Note:

¹ – .swf files with video content only can be loaded into AVS Video Editor.

² – CDG files are karaoke files. To load video file together with audio track, make sure that video and audio files are located in one and the same folder and have the same name, e.g. “song.cdg” and “song.mp3″ (CDG+MP3 format) or “song.cdg” and “song.ogg” (CDG+OGG format).

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

Most of the commonly used media file formats are supported by AVS Video Editor:

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

When you import video files of one aspect ratio and then change the aspect to a different value for the output video, there can be two different situations which can be solved in a similar way:

• the input files have the 4:3 aspect and the output file will have the 16:9 aspect ratio – in this case the mattes will be added to the left and right sides of the video image to prevent distortion;
• the input files have the 16:9 aspect and the output file will have the 4:3 aspect ratio – in this case the mattes will be added to the top and bottom sides of the video image to prevent distortion.

In both these cases you can get rid of the mattes using the Crop Scale option available in AVS Video Editor. Select the necessary aspect ratio and click the video at the Timeline with the right mouse button. Choose the Crop Scale option. The Crop Scale window will be opened:

In the above figure you can see an example of the first above case of the aspect ratio change – an input 4:3 video image changed into an output 16:9 video file. As you can see, mattes are added to the sides of the video so that it could fit an 16:9 frame (the black bars on top and bottom of the video are added simply to fit it into the square player window and will not actually be added to the output video).

Now if you use the field and click the button, the slider will become available that will let you change the visible part of the video. Move the slider using the mouse to get rid of the mattes:

Note: using the Crop Scale function will enlarge the video image so that it could fit a new frame size with an aspect different from that of the original video. It means that a part of the video, namely some video image at the top and the bottom parts will be cut out and lost.

And this is how your transformed cropped video will look like in the Preview Area:

As you can see, the resulting video has no mattes on either side. At the same time it is slightly enlarged and cropped on top and bottom. So you will have to decide what is more important for you: have video fit your display or TV-set screen or have the whole source video image.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

]]> http://www.avs-video-editor.com/using-crop-scale.html/feed 0 http://www.avs-video-editor.com/using-trim-and-multiple-trim-options.html http://www.avs-video-editor.com/using-trim-and-multiple-trim-options.html#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:18:39 +0000 admin http://www.avs-video-editor.com/?p=209 AVS Video Editor - Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options

After you add your video to the Timeline/Storyboard Area and edit it, you can still trim it and detect scenes and insert transitions between them.

Click the main video area at the Timeline and use the Trim button of the Timeline Toolbar to open the Trim window. Or alternatively click the video at the Timeline with the right mouse button and select the Trim option.

Please read the Trimming Video section to learn how to use the Trim option.

The same way the Multiple Trim option can be used to find scenes in your video added to the Timeline/Storyboard Area. Open the MultiTrim window either clicking the MultiTrim button of the Timeline Toolbar or using the right mouse button on the main video at the Timeline and selecting the MultiTrim option. The opened MultiTrim will look like this:

Please read the Trimming Video section to learn how to use the MultiTrim option.

After you split your video using either of the Trim options, you can add transitions between scenes of the video or continue editing it.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

If you plan to create a DVD with a menu, it will be useful to split your video into chapters beforehand. Select the Chapters button of the Menu Panes.

The following window will be opened:

You can choose either to set chapters automatically using the Auto Set Chapters button, or create them manually using the Add and Delete buttons.

If you select the first option (Auto Set Chapters) you will need to opt for one of the variants – At the Beginning of Each Clip (in this case a new chapter will be created at the beginning of each new clip added to the Timeline/Storyboard Area) or At a Time Interval (in this case you will need to select a time interval which will determine a new chapter creation). The interval window will let you select the desired interval:

Note: the At the Beginning of Each Clip option will only add chapters to your video if more than one clip is added to the Timeline/Storyboard Area. In case only one clip is added to the Timeline/Storyboard Area the only chapter will be created at the beginning of the movie.

The second option is used the following way: click the place at the timeline scale where you want you chapter to begin and use the button to mark the beginning of a new chapter. Or select an already added chapter and use the button to remove it from the video.

When you add all the chapters they will be displayed in the Files and Effects Area:

Use the Update Images button to refresh the thumbnails of the chapter beginnigs.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

]]> http://www.avs-video-editor.com/splitting-videos-into-chapters.html/feed 0 http://www.avs-video-editor.com/adding-video-effects.html http://www.avs-video-editor.com/adding-video-effects.html#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:04:09 +0000 admin http://www.avs-video-editor.com/?p=186 AVS Video Editor – Adding Video Effects

While processing your videos in the AVS Video Editor program you can also add different video effects to them, such as grayscale to make your video look black and white, invert ellipse to highlight something on the video picture or invert to change the colors of a video fragment and many other effects. The detailed description of each effect can be found in the next sections.

To apply an effect you should proceed through the following easy steps:

1. Selecting an effect to add

After importing a video to the program and dragging it to the Timeline/Storyboard Area press the Video Effects button from the Menu Panes. In the Files and Effects Area you will see all the video effects you can apply to your video. The effects view can be changed to suit your convenience, if you click the View button and choose the View As option and then one of the view types: thumbnails, list, details.
Note: The Arrange Icons by option of the View button is not available, when the Video Effects pane is pressed.

2. Placing the video effect on a special line0
After you found an effect you want to apply, right-click it and choose the Add or Replace Video Effect option. If you have already added an effect and choose this option, the previously added effect will be replaced by the new one. If there are several effects in the Timeline/Storyboard Area, the highlighted effect will be replaced. It’s also possible to drag the necessary effect from the Files and Effects Area and drop it to the Timeline/Storyboard Area within the Line for Video Effects (see the figure below).

3. Setting the effect duration
You can set the duration of the added effect by left-clicking it (it will be highlighted) and pressing the Duration button on the Timeline Panel or right-clicking the necessary effect and selecting the Duration option. A window (see the figure on the left) will appear where you can set the necessary value by entering it through the keyboard or using the arrow buttons. Then press the OK button to apply the set duration of the effect. You can achieve the same goal by dragging the effect boundaries in the Timeline/Storyboard Area.

4. Changing the effect properties

AVS Video Editor allows you also to change the effect properties. To do that, press the necessary effect in the Timeline/Storyboard Area and hit the Edit Effect button on the Timeline Panel or right-click the effect and choose the Edit Effect option. After that the Video Effects window will be opened (see the figure below).

In the Properties Area of the Video Effects window select an effect applying area in the Mask dropdownlist. The following options are available: none, rectangle, ellipse and polygon. If you select None, the effect will be applied to the entire picture area.

Then set other effect properties. They vary from effect to effect. The detailed effects properties description can be found in the Adjust, Draw, Effect and Transform chapters.

5. Setting the fade-in and fade-out areas

Within the Video Effects window you can also set the Fade-in and Fade-out areas for the effect you applied to your video file using the slider under the preview area. Fade-in is the area where the effect starts being reflected on your video. In the area of maximum representation the effect is applied to 100% capacity. In the Fade-out area the effect is being reduced until it completely disappears.

You can set Fade-in and Fade-out boundaries by dragging the cursor Cursor of the slider area of the slider area to the place where you want the Fade-in area to end and hit the Fade-in button button. The Fade-in area will be marked. Then drag the same cursor to the place on the slider area where you want the Fade-out area to begin and press the Fade-out button button. After that the Fade-out area will be marked. It’s also possible to direct the mouse cursor at the edge of the slider area and drag the boundaries inwards or outwards. If you want to set the Fade-out effect, drag the left edge of the slider area to the right. To apply the Fade-in effect, drag the right edge of the slider area to the left (see the figure below).

6. Previewing the applied effect

After adding an effect to the video file you can preview the applied effect using the playback controls situated under the slider area. These buttons have the same functionality as the buttons of the Preview Area situated in the Main Window. The latter ones are described here.

If you want to delete the applied effect, you should select it and press the appropriate button on the Timeline Panel or right-click the effect you want to delete and choose the Delete Object option.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

Once a new project is created or an older one started, you can begin work with the media files you have on your computer hard disk drive. Normally, the work with the videos is started with importing media files that you have on your computer or an optical disc into AVS Video Editor program. This can be done the following way:

• You can either import the media files – videos, audio and images – into the program;
• or will need to capture your video from a capture device of yours – a miniDV camcorder or something alike – and then these captured videos will be automatically imported into the program.

In either case after the files are added to the Files and Effects Area you need to place them to the Timeline/Storyboard Area to be able to edit them.

1. Creating Videos

Click the Main Video button to view what media files are already loaded into AVS Video Editor. If this is your first project, no videos or audio or image files will be loaded into the program. So you will need to import them. If you plan to create a movie from the video recorded by a miniDV camcorder of yours, you will need to capture the recorded video to the computer hard disk drive prior to working with them.

After the files are imported to the program, you can preview them, preedit them if needed and after that place them to the Timeline/Storyboard Area to create a movie.

2. Editing Videos

After you place your video clips to the Timeline you can begin editing it, i.e. add transitions between video clips, add video effects to your video, text, video overlay effect or audio soundtrack.

You can also change the duration of the video clips on the Timeline using the Trim and MultiTrim options, correct the video image size using the Crop Scale option and split video into chapters so that you could create a DVD menu later.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

Whenever a new project is created or you edit an old project, you will need to save it so that all the changes were available in the future. Click the Save Project button or use the File section of the Top Menu. The following window will be opened:

Select the location, enter the project name and click the Save button. The next time you need to edit the same project, simply open it.

In case you need to save the same project but under a different name use the Save Project as… option of the File section of the Top Menu.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

To edit an old project that has been previously saved you will need to open it. Click the Open Project button or use the File section of the Top Menu. The following window will be opened:

Select the necessary project and click the Open button. The project will be loaded into AVS Video Editor reflecting all the applied and saved changes.

You can also open one of the recently modified projects using the Reopen Project option of the File section of the Top Menu and selecting the necessary project from the list of available ones.

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web

The settings window can be opened using the Edit section of the Top Menu. It will be opened to the General tab first:

Here you can set the following parameters:
* Project – the settings pertaining to the project:
o Automatically open last edited project at startup – mark this option to let the program open the latest edited project for you at startup. If unmarked, a new empty project will be opened when the program is launched.
o Enable autosave – mark this option to let the program automatically save the project every set interval of time (hours:minutes:seconds). This can be convenient if you experience power shutdowns and your work results can be lost if you do not save your project frequently.

* Preview – the settings of the Preview Area:
o Quality – the quality used to preview your video (can be Low (Fastest), Medium (Default) and High (Slowest)) – you can change it to the lower value if your computer fails to playback the video correctly.
Note: this option affects the video preview only and does NOT in any way affect the quality of the output video.

* Timeline – the options used to change the representation of the Timeline elements:
o Show line groups – mark this option to group the Timeline elements according to their type. If unchecked the Timeline elements will be displayed without grouping.
o Show sound waveform – mark this option to show the waveform of the audiotracks added to the Timeline. If unchecked the audiotrack will be shown without the waveform.

The next tab is the Environment settings:

Select the Temporary Directory used to store all the program work files using the Browse button. The program will show the Free storage space in selected folder in the appropriate place.
Note: you might need quite a lot space for video editing, so we strongly recommend that you select the drive with the largest available free space value for the temporary folder.

The next tab is the Edit settings:

Here you can set the following parameters:

• Default duration – the default duration value set for all the elements of a type:
  • Transition – the initial duration set for all transitions added to the video (measured in hours:minutes:seconds.hundredths of seconds).
  • Image/color – the initial duration set for all images and colors added to the video (measured in hours:minutes:seconds.hundredths of seconds).
• Scene detection – scene detection sensitivity applied when searching for scenes (in Multiple Trim window, for instance):
  • Video sensitivity – the threshold of the video in scene detection. If the program finds too many or too little scenes, you might try and change this value.
  • Audio sensitivity – the threshold of the audio in scene detection. If the program finds too many or too little scenes, you might try and change this value.
• Undo – the number of the undo/redo steps:
  • Number of steps – the number of the steps handled by the program. If the number of steps exceeds the value, the first undos will become unavailable. This number depends on the memory installed on your computer, but you can try and increase it if you plan a large projectt

AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut

1.  Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects

2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale

3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web