QuickEditor 2.1 should replace QuickEditor, QuickEditor 1.5 and QuickEditor 2.0 on any archive. This is the final version of the program before the release of QuickEditor 3 due by the end of the year (probably mid-december 1994).
QuickEditor 2.1 is a little application that allows you to edit movies.
It requires System 7 or higher and QuickTime 1.5 or higher (watch out for QuickTime 2.0 coming soon).
QuickEditor 2.1 is a shareware. You can copy it, ditribute it where you want: including CD-Rom, Magazine, BBS, Compuserve, Internet, ....
READ THIS BEFORE:
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When you work with an already existing Destination Movie (That is when you load it with the "Open Destination..." command) the Movie ToolBox writes informations in the file of this movie. As a result the file can become very big while the movie is always the same. If that happens to you and you want to bring the movie back to it's original size, simply load it using the "Open Destination..." command and save it immediately afterwards using the "Create Independent Movie..." command. This will "flatten" the movie discarding all useless information.
You can also use Simple Player from Apple to do the job.
The Basic Concepts:
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This program is based on classical video editing princips.
You have one the one hand a Source where you get the sequences from and on the other hand a Destination where you put them in the order you want.
All the editing is done on the Destination Movie. No matter what you do, the Source Movie will never be modified.
How to Edit a Movie:
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1.Open the Source Movie (that is the movie you'll get the sequences from).
2.Select a sequence with the Set B (Set Beginning) and Set E (Set End) buttons on the
Source control panel.
3.At that point you have the choice between:
a) creating a new movie that will receive the sequence you've selected.
You create a new Destination Movie with the "New Destination..." command in the
File menu.
b) opening an existing movie (providing he has the same size-Height and Width in
pixels-than the Source Movie).
You can open a Destination Movie with the "Open Destination..." command in the File
menu.
This movie is the Destination Movie. It will be the "edited" movie.
Once you have a Destination Movie, select the moment at which you want the sequence to be inserted with the Set B button on the Destination control panel (The Set E Button is of no use in that particular case).
4.Press the Record Button to insert the sequence.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You can't edit movies that aren't the same size (that is the same height and width in pixels).
That should be no problem if you edit sequences that you have digitized with the same settings.
To cut a sequence you don't want in the Destination Movie, set the beginning of the sequence with the Set B button on the Destination control panel and the end of the sequence with the Set E button, then press the Clear button.
The selected sequence is now removed from the movie.
Once you have finished editing the Destination Movie, you must save it.
You have the choice between:
a)Saving the movie with dependencies, that means the movie's size will be small but
it will depend on other movies to run. To do this use the "Save" command in the File
menu.
b)Creating an independent movie which contains all the data of the Destination movie
and can be played even if you delete the Source Movies it is made of.
To do this use the "Create Independent Movie..." command in the File menu.
Personnaly I recommand this option although it creates bigger files.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you create a new movie with the "New Movie..." command in the file menu, the only way to save it is to quit the program. So don't begin a new editing session with another Destination Movie if you have worked before with a movie created with the "New Movie..." command; first quit the program (this will save the movie) and then proceed.
Sound Track Editing:
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With QuickEditor you can add a sound anywhere you want in a movie.
To do this first select the "Load Sound" command in the Sound menu.
Then select a sound from you hard disk (Type 'sfil', like the one you find in the system folder); you can play it with the play button on the sound control panel.
Then you have to choose a place in the Destination Movie where to insert this sound.
You do this with the Set B button.
You add the sound in the movie pressing the Insert button on the sound control panel or choosing the 'Insert Sound' command in the Sound menu.
If you're not happy with the location of this sound in the movie, you can undo the last insertion with the undo button.
The sound you insert is mixed with the original soundtrack of the movie. If you want to change the sound volume compared with the volume of the soundtrack use the Volume slider on the sound control panel before you insert that sound or do it afterwards with the sound track mix option described on the next chapter.
New Sound Track Mixing:
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Once you have created sound tracks for your movie, you can mix them using the "Mix Sound Track" command in the Sound menu.
You can only mix 8 new sound tracks at a time. If you wanna add more tracks, save the movie, reload it and add up to 8 more tracks that you will mix with the 8 first tracks compressed into one.
Extended Mix Mode:
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You access the extended mix mode usind the so-called command in the sound menu.
This mode allows you to mix already existing sound tracks (providing they exist) together or with your newly added ones. Already existing sound tracks appear in a lighter gray.
IMPORTANT NOTE: you can save a 'sound-edited' movie only if you are a registered user.
See how to register in the "How to register chapter of this manual".
Some useful commands:
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Keyboard controls: * Preferences setting
! Total reset. (No way back,use with care !)
Insertion Menu: After Selected Frame means that the sequence you're going to paste will be pasted after the frame you've selected with Set B.
If you choose before selected frame,it will be pasted before this frame which you'll find after the inserted sequence.
Use the Before Selected Frame option when you insert a sequence at the beginning of a
movie so there won't be any frame remaining before the inserted sequence.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Between 2 editing sessions, use the '!' key to reset the program.
This will purge the program heap and you will have more memory to proceed.
If you wanna make a movie out of many (>10) other movies, increase QuickEditor's memory allocation with the 'Get Info' menu item in the Finder, or save the movie, call the '!' function and resume the editing. This will avoid the loss of your movie due to memory shortage.
How to Register:
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You have to become a registered user to be able to save the movies if you have modified their sound track.
However you don't have to be registered to save an edited movie if you don't use the sound options of this program. Movie-editing is free !
If you want to be a registered user:
- Send simply 10$ US in CASH..
or
- Transfer 10$ US on my bank (Union de Banque Suisse, UBS Geneva/Switzerland) account (number = 222.702.J1P)
and
-send or fax me your program's serial number that you'll find using the Register command in the Apple menu.
If you transfer money on my account don't forget to leave your name and address so that I know who already paid me.
In exchange of the 10 $ you'll receive a registration code that will give you full access to the program.
By registering: - You'll be able to save sound-edited movies
- You'll have access to QuickEditor 3 (shipping in december 94)
- You'll support the creation of futures versions of QuickEditor.
Miscellaneous:
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Thanks to the following persons for helping me (directly or indirectly) making this program.
-The Inside Macintosh:QuickTime staff (They teached me everything)
-Scott Lindsey (Manipulating the sound track)
-Shahan Momjian (The scroll)
-Antoine Rosset (The scroll & DetachResource)
-Tristan Zand (Some useful ideas)
If you want to contact Shahan Momjian about the scrolling algorythm (written in 68020 asm) or about 3D programming in 680x0 and PPC 601 asm:
Shahan Momjian
17 Ch. des Pres de la Gradelle
CH-1223 Cologny
GENEVA/SWITRZERLAND
If you have any questions or suggestions on how to improve this program, please contact me.
Remember this program is ShareWare,10 $ US isn't much !
If you use this program please let me know.
I'd love to hear your suggestions and comments.
Mathias Tschopp
13 Troupe
CH-1253 Vandoeuvres
GENEVA-SWITZERLAND
Fax: (41-22) 348.33.28 (Don't hesitate to send me a Fax)
