Multi-Trimming A Video; Joining/Separating Videos; Enhancing Your Video - ADS Technologies USBAV-701 User Manual

Edit Media
After importing the media files into your project, you can now edit the content using
DVD MovieFactory's edit tools.
Trimming a video
You can trim a video using the Jog Bar, mark-in/out, and navigation controls.
Trimming allows you to modify the length of the video according to your needs.
To trim video:
1. Select a video thumbnail in the Media Clip list.
2. Use the navigation controls or drag the Jog Bar to where you
want the clip to start and click or press [F3]. Alternatively,
simply drag Mark-in to the starting point.
3. Use the navigation controls or drag the Jog Bar to move to the
point where you want the clip to end then click
4. Hold down [Shift] and click Play (or press the Space bar) to
view the trimmed video.

Multi-trimming a video

Multi-trim lets you select multiple segments from a video and extract these segments to the Media Clip list.
To use Multi-trim:
1. Select the video to be trimmed in Media Clip.
2. Click to open the Multi-trim Video dialog box.
3. Click Mode and select a trim mode.
• Retain Selections Select to retain marked video segments.
• Delete Selections Select to remove marked video segments.
4. Drag the Jog Bar to locate the start of the segment to retain/ delete, and then click or press [F3].
5. Drag the Jog Bar to locate the end of the segment to retain/ delete, and then click or press [F4].
The extracted segment will be added to the Media Clip list.
6. To select more segments, repeat steps 4 and 5.
7. To remove any extracted segment from the list, select it in the Media Clip list and click
Remove selected clip.
8. To preview all extracted clips, click Preview.
9. Click OK.
Tip: To move t he Jog Bar at a fixed interval, use
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or press [F4].
or . Set the quick search interval in Duration.

Joining/Separating videos

You can combine two or more video clips, or separate previously combined video clips using the
Join/Separate Video feature.
To combine video titles:
1. Press [Ctrl] or [Shift] and click on two or more clips in the Media Clip list.
2. Click .
To separate previously combined videos:
1. Select the video clip from the Media Clip list.
2. Click .

Enhancing your video

Select a video clip and click Enhance Video to add transition effects, audio, and text.
The Effect tab
The Effect tab displays various options that you can use to apply transition effects to your
video clip. You can also add a transition effect anywhere in the video.
To add transition effects:
1. In the Effect tab, drag the Jog Bar or use the playback controls to move between frames in the video.
Stop when you reach the point where you want to add the transition effect.
2. Select a transition effect from the list, and enter the duration.
3. Click Add to current position.
4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 to add more transition effects. You can use the playback controls to preview the results.
Tip: To automatically add transitions, click Auto Add Transition Effects.
DVD MovieFactory will scan the video for scene changes and add a transition effect
at every point of scene change.
5. Click OK.
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