User Manual

MOVIE WINDOW
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■ Each sequence can have its own unique sequence
start time, but the movie start time is the same for
all sequences. Changing the sequence start time
will make the movie begin earlier or later in the
sequence.
■ The movie window is placed at the same
position and size for every sequence.
■ Closing the movie window closes it for all
sequences.
■ Choosing a new movie for one sequence chooses
that same movie for all sequences.
If you have two or more sequences in the project
and you wish to open a separate movie for each
sequence, uncheck the Use Same Movie for All
Sequences mini-menu command and do the
following:
1 Play-enable a sequence in the Chunks window.
2 Choose Project menu> Movie to open a movie
for it.
3 Play-enable a different sequence in the Chunks
window.
The movie window for the first sequence
disappears at this point.
4 Choose Project menu> Movie to open a movie
for the second sequence.
5 Repeat this procedure for as many sequences as
you wish.
When you switch from one sequence to another
(by clicking its play-enable button in the Chunks
window), the movie window will update itself to
show the movie you chose for that sequence. Each
sequence also stores a separate location for the
movie window on the screen. So you can reserve a
different spot on screen for each movie. Or you can
place them all in the same location, if you wish.
Displaying a blank movie for visual cues
You can open a blank movie (with a black
background) by choosing Project menu> Movie,
but then cancel the resulting dialog box. A blank
movie can be used for any purpose, but it is
especially useful for the purpose of providing a
convenient, blank background for film score event
visual cues, as shown below in Figure 32-1:
Figure 32-1: Creating a blank movie background for film score event
visual cues.
CLOSING MOVIES
You may close the Movie window, and Digital
Performer will still remember which movie file you
opened at the time you last saved the project. To
reopen the movie, just play-enable the same
sequence choose Movie from the Project menu
again. To close the movie permanently so that
Digital Performer forgets about it, choose Clear
Movie from the mini-menu.
If you have a movie open and want to choose a
different movie, choose Open Movie from the
mini-menu. Only one movie can open at a time for
each sequence. (But each sequence can have its
own movie, as explained earlier.)