When you switch into Set Source work mode, you can add the video files to the list, organize them and delete them from the file list. The following buttons on the right side will help you work with the files:

• Add File(s)... - use this button to load the video files into AVS Video ReMaker. Note, that you can load not only one but several files if they have the same parameters - frame size (height, width), frame rate, coded with the same codec and so on.

• Move Up - use this option to move the file selected in the file list up as related to the other files. Note, that it is possible to use this option only if several files are loaded into AVS Video ReMaker.

• Move Down - use this option to move the file selected in the file list down as related to the other files. Note, that it is possible to use this option only if several files are loaded into AVS Video ReMaker.

• Delete File - use this option to remove the currently selected file from the file list.

• Delete All Files - use this option to remove all the files and clear the file list.

• Additional File Parameters - use this option to view some additional file parameters, such as Audio Tracks present in the file.

When you add the files to the list, you can also view the following information on the loaded video file:

After all the files are added you can view the files in Preview Video mode, search scenes and commercials in Detect Scenes mode or go to Create DVD Menu mode.

To delete the unwanted scenes in the Preview Video mode you will need to switch into this mode using the appropriate button of the Main Panes. After that select the scene with the mouse. First select the beginning of the scene with the left mouse button and without releasing it drag it to the ending limit of the scene. You can move the boundaries after that with the mouse.

Use the Zoom buttons to change the scale of the movie on the Timeline. This is done to simplify the accurate search for the place where the scene begins and ends:

	- use this button to scale up the video timeline representation, that is very useful when you would like to find the exact place in your movie;
	- use this button to scale down the video timeline representation, that can be useful when you search for the next place in your movie;
	- use this button to return to actual video representation in the Timeline, that can be useful to view all the changes you've made to your movie.

You can also set the precise boundaries of the selection you make. To do that click the Set Selection Range button of the Deletion Toolbar or the Selection Range... item in the Top Menu. The following window will be opened:

You can set the selection starting point (hours: minutes: seconds: thousandths of seconds) and the final point for the selection (hours: minutes: seconds: thousandths of seconds). If the View changes immediately option is marked, you will be able to see the changes in the Preview Area in real time when you make them. But it can slow down the process of the boundaries change especially when editing very long files. So it could be advisable to unmark this option, change the selection boundaries and click the respective Set button to see the changes of the selection starting or final point.

After you select an area with the mouse or using the Selection Range window, you can use the Delete buttons of the Deletion Toolbar to set the deletion areas:

	- use this button to add an area of deletion, it will be added to the area that is currently selected and highlighted in the lower part of the Timeline;
	- use this button to remove the currently selected area of deletion, you can select it just clicking it with the left mouse button;
	- use this button to remove all the areas of deletion that you currently have on the Timeline, you can make new selections afterwards.

After you make all the selections and set all the areas of deletions, you can press the START button to start the scenes removing process. The Save File window will open:

Here you can select the output file Name, destination Path, video Format (if available) and decide whether you would like to save all the parts of the file, that will be formed after the deletions are made, into one file or into several files. See the Splitting and Merging Files section for more on that. If you work with MPEG2/DVD video files, the Burn movie to disc after processing option will become available. When it is enabled, the AVS Video ReMaker will record the resulting files onto an optical disc using the internal burn engine. After that you will need to press the Start button and will see the deletion progress on the progress bar. It will take some time depending on the file length and your computer configuration.

Note: if the dimensions of the MPEG2 image coincide with the PAL or NTSC parameters, the program will let you save the video into DVD PAL or NTSC format, that can be selected in the Format drop-down list.

You can also use the Detect Scenes to find the scenes in your movie and make easier the process of the search for the movie scenes beginning and end. To switch to this mode click the Detect Scenes button of the Main Panes.

If you have a lot of scenes in your movie that you would like to delete, for instance, commercials in a TV show, you can use the scenes navigation function of the AVS Video ReMaker program. It will search for the scenes present in your movie and after that you will be able to select all the unwanted scenes and delete them. To switch to this mode click the Detect Scenes button of the

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 together with the second type the Add Captions to Commercials option can be used to facilitate the navigation through the found scenes and commercials. If you check it, every scene containing commercial will be given a 'Commercial' caption

When you set the necessary scenes search type, you can press the Start Detection button to start searching for the scenes present in the movie. It will take some time depending on the movie length, parameters set, movie type and your computer configuration.

After the scene search is complete, you will see the scenes list in the scenes navigation window:

If you selected Detect TV Commercials option together with the Add Captions to Commercials being checked, you will see the following scenes list:

When you select the scene with the mouse, it will have the Play button. You can use it to make sure the scene you select is the one you need. The can be also used to preview the selected scenes.

After that you can select a scene to be deleted and press the Add Area of Deletion button of the Deletion Toolbar. The same way you can select all the other scenes, that will be marked in red in the scenes navigation window:

After you make all the selections and set all the areas of deletions, you can press the Remake Now! button to start the scenes removing process. The Save File window will open:

Here you can select the output file Name, destination Path, video Format (if available) and decide whether you would like to save all the parts of the file, that will be formed after the deletions are made, into one file or into several files. See the Splitting and Merging Files section for more on that. If you work with MPEG2/DVD video files, the Burn movie to disc after processing option will become available. When it is enabled, the AVS Video ReMaker will record the resulting files onto an optical disc using the internal burn engine. After that you will need to press the Start button and will see the deletion progress on the progress bar. It will take some time depending on the file length and your computer configuration.

Note: if the dimensions of the MPEG2 image coincide with the PAL or NTSC parameters, the program will let you save the video into DVD PAL or NTSC format, that can be selected in the Format drop-down list.

The Timeline tool is used to navigate quickly and easily through your video. You can make selections using the Timeline. To do that just click the left mouse button and drag the slider along the navigation line. The selected area will become highlighted:

To further ease the use of the Timeline the following controls are used:

Control	Caption	Description
	Zoom in	Used to scale up the area displayed in the Timeline.
	Zoom out	Used to scale down the area displayed in the Timeline.
	Full zoom	Used to display the whole video file area in the Timeline.
	Selection	Shows the current selection of the video file on the Timeline.
	Scenes	Shows the quantity of scenes that the video file contains. See the Deleting Scenes in Scenes Navigation Mode section for more on how to find scenes in the video files.
	Deletions	Shows the areas selected for deletion from the video file after you press the Add area of deletion button in the Deletion Toolbar.
	Mark start	Marks the current cursor position as the beginning of the deletion area.
	Mark end	Marks the current cursor position as the end of the deletion area.

You can control all the changes and selections you make using the Preview area. In case you select some area of the video file, the first window of the Preview area will show the beginning frame of the selection and the second one - the ending frame of the selection.

You can also set the precise boundaries of the selection you make. To do that click the Set Selection Range button of the Deletion Toolbar or the Selection Range... item in the . The following window will be opened:

You can set the selection starting point (hours: minutes: seconds: thousandths of seconds) and the final point for the selection (hours: minutes: seconds: thousandths of seconds). If the View changes immediately option is marked, you will be able to see the changes in the Preview Area in real time when you make them. But it can slow down the process of the boundaries change especially when editing very long files. So it could be advisable to unmark this option, change the selection boundaries and click the respective Set button to see the changes of the selection starting or final point.

It sometimes necessary to split one video file into several parts (for instance, if you want to separate several video clips and save every one of them as a single file, etc) or, quite the other way round, merge several separate files in one. To do that you should do the following:

• Load files into AVS Video ReMaker in the Set Source mode. If you plan to split one file into several, you should add this one file to the file list. If you plan to merge several files into a single one, you will need to add all of them to the file list. Note, that the files must have the same parameters - frame size (height, width), frame rate, coded with the same codec and so on so that you could merge them without the need of reconversion.

• Detect and select the unnecessary scenes in the Detect Scenes or Preview Video work modes. Mark them for deletion using the Deletion Toolbar.

• Use the Player Buttons in the Preview Video mode to make sure that you marked the right scenes for deletion.

• If necessary (and if available) Create DVD Menu in the appropriate mode.

• When all the preparations are made, click the Remake Now! button to start processing of the file. The following window will open:

Here you can select the output file Name, destination Path and video Format (if available).

• If you plan to split the file into several parts, select the Save all sections into separate files option. All the episodes present between the areas of deletion will be saved as separate files having the same name as has been selected but with the ordinal notation added (1, 2, 3 and so on) after the selected file name.

• If you plan to merge several files into one or if you do not plan to split the single file into separate parts, select the Save all sections into a single file option. All the sections of the single file together with all the video files in the file list will be joined into one single file.

If you work with MPEG2/DVD video files, the Burn movie to disc after processing option will become available. When it is enabled, the AVS Video ReMaker will record the resulting files onto an optical disc using the internal burn engine. After that you will need to press the Start button and will see the deletion progress on the progress bar. It will take some time depending on the file length and your computer configuration.

Note: if the dimensions of the MPEG2 image coincide with the PAL or NTSC parameters, the program will let you save the video into DVD PAL or NTSC format, that can be selected in the Format drop-down list.

When using MPEG2/DVD video files it might be useful to create DVD menu for your video. To do that click the Create DVD Menu button of the . The program will change view:

You can also Change background or even Customize your DVD menu using the respective buttons.

In the right part of the program window the DVD Chapters area is placed. It lets you select the episodes that will be used as chapters in your movie:

To add chapters, please click with the mouse cursor within the Timeline area in the place, where you want the chapter to begin. After that use the Add button to create a chapter. The same way all the other chapters are created. You can delete the unwanted chapters using the Remove button or all the chapters using the Clear button.

For your additional convenience we added the possibility to save your current editions as projects, so that you could keep them on your hard disk drive and work with them later without need to look for the files on your computer. Working with projects is extremely easy.

After you add a video file to the AVS Video ReMaker you can save the list of all the changes as a separate project. The next time you need to edit the same file with the same settings, all you will have to do is to load the saved project.

Use the Open project, Save project and the Save Project As... options of the to save and open previously saved projects:

• Open Project - use this option to load previously saved project. It will have the *.vcp extension and will be associated with AVS Video ReMaker by default. When the project is opened the file and all the selection and deletion areas previously added to it will be added to the Timeline. If a file has been deleted or moved, it will not be added and the corresponding message will be displayed. If a file has been modified, its last version will be added to your edition.

• Save Project - use this option to save the current edition as a project file. It will contain the list of all the selections and deletions you have added to your file, DVD menus created, will have the *.vcp extension and will be associated with AVS Video ReMaker by default.

• Save Project As... - use this option to save the current project under a different file name. It will contain the list of all the selections and deletions you have added to your file, DVD menus created, will have the *.vcp extension and will be associated with AVS Video ReMaker by default.