Table of Contents


Chapter 1 - Quick Start Guide

Chapter 2 - Introduction to Movie Cleaner
What you should know before using Movie Cleaner
System Requirements	
Movie Cleaner Basics
		The Movie Expert
		Suspend & Resume
		Advanced Settings
		"Talking Heads" filter
		Before/After Preview

Chapter 3 - Introduction to Video Compression
Movie Cleaner and QuickTime™
How codecs Work
		Temporal Compression
		Spatial Compression
Compression in Action and Movie Cleaner

Chapter 4 - Getting Started
Installation	
What should you do next?
		If you have little experience
		If you have some experience
		If you have lots of experience

Chapter 5 - The Beginning User
Starting up
The Movie Expert — Interview
Compression Time!
Suspending and Resuming Compression
Watching your movies
		Standard QuickTime Controls
Getting More Information
Saving Your Settings
Using Existing Settings

Chapter 6 - Opening Movies and Using Settings
Opening a movie
Using Settings Groups
			Creating New Settings	
			Modifying Settings
			Saving Settings
			Reverting Settings	
			Deleting Settings	

Chapter 7 - Selecting Compression Parameters
Advanced Settings Sections

Video Settings	
			Cropping options
			Scaling Options	
			Scaling quality
			Blur
			Deinterlace	
			Gamma Adjustment
			Adaptive noise reduction
		"Talking Heads" Filter	
			First/Last Frame High Quality	

Audio Settings
			Sample Rate	
			Sample Size	
			Mono vs. Stereo	
			Audio Compression	
			No Audio	
			Audio Interleave	

Compression Settings 	
			Number of Colors
			Video Quality Slider	
			Frame-rate	
			Keyframe Frequency	
			Data-rate	

Fades Settings	
			Video Fades 
			Audio Fades	
			Hold Times for First/Last Frames	

Movie Settings	
			Flattening Movies	
			Comparing Compressed Frames

Chapter 8 - Compressing Movies 
Compress	
Suspend	
During Compression	
Minimize Preview	
Monitoring Compression	
			Amount of Compression Completed	
			Average Data-Rates	
			Compression Rate and Performance Chart	

Chapter 9 - Video Filters
Blur filter	

Adaptive noise reduction filter
			Why use it	
			More details on using the "Custom" NR Setting 	
			Setting the Custom filter	
			Tips for filter use	
			Blur vs. Adaptive Noise Reduction	

Gamma Adjustment	

Deinterlace	
			What is Interlacing?	
			Why is it a Problem?	
			Deinterlacing Options	

"Talking Heads" Filter	
			How does it work?	
			Why use it?	
			Mask Image	
		"Talking Heads" Tips	

Chapter 10 - Audio Handling
IMA audio compression	
			Audio size chart	
Audio Resampling	
No Audio option	

Chapter 11 - Batch Compression
Creating a Batch List
Applying Setting Groups to Batch Movies
Adding Movies to a Batch List
Removing Movies from a Batch List
Selecting Batch Compression Settings
During Batch Compression
Clearing Movie Status
Output Movie Naming Conventions
Naming Conflict
Batch Log File

Chapter 12 - Suspend & Resume
Suspend	
Resume
Changing Settings and Resuming	

Chapter 13 - Tips and Suggestions
Optimizing you System for Compression
WWW movies
8-bit Cinepak
Palette Issues
Palettes and Director
Cool Things to do with the Talking Heads Filter
Indeo vs. Cinepak
Making Movies for Director
Data-Rates for CD-ROMs
Windows Issues

Appendix A - Glossary


Appendix B -  User Support


Appendix C - Troubleshooting


Appendix D - Registration Form