Selecting The Style; Changing The Settings - HP Media Center m7200 - Desktop PC Software Manual

Selecting the style

The muvee autoProducer program comes with a set
of style templates for setting the pace, scene
transition effects, and caption fonts. The style you
use also affects how muvee autoProducer combines
the video, picture, and music files in your movie
project to produce the final movie.

Changing the settings

You can adjust audio and video production settings
for your movie:
1
Select the Change Settings button.
The muvee Settings window opens.
2
Select the Duration tab to set the length of
your video production and preferences. Click
one of the following duration settings:
Fit to music. The produced version may
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reuse or drop some video and pictures.
Best fit for videos and pictures. The
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produced version may repeat or trim music.
User Defined. Select the duration in
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minutes and seconds.
If the duration of your music is longer
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than the duration of video and pictures,
place a check in the Allow video and
pictures to repeat check box to repeat
video clips and pictures for the full
duration of your music files.
If the total duration of your video and
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picture files is longer than the duration
of your music, place a check in the
Allow Music to repeat check box to
repeat music for the duration of the
video clips.
3
Select the Video tab to set the video and still
image preferences. Click one of the following
settings:
Style default. Use the selected style to
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sequence still images and video clips.
For example, using the Cinema style results in a
movie that is moderately paced, color enhanced,
and uses a wide-screen format.
To select a style, just click on a style from the list. A
sample of the style displays in the preview window.
Keep shots in sequence. Use the
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sequence of still images and video clips in
the Add Video/Pictures window.
Shuffle shots. Move the slider bar to
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determine the frequency of sequencing still
images and video clips.
Place a check in the Interleave pictures
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check box to blend pictures with video at
intervals.
4
Select the Audio tab to set the sound
preferences. Click one of the following
settings:
Use all music. Select this style to use the
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sequence of sound files in the Add Music
window.
smartJoin multiple music files.
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Select this style to automatically remove
silence between music tracks.
Normalize music. Select this style to
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automatically adjust audio playback
volume to the same level.
Move the slider bar to adjust the Sound mix
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level of the music and original soundtrack.
5
Click OK when you are finished adjusting the
settings for your movie project.
Or
Click Cancel to not change any settings.
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