QuickEditor - Command Reference

QuickEditor User's Guide

Command Reference:

Here's a comprehensive list of QuickEditor's command:
Apple Menu

About... Shows a dialog box with copyright and version informations.

File - Edit - Transitions - Video Effect - Window - Help
File Menu

Digitize CLIP... Provided you have video digitizing hardware, brings a dialog that lets you digitize video.

Open CLIP... Open a Clip. The Clip is a QuickTime movie or a picture file you can take parts of to paste into the MOVIE project.

Close CLIP Close the CLIP and reset the CLIP Panel. Note that opening a new one will close the current CLIP automatically.

New MOVIE... Create a new QuickTime movie, with custom spatial and temporal characteristics. The movie can consist of black frames only, or be generated with a QuickTime video effect (creating computer-generated flames or clouds).

Open MOVIE... Open an existing QuickTime movie you can edit.

Save MOVIE Save changes to the MOVIE. If you open an existing movie, a call to this command will automatically direct you to the Save MOVIE As... command. Once you have chosen a new name for the edited movie, you can freely use the Save MOVIE command.

Save MOVIE As... Save the MOVIE with a new file name. If you open an existing QuickTime movie and edit it, you can't save it under the same name as the original file. You must use the Save MOVIE As.. command to save it under a different file name. Once this is done, you can call the Save MOVIE command.

Export MOVIE... Export the MOVIE to a variety of picture, movie and sound formats.

Close MOVIE Close the MOVIE and reset the MOVIE Panel. You will be reminded to save your MOVIE if it's been edited. Note that opening a new one will close the current MOVIE automatically.

Enable AUDIO CLIP Digitizer Provided you have audio digitizing hardware, changes the CLIP Panel to uncover a 'record' button and a menu allowing you to change audio digitizing settings.

Open AUDIO CLIP... Open an AUDIO CLIP. The AUDIO CLIP is a sound or movie file you can take parts of to add to the MOVIE sound track. Sound files can be of any QuickTime-supported format (wav, aiff, u-law, ...), it can also be a midi file (it has to be converted first to a *.mov file).

Close AUDIO CLIP Close the AUDIO CLIP and reset the AUDIO CLIP Panel. Note that opening a new one will close the current AUDIO CLIP automatically.

Exit Quit the program. You will be reminded to save your work.

Edit Menu

Undo Undo the last editing operation.

Set Start Point Set a Start Point in the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP. The Start Point sets the beginning of a Selection.

Set End Point Set an End Point in the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP. The End Point sets the end of a Selection.

Select All Sets the entire CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP as the Selection.

Reset Selection Resets Start and End Points

Insert Insert the CLIP Selection (with or without transition), a frame from the CLIP, or the AUDIO CLIP Selection in the MOVIE

Apply Apply a Video Effect or new Recompression settings to the MOVIE Selection

Delete Delete the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP

Repeat Repeat the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP a user-defined number of times. Useful to create audio loops in the AUDIO CLIP panel

Set Selection
Playback Rate Speed or slow the rate of the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP.

Trim Keep the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP Selection and discard everything else.

Compression Settings Set the QuickTime Compression characteristics of newly generated sequences (such as transitions and video effects).

Video Digitizer Settings Set the source, compression settings, size, etc... of the video digitizer

Audio Digitizer Settings Set the source, compression settings, quality, etc... of the audio digitizer

Transitions Menu

Select... Select the QuickTime Transition you want to apply between the MOVIE and the CLIP Selection to be inserted.

Insert CLIP Selection in
MOVIE with Transition Paste the CLIP Selection into the MOVIE with the selected Transition between the two sequences.

Duration Set the duration of the Transition

Sound Track Select which sound track you want to hear during the Transition.

Video Effects Menu

Select... Select the QuickTime Video Effect you want to apply on the MOVIE Selection.

Render Mode
to MOVIE Selection Video effect and Transitions can be rendered once and for all (burnt) or rendered on the fly every time the movie is player (real-time)

Apply Video Effect
to MOVIE Selection Actually apply the Video Effect to the Selection.

Titling... Brings the Titling Tool dialog, so you can add text and titles to the MOVIE Selection

Window Menu

Minimal View Resizes the main window the its minimum size

Sound Edit View Resizes the main window so that only sound-related Panels are visible

Video Edit View Resizes the main window so that only video-related Panels are visible

Full View All the Panels are visible.

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Digitize CLIP...	Provided you have video digitizing hardware, brings a dialog that lets you digitize video.
Open CLIP...	Open a Clip. The Clip is a QuickTime movie or a picture file you can take parts of to paste into the MOVIE project.
Close CLIP	Close the CLIP and reset the CLIP Panel. Note that opening a new one will close the current CLIP automatically.
New MOVIE...	Create a new QuickTime movie, with custom spatial and temporal characteristics. The movie can consist of black frames only, or be generated with a QuickTime video effect (creating computer-generated flames or clouds).
Open MOVIE...	Open an existing QuickTime movie you can edit.
Save MOVIE	Save changes to the MOVIE. If you open an existing movie, a call to this command will automatically direct you to the Save MOVIE As... command. Once you have chosen a new name for the edited movie, you can freely use the Save MOVIE command.
Save MOVIE As...	Save the MOVIE with a new file name. If you open an existing QuickTime movie and edit it, you can't save it under the same name as the original file. You must use the Save MOVIE As.. command to save it under a different file name. Once this is done, you can call the Save MOVIE command.
Export MOVIE...	Export the MOVIE to a variety of picture, movie and sound formats.
Close MOVIE	Close the MOVIE and reset the MOVIE Panel. You will be reminded to save your MOVIE if it's been edited. Note that opening a new one will close the current MOVIE automatically.
Enable AUDIO CLIP Digitizer	Provided you have audio digitizing hardware, changes the CLIP Panel to uncover a 'record' button and a menu allowing you to change audio digitizing settings.
Open AUDIO CLIP...	Open an AUDIO CLIP. The AUDIO CLIP is a sound or movie file you can take parts of to add to the MOVIE sound track. Sound files can be of any QuickTime-supported format (wav, aiff, u-law, ...), it can also be a midi file (it has to be converted first to a *.mov file).
Close AUDIO CLIP	Close the AUDIO CLIP and reset the AUDIO CLIP Panel. Note that opening a new one will close the current AUDIO CLIP automatically.
Exit	Quit the program. You will be reminded to save your work.

Undo	Undo the last editing operation.
Set Start Point	Set a Start Point in the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP. The Start Point sets the beginning of a Selection.
Set End Point	Set an End Point in the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP. The End Point sets the end of a Selection.
Select All	Sets the entire CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP as the Selection.
Reset Selection	Resets Start and End Points
Insert	Insert the CLIP Selection (with or without transition), a frame from the CLIP, or the AUDIO CLIP Selection in the MOVIE
Apply	Apply a Video Effect or new Recompression settings to the MOVIE Selection
Delete	Delete the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP
Repeat	Repeat the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP a user-defined number of times. Useful to create audio loops in the AUDIO CLIP panel
Set Selection Playback Rate	Speed or slow the rate of the current Selection in the MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP.
Trim	Keep the CLIP, MOVIE or AUDIO CLIP Selection and discard everything else.
Compression Settings	Set the QuickTime Compression characteristics of newly generated sequences (such as transitions and video effects).
Video Digitizer Settings	Set the source, compression settings, size, etc... of the video digitizer
Audio Digitizer Settings	Set the source, compression settings, quality, etc... of the audio digitizer

Select...	Select the QuickTime Transition you want to apply between the MOVIE and the CLIP Selection to be inserted.
Insert CLIP Selection in MOVIE with Transition	Paste the CLIP Selection into the MOVIE with the selected Transition between the two sequences.
Duration	Set the duration of the Transition
Sound Track	Select which sound track you want to hear during the Transition.

Select...	Select the QuickTime Video Effect you want to apply on the MOVIE Selection.
Render Mode to MOVIE Selection	Video effect and Transitions can be rendered once and for all (burnt) or rendered on the fly every time the movie is player (real-time)
Apply Video Effect to MOVIE Selection	Actually apply the Video Effect to the Selection.
Titling...	Brings the Titling Tool dialog, so you can add text and titles to the MOVIE Selection

Minimal View	Resizes the main window the its minimum size
Sound Edit View	Resizes the main window so that only sound-related Panels are visible
Video Edit View	Resizes the main window so that only video-related Panels are visible
Full View	All the Panels are visible.