Feel free to create your own movie masterpieces, burn DVD and share them with your family and friends with the help of AVS Video Editor! You can view your movies on your computer, send them to people in e-mail messages, or post them to a Web server.

AVS Video Editor will suggest you a number of multi-purpose potentialities of video processing. You are able to

• Create, manage and master movies, using media source material
• Edit video images by applying various effects and filters
• Add various transitions to control how your movie sequence between clips
• Capture video from any video capture device connected to your computer
• Save both video and audio streams of created movie to one of the most common formats, such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, 3GP, QuickTime or RealMedia specifying frequency, bitrate and other parameters of your output file
• Burn DVD/SVCD/VCD from digital video formats to be able to play the created movie at any DVD-player
• Create DVD menu
• and much, much more...

This software has unlimited resources to realize fantasies prompted by your imagination. Find out the great opportunities of video creation with AVS Video Editor!

• AVS Video Editor is a powerful, full-featured and easy to use software designed to edit both video and audio streams of video files.

• With AVS Video Editor you can capture video from digital cameras or any other video capture device connected to your computer, import video and images to your project, and much more.

• AVS Video Editor allows you to save the created movie into seven popular video formats: AVI, MPEG, Quick Time, RM, 3GP and MP4. The software allows you to convert your videos from one format to another in various combinations. Additionally, you can adjust output file's technical profiles to satisfy your needs. You can customize your files for worry-free transmission via Internet to share your movies with friends, showcase your work online quickly or prepare an outstanding class-project.

• In AVS Video Editor there is a possibility of recording DVD, SVCD, VCD. You can convert your input files of every supported formats to DVD, SVCD or VCD, create DVD menu and right after that burn it to a CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW. With the help of this useful option you will be able to play the output disc using any DVD player and watch the created movie on your home TV.

• AVS Video Editor gives an opportunity to add various transitions to control how your movie sequences between clips. There are about 190 transitions to satisfy any taste.

• AVS Video Editor has the advantage of various effects to help you achieve your creative best. You do not need to be a professional to use this tool. Once you get started you will be surprised how smoothly you go applying different effects and filters, trimming your files and adding banners and text. You can also preview the results to make sure that you achieved the desired effect.

• AVS Video Editor has a unique timeline tool, which allows you to achieve accuracy and precision in applying effects and editing your movies. You can use this tool to navigate your video file (frame navigation).

To start creating your project you need to import source material to AVS Video Editor first. To import media files please click the Import Media button in Start menu pane. After that Import Files standard explorer window will appear.

After that you can add your media files into the Import Area clicking the appropriate button - Add Video, Add Audio or Add Image depending on your media type. You can preview the added files, using the Preview Panel. Click the Play/Stop button to start or stop media file playback and the slider to navigate through the media file.

To detect the scenes in your movie that is going to be imported, tic the Enable Scene Detection check-box. It might be useful if you plan to delete some scenes while editing or insert transitions inside your movie.

You will need to use the right pane to select the scene search search type - Detect Scenes Changes or Detect TV Commercials. As can be seen from the name of the search type, the first one is used for any videos, whereas the second one is used primarily to detect the TV commercials and cut them out. Note, that every scene containing commercial will be given a 'Commercial' caption.

When you selected all the parameters you can click the Import Media button to start the importing process or the Back button to return to the video editing.

You will see the importing progress in the Preview Area.

Please note that you can simply drag the files to be imported from Explorer and drop them to the Media Library.

To start creating a new project you should import the source material to AVS Video Editor first. For that please use the Start menu pane. You can import a single file or multiple files in a folder. When you import a source file, it remains in the same location from where it was imported. AVS Video Editor does not store an actual copy of the source file; instead, a clip that refers to the original source file is created and appears in the Media Library. After you import files into your Media Library, don't move, rename, or delete the original source files. If the source file is deleted, it must be placed to your computer and then imported again.

If you import a video file you can choose the option to detect scenes. A new scene is created each time an entirely different frame is detected in the video file. If you don't use scenes detection, the file you import will appear as one clip.

You can create your movie by importing files of any supported file formats into AVS Video Editor, which are:

Video formats:	AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG4, Uncompressed, Cinepak and other) MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video) WMV (Windows Media Video, indexed only) RM (Real Networks Video) Quick Time (Apple video format for Macintosh) 3GP (Mobile phones format) MP4 (Sony PSP, Apple iPod, mobile phones)
Audio formats:	Uncompressed WAV PCM Compressed WAV (GSM, ADPCM, DSP and others) MP3 (MPEG 1/2 Layer 3, including VBR) MP2 (MPEG 1/2 Layer 2) WMA (Windows Media Audio 9) Ogg Vorbis (ver 1.0) MPC (MusicPack) AIFF (Apple) AU (UNIX)
Image formats:	BMP (standard Windows Bitmap file format) ICO (standard Windows Icon file format) WMF (standard Windows Metafile format) EMF (Enhanced Windows Metafile format) JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group file format) J2K (Jpeg 2000 File Format) GIF (Graphics Interchange file Format) PNG (Portable Network Graphics file format) TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format) PCX (ZSoft Paintbrush File Format) TGA (Truevision Targa File Format) RAS (Sun Raster Image File Format)

You can change how your clips are displayed in the Media Library. The different views enable you to see varying amounts of detail about the individual clips within the Media Library. You can see the title and a bitmap image of each clip in the Thumbnails view, which is the default, or you can choose the List view to see only the title of each clip. You can also use the Details view to see all the properties of each clip in the Media Library.

Adding a clip to your project

You can use one of the following ways to add a clip to your current project:

• From the Media Library drag the necessary clip and drop it to the storyboard
• Select the necessary clip at the Media Library and click Add to Storyboard

Playing a clip

To play a clip in the Main Preview double click it in the Media Library. You can also right-click the a clip you want to play and select Play point.

Renaming a clip

To rename a clip in the Media Library right click it and select Rename point from right-click menu. Then type a new clip name. You can also highlight the clip you want to rename by clicking it and after that press F2 and type a new name.

Deleting clip(s) from your project

You can use one of the following techniques to delete a clip from your current project:

• Select clips to be deleted at storyboard and click the Delete Storyitem button.
• Select clips to be deleted at storyboard and press Del.

Viewing the properties of an audio clip

To view the properties of a clip please follow the steps below:

1. Click at the clip displayed at the Media Library with the right mouse button.
2. Choose Properties:

Audio properties:

• Duration - length of the movie soundtrack (hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds);
• Frequency - sampling frequency specified in hertz;
• Bitrate - the number of data points used to approximate the true wave form (kilobits per second);
• Channels - number of channels in the audio track (mono - one channel, stereo - two channels, quadro - four channels, 4.1 - five channels, 5.1 - six channels, 6.1 - seven channels, 7.1 - eight channels);
• Codec - the codec used to compress the audio component of the clip.

Audio Description:

• Title - name of the composition (if there is any), taken from the music file ID3 tag;
• Comments - comments (if there is any), taken from the music file ID3 tag;
• Artist - name of the author of the composition (if there is any), taken from the music file ID3 tag;
• Album - title of the album the composition pertains to (if there is any), taken from the music file ID3 tag;
• Track - number of the track (if there is any), taken from the music file ID3 tag;

Viewing the properties of a video clip

To view the properties of a video clip please follow the steps below:

1. Click at the clip displayed at the Workspace in Storyboard view with the right mouse button.
2. Choose Properties >> Video Properties.
3. At the Video Properties and the Audio Properties tabs of the Properties window you can see the following properties of the selected clip:
   

   

   
   

Video properties:

• Width - the number of pixels that form the video image horizontally;
• Height - the number of pixels that form the video image vertically;
• Aspect - the aspect ratio of the video image, if it is present in the video clip information (the aspect is present only for videos in DVD, MPEG1 and MPEG2 formats);
• Framerate - the number of video frames displayed every second;
• Bitrate - the number of bits transferred per second;
• Codec - the codec used to compress the video clip.

Audio properties:

• Duration - length of the movie soundtrack (hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds);
• Frequency - sampling frequency specified in hertz;
• Bitrate - the number of data points used to approximate the true wave form (kilobits per second);
• Channels - number of channels in the audio track (mono - one channel, stereo - two channels, quadro - four channels, 4.1 - five channels, 5.1 - six channels, 6.1 - seven channels, 7.1 - eight channels);
• Audio track - the audio tracks present in the video clip and the codecs used to compress them.
• Volume - the strength of the audio track in the video clip.

Trimming the beginning or end of a video clip

To trim a clip please follow the steps below:

1. Click at the clip displayed at the Workspace in Storyboard view with the right mouse button.
2. Choose Trim.
3. At the Trim tab of the Properties window you can see the start position of the selected clip, in the right window - the end one.
   

   

   
   
4. Drag the slider to the necessary position and click the OK button.
5. Preview the result using Main Preview window.

Note: The duration of your clip is counted according to the framerate you've set in project parameters.

Changing the speed of a video clip

To change the speed of a clip please follow the steps below:

1. Click at the clip displayed at the Workspace in Storyboard view with the right mouse button.
2. Choose Properties >> Speed.
3. At the Speed tab of the Properties window you can choose the speed of the selected clip, dragging the speed adjustment slider.
   

   

   
   
4. You will see the new clip duration in the field below the slider.
5. You can either stretch the sound of the clip to fit the new length or to mute it and record the new one later on. To do that, please press the respective button.
6. Preview the result using the Play button in the Preview window.

Changing the video clip aspect ratio

You might need to change the video clip aspect ratio if it has been previously converted or recorded with a wrong aspect ratio parameters, for instance, if the image seems to be stretched in width or in height. To do that please follow the steps below:

1. Click at the clip displayed at the Workspace in Storyboard view with the right mouse button.
2. Choose Properties >> Aspect.
3. At the Aspect tab of the Properties window you can choose the width to height ratio of the selected clip using the appropriate boxes:
   

   

   
   
4. You can preview the result in the preview window in the left part of the Aspect tab.
5. If you do not want the editor to add black areas to the sides of your video to maintain aspect ratio, you can crop them using Video Crop Scale option. Please note, that the image will be enlarged and not only the black areas will be cropped but also a part of video. For instance, if you would like to crop the black areas on top and bottom of your video, you will also need to crop a part of video image on the right and the left side of your video.

Changing the duration of an image clip:

To change the duration of an image clip please follow the steps below:

1. Right-click at the clip displayed at the Workspace in Storyboard view.
2. At the Properties window you can set the duration of the selected clip and view image properties.
   

   

   
   
3. Using spin set the desired duration. If you do not want the editor to add black areas to the sides of your image to maintain aspect ratio, you can crop them using Crop Scale option. Please note, that the image will be enlarged and not only the black areas will be cropped but also a part of image. For instance, if you would like to crop the black areas on top and bottom of your picture, you will also need to crop a part of image on the right and the left side of your picture. You can also set the duration manually. Click the OK button to accept all the changes.
4. Preview the result using Main Preview window.

Merging several clips in one

To merge several clip in the Media Library in one please follow the steps below:

1. Select the files you want to merge.
2. Click Merge selected clips at the Top Toolbar.

Creating a project

At AVS Video Editor start page please click New Project button. Project Parameters wizard will start. At the first step of Project Parameters wizard you should enter the file name for your project and set it's location. Click the Browse... button to open the standard windows explorer menu and select the movie location. After you finished, please click the Next>> button. Please take into account that you will get an info message in case a project with the name you typed already exists.

At the next step you will be offered to set the parameters for your project. It is strongly recommended to set project parameters according to the source file parameters or according to your output movie to avoid quality losses. You can select the parameters from the number of available presets:

If you are sure that you need to select some additional parameters or change the settings, you can click the Advanced Mode button to switch into the mode, where any parameters can be changed:

Here you can set the following parameters:

 After you are done, click the Create button to create a project with the parameters you've set before.

Saving a project

Saving your project lets you keep your current work, and then later open the file in AVS Video Editor to make further changes. You can continue editing your project from where you left off when you last saved the project. When you save a project, the arrangement of clips added to the storyboard/timeline, as well as any video transitions, video effects, credits, and any other edits you made are retained.

To save the created project go to File menu -> Save project.

Opening existing projects

To open an existing project you should select the necessary project from Last Opened Project list and click it. In case the desired project is not in the list please use Open Project button located under Last Opened Projects list. After that select the project to be open in the standard explorer window and click Open. You can also go to File menu -> Open Projects... In case you select Reopen Project point you can find a list of recently opened project.

Editing projects

To start a project and begin creating your movie, you need to add any imported or captured video, audio, or pictures to the Storyboard/Timeline. The clips on Storyboard/Timeline become the contents of your project and future movie. You can use the Storyboard/Timeline to create and edit projects. The Storyboard and Timeline both display your work in progress, but each provides a different view of your work: the Storyboard displays the sequence of clips, and the Timeline displays the timing of clips. You can switch between the Storyboard and Timeline as you work on a project.

After you add clips to the Storyboard/Timeline to create a project, you can do the following:

• Rearrange the clips in the sequence you want working in Storyboard mode.
• Create Transitions between clips.
• Add Video Effects to video clips and pictures.
• As you work on a project, you can preview it at any time to get an idea of the end result. You can save your work-in-progress as a project and return to work on it again.

Previewing projects

To preview projects please use Play Preview and Stop Preview buttons located at Storyboard or Timeline Toolbar depending on what stage of video editing you are at. We'd like to draw your attention to the fact that preview will reflect your project differently. In case you work in storyboard mode, after clicking the Preview Storyboard button you will see your project as sequence of clips added to storyboard including transitions without sound feedback and without video effects. If you are in Video Effects mode you will find the previewing of video effects and transitions added to your project without sound feedback. In Add Audio mode when previewing a project you will see your project without video effects you might add but you will be able to hear sound return.

Playing projects

To play the created project please use Main Preview. You can find a Main Preview menu in the right part of a storyboard menu. To open Main Preview window please use Show/Hide Preview button. Please note that Main Preview is intended for previewing the whole project with audio and all of the effects and changes you made.

Resizing the Preview window

You can adjust the Preview window size so that the use of this tool could be much more comfortable to you. To change the window size click the dotted rectangle in its upper part and drag it to make the necessary size of the window. Or double-click it to expand it to the largest possible size.

Button Description Use this button to playback preview. Use this button to pause preview. Use this button to stop preview. Use this button to go to the next clip. Use this button to go to the previous clip. Use this button to close Main Preview window.

You can change the main settings on the AVS Video Editor program using the Main Menu. To be able to do that you will need to select Options Menu and click Environment Settings... menu item.

Settings comprise the next main options:

• General - used to set the program general parameters, such as Image resampling settings, Default Transition and Image/Color length and also Maximum undo and steps levels.
• Resize Mode - used to set the resize mode for your video.
• Audio - used to set the audio parameters of the preview mode and recording.
• Skins - used to select and change the appearance of the AVS Video Editor program.

The General settings allow the user to change the parameters that include:

1. The General tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Automatically open last project at startup - use this option to let the AVS Video Editor open the project that you edited during the last program session.

   • Enable project autosave - use this option to enable the project autosave function to prevent data loss. AVS Video Editor will automatically save the project every 2 minutes.

   • Create project backups - use this option to let the program create backups of the previous project save in the project folder. You can restore the previously saved project from this folder, if necessary.

   • Ask to save project on close - use this option to let the program ask you to save the currently edited project every time you close AVS Video Editor.

   • Temporary files folder - use this option to select the path for the temporary folder for the program to save the files needed for proper work there. Use the Browse... button to select this folder. You can see the hard drive space available for the temporary files under the Free storage space in selected folder caption.

2. The Import tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Default import folder - use this option to select the folder on your computer hard disk drive that will be used for the files imported from different removable media by default. You can also check the Browse every time check-box to select the folder each time you import some files from removable media.

   • Import at Media Library step mode - use this option to select the type of the importing process when you are at the Media Library mode. Use the Simple Mode to quickly import the media files and the Advanced Mode to switch to the Import Media step every time you want to import some media files.

3. The Environment tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Image Resampling - use this option to set the image resizing type. The available values include - Keep Aspect (adjust the selected frame size so that it would fit the image aspect) and Fit to Frame (change the aspect depending on the selected image size). The default value is Keep Aspect.

   • Default transition length - the length of the Transitions set by default. Can be changed later using the Transition properties window.

   • Default Image/Color length - the length of the images or colors in the movie set by default. Can be changed later using Image properties window.

   • Maximum undo levels - maximum number of possible undo actions taken. The available values are 0 to 500. The default value is 200.

   • Maximum steps levels - maximum number of possible steps that let the user return to the previous editing window. The available values are 0 to 500. The default value is 50.

4. The Messages tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Show info tips - use this option to select the recurrence that will be used to show the info tips. The available values include Always, Once per Session and Never. The default value is Once per Session.

   • Message on voice recording start - use this option to enable or disable the appearance of the message each time you start voice recording. The available values include Show and Do not Show. The default value is Show.

5. The Update tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Check every - use this option to select the frequency that will be used to check for the program updates. The available options include - day, week, month, three months and never. The default value is week. You can also update the program manually clicking the Check for update now button.

   • Last check - shows the last update check date.

The Resize Mode settings allow the user to change the parameters that include different resize interpolation filters that are used when the program resizes the image to adjust it to the selected size. You can select between four different interpolation types.

The Audio settings allow the user to change the parameters that include:

1. The Audio tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Envelope default type - use this option to define the default type of the envelope used on the Timeline in the Add Audio mode. The two types are supported - Linear and Bezier.

   • Audio record folder - use this option to set the default folder for the recorded or grabbed audio files.

   • Preferred audio editor - use this option to set the default audio editor that will be used to edit the audio files. Note, that AVS Audio Editor included in the AVS Video Editor installation is used by default.

   • Copy file on editing start - use this option to allow the program to copy the edited file before the editing starts. You can also edit the original file, if you select such an option.

2. The Speaker Environment tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Speaker Environment - use this option to select the number of speakers used for preview mode. Note that it will not be the number of channels the audio will be saved with.

3. The Record Device tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Audio device - use this option to select the recording device used to record sound during editing. The list of the available audio devices will be different depending on the devices connected to your personal computer.

   • Source - use this option to select the recording source from the list of the available ones that will be used for recording.

   • You can also use the Auto gain option to let the program adjust the volume of the recorded audio and specify its additional settings, such as Low level, High level and Attack time.

4. The Record/Grab Format tab allows you to change the following settings:

   
   

   

   
   

   • Format - use this option to select the audio format that will be used to record sound or grab audio from the audio compact disc. You can select the codec used to compress the audio - MP3  (used by default), WMA, PCM and OGG Vorbis

   • Frequency - use this option to select the sampling frequency that will be used to record sound or grab audio from the audio compact disc.

   • Bitrate - use this option to select bit rate that will be used to record sound or grab audio from the audio compact disc.

   • Channels - use this option to select the number of channels for the output audio (1 - (Mono) or 2 - (Stereo)). Note that if you select WMA format for audio recording the program will allow you to select one of the available presets, that include different bit rate, frequency, and the number of channels.

The Skins settings allow the user to select the AVS Video Editor program skin from list of available ones:

When ready press the Apply and Close button to accept the changes you have made and close the Settings window.

The working area of AVS Video Editor is divided into four main parts. They are:

• Top Toolbar
  Consists of a number of buttons allowing you to perform common tasks quickly
• Media Library
  Allows to organize audio and video files you are going to work with
• Workspace
  The Workspace is intended for files editing and could be presented as either the storyboard or the timeline view
• Menu Panes
  Menu Panes allow you to perform common tasks quickly.
• Info Tips
  Show the short description of the main program features to let you start working right away with no need to read the manual.

At the picture below all of the enumerated working areas are shown:

Using Top Toolbar one can perform the common tasks quickly in AVS Video Editor. It consists of the following buttons:

The table below describes the function of the buttons of the Top Toolbar.

Button	Name	Shortcut	Description
	Add To Storyboard		Use this button to add the selected clip from the Media Library to the storyboard.
	Import		Use this button to import some media files (image, video, audio) to the Media Library.
	Merge Selected Clips		Use this button to merge the selected clip in the Media Library item in one.
	Properties		Use this button to view properties of the selected clip in the Media Library item.
	Delete Item	Del	Use this button to delete Media Library items or clips in the Media Library.
	Undo Deletion Operation		Use this button to undo deletion operations with Media Library items or clips.
	Views		Use this button to set Thumbnails, Icons or Details view of clips in the Media Library item.
	Show Help	F1	Use this button to run AVS Video Editor Help file.

The Media Library is designed to display your Media Library items and clips the highlighted item consists of. To add a clip to your current project just drag it to the Workspace. In the left part of the Media Library all of the items are listed, and in the right part you can find the clips displayed according to the selected view.

You can preview the video clips in your Media Library item before you add them to the Storyboard. To do that you need to double-click the desired clip or right-click it and select Preview Clip. The contents of the clip will be displayed in the Preview main window.

The purpose of the Workspace is working with your projects. Here you can create, edit, add different effects to your project. The Workspace could be represented in two views:

• clips and Transitions to the Workspace

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• Timeline view that is used when you add different effects - Audio Mixing, Video Effects, Text Overlay and Video Overlay - to your video.

Storyboard View

The storyboard view is default view for workspace. It has a storyboard menu and storyboard space itself where you can change the order of clips in your project. To add clips to the workspace simply drag them from Media Library and drop to the necessary place in the workspace. To start playing your project from the specific object (clip or transition) just double click at the object. To play the whole movie click Play button in Main Preview.

In the table below you can find the description of storyboard menu buttons.

Button	Name	Description
	Preview Storyboard	Use this button to start previewing from the selected storyitem.
	Stop Preview	Use this button to stop previewing the selected storyitem.
	Duplicate Storyitem	Use this button to duplicate the selected storyitem.
	Delete Storyitem	Use this button to delete the selected clip or to clear transition.
	Show Property	Use this button to see the properties of the selected object.
	Show Multitrim Window	Use this button to open Multiple Trim window to split the video at the Storyboard into scenes or to merge scenes in the selected video. Note, that this button is only enabled in case you select video clip at the Storyboard.
	Undo Storyboard Operation	Use this button to undo the storyboard operation.
	Redo Storyboard Operation	Use this button to redo the storyboard operation.
	Move to the right	Use this button to move the selected object to the right.
	Move to the left	Use this button to move the selected object to the left.
	Show Help	Use this button to run AVS Video Editor Help file.

You can find a Main Preview menu in the right part of a storyboard menu. To open Main Preview window please use Show/Hide Preview button. Please note that Main Preview is intended for previewing the whole project with audio and all of the effects and changes you made.

Button Description Use this button to playback preview. Use this button to pause preview. Use this button to stop preview. Use this button to go to the next clip Use this button to go to the previous clip Use this button to close Main Preview window.

Timeline View

The Timeline view allows you to achieve accuracy and precision in applying effects and editing your clips.

AVS Video Editor allows you to apply one or several effects to your media file. For details on specific effect, please refer to respective chapters. You can create transitions between two adjacent clips. The time is displayed as hours:minutes:seconds.hundredths of a second (h:mm:ss.hs).

In the table below you can find the description of timeline menu buttons.

Button	Name	Description
	Preview Video Effects	Use this button to start previewing video effects.
	Stop Preview	Use this button to stop previewing video effects.
	Duplicate Video Effect	Use this button to duplicate video effect.
	Delete Video Effect	Use this button to delete video effect.
	Split/Delete Selected Area	Use this button to split a clip at the cursor position or to delete the selected area. Please note that splitting is a storyboard operation. You will be able to undo this operation in storyboard mode.
	Undo	Use this button to undo last operation.
	Redo	Use this button to redo last operation.
	Move up line	Use this button to move up the selected video effect.
	Move down line	Use this button to move down the selected video effects.
	Show Help	Use this button to run AVS Video Editor Help file.
	Zoom In	Use this button to zoom selection in.
	Zoom Out	Use this button to zoom selection out.
	100% View	Use this button to set 100% view of selection.

The Timeline view displays all the possible editing options simultaneously. You can see the Audio Mixing, Video Effects, Text Overlay and Video Overlay used to edit your video clip. To expand any effect applied to the video you need to press the '+' button near it, to collapse it press the '-' button. You can also lock the editing line to prevent changes to it pressing the Lock button. To allow the further changes you will need to press this button, that will have now the following appearance , once again.

Menu Panes allow you to perform common tasks quickly. To start completing one of the available operation just click the necessary Menu Pane and select the appropriate button.

Main Menu allows you to access common tasks quickly. To start completing one of the available operation just click the necessary Menu Item and select the appropriate action.

The Multiple Trim window is used to additionally split the clip at the Storyboard into scenes, or quite the other way round, merge the scenes in the clip.

To open the Multiple Trim window click the button in the Storyboard view of the Workspace or click the clip you would like to edit with the right mouse button and select Multi Trim... You will see the following window:

The following buttons are used to trim the selected video:

Button	Caption	Description
	Play/Pause	Use this button to playback or pause the selected video to find the scenes you need.
	Stop	Use this button to stop the selected video playback.
	Previous/Next Frame	Use this button to go to the next or return to the previous frame of the selected video.
	Mute	Use this button to mute the sound of the selected video.
	Fade in	Use this button to set the initial scene point of the selected video.
	Fade out	Use this button to set the final scene point of the selected video.
	Add/Split Scene	Use this button to add a scene at current position or split the already selected scene into two parts.
	Start/Stop Scene Detection	Use this button to start the automatic scenes detection. When in progress, this button is used to stop the scenes detection process. Note that you can select two scene detection modes - Detect scenes changes or Detect TV commercials from the drop-down box next to the button, depending on the type of the video you edit.

All the scenes that have been found during the scene detection process or that you selected manually will be displayed in the scenes list. You can highlight any of them with the mouse and delete them with the Delete button, if you decide to remove them from the video. It is also possible to merge two or several scenes into one. To do that simply select several scenes with the mouse (you can use the Shift or Control buttons on the computer keyboard to simplify the selection process) and click the Merge Scenes button to join the selected scenes together. After you select all the scenes click the OK button. All the scenes will be added to the Storyboard and will be represented as separate clips there.