

6 Welcome

by adding a mask (as you might in a bitmap-editing program like Serif

PhotoPlus) or by picking a solid colour to become transparent. Use

popular Blend Modes to adjust how your layered videos' pixels interact

with each other.

• Multiple Picture-in-Picture

Create professional picture-in-picture effects using video clips or still

frames by easily editing the size and position of your video in the

Video Preview pane. Perfect for showing supplemental visuals without

detracting from the main movie, or tiling multiple videos together for

a dynamic scene.

Audio

• Audio Levels

Avoid audio distortion with the Levels meter—audio level meters

indicate if your current audio levels hit the Red. Use as a master

control volume to normalize project audio levels prior to movie

export. Audio waveforms for any audio clip are optionally displayed

on the timeline to help synchronize audio events.

• Narration Recording

Record voice-overs while you play back your movie—simply set up

your microphone, press record and begin talking!

• Digital CD Ripping

Rip your audio CDs—great for creating movie soundtracks from your

favourite songs.

• Dolby® Digital Stereo Support

For DVD/Blu-ray disc export, MoviePlus now uses Dolby Digital to

encode and compress audio (leaving more room for video!). Video

files with Dolby Digital streams can also import without the need for

third party codecs.

Welcome 7

Text

• In-Place Text Editing

Add titles, captions, and credits as separate text clips or as overlaid

text ("floating" over your video).

• Text Styles

For titles, captions, and credits, the new Text Styles gallery offers

hand-picked styles for that professional look. Apply a full range of

character formatting for custom text styles.

• Text Animation

Bring text to life by choosing In and/or Out animations, all from the

Galleries pane. Fly, Spin, Blinds, Explode, and Type are among an

impressive collection of preset categories.

Transitions, CG Clips, and Effects

• Cool Transitions

Automatic transitions between two clips make MoviePlus a breeze.

MoviePlus offers dozens of built-in, customizable transitions allowing

you to use standard transitions like wipes and cross-fades through to

stretches, pushes, pixellation, and 3D transitions.

• Computer Generated (CG) clips

For movie interludes or backdrops to titles or credits, add coloured

Backgrounds (solid or gradient fills) or Images and QuickShapes

such as hearts, chevrons, teardrops, and zigzags (plus many more).

QuickShapes are also great for masking effects!

• Stunning Video Effects

Enhance your movies with a wide range of customizable correction

filters—pick from brightness, contrast, gamma adjustments, sharpen,

and many more! Special effects include Old Film, Motion Blur, Mask,

Noise, and Chroma Key. 2D filter effects, as well as 3D lighting and

surface effects are supported. Apply individually or cumulatively.

Even perform reverse video playback as a special effect.

8 Welcome

• Audio Effects

Choose from a range of audio special effects—Reverb, Bass, Fill Left,

Fill Right channel-related effects. Even use third-party VST effect

plug-ins.

Performance

• Pre-Rendering for Improved Video Playback

Render transitions, video clips, or a time range in the background for

improved preview performance; lightning fast previews for complex

timelines or clips with processor-intensive effects!

Ease of Use

• Easy-to-use Panes

Enjoy larger and more intuitive panes which can float and be resized—

design your own MoviePlus workspace! Make use of full screen

previews on additional monitors.

• Editing Toolbars for More Efficiency

Context-sensitive toolbars for storyboard and timeline; toolbars only

offer the tools you need, when you need them.

• Edit Multiple Attributes

Change individual, specific, or all attributes (e.g. transitions, clip

durations) at the same time.

• Switch Editing Modes

Swap between the simplicity of the storyboard and the editing power

of the timeline. A single click gives an easy jump between either mode.

Exporting

• Easy Exporting

Export to any media, file or device using either suggested project

settings, intelligentlycalculated by MoviePlus, or by creating custom

project settings, which can be saved.

Welcome 9

• Share Worldwide with YouTube

Export your movie then automatically upload to your YouTube

account.

• PSP/iPod Export

Export mp4 movies to play on these popular devices. Upload to PSP

directly from MoviePlus; import movie into iTunes for later syncing

with iPods.

• Built-in DVD Authoring!

Bring your movies to the masses with quick and easy authoring to disc

(includes auto-erase)!

• DVD Menu Designer

For handy chapter navigation, the Menu Designer lets you create your

very own menu designs from a diverse range of pre-built templates, by

changing layout, background images/music, titling, and button styles.

The designer now offers DVD Preview (with remote control

simulator), video menu backgrounds, and manual positioning of

menu buttons. For multi-page menus, each page can adopt its own

appearance (e.g., layout, background, etc).

10 Welcome

New features

General

• Multi-trimming and splitting (p. 34)

Create separate trimmed scenes per clip, removing unwanted video or

audio content with ease—perform via Media pane, timeline or

storyboard using the Trim dialog. Optionally, just split (cut) your clip

up into multiple scenes! Preview each created scene and re-trim

within the dialog. Scene slipping lets you change underlying content,

while keeping the same trimmed clip duration.

• Guides for Fine Positioning

Use for laying out your titles, images, shapes, and transform envelopes

on your clips. Guides are for display only, helping you arrange clips

and objects, and can be positioned either by drag-and-drop or dialog.

• View in Full Screen! (p. 39)

Make use of all your monitor workspace with Full Screen display,

equipped with pop-up transport controls!

• Images and QuickShapes for Enhanced Movie Titles (p. 180)

Combine images, QuickShapes, and text together in your text clip's

layout! Optionally, set your default text style for future text clips.

Ease of use

• Easy Project Setup (p. 20)

From the Startup Wizard and Media pane, importing media options

(Import and Copy from Device) offer to set up your project according

to the chosen media clip's properties. For example, import a clip from

your HD camcorder, and your project is set up as an HD project

automatically!

Welcome 11

• Customized Keyboard Shortcuts, Menus, and Toolbars

Take advantage of customizable keyboard shortcuts—assign your own

keystrokes to toolbar and menu commands! Tailor MoviePlus to your

needs with menu, toolbar, and icon customization.

Performance

• Background Task Management (p. 207)

For uninterrupted project development, pre-rendering and proxy file

generation are now background tasks. Prioritize or delete any

background tasks in Background Task Manager. For example,

prioritize a proxy task for a specific HD video clip to complete ahead

of other tasks.

• Helper File Manager (p. 212)

Monitor, manage, and remove helper files used for pre-render

preview, proxies, indexing, scene detection, waveform generation, and

motion control. Allocate disk space thresholds for automatic helper

file deletion—avoid running out of disk space ever again!

Effects

• Video Noise Reduction (p. 136)

Use MoviePlus's Noise Reduction video effect to minimize the effects

of luminance and chroma noise in your video clips.

• Image Stabilization (p. 136)

The Stabilize effect eliminates unwanted camera shake present in your

video clip.

Timeline

• Overlay Links (p. 81)

Keep control of caption titles, credits, or video overlays by linking to

your underlying clip—your overlay will be trimmed and moved as you

trim or move your clip.

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• Clip Grouping (p. 81)

Select multiple clips along your track and then group together—great

for making permanent associations between clips for bulk control, e.g.

when moving multiple clips simultaneously or simply when keeping

related content together.

• Clip Overlap (p. 105)

Control the extent of overlapping between clips. Use for uniformly

overlapping multiple clips by the same amount.

• On-demand Waveform Generation (p. 154)

Create waveforms for audio clips just when you need them.

Alternatively, generate waveforms in your Media pane before

committing to your timeline—ideal if you're working with many audio

clips.

Sharing via Discs

• Create Blu-ray Discs! (p. 188)

With MoviePlus you can create and share your completed project via

Blu-ray discs.

• AVCHD on DVD (p. 188)

Export your HD project (AVCHD) to DVD, either taking advantage of

cheaper media costs (compared to Blu-ray discs) or if you've not quite

purchased a Blu-ray writer!

• Multi-level Disc Menus (p. 196)

Create tiered disc menus, typically a main Titles menu (including Play

Movie) and a subsidiary scene selection menu.

14 Welcome

Licensed feature unlocking

As part of the MoviePlus import or export process, a new feature may have to be

unlocked—this is purely for Serif licensing reasons and does not incur any

charge. If a feature needs to be unlocked, MoviePlus will connect to the internet

to automatically unlock it. If the automatic feature unlock fails (i.e., if there is no

Internet connection) you will be prompted to that effect, then you can manually

unlock the feature (see MoviePlus Help for details).

Once unlocked, the MoviePlus feature will be freely available and will not need

unlocking again on your computer.

In unlocking, Serif does not gather personal information from your

computer, or any other information that may impinge

confidentiality.

Installation

System requirements

• Windows-based PC with DVD drive and mouse.

• Microsoft Windows® XP (32 bit), Windows® Vista, or Windows® 7

operating system

• 1GB RAM

• 1.47GB free hard drive space*

• 1024 x 768 monitor resolution (1280x1024)

• An Internet account and connection (for Auto Update and export to

YouTube)

* Additional disk resources are required when exporting projects.

Welcome 15

For use with non-HD video and HD video (proxy support):

• Intel® Pentium® 4 Hyper-Threaded processor or AMD Athlon™ XP

processor

For use with HD video (optional proxy support):

• Intel® Pentium® 4 Hyper-Threaded processor or Dual-core processor

• Fast hard disk (≥7200rpm drive)

For use with Full HD video (native AVCHD 1080):

• Quad-core processor

• 2GB RAM

Input device support

• FireWire® (IEEE1394) support for connecting tape-based camcorders

• USB support for file-based camcorders

• Video capture card for digitizing and editing analogue video clips

Output device support (for disc creation)

• CD-R Writer (for VCD)

• DVD±R (for DVD and AVCHD)

• Blu-Ray™ Disc Writer

Optional

• Windows XP Service Pack 2 (for HDV video capture)

Getting started 19

Startup Wizard

Once MoviePlus has been installed, you're ready to start. Setup adds a Serif

MoviePlus X5 item to the All Programs submenu of the Windows Start menu.

• Use the Windows Start button to start MoviePlus (or if MoviePlus is

already running, choose New>New from Startup Wizard... from the

File menu) to display the Startup Wizard.

The Startup Wizard offers different routes into the program for you to explore:

• Start New Project, to create a new project based on SD or HD project

settings.

• Import from Disk*, to add media files from your local disk or

network drive to a new project.

• Copy from Device*, to copy and add media files from your file-based

camcorder or removable device.

• Capture from Device, to capture video footage from your tape-based

camcorder or analog device.

20 Getting started

• Open, to quickly access previously saved or opened MoviePlus

projects.

• Learn, to access online tutorials and more resources.

* Project settings are matched to your media file's format.

The Startup Wizard is displayed by default when you launch MoviePlus. You

can switch it off via the Don't show this wizard again check box on the Startup

Wizard screen, or on again via Startup Wizard in Tools>Options... (use the

General menu option).

Click the Cancel button or press Escape on your keyboard to bypass the

Startup Wizard and launch MoviePlus with an empty project. The type of

project will match the last project you selected.

You can also access the Startup Wizard at any time from New>New

from Startup Wizard... on the File menu.

Starting a new project

By default, MoviePlus will be launched in Timeline mode (see p. 65), a time-

based multi-track workspace traditionally used by video editors.

Creating MoviePlus projects

MoviePlus bases its movie compositions around "projects". A MoviePlus project

file is a collection of project settings (the video size and shape, audio properties,

aspect ratio, etc.) plus information about how all your clips are arranged and

edited on the timeline.

The Startup Wizard lets you create projects either:

• without adding media files, as a blank project.

• based on your imported or copied media (e.g., from your camcorder),

with media present in your Media pane.

Getting started 21

To create a new project without adding media files:

• From the Startup Wizard, choose Start New Project.

On first use, your project is based on PAL DVD project settings. For

subsequent sessions, MoviePlus will remember and use the project

settings used in the previous session.

The blank project is now ready to have media files added to it (see

p. 25).

You can quickly check your project settings from the Status Bar, or,

in more detail, via File>Project Settings....

If you want to add media files immediately, you can base your project on your

media file's source format. For example, as you add HD media files, your project

will intelligently use HD project settings matching those specific media files.

Your project is then set up with media files already present.

To create a new project that matches your media files:

1. From the Startup Wizard, choose:

• Import from Disk. Locate and select your media files, then click

Open.

• Copy from Device. Using a wizard, choose your target device

(e.g., camcorder), select files, then click Finish.

2. From the dialog, click Yes to change project settings to match the

media file's source format. Click No to retain the project settings used

in the previous session (ignoring the media file's format). Check Don't

ask me again if you don't want to be prompted in future.

See Adding media files to your project (p. 25) for more information.

In timeline mode, you can base your project on a clip's source

format at any time by right-clicking a video or audio clip and

choosing Set Project Settings from Clip.

22 Getting started

As your project settings will be matched to your imported/copied

media file, your export settings will also be matched to those

modified project settings. As a result, choosing complicated project

settings when starting your project and exporting is not required.

Creating custom project settings

You can customize your current project settings at any time by modifying its

template.

To customize project settings:

1. Select Project Settings... from the File menu.

2. From the Project Settings dialog, pick a template in the Templates list

on which to base your new project settings (or select the Multimedia

preset for general use).

3. Click the Modify button to make a copy of the project, now named

(Untitled).

24 Getting started

To open any project:

1. From the Startup Wizard (at startup time or via File>New...), click

Browse....

-or-

Click Open on the Standard toolbar.

-or-

Choose Open... from the File menu.

2. In the Open dialog, navigate to, then select the project name and click

the Open button.

You can also open projects by file drag-and-drop from Windows

Explorer onto the MoviePlus workspace.

Getting started 25

Adding media files to your project

The media files you use for your project could reside on a variety of devices,

typically on your camcorder's hard disk or flash card/drive, but also on your

mobile phone, digital camera, or computer drive (local, network, or removable

disc).

You can add media files from these location as you start a new project (p. 21) or

at any time by downloading, importing, capturing, or "ripping" media files into

MoviePlus's Media pane.

26 Getting started

Media files are added by choosing an option from the Import Media

button on the Tasks toolbar or from the top of the Media pane. The drop-down

list lets you:

Import A standard dialog lets you navigate to, then select one or more

media files from your local disk or network drive for import

directly into your Media pane. Use Shift-select or Ctrl-select

for adjacent or non-adjacent multiple selection before

download.

You can also drag and drop files and whole folders

from Windows Explorer into your Media pane.

Folder names and any associated subfolders are

preserved in the pane.

Copy from

Device

Copy media from your HD/DVD camcorder, USB Hard

drive, USB memory stick, memory card reader, or

CD/DVD.

• From the Copy from Device button, select the

connected Device as a remote drive in the dialog,

then Browse... to a chosen folder, then click Next>.

• In the next screen, the device's media files can be

selected and downloaded to your computer's

Destination folder by clicking Finish.

Selected files show in the Media pane automatically.

Capture

With your tape-based camcorder connected via

USB/FireWire you can capture your movie's video footage

and/or audio to a file, with optional scene detection.

Rip CD Rip audio tracks from your favourite audio CDs straight into

the Media pane.

Getting started 27

The Media pane

The main purpose of the Media pane is to manage your media files before

committing media to your storyboard or timeline.

You can perform several important operations from the pane.

• You can reorder files by clicking and dragging thumbnails into the

position you wish them to appear on the storyboard (or timeline).

28 Getting started

• You can fix incorrectly oriented images or movies obtained

from your digital camera by using the Rotate Left and Rotate Right

buttons.

• Trimming (p. 32) can be carried out by using Trim.

Media files can then be added to your storyboard or timeline by drag and drop

(see p. 47 and p. 72, respectively).

Remember that MoviePlus does not rotate or trim your original media, but

instead on project "copies" of the original, thus preserving your valuable original

media in their original file locations. Thumbnails in the Media pane are just

links to their original files (try right-click Properties... to view file location). As a

result, changes made to files within MoviePlus will not affect the originals.

Until now, we've just been using the Project tab. Two other tabs, Library and

Explorer, are also available in the Media pane. The former stores media files for

future use while the latter provides a "window" to your computer's folders and

files—you can use media files directly from here but you won't be able to manage

your files as you can in the Projects tab. See MoviePlus Help for more details.

Capturing video

MoviePlus makes it easy to capture your own video and audio footage to your

PC from tape-based digital camcorders (e.g., Mini DV), analogue video sources

(e.g., analogue camcorders, VHS, or TV; all via a capture card) or USB web

cams.

Remember that videos stored on modern tapeless camcorders can be

downloaded directly from the device's hard disk, flash card, or internal DVD.

See Adding media files to your project on p. 25.

Getting started 29

To set up and initiate the video capture, a Capture Video dialog is used.

This example shows in-progress capture of digital video footage with associated

audio from a tape-based camcorder. As you capture (by pressing the Record

button), the footage is written to a file(s), which shows directly within the Media

pane.

To begin capture:

1. Click the Import media button on the Tasks toolbar (or Media

pane).

2. From the drop-down list, select Capture.

To connect your camcorder or other capture device:

If your camcorder is properly connected and supported (and is set to playback

mode rather than record mode if appropriate), you should see a video preview in

the preview window of the Capture Video dialog when your camcorder is

playing.

30 Getting started

If you are using an analogue video source, ensure that it is connected to your

video capture device (or a USB socket in the case of a web cam).

To choose an appropriate capture format:

If your source footage is on a tape-based camcorder, the video and audio capture

settings are greyed out in the Source Properties button as the capture format is

fixed to the camcorder's format. However, if your source footage is being

captured via a video capture device or USB web cam, you can choose a file

format suited to your video type by choosing this button.

It is recommended that you capture at a resolution and quality as high as

possible to achieve high quality results—it is best to aim as high as the source

footage resolution and quality. Even when you ultimately aim for your resulting

video to be very compact, for instance to make it suitable for download from the

Internet, you can defer the file-size-smashing resizing and compression

operations to final export time, don't compromise your captured quality!

To set a suitable file storage location:

Captured video footage can occupy a large amount of hard drive space when it is

transferred to your PC, so it is important to choose a drive location with lots of

room.

• Choose Options>Folders from the Tools menu, then Browse... for a

different Capture folder.

During capture, you can define a different destination Folder within

the Capture Video dialog (Output section).

To preview and cue your video footage:

For tape-based camcorders, transport controls under the preview window allow

you to cue your tape to the point at which you would like capture to start; for

other sources you'll need to control the device yourself, a remote control may be

handy here.

Getting started 31

To capture with scene splitting:

For DV video, the Split files by scene check box offers the chance for all your

scenes to be saved as separate video files as part of the capture process. For

capture from tape-based camcorder, the default is for the box to be checked so

that scenes are split (by timestamp) where the recording has been stopped and

restarted. For all other captures, if the box is unchecked, no splitting occurs so

you'll capture a single video file.

For non-DV video, e.g. from analogue devices, scene splitting is not possible; the

option is unavailable (greyed out) as time stamps are not present. Instead, scene

detection can be carried out (see MoviePlus Help). Scene detection does not

create separate video files but creates "virtual" scenes from a single video file.

For HD video, scene splitting may not be possible—if so, the Split

file by scene button will be greyed out.

Record

Ensure that Video and Audio Capture check boxes in the Capture

Video dialog are checked if you want to capture both audio and

video. Check that your audio levels meter indicates that audio is

being played.

1. Play your video source from at least a couple of seconds before the

point at which you'd like capture to start (to allow the video device to

begin playing smoothly), then press the button.

2. Click Record in this dialog to begin the capture.

3. To skip footage, press Stop to finish capture, then pause the playback

by clicking the button, cue the tape to the point you would

like to proceed from, then play and record again to resume the

capture.

Don't use the "navigation" playback controls while recording!

It's better to capture too much footage rather than too little, it can

always be trimmed later, so don't worry too much about exactly

how much is captured if you are uncertain.

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(A) Frame Preview, (B) Clip timeline, (C) Discarded end frames, (D) Out point, (E)

Set In/Out Point, (F) Split, (G) Trim mode, (H) Playback controls, (I) Display

controls: Show/Hide Video, Show/Hide Audio, Undo/Redo, Delete Scene, Zoom

Out/In, (J) In point, (K) Discarded start frames.

To trim a single clip:

1. In the Media pane, select a clip and click Trim.

Select a video clip on the storyboard (or timeline) and click Trim

on the context toolbar.

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2. From the Trim dialog, to trim to a specific time/frame (using the

Frame Preview):

1. Click on the ruler and drag the time indicator to the frame where

you wish to trim before (or after), or use the playback controls for

accurate frame-by-frame navigation.

2. Click the Set In Point (or Set Out Point button (or

use the keyboard shortcuts I or O, respectively). The unwanted

portion of the clip will appear in grey shading; the portion to be

kept is highlighted in orange.

Or, for trimming visually by frame:

• Hover your mouse cursor over the furthest left (or right)

edge of the clip's timeline so that it changes to the Trim

cursor, then drag the mouse to the right (or left) to trim

away the start (or end) of your clip.

3. Click the OK button.

You can move the Slip handle to shift the in/out points of a

trimmed clip at the same time. This "sliding window" lets you

change the content of the trimmed clip without changing its

duration.

Multi-trimming and splitting

MoviePlus lets you create multiple trimmed clips, called scenes, from a single

video clip. You may want to do this to remove unwanted footage within your

clip, e.g. removal of poorly recorded frames, or simply just to create more

manageable scenes for flexible video editing.

Multi-trimming simply involves either the creation of multiple in/out points or

splitting your clip; both methods let you define a new scene equally. Splitting on

its own does not remove content (like trimming) but instead just chops the clip

up.

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To apply multi-trimming:

1. From the Scenes dialog, click Multi-trim.

2. Set the time indicator position successively for every in and

out point, clicking Set In Point then Set Out Point (or use the

keyboard shortcuts I or O, respectively) in turn as you move along the

timeline. Unwanted portions of your clip will appear in grey shading;

the portions to be kept appear as scenes in the dialog's right-hand

pane. The orange portion indicates current selection.

Newly created scenes are added to your Media pane's Project tab (under a Scenes

folder). They can then be added to your Storyboard or Timeline.

To split your clip:

1. Display the Trim dialog as described previously, then click the Multi-

trim button.

2. At the time indicator's position, click the Split button (or use the

keyboard shortcuts S). You'll see a new scene being created in the

dialog's right-hand pane.

3. Repeat for creating multiple split clips.

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The thin black vertical lines indicate the split positions (there are three

splits in the above example, creating four separate scenes).

Scene detection

For captured DV video not split at capture or captured analogue footage, you

can perform scene detection via the Trim dialog—simply enable Scene

Detection to create your virtual scenes. For more information, see MoviePlus

Help.

Previewing your project

The Video Preview pane will help you check that your movie editing is going

according to plan... you can preview your project at any time; MoviePlus will

begin playing your video, will compose a realistic end result from the contents of

your all video tracks, and will incorporate all transitions, effects, and other

envelopes on the fly. Audio levels can be checked at the same time.

You can even continue editing your project while the preview is playing as your

edits will be incorporated into the preview in real-time.

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The lower playback controls operate much like your DVD player controls and

allow you to navigate around your project during preview.

Go to Start

Jumps to the start of your project.

Previous Frame

Jumps to the previous frame in your project.

Click the Play or Pause button to start and

pause the video preview, respectively. On play,

the preview will begin from the current

preview marker's position.

Press the Space bar to play and

pause.

Click the Stop button (or ESC key) to stop

your video preview and reset the preview back

to where it originally started.

Next Frame

Jumps to the next frame in your project.

Go to End

Jumps to the end of your project.

Shuttle

Allows you to vary the preview playback speed

and direction by dragging from the centre

point to the left (to reverse) or to the right (to

fast forward); release the mouse to snap back

to normal play speed. This is known as "trick

play".

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Additional buttons at the bottom of the pane offer previewing and editing

options.

Select Tool

Lets you select objects (text, images, and shapes) in the pane for

editing.

Pan Tool

Lets you drag an area of your video around the pane. When used

with the right-click Zoom in option, this allows for more detailed

analysis of your project.

Transform Tool

(only shown for a transform envelope in Timeline mode) The

Transform button switches on the transform region to let you

adjust your transform positioning.

Add Text

The Add Text button can be used to add either one or more text

objects onto the currently selected clip or a new text clip (when

clips are not selected). (See Adding text on p. 169).

Add Image

The button is used to add an image object to your text clip. This

could be a saved frame (see below).

Add QuickShape

A QuickShape object can be created on your text clip within this

pane.

Guides and Borders

From the flyout, switch on/off layout guide lines and TV-safe

border.

Save/Copy Frame

The flyout allows the currently displayed frame to either be saved

to an image file (use Save Frame...) or copied to the Clipboard

(Copy Frame); the image can then be pasted as a graphic into a

photo editing program, e.g. Serif PhotoPlus. Saving a frame adds

the created image to your Media pane (Project tab).

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Previewing in full screen

At some stage you may want to view your project in full screen view. As well as

being able to see how your movie looks on a larger scale you'll be able view your

project without guides and make use of dual monitors (one set at default size

and one set as full screen).

To view in full screen:

• Click Full Screen on the Tasks toolbar.

Playback controls disappear during preview but reappear with a

mouse movement.

To close full screen view:

• Click Close to exit from full screen view.

Dual-monitor use

With dual monitors you can instantly preview your changes as you perform

video editing. If you're a dual-monitor MoviePlus user, you can display your full

screen view on your secondary monitor easily.

To operate dual monitors:

1. In full screen preview, click the button.

2. From the drop-down list, enable the "Monitor x" option from the

drop-down list (where x is the secondary monitor number).

After closing full screen preview, the setting is remembered. The secondary

monitor will automatically be used again for full screen preview.

• If you're experiencing poor playback performance (e.g., stuttering) you

can:

• Reduce the Render Quality (Preview menu).

• Use pre-rendering.

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• (For HD video), use proxy files in conjunction with pre-

rendering when using computers that do not possess a quad-core

processor.

Consult the Performance notes (p. 207) for more information.

Editing in

Storyboard mode

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Storyboard basics

If you're in Timeline mode, click Storyboard to switch to Storyboard

mode.

Storyboard mode provides the user with a simplified approach to movie

making. If you're a beginner to video editing or you've no requirement for more

complex multi-track editing techniques, the storyboard offers an easy-to-use

workspace to build up your project and visualize different scenes in your movie.

The easy-to-use storyboard is particularly suited to creating simple photo

slideshows or movies containing a mixture of image and video clips.

A major strength of the Storyboard mode is its simplicity. You'll only see

options, buttons, and dialogs that are needed for simple projects with the more

advanced multi-video-track editing controls being hidden in another mode,

called the Timeline mode (see p. 65). Think of the Storyboard and Timeline

modes as being like two sides of a coin—you can flip between modes to jump

between basic and advanced use any time you like.

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Text clip

A text clip can be added for use as a static or rolling title or as credits. The clip

has its own duration, and can be treated in a similar way to video/image clips.

Additional text, as separate text objects, can be added onto the clip as captions.

See Adding text on p. 169 for more information.

Video and image clips

Video and image clip thumbnails, representing your media elements, appear on

the storyboard when added by drag-and-drop from the Media pane.

Time indicator

In storyboard mode, the time indicator is used to carry out a preview playback of

your project from that point. The time indicator is also shown in the Video

Preview pane for the same purpose.

Clip name

The clip name is the name of your media file by default. If required, you can edit

the name in the Properties pane while the clip is selected.

Duration

The duration is the time the clip or transition will be displayed on screen. Video

clip durations cannot be edited, but for text clips, image clips and transitions,

click under their thumbnails to edit their values.

Transition

A cross-fade transition with a set duration is added between clips by default. The

default transition can be swapped for another and have its duration altered. See

Applying transitions on p. 52 for more information.

Chapter point

The icon indicates that a marker, used exclusively when creating menus for

your disc (DVD, Blu-ray, VCD), is associated with the clip. Your disc menu will

include your chosen clip as a chapter, which can be clicked to play from that

point in your movie. See Editing chapter properties on p. 194 for more

information.

Caption

Static or animated captions can be added to any clip. They are superimposed

onto the clip and, like text clips, can adopt a preset text style or be customized.

Caption text can appear for the clip's duration or for a shorter time.

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Effects

The Effects icon indicates that an effect has been applied to the clip. Click

the icon to view currently applied effects in the Properties pane (Effects tab). See

Applying effects on p.136 for more information.

Pan & Zoom

The Pan & Zoom icon indicates that a Pan & Zoom effect has been applied

to the clip. Click the icon to view the current effect in the Pan and Zoom dialog.

See Using Pan and Zoom on p.55 for more information.

Audio clips and Narration clips

A narration clip is added to a narration strip under your video or image clips

after recording from a microphone. Likewise, audio clips show on their own

Music strip that lies below the narration strip. Use both in combination for

commentary over background music (e.g., soundtracks).

Adding media files

Media files show in your Media pane after capture, download or import (see

Adding media files to your project on p. 25). Once present, it's a great idea to

arrange the order of the files prior to adding them to the storyboard (see p. 47).

This avoids having to rearrange clips in bulk on your storyboard itself. Once

you're happy with the order you can add the media to the storyboard.

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To add media to the storyboard:

1. From the Media pane, select your media, either:

• Click to select a single media file.

• For multiple media files:

Use marquee select (to lasso files under a selection region).

Use Shift key and click (to select a range of adjacent files).

Use Ctrl key and click (to select a range of non-adjacent files).

press Ctrl+A (to select all files).

2. Drag selected media onto your storyboard.

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If the storyboard is empty, drag your clips directly into the empty workspace.

Video or image clips go to the "Drop clips here" target areas, while audio clips

snap onto horizontal narration or audio strips below the thumbnails.

If video clips are already present, insert your clip between existing clips. An

insertion point indicates where your clip is to be placed.

Multiple clips will be added one by one along your storyboard.

For most computers, MoviePlus will generate proxy files (p. 210)

from your HD media as it's added to your storyboard. You'll see a

progress bar appear on the bottom Status bar. This is expected

behaviour, and aids video playback on slower computers. Don't be

alarmed!

Selecting clips

When you are editing your movie and have already added a range of media clips

to your storyboard, all your editing operations (including moves, trims,

properties changes and other adjustments) are carried out on the selected clip.

Clip selection is straightforward but several options can be used for multiple

selection.

To select a single clip:

• Click on the clip. The clip's lower title bar turns orange.

To select multiple clips:

• Use Shift key and click (to select a range of adjacent clips).

• Use Ctrl key and click (to select a range of non-adjacent clips).

• Click Select all clips from the Edit menu (or press Ctrl+A).

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When selected, the clip's thumbnail will

show an orange bar underneath it to show

that it is currently selected.

Arranging clips

The storyboard is a workspace that arranges clips automatically as they are

dragged to the storyboard. When you first add clips to the Storyboard from the

Media pane. the storyboard clip order is the same as the clip order in the Media

pane. It therefore makes sense to arrange your clips in the Media pane first. As

such there may not be a necessity to rearrange clips if the clip order is as

intended. Realistically, it's often the case that you may want to further modify

the clip order.

Once on the storyboard, an individual clip can be moved by drag and drop. The

vertical marker indicates the target location for the moved clip.

You can also copy and paste a clip by using options from the Edit menu. Both

methods can also be carried out on multiple clips simultaneously.

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Deleting clips

• To remove a clip, select it and press the Delete key. By multiple

selection, you can remove more than one clip at the same time. Use

Ctrl-click to select non-adjacent clips, Shift-click for adjacent multiple

clips.

Resizing clips

If your added video or image clips are a different size and shape to your project

settings, MoviePlus will not resize your media to fit the project size, leaving

"black" bars (letterboxing) showing in the available space. Although you see

black, the letterboxing is actually transparent (you're really seeing the default

project background showing through).

The shape of the video in the Video Preview pane is determined by your project

settings; if your clip properties and your project settings are different, you can

decide what to do about the variance, i.e. you can leave the media with

letterboxing or correct it via cropping.

Cropping removes unwanted borders either automatically by fitting to the Video

Preview pane or by defining a crop area you draw yourself (anything outside the

area is discarded); the clip is resized to fit the project. While used frequently on

image clips (of unusual dimensions or if in Portrait orientation), you can also

apply cropping to video clips—although it's important to ensure items of interest

are not cropped out throughout the video clip's duration.

To resize a clip:

1. Select the clip.

2. Click Fit from the Storyboard toolbar and pick a resizing

option from the drop-down list.

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Letterbox - This is not

normally set manually but can

be used to override auto-

cropping if this is deemed too

excessive an action (if the clip's

edges need to be preserved

rather than removed by

cropping).

Crop - This crops the clip to

make it fit with the project size

thus removing any letterboxing.

The clip's aspect ratio is

maintained so that the taller (or

wider) areas are left outside the

visible part of the project. See

Cropping on p. 88 for more

information.

Stretch - Stretches your clip

horizontally or vertically to

match the project video size—

removing the letterboxing

effect, but changing the clip's

aspect ratio.

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Each transition is applied to the start of a clip—this is called an In

transition.

You may notice a zero-length "transition" at the start and end of

your storyboard.

This is a straight cut, but you can create fade ins or fade outs

from/to black by changing the transition duration from 0.0s.

To change a transition's duration:

• Click the duration time under the transition thumbnail, enter a new

value, then press the Enter key.

Changing this value will automatically "ripple" all other subsequent clips along

the storyboard with respect to time.

To replace a transition:

1. Select one or more transitions on the storyboard. For multiple

transitions, Ctrl-click on each transition one-by-one; for all

transitions, right-click any transition, and select Select all transitions.

2. Click Transition Gallery on the context toolbar.

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3. From the dialog, choose a category from the upper window. In the

lower window, review the presets available (their names indicate their

intended function). Select a preset, e.g. 3D Page Roll.

4. Click OK.

For a quick way to replace transitions, open the Galleries pane,

select the Transitions tab, then drag and drop a transition

thumbnail onto your transition.

Hover over any preset to see a preview of how your transition will

look!

To modify a transition:

1. Select the transition thumbnail.

2. From the transition's Properties pane, alter the transition's properties

at the bottom of the pane.

To delete a transition:

• Simply select a transition and press the Delete key.

The result is simply a cut: in less than the blink of an eye, the last frame of the

first clip is replaced by the first frame of a second clip. To reinstate the transition

at a later date, enter a transition value other than 0.0s.

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To save a modified transition to a new name:

• Click Add to Gallery at the top of the Properties pane. Once

named, the transition appears as a new preset in the appropriate folder

in the Choose Transition dialog (or Transitions tab in the Galleries

pane).

Using pan and zoom

Pan and zoom "Ken Burns" effects can be used on any clip, but the effect really

comes into its own when used on image clips. Rather than displaying clips that

always display at the same size, you can easily apply panning and zooming

effects that create variety and interest in your project.

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The effect is applied by using a dual-pane dialog, the left-hand Start pane

representing the start of the clip and the right-hand End pane, the end of the

clip. Simply adjusting the resizable selection area in each pane sets the zoom

level or pan position.

To pan and zoom your clip:

1. Click the clip on the storyboard (or timeline).

2. Select Pan & Zoom on the context toolbar.

3. From the dialog's Start pane, drag a corner or edge control handle (for

maintaining aspect ratio or unconstrained sizing) on the selection

area. Use the Alt key to resize the area in relation to the centre of the

area (rather than the opposite corner or edge). Once sized, reposition

the area with the hand cursor. If needed, click the Reset button to reset

each selection area back to the default size.

4. Adjust the area on the End pane in a similar way.

5. (Optional) Click Match project aspect on either pane to make the

aspect ratio of that pane's selection area match that of your project.

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To apply a CG clip:

1. In Storyboard mode, select a clip (the clip before which the CG clip

will be added).

On the timeline, position your time indicator on the timeline.

2. Select your chosen CG clip type from the CG Clip> option on the

Insert menu. By default, a white background or a QuickShape Ellipse

is added.

It's very likely that your CG clip will need to be modified, either to change its

colour or transparency. For QuickShapes, you'll more than likely want to change

the QuickShape type (see p. 61).

You'll find some ready-to-go sample gradient backgrounds or

QuickShapes in the Media pane (Library tab), under Samples>Fills or

Samples>Quickshapes. Simply drag to your storyboard or timeline.

Adjusting a clip's colour

MoviePlus offers a number of ways to apply colour to CG clips in MoviePlus.

You can apply solid or gradient colours to any clip's fill.

A new colour is selected from a spectrum of preset colours

or from a Colour Picker (both accessible via the Fill button

on the clip's Properties pane).

For gradient fills you can adjust the gradient path of any

gradient fill and the colours used to make up the gradient

(by clicking a square node and changing the colour).

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Adjusting a clip's transparency

Transparency is great for highlights, shading and shadows, and simulating

"rendered" realism. It can make a huge difference between your clips looking

"flat" and appearing with depth and snap. MoviePlus fully supports variable

transparency and lets you apply solid or gradient transparency to your CG clips.

Like fills, transparency can be applied from the

clip's Properties pane. Select the Transparency

button and choose a percentage solid

transparency (via slider) or pick from a

spectrum of preset gradient transparencies. If

necessary, you can edit the transparency path.

• Solid transparency distributes the

transparency evenly across the object.

• Gradient transparencies (Linear, Ellipse,

and Conical), provide a simple gradient

effect, with a range from clear to opaque.

Varying the transparency of a CG clip gives the effect of variable erasure, but it

leaves the original object intact—you can always remove or alter the

transparency later. Transparencies work rather like fills that use "disappearing

ink" instead of colour. A gradient transparency varies from more "disappearing"

to less, as in the hexagon above.

To save your CG clip:

• Change the clip's name, then click the Add to Media pane at the

top of the clip's Properties pane. The clip will appear in the Media

pane's Project tab.

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Fading with backgrounds

At the beginning or end of your project you can introduce a fade in or fade out

by using a background clip. Such clips can be editable gradient fills (linear,

ellipse and conical) as well as solid colours. They can equally be applied between

clips to act as a coloured interlude (possibly with added captions).

• On the storyboard, using a fade in as an example, you can introduce a

background clip before the initial clip (Insert>CG Clip>Background).

• On the timeline, you can do the same but ensure the time indicator is

set to the start of your project. If the clip you want to fade in to is

already at the left edge of your timeline, leaving no room for the

background clip at the beginning of the timeline, you should move

your video/image clip(s) further down the timeline, creating some

room at the start of your project. If you've already created a complex

composition with multiple clips and tracks—so moving the first clip

would disrupt the rest of your project—MoviePlus can move all of

your later clips at the same time when a clip is dragged. This automatic

moving of clips is called Rippling (see MoviePlus Help).

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Other timeline fading methods can be carried out using Colour-

Fade or Cross-Fade transitions.

More about QuickShapes

You're more than likely to swap the default Ellipse for a different shape. An

impressive selection of QuickShape types can be chosen from, and once you've

picked a type, you can further morph its shape—all from within the

QuickShape's Properties pane. The ability to further alter the appearance of any

QuickShape type makes them more flexible and convenient than clipart pictures

with similar designs.

To change your QuickShape type:

Once added to your timeline, the QuickShape type can be edited in its Properties

pane (or by pressing F4). The lower portion of this pane hosts several options

which will affect your QuickShape's appearance, i.e.

• Click the QuickShape type drop-down list to swap the default

QuickShape Ellipse for your preferred shape.

• The QuickShape preview window updates to show the current

QuickShape, without colour fills or effect applied. This lets you focus

on the main purpose of the window—to morph your QuickShape with

ease.

The Stretch to project size checkbox, if checked, will ensure that

the QuickShape will fully occupy the frame size.

To morph your QuickShape design:

• In the preview window, select a square control handle appearing next

to the shape. Different QuickShapes have different handles. To find

out what each handle does for a particular shape, move the control

handles while reading the Status Bar. You can alter shapes

dramatically with combinations of control handle adjustments. It's

best to experiment!

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Editing in

Timeline mode

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Timeline elements

Headers

Headers control the strip they are attached to. In the case of tracks and groups,

adjustments to the header can affect all the clips on a track or all the tracks in a

group (or both), respectively. You can select the track/group by clicking its

name, mute (and unmute) to disable or enable its contents in the project

composition, and display envelopes for opacity and transform (for video

tracks/groups) or volume and pan (for audio tracks or audio buses); a clip's crop

envelope may also be shown along with its opacity and transform envelope.

Track-wide effects may also be displayed.

The header may also show a clip's envelope or applied effects—these attributes

are revealed by clicking its Attributes button, and selecting an attribute.

Strips

Strips are the horizontal "stripes" running the length of the timeline (to the right

of the headers section) that can store your clips. Each strip allows you to edit and

arrange clips, as well as edit their effects, transitions, and envelopes. Each strip is

accompanied by a header to its left.

Video/Image/Audio Clip

A clip is a media element; an "object" you can place on a timeline track. Clips can

also include Computer-Generated (CG) clips (backgrounds, text, and

QuickShapes). It's important to appreciate the difference between clips, tracks

and groups because MoviePlus will allow you to add effects, for instance, to each

or all of them with differing results.

Video/Audio Track

A track is just a straightforward combination of a single strip and its header. You

can add multiple clips to a track by dropping a multiple selection from the

Media pane onto your track's strip. The clips will be added to the timeline in

succession with a default overlap. You can apply effects and envelopes (like

opacity or a transform) to tracks, which will have a resulting effect on all the

clips on that track. MoviePlus supports multiple audio and video tracks so that it

is possible to compose more complicated projects with "layers" of video using

fades to reveal underlying layers.

A Music Track is also provided for optional soundtracks.

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Clip/track indicators and buttons

An LED in the top-left corner indicates if the clip (or track) is included in the

composition (green) or if it is temporarily disabled (red). If you mute a

track/group, the track/group header and each clip on that track/group would

show a red LED to indicate that they are disabled. Clips also have blue triangular

handles at each end that can be dragged to introduce an automatic cross fade

(the fade can be replaced with a different transition by dragging and dropping a

transition preset onto the clip's blue transition bar).

Attributes menu

On clips and track/group headers—clicking the Attributes button displays

an Attributes menu, which is used to show envelopes, effects or transitions

applied (along with their keyframes). The button will display in different colours

according to selection and if the object's attributes have been modified, i.e.

Grey/White. Attributes unselected and unmodified.

Red/White. Attributes selected and unmodified.

Grey/Yellow. Attributes unselected and modified.

Red/Yellow. Attributes selected and modified.

Mute

Any clip, track or group can be muted at any time during video preview. You

may want to temporarily switch off an audio track while you are editing and

previewing the same track again and again. Equally, you may want to mute or

“black out” a particular clip while testing your project.

Muting is possible by clicking the respective Mute buttons on a video

or audio track's header. For a video or audio clip, you can right-click and select

the Mute option.

To keep the attribute(s) on permanent display, click the drawing pin in the

header of your clip, track or group's attributes strip. Click again to hide.

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Adding media files

Media files show in your Media pane after download, import, or capture (see

Adding media files to your project on p. 25). Once present, it's a great idea to

arrange the order of the files prior to adding them to the timeline (see below).

This avoids having to rearrange clips in bulk on your timeline itself. Once you're

happy with the order you can add the media to the timeline.

To add media to the timeline:

1. From the Media pane, select your media, either:

• Click to select a single media file.

• For multiple media files:

Use marquee select (to lasso files under a selection region).

Use Shift key and click (to select a range of adjacent files).

Use Ctrl key and click (to select a range of non-adjacent files).

press Ctrl+A (to select all files).

74 Editing in Timeline mode

• For marquee selection, hold your primary mouse button down and

drag a rectangle on your timeline—anything touching (and also

anything inside) the rectangle will become selected.

When multiple clips are selected, you can perform stretching on all clips

simultaneously.

To make your multiple selection a permanent feature of your timeline for

continuous easy editing, you can create a Link as described in Arranging clips

(see p. 79).

How selected objects are displayed

Object Selection status

Clip has been clicked and is

selected (an orange border appears

around the object). You can now

modify its properties in the

Properties pane, and perform

other operations (trim, fit, etc).

The linked audio clip below the

video clip shows a blue border

when the video clip is selected.

When any object in a link is

selected, all other items in the link

take on this "blue" selection

highlight. Although not actually

selected, edits will affect it.

Link overlays show in light blue.

Editing in Timeline mode 75

This clip has had one of its

envelopes, effects, or transitions

modified (e.g., a keyframe below

the tracks in the Keyframe View

area) as the Attributes button has

changed from grey/white to

red/yellow.

(Grey) A keyframe on an envelope,

effect, transition, background,

QuickShape or text strip. This

keyframe is not selected.

(Red) A keyframe selected by

single-click. You can now modify

this keyframe's properties via the

attributes Properties pane.

A track is selected when its name is

highlighted. Other strip headers

(clip strip headers,

effects/envelope/transition strip

headers) have a similar

appearance.

This track has had one of its

envelopes, effects or transitions

modified.

Editing in Timeline mode 77

Seeking

The Video Preview pane also helps with some seek operations.

• The Go to Start and Go to End buttons let you jump to the

beginning or end of your project, respectively.

• For fine tuning the position of the time indicator (i.e.,

frame stepping or frame advance), for instance to perform a trim

operation at a specific frame of video, you can use the Previous Frame

and Next Frame buttons.

•

The Shuttle control allows you to vary the preview playback speed and

direction by dragging from the centre point to the left (to reverse) or

to the right (to fast forward).

Your preview will update any time the time indicator is moved, so you should

always use the preview in conjunction with your editing operations.

Scrubbing

Scrubbing might seem an unusual term but it is an extremely useful feature! You

may already know that clicking along the ruler above the timeline sets your time

indicator's position. However, if you click and drag along the ruler, MoviePlus

will preview your project at the speed of the drag—as your mouse passes along

the timeline in either direction, the preview will show you the current frame.

This allows you to pass your mouse over an area of the timeline to preview a

specific section without starting and stopping preview playback.

78 Editing in Timeline mode

Arranging clips (timeline only)

Arranging clips on your timeline is crucial to building interesting, more complex

projects—typically to create a rich multi-track multimedia project with the most

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