Adding Videos - HP z558 Software Manual

Adding videos

To add video files to your movie production:
1
Select the Add Video button in the video/
pictures area. The Add Pictures window
opens.
2
Browse the folders on your hard disk drive to select
existing video files for your movie:
Add up to three video files.
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Select multiple video files by pressing and
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holding Ctrl on your keyboard while selecting the
files.
3
Adjust the order of the video files by selecting and
then dragging and dropping the file. Select the clip,
and click the Trash Can icon to remove a video clip
from the production.
4
You can mark specific scenes in a video clip to
include or leave out of your final movie with the
magicMoments feature in muvee autoProducer.
To select video scenes with magicMoments:
a Select a video file in the Select Video/
Pictures window, and then click the
magicMoments button. The
magicMoments window opens.
b Click the Play button to start viewing the video.
c Use the magicMoment controls to mark video
scenes to include and exclude:
Click and hold down the green thumbs-
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up button to mark scenes that must be
included in the movie.
Click and hold down the red thumbs-
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down button to mark scenes that must be left
out of the movie.
Click or hold down the gray thumb button
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to undo 1 second of a selected scene. Press
the Shift key on the keyboard, and then click
the scene to undo scenes that were marked
with the thumbs-up or thumbs-down buttons.
Click or hold down the arrow buttons to
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navigate backward and forward through the
video footage.
Video footage left unmarked is still analyzed
when you make the movie and may be included
in the final version of the movie.
For best results with the production of your movie:
Keep each magicMoment to less than
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10 seconds.
Keep the total duration of magicMoments to
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less than 50 percent of the duration of your
movie. It is recommended to select only a few
scenes.
d Click OK when you finish marking scenes. The
window closes. Note that the video clip is
marked on the lower-left side.
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