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File & Edit Menu Section

This is AVS Video Editor Main Menu: File Menu Section & Edit Menu Section.

File Menu Section

Item Shortcut Description
New Project Ctrl+N Use it to start a new project, add new videos
to your future movie and edit and save it into a file or onto a disc.
Open Project… Ctrl+O Use it to open a previously saved project to
edit it or save a video into a file or onto a disc.
Reopen Project Use it to open a previously saved project that
is displayed in the list of the recently opened/saved projects.
Save Project Ctrl+S Use it to save the currently edited project.
Save Project
As…		 Shift+Ctrl+S Use it to save the currently edited project under
a different name.
Import Media… Ctrl+I Use it to import media files of all supported
types into the program Files and Effects Area so that they
can be used to create a movie.
Capture Video… Ctrl+R Use it to start AVS Video Capture and
capture video from a capture device connected to your personal computer.
Save Movie… Ctrl+P Use it to save movie into one of the supported
formats and burn it onto a disc or upload to a portable device.
Exit Use it to finish work with AVS Video Editor
and exit.

Edit Menu Section

Item Shortcut Description
Undo Ctrl+Z Use it to reverse the latest performed command.
If this option is not available, it means there is no action to undo.
Redo Shift+Ctrl+Z Use it to repeat your latest performed command
or action.
Object Use it to edit the selected object placed to
the Timeline/Storyboard. Depending on the object type – video,
transition, audio or effect – and the selected Timeline or
Storyboard view different options for editing the object will
be available.
Line Use it to change the Timeline files and
effects lines layout. This option is unavailable if the Storyboard
view is selected.
Chapters Use it to set chapters for your created video.
This might be quite useful if you are going to save your resulting
video as a DVD and create a menu for it.
Aspect Ratio Use it to change the aspect ratio of your resulting
video depending on the device that will be used to watch it.
Volume and Balance… Use it to change the volume of the sound in the
output video. Here you can also change the proportion of the volume
value for the main video and the added soundtrack, completely mute
the main video audio and leave the added soundtrack only and so on.
Settings… Ctrl+Enter Use it to change the project and the video settings.

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

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