Table of Contents | Learning by Doing

Using the Move and Zoom effects | Using interactivity, animation, and audio | Using video in your multimedia | Compressing Video and Audio


Using video in your multimedia

  1. Create a new movie in Electrifier Pro. Set the movie size to 468x400. Don't include a sprite track in the movie, so that the video will play and stream more smoothly.

  2. Select the Layout view by clicking the Layout tab at the top left of the Movie window.

  3. In the Finder, click the background image for the page and drag it to the Electrifier Pro Movie window.

  4. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the background image, and drag it to the center of the movie. The centered image should cover the movie exactly.
    Tip: If you prefer to move the actor to a specific and exact location, you can enter the numerical coordinates in the Inspector palette. The Horizontal Position of the center of the movie is 234 (half the width), and the Vertical Position is 200.


  5. In the Finder, click the Lightgiver video clip and drag it onto the Electrifier Pro movie window. The video clip is compressed using the Sorensen Video codec, which provides high-quality streaming video over a 28.8 modem.

  6. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the video clip and drag it to the lower right quadrant of the movie.

  7. Click the Preview tab in the Movie window to watch your creation. The background disappears after 10 seconds because its default duration hasn't been changed to match the 3 minute and 35 second length of the video clip. To edit the background's duration, click the Layout tab, select the background image, and type 215.7 seconds in the Duration field in the Inspector palette. Click Apply to set the duration.

  8. To view the movie that you have created, click the Preview tab located at the top left of the Movie window to see the Preview view. Then, click the Play button in the Movie controller at the bottom of the Movie window to run the animation.

Using the Move and Zoom effects | Using interactivity, animation, and audio | Using video in your multimedia | Compressing Video and Audio

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