Windows XP [Electronic resources] : Visual Quickstart Guide, Second Edition

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Adding Visual Content

You can embroider your movies with video transitions, video effects, and titles and credits.

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video transition controls how your movie plays from one video clip or picture to the next.

To add a video transition:

1. Choose Tools > Video Transitions (Figure 11.12 ).

Figure 11.12. Several video transitions appear in the Contents pane. Double-click a transition to test it in the Monitor.

2. In storyboard view, drag a video transition to the video-transition marker between two video clips or pictures (Figure 11.13 ).

Figure 11.13. The box between these clips shows a checkerboard transition, which plays before the first clip ends and while the other clip starts to play. In Timeline view, you can drag the transition's left edge to change its duration. The starred boxes in each clip's bottom-left corner indicate video effects. You can right-click a transition or effect to delete it.

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In Timeline view, drag a video transition between two clips on the Video track.

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video effect is a special effect that determines how a video clip, picture, or title appears in a movie. The effect lasts for the clip's entire duration.

To add a video effect:

1. Choose Tools > Video Effects (Figure 11.14 ).

Figure 11.14. These effects are maintained when you split, cut, copy, or move a video clip or picture. You can add multiple video effects to each clip.

2. In storyboard view, drag a video effect to a clip's video-effects box (refer to Figure 11.13).

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In Timeline view, drag a video effect to the Video track.

Titles and credits add text-based information, such as a movie title or your name, to a movie. You can add multiple titles to a track at different points in a movie. The titles overlay the video.

To add a title or credit:

1. Choose Tools > Title and Credits.

2. On the pane that appears, select where you want to add text.

3. Type the text.

Use the More Options link to tailor the text's appearance.

4. Click Done, Add Title to Movie.