User manual APPLE QUICKTIME 6.4

[. . . ] QuickTime 6. 4 User's Guide Includes instructions for using QuickTime Pro For Mac OS X version 10. 3 and Windows K Apple Computer, Inc. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] QuickTime automatically plays the correct track, based on the language setting of the user's computer. To specify languages: 1 Create or assemble the alternate tracks. Record voiceovers in each desired language or create text tracks to use as subtitles. Save each alternate track as a self-contained movie, and put all the alternates together in a single folder. 2 Put a copy of your original movie, self-contained and minus any tracks that are now stored as alternates, in the folder with the alternates. 3 Open the movie and choose Movie > Get Movie Properties. 4 Choose a sound or text track from the left pop-up menu, then choose Alternate from the right pop-up menu. 5 Click the Set button for Languages, and choose the language of this track from the list. 6 Choose an alternate track to use when a different language is selected. 7 Save as a self-contained movie by choosing "Make movie self-contained" in the Save As dialog. 8 Repeat these steps for additional language tracks, each time choosing the previously selected alternate from the left pop-up menu. Changing a Movie's Appearance With Transparent Tracks With QuickTime Pro, if you have more than one video track, you can specify how the different tracks appear in relation to each other. You can make one color in any video track transparent so that tracks below show through the transparent sections. To get the desired results, you may need to change the layering order of the tracks. To specify the transparent color: 1 Choose Movie > Get Movie Properties. 2 In the Properties window, use the left pop-up menu to choose the video track to which you want to add transparency. 3 Choose Graphics Mode from the right pop-up menu and choose Transparent from the scrolling list. 4 Click the Color button and use the Color panel to specify the color that you want to be transparent. Chapter 3 Making and Editing QuickTime Movies With QuickTime Pro 27 To change a track's layering order, choose the track from the left pop-up menu, choose Layering from the right pop-up menu, and specify a different layer number by clicking the up or down arrow. Layers with lower numbers are farther forward. Editing QuickTime Movies If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use QuickTime Player for basic movie editing. Selecting Part of a Movie Before you copy or delete part of a movie, you need to select the desired portion. To select a portion of a movie, move the In and Out selection markers. The darkened area between the two markers indicates the selected portion. To fine-tune the selection, select a marker and move it with the arrow keys. To see the length of a selection, choose Movie > Get Movie Properties and then choose Time from the right pop-up menu. [. . . ] PAL (Phase Alternation Line) A video format used by many European countries and other countries outside North America. The PAL standard is 25 fps, 625 lines per frame, and interlaced. PICT A Macintosh picture file format that does not apply compression to an image and therefore maintains the same quality level from copy to copy. pixel The onscreen dots that form text and graphics. [. . . ]