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Media Cleaner allows you to set some commonly used special features for the
beginnings and ends of your movies, such as fades and high quality frames.
To create a video fade, check the box next to
the option you want (in and/or out) then type in a time in the duration box. You can specify
decimal times as well as whole numbers.
Fade colors are set with the fades pop-up. Your options are "black", "white", "WWW gray" and "Color...". Selecting "Color..." will bring up the standard Apple Color Picker to allow you to set the color.
Even if your video doesn't fade, a very short audio fade will help avoid "pops" at the beginning and end of the movie. Usually .25 - .5 seconds works well.
NOTE: Because the extra data is in the beginning and/or end of the movie, this doesn't normally affect playback. In some cases, the first frame may automatically be "held" (as described below) to manage its data rate.
Setting a hold time for the first and/or last frame makes the movie play the first and/or last frame of the movie for a longer time than normal. This is useful for some applications (such as older versions of Macromedia's Director), which have a hard time starting video smoothly.
A first frame hold of one second lets the program "come up to speed" before the real video starts, which helps prevent the movie from "jerking" when it is played.