User manual MAGNUM ALERT ALERT-825HS

[. . . ] Subscriptions to online service providers may require a fee and your credit card information. Financial services may require prior arrangements with participating financial institutions. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. End user software license agreement This End User Software License Agreement (the EULA) is a legal agreement between you and Sony Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Sony), a corporation organized under Japanese Law, the manufacturer of your Sony computer system (the MAGNUM ALERT HARDWARE) Please read this EULA carefully before installing or using the software distributed together with this EULA (the MAGNUM ALERT SOFTWARE). By installing or using the MAGNUM ALERT SOFTWARE, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. [. . . ] Click MovieShaker. Sony applications About the software on your Sony VAIO Desktop nN 21 1. 2. Menu bar Monitor panel Shows MovieShaker menus. Contains the Shake tray, Capture tray, and Edit tray. Select a tray by clicking the Shake tab, Capture tab, or Edit tab. The Shake tray is for creating a scene of approximately 30 seconds long including background music, using clips on the Clip tray at random. The Capture tray is provided for capturing images directly from the DV device or MICROMV device connected to your computer, and importing them into the Clip tray. The monitor displays the images recorded on the videotapes of the DV device or MICROMV device. Click a scene on the Product tray, then it is displayed on the Edit tray. You can add an effect to the scene by dragging the effect from the Effect tray and/or the Text tray and dropping it on the Edit tray. 3. Tool panel In the Tool panel, you will find the Effect tray, Text tray, Transition tray, Narration tray and Index tray. Select a tray by clicking the Effect button, Text button, Transition button, or Narration button. Only when a MICROMV device has been connected to your computer and "MICROMV Device" has been selected from the Device menu, the Index tray appears while the Capture tray is displayed on the monitor panel. These are the features of the Edit tab: 1. 16. Shake tab Capture tab Edit tab Speed control slider Volume control slider Effect palette Fade-in, fade-out Trash Full-screen preview button Play trimming range Repeat-play Play control buttons Trimming range Save as still image button Time adjustment Monitor Sony applications About the software on your Sony VAIO Desktop nN 24 To edit clips and scenes, proceed as follows: 1 2 3 Double-click the clip in the Clip tray to move it to the Monitor Panel. Select the Effect tab from the Tool Panel. Drag and drop the effect you want to add from the Effect tray to the Edit tray monitor. To preview an effect, click on the effect in the Effect tray. in the Working Panel monitor. 1 2 3 4 5 6 For instructions on adjusting effect duration and replaying clips or scenes, see Help. Saving a movie You can save or export your final movie products. You can preview and check them before saving them. Your final movie products can be saved as files, exported to a DV device/MICROMV device, or uploaded to ImageStation. To save your movie, proceed as follows: Click the Export button . Select the format in which you want the document to be saved. Locate the folder to which you want the file saved. Your movie is saved. Exporting movies may take a long time to complete. [. . . ] Please note that this option will delete all existing data both on the C: and D: drives before starting the recovery. Aborting the recovery process The recovery process always warns you when the decision you are asked to take, cannot be undone. Whenever possible, the recovery screens allow you either to go back to the previous screen, or to abort the recovery process. Performing an application recovery The application recovery utility allows you to reinstall individual applications. Reinstalling a program can fix the problems encountered if it does not run correctly anymore. [. . . ]