Moview Works Video And VR Tutorial

7 Video Editing In this tutorial, you will import and sequence two video clips in MovieWorks, add Dissolve transitions, render and export as a QuickTime movie. If you have a video digitizing card or AV Macintosh, you will learn how to capture your own video clips from a Camcorder or VCR and print to video. Before you begin this tutorial, it is recommended that you complete the previous tutorials. It is assumed that you know how to create a new project, sequence your objects, add transitions, play your scene and save. 2 All media objects needed to complete this tutorial are located in the folder called Ò7 Ð VideoÓ. 2 Start a new project and create a new scene. 2 Choose Background from the Scene Navigation menu. 2 Import the picture called Background. 2 Choose Scene-1 from the Scene Navigation menu. 2 Import Giraffe.mov. 2 Import Elephant.mov. Editing Video 2 Open the Sequencer window and select Giraffe.mov. 2 Choose Open Editor from the Object menu. The Video application is launched and Giraffe.mov appears in the Edit Video window. ¥ Video Application - 31 - 2 Press the Play button. The right arrow on the bottom left of the window. 2 Press the Stop button. The Play button toggles between Play and Stop. 2 Drag the Slider back to the beginning. 2 Hold the Shift key and drag the Slider to select a small segment of video. 2 Release the mouse. ¥ Edit Video window You have just selected a segment of video that may be easily deleted or copied and pasted to a new movie. Do not delete the segment for this tutorial. To delete a selected segment of video, simply press the Delete key or choose ÒClearÓ from the Edit menu. 2 Choose ÒSave To MovieWorks Ð Quit VideoÓ from the File menu. Your video clip is automatically returned to MovieWorks. Sequencing Video 2 Open the Sequencer window if not already open. ¥ Sequencer window - 32 - 2 Change Elephant.movÕs Start Time to 9.3 seconds. ¥ Sequencer window after sequencing Adding Dissolve Transitions The Dissolve transition requires that rendering be turned on. 2 Choose ÒRender Ð OnÓ from the Scene menu. 2 Choose ÒRender Ð Region Ð 320 x240Ó from the Scene menu. 2 Click on the Giraffe.mov timebar. 2 Add an Ending ÒDissolveÓ transition. 2 Click OK. 2 Click on the Elephant.mov timebar. 2 Add a Beginning ÒDissolveÓ transition. Rendering Video The last step before you output your movie is to render. In addition to reducing the file size of your movie, rendering allows your video clip to play on computers without your specific video-digitizing card. Before rendering, you must choose a specific compressor. If your 2 Choose ÒRender Ð CompressionÓ from the Scene menu. The Compression Settings dialog box appears. ¥ Settings dialog box - 33 - 2 Select Cinepak as the compressor type. Video …