MEDIAFACTORY™ VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE INSTRUCTIONS:
IMPORTANT
Copy this application to the hard drive of your computer. Do not run the application from the CD ROM. If you wish to purchase the application, see READ ME for further details.
This is a "Demo" version of MediaFactory, the following features have been taken out or modified:
(1) The Capture menu has been disabled
(2) The Preview function has been disabled
(3) Open and Save have both been disabled
(4) Included is only a sample of Transition and Filter effects.
(5) The function "Build Movie" will only allow you to build a maximum of 12 seconds each time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
HARDWARE
• Macintosh II family or later. This is a fat binary application, it will run on the Macintosh and the Power Macintosh range.
• 4 MB of application RAM is required. 8 MB of RAM is recommended.
• 16 or 24 bit color graphics card is recommended
• Video Digitizing board (optional)
SOFTWARE
• System 7.0 or later
• QuickTime 1.5 or later
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
Copy the application to the hard disk of the computer. The MediaFactory folder contains five items:
The MediaFactory Demo1.0 software application, the MediaFactory Plug - ins, Demo Clip folder, Sample Video Clips folder and Sample Audio Clips folder. They will reside in your hard disk.
Double click on the application to start up. A Window will pop up asking you to place the MediaFactory Pref file in the MediaFactory Plug-ins folder. When this appears, click ok. When the save dialog box appears, choose MediaFactory Plug-ins and save the Pref file in it.
You are now ready to create your own movies using MediaFactory.
CREATING YOUR OWN MOVIE CLIPS WITH MEDIAFACTORY
The following tutorials are interconnected and should be done in sequence. They involve simple steps that will introduce the basic concept of MediaFactory.
Before you begin:
The Video Tracks are the wider tracks found on the upper portion of the Project Window.
The Audio Tracks are the narrower tracks found on the lower portion of the Project window.
The Movie Time Line is found on the very top of the Project Window and is Magenta in color.
Tutorial
Step 1: After you are in MediaFactory, select “New” under the “File” menu. A “Project Settings” window will pop-up. As the default settings are quite standard, we will click “OK” and use it as it is for this project.
Step 2: Save the project as "Test."
Step 3: Go to “Import” under the “File” menu and chose" Movie" to import two movie clips.
Step 4: Go to the “Sample Video Clips” folder and choose “Merry-go-round” and click “Open.” Repeat this process for importing “Pirate Boat.”
Step 5: Once you have imported the clips, you will find them residing in the “Clips” window.
Step 6 Drag the “Merry-go-round” icon from the “Clips” Window to Video Track 0 in the “Project” window. Press the “<--” key on your keyboard, this will ensure that the clip will go to the leftmost of the track.
Step 7: Drag the “Pirate Boat” icon to Video Track 1 in the “Project” window.
Step 8: Make sure the two clips on track 0 and 1 do not overlap completely. Place them on two individual tracks one after the other overlapping slightly.
Step 9: Go to Transition Effects under Window menu. Choose Fan Wipe by dragging the icon from the Transition Effects window to the light blue transition track underneath Video Track 1. Align it with the beginning of the Pirate Boat clip.
Step 10: Once “Fan Wipe” has been dragged to the transition track, double click on it. This will give you the “Transition Settings” window. Scroll to “10” in the “Division” box. Also, select “Fade In.” Click “OK” when done.
Step 11: Go to the “Pirate Boat” clip in the “Project” window and click on it once. You will see a black and white dotted line surrounding it indicating it has been selected. We will be adding a filter effect to this clip. Open the Filters window under the window menu.
Step 12: Double click on the “Flip Vertical” icon.
Step 13: Go to “Import” under “File” menu, chose "Movie" to display a selection dialog box. Double click on "Fun Time" in "Sample audio Clip" Folder to import the audio clip.
Step 14: Once inside MediaFactory, it will reside in the “Clips” window. Drag the speaker icon to Audio Track 0 and press the "<--" key to bring the sound clip to the beginning of track 0. If no audio tracks are on the Project window, then go to File and select "Show AudioTracks."
Step 15: Go to the audio track “Fun Time” and select the track. Place your cursor on the top left corner of this selected track, it will become a “Fade- in” cursor in the shape of an arrow. Click on this “Fade-in” cursor and drag it 1 inch to the right, inside of the audio track. There should now be a red line indicating this section of the audio track has been selected as a “Fade-in” effect.
Step 16: Go to the top right corner of the selected audio track, it will become a “Fade-out” cursor in the form of an arrow. Drag this 1 inch to the left of the audio track. There should now be a blue line across indicating this section of the audio track will have a “Fade-out” effect.
Step 17: Go to the Text window under the Window menu. Click on the “A” icon once.
Step 18: Type in the word “FUN” in the text box. Choose the font “Chicago." Under style, choose Bold.
Step 19: Choose a color for the text in the “Text Color” boxes. In this example, we will choose a gradient fill effect. Double click on the “Top” Text Color box choose bright yellow on the palette and click “OK,” go to the “Bottom” box and double click to choose bright green.
Step 20: For the background color, we will leave both boxes as white.
Step 21: Check Anti-Aliasing for a smoother effect for the fonts. Save this text file as “FUN” by typing “FUN” in the Title box.
Step 22: Now click “OK” and drag the icon of the “FUN” file from the Text window onto Video Track 2. Place it to the extreme left of track 2 by hitting on the "<--" key on the keyboard.
Step 23: Now double click on the text clip in the "Project" window to prompt the Video Clip Setting box. Check "Invisible" on the "Image" section. Click "OK."
Step 24: Place your cursor at the edge of the selected text clip in the “Project” window. It will become a “FlexiTool.” Once it turns into the “FlexiTool,” click on the mouse and drag to extend the text to the end of “Pirate Boat.”
Step 25: Under the Window menu, select Film Editor.
Step 26: Select track 2 in the Film Editor window by hitting on the "Tab" button. Once track 2 is selected it will be highlighted in pink.
Step 27: Click on the Resize button, it is the third button from the top on the left panel in the Film Editor window.
Step 28: Four dots will appear on the four corners of Track 2.
Step 29: Click on any one dot and drag it to resize it. Resize it to half its original size, and drag Track 2 to the center of the window.
Step 30: Go to "Movie Settings" under the "Options" menu to define any special settings for the final building of the movie. Click OK.
Step 31: Drag the Magenta "Movie Time Line," which is along the top of track 0, to cover the duration of the clips in video tracks 0, 1 and 2.
Step 32: Go to "Build Movie" under the "Options" menu. Save this movie as "Fun Test."
Step 33: To play the movie, select Clips under the Window menu. Click on the film strip icon in the lower left of the Clips window to display a dialog box. Double click on Fun Test. Double click on the Fun Test icon inside the Clips window.
You have now built your first movie using MediaFactory!
Note: The tutorial has been simplified to allow easier understanding without the aid of graphics. To learn more about MediaFactory, please contact us. The address can be found in the READ ME document. Please let us know if you have any comments or if you would like to see more features added to MediaFactory, we will be delighted to hear from you.
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