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Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Glossary | Index | Legal Stuff | License

Contents


Welcome!

Why the name change?
What about Web-Motion?
What's new?


System Requirements and Installation

Installing Media Cleaner Pro
Full Install
Medium Install
Minimum Install
Installing the Premiere Export Module
Installing Third Party Products
Installing QuickTime
Personalize Media Cleaner
News & Updates



Part 1 - The Basics

Chapter 1 - Overview of Multimedia Production

How Digital Video is Used
The Multimedia Movie Production Process
Create your original video
Capture the video
Edit your video
Compress your movie
Distribute your final compressed movie


Chapter 2 - Multimedia Technologies

Choosing an Architecture and Codec
Codec Central
Multimedia Architectures
CD-ROM Architectures
World-Wide Web Architectures
Sound Formats
DVD-ROM
MPEG
Codecs
How Video Codecs Work
Spatial Compression
Temporal Compression
Codecs in Action
The Specific Codecs
Video Compression vs. File Compression


Chapter 3 - Media Cleaner's Features

The Media Cleaner Wizard
Batch Processing
Suspend & Resume
Settings Window
Preview Capabilities
Optimizing Filters
Adobe Premiere Export Module
Advanced Data Rate Control
News & Updates
Current Information via the Internet



Part 2 - Tutorials

Chapter 4 - Compressing for CD-ROM Tutorial

Chapter 5 - Compressing for the Web Tutorial

Chapter 6 - Settings and Batch Processing Tutorial


Part 3 - Using Media Cleaner Pro

Chapter 7 - Using the Media Cleaner Wizard

Using Preconfigured Settings
Sample Movies
Saving Settings for Future Use
Starting Compression


Chapter 8 - Playing and Previewing Movies

Opening a Movie
Source Movie Play Controls
Source Movie Data
Changing Movie Display Size
Closing Video Display
Minimize Preview
Before/After Preview


Chapter 9 - Selecting and Previewing Settings

Setting Options
Selecting Preexisting Settings
Creating New Settings
Modifying Settings
Deleting Settings
Renaming Settings
Organizing Settings
Previewing your Settings
A/B Slider
The A/B Checkboxes
Process Checkbox
Compress Checkbox
Suggestions for Setting the Checkboxes
File Size Indicator
Selecting the Dynamic Preview Frame


Chapter 10 - Compressing and Suspending Movies

Compressing Movies
During Compression...
More Information During Compression
Amount of Compression Completed
Average Data Rates
Compression Performance Chart
Suspend and Resume
Suspend
Playback During Suspension
Resume
Changing Settings and Resuming


Chapter 11 - Batch Processing Movies

Making a Batch List
Adding Movies to a Batch List
Removing Movies from a Batch List
Selecting an Output Movie Destination
Applying Settings to Batch Movies
Default Settings
Individual Settings
Opening Movies in the Batch List
Starting Batch Compression
Suspending and Resuming Batches
Clearing Movie Status
Naming Conflict
Batch Log File


Chapter 12 - Using the Premiere Export Module

How Preview Works in Premiere
Configure your Adobe Premiere settings
Preview Options
Compression Options
Using the Export Module


Chapter 13 - News & Updates and Preferences

News & Updates
How News & Updates Works
Reviewing Older News & Updates
Changing the Interface
Minimize Preview
Appending Settings Names to Movie Names
Changing the Sample Movie Display



Part 4 - Settings Tabs

Chapter 14 - Overview of Settings Tabs



Chapter 15 - The Output Tab

QuickTime
File Suffix
Flatten and Make Cross-Platform
Fast Start (for WWW playback)
Movie Information/Copyright
Create HTML
RealMedia
RealMedia Naming
Allow PerfectPlay
Allow Selective Record
Movie Information/Copyright
Create HTML
VDO
Different Versions
Create HTML
VDO Naming
AIFF
RealAudio


Chapter 16 - The Tracks Tab

Flatten Only
Handling Tracks
Cross-Platform Track Issues
Dealing with Text and Sprite Tracks
Specifying Unusual QuickTime tracks


Chapter 17 - The Video Tab

Cropping
Manual Cropping
Numeric Cropping
Scaling
Output Dimensions
Scaling Quality
Deinterlace
Deinterlacing Options
Blur
Adaptive Noise Reduction
Static Mask
Palettes


Chapter 18 - The Adjust Tab

Gamma Adjustment
Cross-Platform Gamma Issues
Brightness
Contrast
Black Restore
White Restore
Hue
Saturation


Chapter 19 - The Compress Tab

Codec
Bit Depth
Quality Sliders
Spatial and Temporal Sliders
Frame Rate
Maintain Long Frames
Keyframes
Recommended Keyframe Frequency
Natural Keyframe slider
Quality Balance Slider
Compare Uncompressed Frames
Data Rate Control
Limit to
If Limit Exceeded
Codec-Specific Features


Chapter 20 - The Audio Tab

Audio Codec
Frequency
Depth
Channels
Volume


Chapter 21 - The Begin/End Tab

Video Fade
Audio Fade
High Quality First/Last
Hold Frames


Chapter 22 - The Summary Tab




Appendixes

Appendix A - Filter and Data Rate Control Details

Adaptive Noise Reduction
Normal Pixels
Flat Field Noise
Stray Pixels
Setting the Custom Option
Iterations
When the Noise Reduction is Applied
Tips for Filter Use
Blur vs. Adaptive Noise Reduction
Deinterlacing
What is interlacing?
Why is interlacing a problem?
When to Use Blend, Odd, or Even
Dealing with "Video Stutter"
Using the Static Mask
Why use it?
Making the Mask Image
Static Mask Tips
If the Image Still Changes
Adaptive Data Rate Control
How Adaptive Data Rate Works
When to Use Adaptive Data Rate
Why is "flat" bad and "spikes" good?


Appendix B - Multimedia Architectures and Codecs

CD-ROM Architectures
QuickTime
Video for Windows
ActiveMovie
World-Wide Web Architectures
QuickTime
RealMedia
VDOLive
LiteVDO
Codecs
Codec Central
QuickTime Video Codecs
ClearVideo
Cinepak
Indeo
JPEG
Video
None
Animation
Power!Video (Formerly "TrueMotion-S")
QuickTime Audio Codecs
IMA
GSM
Other QuickTime Audio Codecs
RealMedia Codecs
RealVideo (Standard)
RealVideo (Fractal)
RealAudio Codecs
VDO Codecs
VDOWave Video Codec
VDOWave Audio Codec


Appendix C - Getting Help

Troubleshooting
General Configuration Issues
Memory
Common Problems and Solutions
User Support
The Information We Need
Contacting Terran


Glossary



Index