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. [. . . ] To add an audio track to a movie: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and select the audio file you want to import. 2 In the QuickTime Player window that opens, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire audio file, then choose Edit > Copy. To add the audio to a part of the movie, select a part and choose Edit > "Add to Selection and Scale" . "Add to Selection and Scale" slows down or speeds up the audio track to fit the length of the selected part of the movie; the pitch remains the same (when you play the movie in QuickTime Player). You could add video to sound instead, and speed up or slow down the video to match the audio. You might have better results if you compare the timelines of the two tracks and cut from one or the other until they have the same duration. Note: If your audio and video are created by the same device, such as a DV camera, and are created at the same time, the audio and video will be synchronized. 32 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro Changing Sound Track Volume Levels and Other Audio Settings With QuickTime Pro, you can change the volume and balance of audio and music tracks. For example, if a movie has more than one audio track, you can adjust the volume of the tracks relative to one another. To change settings for an audio track: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properties. 2 In the Properties window, select the audio track and click Audio 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 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. 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. 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. 2 In QuickTime Player, move the playhead to the point at which you want the copied item to appear. [. . . ] layer In QuickTime movies, how an image is displayed depends on its layer; images with lower layer numbers are displayed on top. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) A software and hardware standard set by the music industry that enables electronic instruments to communicate with one another and with computers. MPEG-4 An ISO standard based on the QuickTime file format that defines multimedia file and compression formats. node In QuickTime VR, a point from which an object or panorama can be viewed. [. . . ]