User Guide

Chapter 4: View mode
Automatically playing audio and video files
You can configure your settings to play audio and video files automatically, as soon as you open them in View mode, or as you view
them in the Preview
pane in Manage mode.
To start playing media files automatically:
1. In Manage mode or View mode, click Tools | Options | Preview.
2. Select the Autoplay audio or video clips check box.
3. Click OK.
The Media toolbar
You can use the Media toolbar to quickly access common media viewing and editing tools.
Media toolbar buttons
Play Plays the media file or selection. Changes into the Pause button when a media file or selection is
playing.
Pause Pauses the media file or selection.
Stop Stops playback of the media file or selection.
Selection and media controls toolbar buttons
Show Selection Toggles between showing and hiding the selection handles.
Play Selection Plays only the selected portion of the media file.
Save As Opens a dialog you can use to save the video with a new file name.
Extract Frames Opens a menu you can use to copy, save, and extract video frames.
Loop Continuously plays the media file or selection.
Rotate Rotates a video clockwise in 90-degree increments.
Auto Levels Effect Automatically adjusts the color and light levels in a video.
Gamma Effect Opens the Gamma dialog box, which you can use to adjust the gamma of a video. Higher values
brighten the video, while lower values darken it. To reset the gamma level, click Default.
Selecting part of a media file
You can select a segment of an audio or video file and play it.
To select part of an audio or video file:
1. Click the Show Selection button.
2. Move the selection handles to specify the beginning and end of the selection.
3. Click the Play Selection button.
4. Click the Play button.
Saving video frames as images
You can extract an individual frame from a video and save it as a still image, or extract multiple frames and save each one as a single
image.
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