Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.6 Beginning

Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.6 Beginning Educational Technology Center Preparing a Folder ......................................2 Collecting Resources..............................2 Screen Resolution ......................................2 Starting Studio ...........................................3 Setting Preferences.....................................3 Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.6 Window.............3 The Menu Bar ........................................3 The Undo, Redo, and Help Buttons ........3 The Mode Buttons..................................4 Capture Mode.........................................4 Edit Mode ..............................................4 Make Movie Mode.................................4 Movie Making Views.................................5 The Movie Window ...............................5 The Storyboard View .............................5 The Timeline View.................................5 The Text View .......................................5 The Player ..............................................5 Saving a Project .........................................5 Opening a Project.......................................6 Location of Files ........................................6 Importing Movie Resources .......................6 Importing Pictures into the Album..........6 Importing Music into the Album ............6 Importing Video into the Album.............6 Creating a Movie........................................7 Inserting Pictures....................................7 Inserting Multiple Pictures .....................7 Arranging the Pictures............................7 Deleting a Picture...................................7 Splitting a Picture...................................7 Changing the Duration of a Picture.........7 Checking the Duration of a Picture.........8 Rotating a Picture...................................8

Adding Animation to a Picture ...............8 Video Effects .............................................8 Inserting an Effect ..................................8 Removing an Effect ................................8 Titles and Credits .......................................9 Titles over the Pictures ...........................9 Full Screen Title .....................................9 Creating Rolling Credits .......................10 Editing a Title.......................................10 Deleting a Title.....................................10 Transitions ...............................................10 Inserting a Transition............................10 Rippling a Transition............................10 Deleting a Transition ............................10 Deleting all Transitions.........................11 Changing the Duration of a Transition ..11 Checking the Duration of a Transition ..11 SmartSound Music ...................................11 Adding SmartSound Music...................11 Deleting SmartSound Music .................11 Changing SmartSound Music ...............11 DVD Menus .............................................12 Inserting a Menu...................................12 Identifying Chapters .............................12 Moving Chapters ..................................12 Removing Chapters ..............................12 Renaming Chapters ..............................12 Testing the Menu..................................13 Deleting the Menu ................................13 Saving the Movie .....................................13 Burning the Movie to DVD ..................13 Creating a Movie File ...........................14 Picture Sources.........................................14 The Internet ..........................................14

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Preparing a Folder • • • • • •

Create a folder for all files used in creating the video project. Click on Start My Documents. Double click on the My Videos folder. Click on Make a new folder in the Task Pane. Enter a name for the folder and then press the Enter key. Save the project, pictures, video clips, and sounds used in the project in this folder.

Collecting Resources •

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Copy pictures to be used in the movie from the My Pictures folder into the new folder. o Click on Start My Pictures. Note: Your pictures may be stored in another location. If so, navigate to the location where your pictures are and continue as directed below. o Right click on the folder with the desired pictures and choose Copy. o In the Task Pane, click on My Documents. o Double click on the My Videos folder. o Double click on your video folder. o Right click on a blank area and choose Paste. Copy music to be used in the movie from the My Music folder into the new folder. o Click on Start My Music. Note: Your music may be stored in another location. If so, navigate to the location where your music is and continue as directed below. o Right click on the folder with the desired music and choose Copy. o In the Task Pane, click on My Documents. o Double click on the My Videos folder. o Double click on your video folder. o Right click on a blank area and choose Paste. Copy video clips to be used in the movie from the My Music folder into the new folder. o Click on Start My Videos. Note: Your video clips may be stored in another location. If so, navigate to the location where your video clips are and continue as directed below. o Right click on the folder with the desired video clips and choose Copy. o In the Task Pane, click on My Documents. o Double click on the My Videos folder. o Double click on your video folder. o Right click on a blank area and choose Paste.

Screen Resolution • • • • • • •

Studio is easier to use with the screen resolution set at 1024 X 768 or higher. On the Desktop, right click on a blank area of the screen. Choose Properties. Click on the Settings tab. In the Screen Resolution area, click on the slider and move it to 1024 or higher. Notice the size of the window in the preview. Click on OK.

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Starting Studio • • •

Double Click on Studio Launcher on the desktop OR click on Start All Programs Studio 10 Studio Launcher Click on Pinnacle Studio Plus o Note: Studio Launcher allows you to select which part of the program you would like to use. To go straight into Studio, click on Start All Programs Studio 10 Studio

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On the Menu Bar, click on Setup Project Preferences. If desired, place a check box in front of Automatically save and load my project. o When selected, Studio will continually update your project as you work. Set the default duration times for transitions, titles/stills, and volume fades. o The first number is the number of seconds, and the second number is the number of frames. o Note: The durations can be adjusted later during editing. Click OK. Note: Changes made to the preferences affect all future projects, so set preferences at the beginning of each new project.

Pinnacle Studio Plus 10.6 Window The Menu Bar •

The Menu Bar gives access to all parts of the program.

The Undo, Redo, and Help Buttons • The Undo, Redo, Help, Support, and Premium buttons are always located at the top right corner of the Studio screen, no matter which mode is in use. o Undo – Back out of changes you have made one step at a time. o Redo – Reinstate changes one by one. o Help – Launches Studio’s built-in help. o Support – Opens Studio’s technical support site in a web browser. o Premium – Allows purchasing of additional premium content.

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The Mode Buttons • Select which step of the movie making process to use by clicking on one of the three mode buttons. • When a mode button is selected, the Studio screen changes to display the controls needed for the mode. Capture Mode • Capture Mode allows you to import video from a Digital Video camera, camcorder, or other video device to your computer’s hard drive. • The Player in the top right corner of the screen allows monitoring of the source video. • The Diskometer in the bottom right corner allows monitoring of available disk space while capturing. • If no video device is connected, the following error appears. Troubleshoot by following the onscreen prompts.

Edit Mode • Edit Mode allows you to organize and create your movie, add audio, graphics, and effects. • The Player in the top right corner of the screen allows previewing of the movie with effects and audio. • The Album in the top left corner stores resources for use in the movie. • Across the bottom is the Movie Window. The movie is built in the Movie Window from materials in the album. • The Movie Window has three views: Storyboard view, Timeline view, and Text view. These buttons are located in the upper right hand corner of the Movie Window. Make Movie Mode • • • • •

Make Movie Mode allows you to save your movie in a variety of formats. The Player in the top right corner of the screen allows previewing of the movie with effects and audio. The Status Area in the top left corner shows the status of the movie including file size, space available on the computer, and output type. Along the far left side of the Status Area are the Output Tabs that control what type of file your movie will be made into. Across the bottom is the Movie Window.

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Movie Making Views The Movie Window • • •

The Movie Window has three views: Storyboard view, Timeline view, and Text view. All three views occupy the same space at the bottom of the window. Choose the view by clicking on the Storyboard view, Timeline view, or Text view button on the upper right hand side of the Movie Window.

The Storyboard View • The Storyboard view shows the order of video scenes, pictures, and transitions. • It uses thumbnail icons to quickly structure the movie. • Drag video clips, pictures, music, transitions, or effects to the Storyboard from the Album. The Timeline View • • • • • •

The Timeline view shows the position and duration of clips relative to the timescale. The Timeline view displays the various tracks (up to 8) that can be used in the movie. Tracks displayed by default include the video, original audio, title and graphic overlays, sound effects, and background music. Drag video clips, pictures, music, transitions, or effects to the Timeline from the Album. Click and drag the indicator bar to quickly move to a new point in the movie. Click and drag on the timeline to zoom in and out on the movie.

The Text View • The Text view shows the parts of the movie in relation to time. • Drag clips, transitions, or effects to the Text view from the Preview Pane. • Click on an item in the list to quickly show what is happening in the movie. The Player • The Player shows clips being played. • At the bottom of the Player are the control buttons. • To show a clip in the Player, choose the desired clip by clicking on it in the Album or in the Movie Window. Then click on the Play button.

Saving a Project • • • • • •

Projects should be saved in order to edit the movie in the future. On the Menu Bar, click on File Save Project. Navigate to your video folder (i.e. the folder in My Documents/My Videos.) Give the project a name. Click on the Save button. o Note: The project is saved as a .stx. Only Pinnacle Studio can open this file. Save your project regularly and each time before you close the program. This will help eliminate unnecessary rerendering. Page 5 Created by the ETC 10/18/2006

Opening a Project • • • •

On the Menu Bar, click on File Open Project…. Navigate to the location of the project. Click on the project. Click on the OK button.

Location of Files • • • • • •

Pinnacle points to the location of files used in the movie. If those files are ever moved, when the project is opened the next time, you will be prompted to locate the files. Browse to the new location and click on the file in question. Click on Open. This process will have to be repeated if files are being used from more than one folder. Continue locating the files as prompted until the project opens for editing.

Importing Movie Resources Importing Pictures into the Album • • • • • • •

The supported picture file formats are: .bmp, .jpg, .pct, .tga, .tif, and .wmf. Click on the Edit tab to get into Edit Mode. In the Album, click on the Show photos and frame grabs tab (looks like a camera). to browse to your photos. Click on the folder icon Navigate to the location of the picture(s). (i.e. the folder in My Documents/My Videos.) Click on any picture in the folder and click the Open button. All pictures in that folder will be brought into the album.

Importing Music into the Album • • • • • • •

The supported audio file formats are: .wav and .mp3. Click on the Edit tab to get into Edit Mode. In the Album, click on the Show music tab (looks like a treble clef). to browse to your music. Click on the folder icon Navigate to the location of the music file(s). (i.e. the folder in My Documents/My Videos.) Click on any music file in the folder and click the Open button. All music files in that folder will be brought into the album.

Importing Video into the Album • • • • • •

The supported video file formats are: .dv, .hdv, .avi, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, DivX, mpeg-4(avi), and .wmv. Click on the Edit tab to get into Edit Mode. In the Album, click on the Show videos tab (looks like a video camera). to browse to your videos. Click on the folder icon Navigate to the location of the video file(s). (i.e. the folder in My Documents/My Videos.) Click on any video file in the folder and click the Open button. o Note: Just the one video file will show up. If there are multiple video files in the folder that will be used in the project, click on the radio button in front of files, rather than scenes.

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Creating a Movie • • • • •

Movies are made by adding pictures, video clips, titles, transitions, and sounds to the Movie Window. To prevent possible problems, begin with video, pictures, and titles. Then add the transitions and the sounds. The process used for inserting any of the above media is basically the same. The Album has pages for each type of media. To work with a particular type of media, click on the appropriate tab on the left side of the Album.

Video

Transitions

Titles

Pictures

Menus

Sound Effects

Music

Inserting Pictures • Click on the Pictures tab. • Locate the desired pictures in the Album. • Click and drag the pictures to the desired location in the Movie Window. Inserting Multiple Pictures • Click on the first desired picture in the Album. • Hold down the Shift key and click on the last piece picture. • Add or remove pictures to the selection by holding down the Control key. • To add all the pictures in the Album, press CTRL+A. • Click on one of the selected pictures and drag the group to the desired location in the Movie Window. Arranging the Pictures • Click and drag the pictures to the desired location in the Movie Window. o Note: If transitions are in use, moving media often removes the transition. o Suggestion: Get video, pictures, and titles in place and arranged in the correct order prior to inserting transitions and sounds. Deleting a Picture • Click on the picture in the Movie Window. • Press the Delete key. Splitting a Picture • Click on the time ruler on the Timeline view where you want split the media. • Click on the razor button in the Movie Window. • The picture can now be treated as two separate pictures. Changing the Duration of a Picture • • • • •

The duration of a picture can be adjusted to occupy more or less time. o Note: Since video, audio, and music clips have a defined play time, they cannot be stretched to occupy more time. They can be trimmed to take less time. Switch to the Timeline View. Click on the desired picture. Move the cursor to the beginning or the end of the picture. (The cursor changes to a blue double arrow.) Click and drag to the desired time.

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Checking the Duration of a Picture • Double click on the desired picture to open the Video Toolbox. • The name of the clip and the duration of time it will play are listed at the top of the window. • Close the Video Toolbox by clicking on the “X” in the upper right hand corner of the window. Rotating a Picture • • •

Double click on the desired picture to open the Video Toolbox. Click on the Rotate 90 degrees left or right buttons. Click on the X in the upper right hand corner of the Video Toolbox when finished.

Adding Animation to a Picture • • • • • •

Double click on the desired picture to open the Video Toolbox. In the Pan and Zoom section, put a check in the box to Animate from Start to End. Make sure that “Set Start” is selected then move the Zoom slider to the desired location. Click and drag the picture to the desired starting position. (Optional) Select “Set End” if the Pan and Zoom needs to stop at a specific location then click and drag the picture to the desired ending position. Click on the X in the upper right hand corner of the Video Toolbox when finished.

Video Effects Inserting an Effect • • • •

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Double click on the picture the effect will be added to. This will open the Video Toolbox. Click on the bottom icon that looks like an electrical plug. Click on a category and then an effect to see a preview for that effect in the player. o Note: Some effects are only available with activation of premium content by purchasing additional features and receiving an activation code. Click OK to add the desired effect or Cancel. o Note: Additional effects can be added by clicking on the Add New Effect button and following the same process. Click on the X in the upper right hand corner of the Video Toolbox when finished.

Removing an Effect • • • • • •

Double click on the picture the effect will be removed from. This will open the Video Toolbox. Click on the bottom icon that looks like an electrical plug. Click on the effect to be removed in the Video Effects section of the window. Click on the trash can icon. Click on the X in the upper right hand corner of the Video Toolbox when finished.

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Titles and Credits •

Titles can be added at the beginning of the movie, in front of a particular clip, or over the top of a clip as an overlay.

Titles over the Pictures • Double click on the picture the title is to appear over. • This will open the Video Toolbox. • Click on the second icon that looks like the letter T. • Click on the Title Overlay button. • This will open the Title Editor. • On the right, click on the desired style of text. • After a slight delay, a window will appear with various colors in that style of text. Click on the desired color. • Click on the picture where the text should begin and type in the desired text. o Note: You must have the text tool selected. If needed, click on the “T” at the bottom of the window to get the text tool. • To make changes to the size or style of the font, click on the edge of the text box and make the desired changes in the upper right hand corner of the picture or by clicking on the preset choices along the right hand side. • To move the text, click on the edge of the text box and then click and drag to the desired location. o Note: Text needs to be kept within the red lines to ensure proper viewing on a TV screen. • Click on OK to close the Text Editor and return to the project. Full Screen Title • Double click on the picture the title is to appear in front of. • This will open the Video Toolbox. • Click on the second icon that looks like the letter T. • Click on the Full Screen Title button. • This will open the Title Editor. • On the right, click on the desired style of text. • After a slight delay, a window will appear with various colors in that style of text. Click on the desired color. • Click on the screen where the text should begin and type in the desired text. o Note: You must have the text tool selected. If needed, click on the “T” at the bottom of the window to get the text tool. • To make changes to the size or style of the font, click on the edge of the text box and make the desired changes in the upper right hand corner of the picture or by clicking on the preset choices along the right hand side. • To move the text, click on the edge of the text box and then click and drag to the desired location. o Note: Text needs to be kept within the red lines to ensure proper viewing on a TV screen. • Click on OK to close the Text Editor and return to the project.

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Creating Rolling Credits • Click on the timeline at the end of the movie. • Click on Tool box in the menu and then select Create Title. • This will open the Video Toolbox to the appropriate section. • Choose either Full Screen Title or Title Overlay. • This will open the Title Editor. • Click on the screen where the text should begin and type the desired text. • Click on the Roll button (up arrow) in the top left corner of the screen. • This will automatically move the text to the top center portion of the window. • To continue adding more text, click on the Text tool (T) at the bottom of the screen. Do not click on the Roll button again. Doing so stacks the text boxes on top of each other. o Note: To have the text continue to scroll off the screen, add extra line spaces (by pressing the Enter key) after the last line of text. • Click on OK to close the Text Editor and return to the project. Editing a Title • • • •

Double click on the title to be edited from the Timeline View or the Text View. o Note: If it is a full screen title, it will be on the video track in the Timeline View. If it is a text overlay, it will be in the overlay track. This will open the Title Editor. Make the desired changes. Click on OK.

Deleting a Title • Click on the title to be deleted from the Timeline View or the Text View. o Note: If it is a full screen title, it will be on the video track in the Timeline View. If it is a text overlay, it will be in the overlay track. • Press Delete on the keyboard.

Transitions •

Transitions can be added at the beginning of a picture or title.

Inserting a Transition • Click on the Show Transitions tab. o Note: It is easier to add transitions in the Storyboard View. • Locate the desired transition in the Album. • Click and drag the transition to the desired location in the Movie Window. Rippling a Transition • Rippling a transition allows for repeated use of the same transition throughout the entire movie or throughout a section of the movie. o Note: If desired, the transition duration should be adjusted before it is rippled. • Insert the desired transition between the first two pictures in the movie or section. • Click on the transition. • Hold down the Shift key and click on the last picture of the movie or section . • Right click somewhere on the selected pictures and select Ripple Transition. Deleting a Transition • Click on the transition in the Movie Window. • Press the Delete key.

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Deleting all Transitions • Select the portion of the movie you would like to remove the transitions from. o Click on the first item and then while holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, click on the last item. • Right click on the selection. • Click on Remove Transition. Changing the Duration of a Transition • The duration of a transition can be adjusted to occupy more or less time. • Switch to the Timeline View. • Click on the desired transition. • Move the cursor to the beginning or the end of the transition. (The cursor changes to a blue double arrow.) • Click and drag to the desired time. Checking the Duration of a Transition • Double click on the desired transition to open the Video Toolbox. • The name of the transition and the duration of time it will play are listed at the top of the window. • Close the Video Toolbox by clicking on the “X” in the upper right hand corner of the window.

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SmartSound music is music that is generated within Pinnacle. It is instrumental music with various styles, songs, and versions.

Adding SmartSound Music • Switch to the Timeline view. • Select the portion of the movie you would like to add music to. o Click on the first item and then while holding down the Shift key on the keyboard, click on the last item. • Click on the speaker icon in the top left hand corner of the Movie Window. • This will open the audio toolbox. • Click on the fifth button down that looks like music notes. • Click on a Style, Song, and Version. • Click Preview to hear the current selection. • Select various styles, songs, and versions then preview as desired. • Click the Add to Movie button. • Music will be generated in the style you selected for the appropriate length of time and added to the Music track. Deleting SmartSound Music • Click on the music to be deleted in the Music track in the Movie Window. • Press the Delete key. Changing SmartSound Music • • • •

Double click on the music to be changed in the Music track in the Movie Window. This will open the audio toolbox. Make the desired changes. Click on the Accept Changes button.

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DVD Menus Inserting a Menu • • • • • • • • •

Click on the first item in the Movie Window. In the Album, click on the Show menus button. Find the desired menu. o Note: There are 3 pages of menus to choose from. To access pages 2 and 3, click on the left and right arrows in the top right hand corner of the album. Double click on the desired menu. A screen appears asking about setting chapters automatically or manually. Click on the radio button in front of “No, I will create chapters manually.” Click on OK. The Video toolbox will open on the Create or edit a disk menu section. It is now necessary to identify the chapters.

Identifying Chapters • Click on the time ruler in the Timeline view where you want to create a chapter. • Click on the Create chapter button. • This will create Chapter 1 which will show in the time ruler. • To create additional chapters, click on the time ruler where the next chapter will begin. • Click on the arrow that points to the right to advance the chapter number. • Click on the Create chapter button. • Repeat as needed to create the desired number of chapters. o Note: The menu will automatically create more pages as needed to accommodate the number of chapters being used in the movie. Moving Chapters • •

Locate the pink chapter marker in the time ruler to be moved. Click and drag the chapter marker to the desired location.

Removing Chapters • Locate the pink chapter marker in the time ruler to be moved. • Click on the chapter marker. It will turn blue. • Press the Delete key. • Any following chapters will be renumbered automatically. Renaming Chapters • • • • • • • •

By default, Pinnacle Studio names the chapters in correlation with their number. On the menu, each chapter will say, “Chapter 1” etc. If desired, chapters can be renamed to more clearly identify the contents of that chapter. Double click on the menu in the Timeline view. The menu should be the first item in the movie. The Video Toolbox opens to the edit menu section. Click on the left or right arrows to move to the correct chapter. In the text area to the right, type in the new chapter name. Press the Enter key to complete the change. Repeat as needed. o Note: If more chapters need to be renamed than those showing on the screen, use the previous and next page arrows at near the bottom of the album to access other pages in the menu.

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Testing the Menu • Click on the DVD button in the Player. • Click on the button with three small squares to take you to the Main Menu. • Click on the buttons to test if they go to the correct place in the movie. • Use the buttons with the single triangle and vertical line to skip to the next or previous chapters. • Click on the DVD button again to return to the regular controls if desired. Deleting the Menu • Click on the menu in the Timeline view. The menu should be the first item in the movie. • Press the Delete key. • This will also delete all chapter markers in the movie.

Saving the Movie • • •

Pinnacle can create a variety of movie files from the project. If a DVD burner is present, Pinnacle can burn the movie directly to the DVD. Other possible files types include: o Video CD o iPod and PSP compatible (MPEG-4) o AVI, Windows Media, and MPEG

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Warning: This will only work if there is a DVD burner attached to the computer being used. Note: The burning process will be faster if the movie has completely finished rendering. This means that you should not see any green sections in the time ruler. If there are still green sections, consider waiting until the program completes the rendering process. Save the project by clicking on File Save Project. Click on the Make Movie tab near the top of the screen. Click on the Disc button in the top left hand corner of the Status Area. In the Disk type area, select DVD from the drop down list. In the Video Quality/Disk Usage area, select the desired quality for the movie. Click on the Create disk button. The Player will display a blue and green status bar showing the progress of the burning. Above the status bar, the words, “Movie making in progress…” will be displayed. The Player will display the movie in a choppy way as the burning progresses. o Note: Burning the DVD will take more or less time depending on the length of the movie, the type of media being used in the movie, and the burn speed of the DVD being used. As a rule of thumb, expect for the burning time to be about 1.5 to 2 times the length of the movie. So, a movie that is 30 minutes in length will take approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to burn. When finished, the DVD should be ejected from the DVD burner.

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Creating a Movie File • This option is for when there is no access to a DVD burner and/or the movie will be played back on a computer. • Note: The process will be faster if the movie has completely finished rendering. This means that you should not see any green sections in the time ruler. If there are still green sections, consider waiting until the program completes the rendering process. • There is no need to have Menus in the project when creating a file. Menus are only for navigation when using a DVD. It is best to delete any menus used in the project prior to creating a movie file. • Save the project by clicking on File Save Project. • Click on the Make Movie tab near the top of the screen. • Click on the File button in the top left hand corner of the Status Area. • Select the desired file type from the drop down list. • In the preset area, select the desired quality. • Notice that the approximate file size will be displayed in the Size section below the pie chart showing space available on the computer. • Click on the Create file button. • A window opens allowing you to control where the file is saved and with what name. • Navigate to the desired location (i.e. the folder in My Documents/My Videos.) • Type in a file name and click OK. • The Player will display a blue and green status bar showing the progress of the burning. • Above the status bar, the words, “Movie making in progress…” will be displayed. • The Player will display the movie in a choppy way as the burning progresses. • The file is complete when the green progress bar disappears and Make Movie Complete shows right above the Create file button.

Picture Sources The Internet • • • • •

Go to a website with graphics. o A list can be found at http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/etc/cathy/clipart.html Locate the desired picture. Right click on the picture and choose Save Picture As... Navigate to the desired location for saving the picture. Save the pictures in your movie folder, i.e. My Documents/My Videos/movie folder. Change the file name as desired and click on the Save button.

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