QuickEditor - Q & A

> Frequently Asked Questions:

> Q: I have opened a QuickTime movie, but I don't seem to be able to edit it with QuickEditor, what's wrong ?

> A: Be sure to open the QuickTime movie you want to work on as a MOVIE, with the "Open MOVIE..." command in the File Menu. CLIPs (open with "Open Clip...") are only used to import sequences into the MOVIE project, and can't be edited or saved. Read the tutorial to learn more about editing movies with QuickEditor.

> Q: I tried to open an .AVI movie file, but couldn't get anything but a blank screen, isn't QuickTime 3.0 supposed to handle the AVI movie format ?

> A: The movie you want to open is compressed with a video codec (compressor/decompressor) that isn't supported directly by QuickTime. AVI movie files compressed with CinePak, or with Indeo are supported, some other formats are not.

> Q: Can QuickTime movies be viewed and played at their original size in QuickEditor ?

> A: Yes, simply click on the MOVIE or CLIP's screen to make the standard QuickTime movie player component appear. You must close this viewer to resume your editing.

> Q: Are there any keyboard shortcuts available in QuickEditor ?

> A: Yes, you can access each function available on the CLIP, MOVIE and AUDIO CLIP panels directly from the numeric keypad (0=one frame back, .=one frame forward, 1=rewind to beginning, 2=stop, 3=play, 4=go to start point, 5=go to end point, 6=go to xx.xx, 7=set start point, 8=set end point, 9= reset points). Press the key when the mouse is over the CLIP Panel to operate on the CLIP, if the cursor is over the MOVIE panel, those shortcuts refer to the MOVIE.

> Q: What's the difference between "burnt" and "real-time" Video Effects ?

> A: QuickTime 3.0's effect are rendered in real-time, which means they're calculated on the fly when the movie is played. This gives great results on small movies, or if you own a speedy computer, but it can really slow down the playback rate, and the movies created that way won't run on earlier versions of QuickTime. To overcome this limitation, QuickEditor gives you the option of "burning" the effect in the video track, which means the effect is rendered once (which can take some time) and the result is copied to a standard QuickTime video track. You can then play the movie back on any computer (including one that has an earlier version of QuickTime installed, a Windows 3.1 machine for instance) as a regular movie.

> Q: Why is a real-time effect always applied to the entire movie, and why can't I use two or more real-time video effects on the same movie ?

> A: Bad programming (my fault), use "burnt" effects instead (should be your default choice).

> Q: Is there a Macintosh version ?

> A: Yes there is, QuickEditor is fully cross-platform. Go to the QuickEditor Web Site to download it.

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