Video Clips: Adding Video to a Project

[davegee]

Adding Video Clips to a Project with "Keep Full Slide Duration" Ticked

Video Clips can be added to the project in two ways:

Right click on a single Video Clip or a group of video clips and "Add Selected Files to Project"

Drag and drop video clips into the Slide View

In Project Options you will have set your Default Slide Duration to, for instance, 10 seconds and your transition time to, for instance, 2 seconds. When a video clip is added to the Slide View the Default Slide Duration Time is overridden and the length of the video clip automatically becomes the (Full) Slide Duration. If multiple Videos are added to the Slide View then the Full Slide Duration for each video is the video time and the transitions automatically overlap (in this example, by 2 seconds).

Let's say that 6 videos are added by dragging and dropping and that the video clips are each of 10 seconds duration. The overall show time will be the total duration of the six videos minus the time "lost" due to the five overlapping transitions i.e. (6x10) – (5x2) = 50 seconds.

Moving a video in the Slide View

Let's now say that every video clip is of a different length and every transition time has been changed to a different value. Let's say that we want to move the second video clip to become the fifth video clip.

When the second video clip is moved two things happen:

The original third video clip now becomes the new second video clip and its transition time is applied as the overlap time between the original first video clip and the new second video clip

The original second video clip now becomes the fifth video clip and its transition time becomes the overlap time between the original fourth video clip and the new fifth video clip

The original overall show time is maintained.

DG

For more information please go to the Online Help and search on "Video" or "Slide Duration" or "Full Slide Duration" etc:

http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/main

[davegee]

Adding Video Clips to a Project with “Keep Full Slide Duration” Un-Ticked

Video Clips can be added to the project in two ways:

Right click on a single Video Clip or a group of video clips and “Add Selected Files to Project”

Drag and drop video clips into the Slide View

In Project Options you will have set your Default Slide Duration to, for instance, 10 seconds and your transition time to, for instance, 2 seconds. When a video clip is added to the Slide View the Slide Duration Time is overridden, its transition time is set to 2 seconds and the length of the video clip automatically becomes the Slide Duration. If multiple Video Clips are added to the Slide View then the Slide Duration for each video clip is the video time. In the case of two consecutive Video Clips the first will finish and its last frame will remain on screen during the next slides transition time.

Let’s say that 6 videos are added by dragging and dropping and that the video clips are each of 10 seconds duration. The overall show time will be the total duration of the six videos (60 seconds).

In some cases it might be required to delay the start of a video clip until after its transition has elapsed. This can be done by entering O&A>Properties and adjusting the OFFSET of the Video Clip to be equal to the transition time. To prevent the video clip overlapping with the next slide’s transition the offset time should be added to the Video Slide Duration.

Example: Three Video Clips or a combination of Video Clips and Images:

[2:10] [2:10] [2:10] – [Transition Time: Slide Duration]

To make the video clip in slide 2 start after its transition time set offset for slide 2 to 2 seconds and add 2 seconds to its duration:

[2:10] [2:12] [2:10]

DG

For more information please go to the Online Help and search on "Video" or "Slide Duration" or "Full Slide Duration" etc:

http://docs.picturestoexe.com/en/main

[RobertAlbright]

That's very helpful, Dave, to know about the offsets

[davegee]

Thank you, Robert.

DG