The video clip file will be inserted on the current frame.
You can move the current frame position by dragging the current frame marker (red bar) on the timeline.
If you drag and drop a file onto the timeline, the file is inserted where it is dropped.
To move the position of the file, drag either edge of the pink band.
Either click the video tool in the tool palette, or select [File]-[Insert]-[Video] from the menu.
The following video source selection dialog appears.
Drag and drop a video clip file onto the main window or onto the timeline.
Select the format of the data to be inserted.
For compatible video file types, see "Compatible video file types" at the end of this section.
[New capture] captures a live video from the capture board (or a USB camera) connected to your PC.
Clicking the [Start] button on the upper right starts capturing a video. Clicking the button once again stops the video.
In field (1) on the screen, specify the destination directory for the video capture. Be sure to specify a disk drive that has enough free space.
In field (2), specify the number of frames per second (fps).
You can handle a series of images as a video. Select [Series of images] if you want to read in a number of images frame by frame. [Series of images] is convenient if you are using sequential photographs as your material.
If you select [Series of images], the following window appears.In this dialog box, a list of image files to be registered is shown on the right while thumbnails of the images are shown on the left. You can add image files and rearrange the order of the files into a Series of images.
By dragging and dropping image files using Explorer, you can add image files.
To insert an image, click [Add]. An image file selection dialog appears.
Click [...] near the top of the box to specify the directory where the image file you wish to use is stored.
All DRAGRI-readable images in the specified directory are displayed as thumbnails.
You can select multiple image files by first clicking the first image and then click another image file icon with the SHIFT key pressed. By doing this, you will select all the files that lie between the two selected files. If you click several files while the CTRL key is pressed, all the clicked files can be selected or deselected.
After you have selected the image files, click [OK].
When an image file is added in the Series of images dialog box, the result will be as shown below.
A sorted list of the selected files is shown in a new window. If you wish to change the position of a file in the list, select the file and click either the [Up] or the [Down] button.
If you wish to delete a file, select the file and click the [Delete] button.
When you click [OK], a new layer is generated on the timeline, and the selected images are read in to the DRAGRI movie. The images are arranged in the order you have specified.
An inserted video is placed at the center of the canvas. If the size of the video is larger than that of the canvas, the size of the video is reduced.
If you drag and drop an image file onto the main window, the file will be inserted where it was dropped.
Select the Editing Mode () in the Tool Palette, and click an image object to make it in the selected sate.
If you place the cursor on the center of the image and drag it within the window, the image moves.
If you drag the handle in one of the four corners of the image, the image size changes.
If you change the size while pressing the Shift key, the aspect ratio of the image is retained.
You can also change the position of the image by entering values for the X and Y coordinates on the image object information palette. You can resize the image by entering values for the W (width) and H (height) on the same palette.
Pressing the up, down, right, and left arrow keys on the keyboard moves the image object pixel by pixel.
If you click the [Original size] button, the image size reverts to the original size.
Select Edit mode () from the tool palette, and select the image to be deleted on a layer or in the main window.
To delete a video, select [Edit]-[Delete] from the menu bar or press the Delete key on the keyboard.
.avi | Microsoft AVI format. Some compression modes (codec) require that the driver be installed in your computer beforehand. If you install DirectX8.0 or a later version, more video file types will be supported. |
.mov | Apple QuickTime format. QuickTime must be installed in your computer.B |
.mpg .mpeg | MPEG-1, ES, SS MPEG-2, ES, PS, TS MP@ML, SP@ML 4:2:0 The above formats are supported. |