Media Edit 3 Users Guide

MediaEdit 3 User’s Guide Contents 1. Beginning MediaEdit 3 2 1-1. Creating a new project 2 1-2. Interface 3 1-3. Adding Clips 4 1-4. Capturing Video 5 1-5. Recording Audio 6 2. Working with MediaEdit 3 7 2-1. Editing Functions 7 2-2. Moving & Resizing Video Clips 7 2-3. Adding Transitions 8 • Clip Transitions 8 • Render Over 8 2-4. Adding Video Effects 9 2-5. Working with Layers 10 • Layer Settings 10 2-6. Adding Text 11 2-7. Working with Paint and Shapes 12 • Clip Mask/Alpha Editing 13 2-8. Exporting Movie 14 • Export to DV Camera 15 • Export Audio 16 3. Advanced 17 3-1. Backgrounds 17 3-2. Import Method 17 3-3. External Editors 18 3-4. Time Scale 19 3-5. Matte/Mask 20 3-6. Graphics Mode 21 3-7. Revert Clip 23 3-8. Playhead Tips/Tricks 23 3-9. Chapter Markers 24 3-10. Stream to Camera 24 Page 1 1. Beginning MediaEdit 3 1-1. Creating a new project After launching MediaEdit 3, the first thing you’ll see is the Starting Point window: You may click “Open an Existing Project” to continue working on a previously saved project. To create a new empty project, click Create a New Project It will open the following window: From this window, you can set the dimensions of your movie project, movie frame rate and codec. 30 fps is the standard frame rate. The codec is the compressor/decompressor of your movie. The quality of your movie may be affected by the codec that it uses. The default codec should give you very good quality. Different codecs give you different …