User Guide

Chapter 7: Sharing
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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 the Viewer, or as you view them in the Browser's Preview pane.
To start playing media files automatically:
1. In the Browser or Viewer, click Tools | Options, and then click Preview.
2. Select the Autoplay audio or video clips check box.
3. Click OK.
The Media toolbar
You can use the Viewer's 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.