User manual APPLE QUICKTIME 7

[. . . ] QuickTime 7 User's Guide Includes instructions for using QuickTime Pro For Mac OS X version 10. 3. 9 and later, Windows XP and Windows 2000 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. [. . . ] 2 In the Properties window, select the audio track and click Audio Settings. 3 Drag the sliders to adjust the settings. 4 Use the pop-up menu to the right of each audio channel to specify where the channel's sound should be directed. To direct a channel's sound to the subwoofer, choose LFE Screen. To specify a particular output for the audio device, choose one of the Discrete options. 5 To turn off the audio (without having to delete the track), select Mute. To play only the selected audio track, select Solo. 6 To save the balance and channel settings with your movie, choose File > Save or Save As. Presenting Multiple Movies in the Same Frame With QuickTime Pro, you can place multiple video tracks in the same window to play movies side by side or to create a picture-within-a-picture effect. To present multiple movies in the same frame: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire contents of the first movie. 2 Choose Edit > Copy, then open the second movie. 3 Move the playhead to the point at which you want the first movie to begin playing (usually the beginning or end of the original movie), and choose Edit > "Add to Movie. " 4 Choose Window > Show Movie Properties, select the new video track, and click Visual Settings. 5 Use the Current Size and Layer controls to set the new video to a desired size and layer (layers with lower numbers are farther forward, or more "on top"). For example, for a picture-within-a-picture effect, with the added movie inside the original movie, make the new movie smaller and assign it a lower layer number. Pasting Graphics and Text Into a Movie With QuickTime Pro, you can paste graphics and text into a QuickTime movie. Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 33 If a pasted graphic is larger than the movie's dimensions, QuickTime Pro resizes the movie to fit the dimensions of the graphic. For best results, size graphics (using a graphics program) to match the movie size before you insert them. You can export a single frame from the movie to use as a guide for text placement. (See "Creating a Still Image From a Movie" on page 28. ) To find a movie's dimensions, choose Window > Show Movie Properties, select the video track, and click Visual Settings. To add graphics or text: 1 Copy the text or graphic to the Clipboard. 2 In QuickTime Player, move the playhead to the point at which you want the copied item to appear. This procedure inserts the graphic into the movie at the Paste location, in its own frame. To paste the graphic onto the frame at the Paste location, choose Edit >"Add to Movie. " To make a graphic show up in more than one frame, select the portion of the movie you want to add it to and choose Edit > "Add to Selection. " To add the graphic to the entire movie, choose Edit > "Add to Selection and Scale. " You can use this technique to add a company logo throughout a movie. (Also see "Changing a Track's Transparency" on page 38. ) Working With Text Tracks You can add text to a QuickTime movie to create titles, credits, and subtitles. With QuickTime Pro, text tracks are searchable, so you can use keywords to find precise frames in the movie. [. . . ] pixel The onscreen dots that form text and graphics. A contraction of the words picture and element. plug-in Software that helps a web browser interpret certain types of media files. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A file format for images. [. . . ]