User Manual

90 Chapter 12 Creating a Musical Score for an iMovie or Video
Viewing the Video
When you import a video file into a project, the video track appears at the top of the
timeline, showing still frames from the video file. The Track Info pane appears in place
of the Media Browser, with a video preview at the top where you can view the video as
you play the project.
To show the video track and video preview:
m Choose Track > Show Video Track.
To hide the video track and video preview:
m Choose Track > Hide Video Track.
Working With the Video’s Audio Track
If the video contains an audio track, a new Real Instrument track named Video Sound is
created below the video track for the video’s audio. You can edit the Video Sound track
exactly like any Real Instrument track: You can mute or solo it, adjust the volume level
and pan position, and add effects.
Note: If you mute the Video Sound track, the video’s audio will not be included when
you send the movie to iDVD or iWeb or when you export as a QuickTime movie.
Adding and Editing Markers
You can add markers to a project, and then add URLs and chapter titles to markers.
Markers make it easy to navigate to different parts of the finished movie, and let you
add links to webpages. You can add and edit markers in the editor.
To show marker information in the editor:
m Select the video track, then choose Control > Show Editor or click the Editor button.
The editor opens. In marker view, the editor contains the marker list, with columns
showing the start time, still video frame, and chapter title for each marker.
To add a marker:
1 Move the playhead to the place where you want to add the marker.
2 Click the Add Marker button at the bottom of the editor.
In the editor, the time position where you added the marker appears in the Time
column, and the frame of the video at that position appears in the Still Frame column.