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- 19. _M_o_v_i_e__M_a_k_e_r__T_o_o_l
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- MovieMaker (invoked from the command line as _m_o_v_i_e_m_a_k_e_r) is
- a graphical tool for creating and editing multitrack
- QuickTime movies. Movies can include clips from QuickTime,
- AVI, DIF (Raw DV data), MPEG and SGI movie files, images and
- audio files.
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- On-line help is available describing in detail how to go
- about creating and editing movies.
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- 19.1 _N_e_w _f_e_a_t_u_r_e_s _i_n _M_o_v_i_e_M_a_k_e_r _4._4._0, _r_e_l_e_a_s_e_d _w_i_t_h _I_R_I_X
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- +o MovieMaker sports a clip-oriented interface.
- Individual pieces of media appear as a separate items
- in the timeline and clip bin.
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- +o MovieMaker now has a "Print To Videotape" feature.
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- +o MovieMaker now supports importing DIF files (raw DV
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- +o MovieMaker now supports importing some types of movies
- with compressed audio.
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- +o MovieMaker now supports multiple layers. Layers at the
- top of the timeline appear in front of those lower in
- the timeline. All audio tracks are mixed no matter
- where they appear in the stacking order.
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- +o MovieMaker now supports a single level of Undo.
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- +o MovieMaker now supports drag-n-drop to and from the
- clip bin.
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- +o MovieMaker now supports the use of Audio and Video
- filters for adding flair to your compositions. Of
- special note is the "Custom 3D Effect..." accessible
- from the "Effects" menu.
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- +o MovieMaker now has a built-in titling facility for
- adding text and drawing annotations to your movie.
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- +o MovieMaker also has a synchronized audio recording
- feature that lets you add voice-over annotations to
- your movie while playing the movie.
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- Bug 610693: As of Irix6.5.1m, uncompressed frame-based YUV
- 422 movies will be fully compatible with QuickTime 3.0
- running on other platforms (Mac, Windows). (Note that this
- fix applies to the SGI movie library and all dmedia tools;
- for more information, please see the dmedia_dev release
- notes on the SGI movie library.)
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- This section lists problems in the MovieMaker software and
- ways to work around them.
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- +o MovieMaker only supports editing within the QuickTime
- file format. When opening an SGI, AVI, DIF, or MPEG
- file formats, you will be prompted to import that file
- into a new QuickTime file. In order to get the
- resulting movie back into one of these file formats,
- you can use the "Export As..." menu command.
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- +o MovieMaker may appear to copy and paste the wrong
- number of frames. This is because QuickTime files can
- have variable image durations. It may appear that the
- selection did not contain the correct number of frames
- after it was pasted. The user should verify that the
- _d_u_r_a_t_i_o_n of the pasted selection is the same as the
- duration of the original selection.
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- +o Movie files will grow in size when you add data to a
- movie while editing, either by using the "Import..."
- command, or by using the "Paste" command. This happens
- even if you do not explicitly save the movie file. To
- reduce the size of your movie file, use the "Save
- As..." command to save your movie into a new filename,
- and any unreferenced data will not be included in the
- new file.
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- +o MovieMaker creates temporary files in /usr/tmp
- (specified in the TMPDIR environment variable) during
- edit and cut and paste operations. These files can
- sometimes reach a large size. If MovieMaker exits
- abnormally, these temporary files may not be deleted
- from /usr/tmp. You may need to check your /usr/tmp and
- remove these files manually.
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- +o We do not recommend that you use MovieMaker over the
- network. Just say no.
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- +o If you are inserting images or another movie that have
- a frame size larger than the current movie setup size,
- the images will automatically be scaled to the movie
- setup size.
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- +o When working with a composition of different sized
- tracks, filtered information from larger sized tracks
- will be added to smaller tracks. To workaround this
- problem, run filters on the smaller sized tracks first
- or save the file and reopen it into moviemaker before
- running additional filters. This is especially
- noticeable when running filters which make use of
- texture mapping, like the "Custom 3D Effect..." (a.k.a
- "FxBuilt Filter").
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- +o The "Picture-In-Picture" by default maintains the
- aspect ratio of the track when resizing. To scale
- nonuniformly, hold down the shift modifier key.
- Experts may want to specify the exact transformation by
- expanding the dialog.
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- +o Occasionally, the timeline display will create new
- "lanes" when repositioning clips. To move a clip to a
- new lane without changing its start time, hold down the
- shift key while moving the clip. If there are a number
- of empty lanes, use the "Set Number of Timeline
- Lanes..." to a new number.
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- +o When running a video filter on an image clip, the icon
- in the clip bin changes to a video icon. This is
- correct behavior as there are now more than one image
- in the clip (introduced by the filter). When the
- filter is removed (by selecting and deleting from the
- clip bin), the icon will revert back to the image icon.
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- +o Setting the background color occasionally does not take
- effect until the current time has changed. Also, the
- background color may not be saved as part of the movie
- file under certain conditions.
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- +o Although the fonts used in the titler are specified in
- the X resources, not all fonts are currently supported.
- Changing to a new font may cause the application to
- exit abnormally.
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- +o Applying filters to multiple clip selections is not
- suggested. Unusual results may occur. You should
- apply filters to only one clip at a time.
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