Adding Music; Selecting The Style; Changing The Settings - HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC Software Manual

Adding music

To add music files to your movie production
soundtrack on the desktop:
1
Select the Add Music button in the
music area. The Add Music window
opens.
2
Browse the folders, as required.
3
Select existing music files on your hard disk
drive, if desired for your movie:
Add up to three .mp3, .m4a, .wav, or
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.wma files.

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.
Select multiple music files by pressing and
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holding Ctrl on your keyboard while
selecting the files.
4
Adjust the order of the music files by selecting
and then dragging and dropping the file.
Select the music, and click the Trash Can
icon to remove a music clip from the
production.
For example, using the Cinema style results in a
movie that is moderately paced, color enhanced,
and in a wide-screen format.
To select a style, just click a style from the list. A
sample of the style displays in the Preview window.
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.
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