HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC, Software Manual

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Creating Movies Using muvee autoProducer
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Capturing recorded video from a DV camcorder
For best results with muvee autoProducer, capture
only video footage that you are most interested in
using in your movie project.
To capture camcorder (copy) recorded video to your
hard disk drive:
1
Connect your DV camcorder to the FireWire
(IEEE 1394) port on your PC.
2
Turn on the camcorder and set it to VCR
mode. Refer to the instructions in the
manufacturer’s documentation.
3
Click the Get Video from Camera
button.
4
Click the Play button on the screen to begin
viewing the video.
5
Click Start Capture when you see the start
of the video footage you want to use in your
movie project.
6
Click Stop Capture to stop capturing.
7
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to capture additional
sections of video footage.
8
Click Capture Folder to specify a folder for
the captured video file.
9
Click Filename to specify a file name for the
captured video file.
10
Click the Done button to automatically add
captured video files to your movie project.
Adding videos
To add video files to your movie production:
1
Select the Add Video button in the
video/pictures area. The Add Pictures
window opens.
2
Browse the folders on your hard disk drive to
select existing video files for your movie:
■
Add up to three video files.
■
Select multiple video files by pressing and
holding Ctrl on your keyboard while
selecting the files.
3
Adjust the order of the video files by selecting
and then dragging and dropping the file.
Select the clip, and click the
Trash Can icon
to remove a video clip from the production.
4
You can mark specific scenes in a video clip to
include or leave out of your final movie with
the magicMoments feature in muvee
autoProducer.
To select video scenes with magicMoments:
a
Select a video file in the Select
Video/Pictures window, and then
click the
magicMoments button.
The magicMoments window opens.
b
Click the Play button to start viewing the
video.