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Workshop Content/Photos and Music folder
1.
Set MediaWorks Author preferences for how imported pictures
will be handled:
Select Edit>Preferences>Picture and set the default
duration to 5 seconds by clicking on the seconds field (00:00:00)
and clicking the up arrow until it shows 00:05:00. Check the
Picture Preferences default size to "None" and "Scale"
and click OK.
Tip!
You can preset compression for imported images by selecting
Edit>Preferences>Compression>Picture and choosing
Photo-JPEG, Best Depth, Medium. This will reduce the file
size of the final movie while maintaining reasonable quality.
2.
Set the frames per second for your slide show to 24 by selecting
Scene>Attributes and choosing 24 from the Frames/Second
pulldown menu. Click OK.
Tip!
The higher the frame rate the smoother your slide show will
run. If saving unrendered, select 30 fps if you're on a
new computer. However, when saving rendered movies, large
dimensions and high frame rates takes more time and creates
bigger files.
3.
Set a background color for your slide show by selecting Edit>Background
Color and choosing a color (we suggest black). Click OK.
4.
Locate and open the Photos folder and from the Photos folder
menu, select Edit>Select All.
5.
Click and drag the highlighted photos directly onto the Project
window. This imports the selected files into MediaWorks Author
and adjusts them based upon the settings made in Step 1.
6.
Once imported, click the Sequencer icon 
on the Main Tools palette to open the Sequencer window.
7.
Expand the Sequencer window to see all the timebars.
8.
From Author's main menu select Edit>Select All. The timebars
should all be highlighted (dark purple).
9.
Click the Auto-Sequence button. 
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Tip!
If the timebars extend past the right side of the
Sequencer window, click on the small magnifying glass
in the lower right corner and choose "x3"
or higher from the popdown menu. Increasing to "x10"
and maximizing the Sequencer window allows you to
see up to 37 tracks over 15 minutes at one time.
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10.
From the main menu, select Object>Transitions.
11.
In the Objects Transitions dialog (Figure 2), choose
a Beginning and Ending transition and click OK.
Figure
2 - Object Transitions Dialog
12. Locate
and open the Music folder and drag the file named Maestro.aif
onto the Project window.
13.
Play your slide show by clicking the green arrow on the Control
Panel (Figure 3).
14.
Press the Escape key at any time to exit the Player window.
15.
Select File>Save to save your project to a location on
your hard drive (default name: Project-1.mwd).
To
save your Scene for viewing with the QuickTime Player:
- Select
Scene>Export>QuickTime>Unrendered
- In
the Save dialog, choose a location to save your movie
- Give
your movie a new name
- Click
OK
After
a few seconds, a .mov file will be created retaining all
the individual tracks of your movie. Example: Scene-1.mov
(7.8 MB)
To
convert to other rendered formats or change the size:
-
Select
Scene>Export>QuickTime>Rendered
- In
the Save dialog, give your movie a new name (if
desired)
- Click
the Options button
- For
Video, we recommend using H.264. You MUST enter
a value in the Video Settings, Frames per Second
field. For Sound, we recommend choosing AAC.
- If
your movie will be played from a web page, check
Prepare for Internet Streaming and choosse Fast
Start. This will allow the movie to start playing
before the entire file is downloaded
- Click
Save. Pay attention to where your movie is being
saved!
- After
a few minutes, a .mov file will be created in
your specified folder location containing a single
video and single audio track.
Apple
Tutorial on H.264 Compression Settings!
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