Creating New Projects

By default, whenever you open Video Edit Magic, a new untitled project with default properties is opened for you. While creating a new project, you can specify the preview dimension and frame rate of the timeline.

Creating a new project with preview dimension same as the first video you add to the timeline

1. On the File menu, click New Project
2. In the New Project dialog, select the Use the Dimensions of the first Media File added to the Timeline option
3. When making movie, some compressors may not work when the dimension of the movie is not in a multiple of 4. To automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4, select the Automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4 option.
4. Click OK
5. On the File menu, click Open File
6. Browse for a video file and click Open
7. Drag and drop the file from the Media Files list of the Collections window to a video track in the Timeline

The preview will automatically resize itself to the width and height of the video file.

Creating a new project with a standard video dimension

1. On the File menu, click New Project
2. In the New Project dialog, select the Let me specify the Preview Dimensions option.
3. From the Preview Dimensions dropdown, select a standard dimension
4. When making movie, some compressors may not work when the dimension of the movie is not in a multiple of 4. To automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4, select the Automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4 option.
5. Click OK

Creating a new project with a custom video dimension

1. On the File menu, click New Project
2. In the New Project dialog, select the Let me specify the Preview Dimensions option
3. From the Preview Dimensions dropdown, select Custom
4. Under Custom Preview Dimensions, specify the width and height of the preview in pixels. Select the Lock Aspect Ratio to keep the dimension in aspect
5. When making movie, some compressors may not work when the dimension of the movie is not in a multiple of 4. To automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4, select the Automatically convert the preview dimension to the nearest multiple of 4 option.
6. Click OK

Creating a new project with the frame rate same as the first video you add to the timeline

1. On the File menu, click New Project
2. In the New Project dialog, select the Use the Frame Rate of the first Video File added to the Timeline option
3. Click OK
4. On the File menu, click Open File
5. Browse for a video file and click Open
6. Drag and drop the file from the Media Files list of the Collections window to a video track in the Timeline

The timeline will use the same frame rate as that of the video file.

Creating a new project with a custom frame rate

1. On the File menu, click New Project
2. In the New Project dialog, select the Let me specify the Frame Rate option
3. In the Frame Rate box, specify the frame rate
4. Click OK

Note

Video Edit Magic displays the current preview dimension and frame rate of the timeline in the status bar.