Class XII Web App. Chapter -1: Movie Editing Tools Notes

Chapter -1: Movie Editing Tools

1.1 MOVIE EDITING TOOLS

Assessment:

Answer the following questions:

Q1. Differentiate between the features of virtual dub, wax, movica and moviestorm.

Answet: 

Q2. Explain the non-linear editing tool which does horizontal layering.

Answer: MEWA FILM is a non-linear editing tool, called montage (this name might change) where video files are shown as a sequence of images layed off horizontally. The video files can then be assembled and cutted using intuitive actions as “drag and drop” and “rubber band selection”.

Q3. Which tool should be used for .avi files?

Answer: AVIedit

Q4. Explain two non-destructive and non-linear tools for video editing

Answer: Zwei-Stien Video Editor: 

• Zwei-Stein 3.01 is a freeware non-linear, non-destructive video compositing and editing system which offers many advanced features unavailable elsewhere. 
• With Zwei-Stein you can edit up to 256 video, audio and still image clips, each with up to 64 effects chained serially. 
• Cropping, panning and custom effects are easy with automatic key frames.

AVITricks Video Editor: 

• AviTricks is a non-linear, non-destructive AVI video editor with real-time preview. 
• It makes cutting and joining footage easy and includes a wide range of built-in adjustable effects that can be used separately or in combination. (Effects include dissolves, mirror image, sepia, iris effects, fades, TV-shop, etc.) 
• Besides the preview screen, the video you are working on is also represented 12 and graphically on a timeline and a tree structure.
• Both of these fields are active and easy to work.

1.2 FAMILIARIZATION OF INTERFACE COMPONENTS

Assessment:

Answer the following questions:

Q1. Which is the default view in movie maker?

Answer: Windows Movie Maker is divided into three main areas: the panes, the storyboard/timeline, and the preview monitor is mentioned in figure.

Figure: The Main Areas of Windows Movie Maker

Q2. What are the functions of various movie panes of the windows movie maker?

Answer: The functions of various movie panes of the windows movie maker are as given below:

1. The Tasks pane lists the common tasks that may be needed to perform while making a movie, including importing files, editing, and publishing your movie.
2. The Collections pane displays our collection folders, which contain clips. The collection folders appear in the Collections pane on the left, and the clips in the selected collection folder are displayed in the Contents pane on the right.
3. The Contents pane shows clips, effects, or transitions that are working with while creating our movie, depending on the view being worked with. We can change the view to show thumbnails or details.

Q3. Can the preview monitor be rescaled according to the user? If yes then how.

Answer: Yes, the preview monitor can be made larger or smaller by clicking View, pointing to Preview Monitor Size, and choosing a size. The window can be dragged to make it larger or smaller.

Q4. How can we import the files into the windows movie maker?

Answer: Steps to Import Files into Windows Movie Maker

1. Click File, and then click Import Media Items.

2. Navigate to the location that contains the digital media files you want to import, and

then click Import.

1.3 IMPORTING PICTURES, AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS PICTURES INTO WINDOWS MOVIE

MAKER

Answer the following questions:

Q1. What does .mp2 and .mp3 stand for?

Answer: MP2 stands for Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-2 and MP3 stands for Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 these file are Audio files.

Q2. What are the commonly used file extensions for images?

Q3. Can we import more than one clip at a time?

Answer: Yes, we can import several video clips at once. 

• For consecutive(लगातार) clips, click the first video clip in the list, press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last clip in the list. 
• For video clips that are not consecutive(लगातार), press and hold down the CTRL key, and then click each clip that you want to import into Windows Movie Maker.

Q4. What does .jpeg stand for?

Answer: JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group these file are Picture File.

1.4 SPLITTING, JOINING AND TRIMMING MOVIE CLIPS

Answer the following questions:

Q1. What are contiguous clips?

Answer: A file that was divided into smaller clips that can be combined. However, only contiguous clips can be combined. 

"Contiguous" means that the start time of the second clip immediately follows the end time of the first clip. For example, if we have a video or audio file that was divided into clips when it was imported into Windows Movie Maker, and the clips are named Clip 1, Clip 2, and Clip 3, in that order, we could combine Clip 1 and Clip 2, or Clip 2 and Clip 3, but we cannot combine Clip 1 and Clip 3.

Q2. How is a clip split?

Answer: Steps to Split a Clip:

1. In the Contents pane or on the storyboard/timeline, click the video or audio clip that need to be split.
2. Under the preview monitor, click the Play button .
3. When the clip reaches a point near the place you want to split the clip, click Pause.
4. Under the preview monitor, use the playback controls to find the point where we want to split the clip.
5. Under the preview monitor, click the Split button .

Tip: The playback indicator can be dragged on the seek bar to the exact spot where you want to split the clip.

Q3. What do you mean by trimming a clip?

Answer: The trimmed part of the clip is not actually removed from the source file; it's just hidden so the trimmed

part doesn't appear in our project or published movie as mentioned in figure 

Q4. Can you undo the trimming changes? What are the steps for undo the trim?

Answer: Yes. The steps for undo the trim are as given below:

To Undo a Trimmed Clip

1. While being in storyboard view, click View, and then click Timeline.

2. Click the trimmed clip on the timeline, click Clip, and then click Clear Trim Points.

1.5 ADDING TITLES IN WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

Answer the following questions:

Q1. Explain the Steps needed to Change the Title Duration of your video.

Answer: Steps to Change the Title Duration

1. To make sure that you are in timeline view, click the View menu, and then click Timeline.
2. Select the title whose duration you want to change.
3. Do the following:
4. To extend the playback duration of the title, drag the end trim handle toward the end of the timeline.
5. To reduce the playback duration of the title, drag the end trim handle toward the beginning of the timeline.

Q2. How can you burn your movie into a CD?

Answer: Steps to Publish and Burn a Movie to a Recordable CD

1. Insert a blank recordable CD or a rewriteable CD into your CD burner.
2. Click File, and then click Publish Movie.
3. Click Recordable CD, and then click Next.
4. In the File name box, type a name for your movie.
5. In the CD Name box, type a name for the CD, and then click Next.
6. Choose the settings to be used to publish the movie, and then click Publish.
7. To publish and burn the movie to another recordable CD, select the Publish this movie to another recordable CDcheck box, and then click Next. Replace the recordable CD with another recordable CD, and then repeat steps 4 through 6.

Q3. How will you save your movie, once compiled?

Answer: 

1. Movie Maker has created a series of wizards to help you save your movie in a way to share it with other people. In figure 1.31 shows the content of finish movies.
2. Simply click on the type of movie you want to save your project as, and this will start the wizard. For this example we will use the Save to my computer wizard.

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Depending on the length of your movie this process can take a long time. So make sure you have

something to do for a while.

Step 1: The first step is to give the movie a name, and tell the wizard where you would like to save the movie as represented in figure 1.32. Now go ahead and click Next.

Step 2: The second step is to determine how the output of the movie will be shown in figure. The safest way to export your movie is to choose Best quality for playback on my computer (recommended).

Now go ahead and click Next. This will start the creation of your movie.

Step 3: The next window will show the progress of the movie being exported as represented in figure 

Step 4: When Movie Maker is done exporting the film the finish screen will be seen like this as shown in figure 

At the end open up the file, and watch the epic film.

Q4. How can the title be removed from the video?

Answer: Steps to Remove a Title

1. On the storyboard/timeline, click the title that need to be removed.

2. Click Edit, and then click Remove.

1.6 PUBLISHING MOVIE IN WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

Answer the following questions:

Q1. Explain the various Steps to save and publish the video generated.

Answer: The various steps for save video are as given below:

1. Save to Computer
2. Save to Cd
3. Send to Email 
4. Send to Web
5. Send to DV Camera

Steps to Save a Movie to your Computer.

1. The first step is to give the movie a name, and tell the wizard where you would like to save the movie and click Next.
2. The second step is to determine how the output of the movie. The safest way to export your movie is to choose Best quality for playback on my computer (recommended).
3. The next window will show the progress of the movie being exported.
4. When Movie Maker is done exporting the film the finish screen will be seen
5. At the end open up the file, and watch the epic film.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The various steps for Publish movie in Windows Movie Maker can also be shared with others in a number of ways – through our computer, on a recordable CD, on a recordable DVD, as an attachment in an e-mail message, or on videotape in a DV camera.

Steps to Publish a Movie to your Computer

1. Click File, click Publish Movie.
2. Click This computer, and then click Next.
3. In the File name box, type a name for your movie.
4. In the Publish to box, choose where ever want to save the movie once it's published, and then click Next.
5. Choose the settings to be used to publish the movie, and then click Publish.
6. To watch the movie after it has been published, select the Play movie after clicking Finish check box.
7. Click Finish.

Q2. Explain the information which the Published movie should not contain.

Answer: Always Remember not to include information such as the clip, author, copyright, rating, and comments in your published movie files so that our name and other metadata information is not displayed when someone else plays back our movie in a media player.

Q3. Can you avoid adding the credits to your video?

Answer: Yes

Q4. Is there any difference between saving and publishing?

Answer: YES

SAVE MOVIE:

Movie Maker has created a series of wizards to help you save your movie in a way to share it with other people. Simply click on the type of movie you want to save your project as, and this will start the wizard. For this example, we will use the Save to my computer wizard. Note: Depending on the length of your movie this process can take a long time.

PUBLISH MOVIE:

A movie is a Windows Media file with a .wmv file name extension or an Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) file with an .avi file name extension. This published movie in Windows Movie Maker can  also be shared with others in a number of ways – through our computer, on a recordable CD, on a recordable DVD, as an attachment in an e-mail message, or on videotape in a DV camera.