User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
Creating and opening QuickTime movies
To create a new movie
1 Choose File > New.
2 Select Web > Multimedia > QuickTime Movie, select Show Options, and then do one of the following:
• Choose a movie size from the Sizes menu.
• Enter pixel values in the Width and Height boxes.
3 (Optional) Select anew background color. Thecolor youselectbecomes thedefault forthe colortrack,which you
can change at any time.
4 Click OK.
5 Click the Show Timeline Window button to display the Timeline Editor.
To open an existing movie
1 Choose File > Open, navigate to the movie file, and then open it.
2 Click the Show Timeline Window button to display the Timeline Editor, which lists the existing tracks
associated with the movie.
Editing and previewing movies in the movie viewer
window
To select tracks in the Layout tab
Some movies have several tracks, and you must select individual tracks to set properties in the Inspector. The Layout
tab in the movie viewer window offers a context menu that lists all of the available tracks at the current time and
position in the movie. When you select a track in the Layout tab, GoLive also selects the track in the Timeline Editor,
and vice versa.
1 If the movie window is hidden or minimized, click in the Timeline Editor and choose Movie > Show Movie.
2 With the Layout tab active, do one of the following:
• Click inside the track’s boundaries.
• Place the pointer over the track, and then choose the track from the context menu.
To select a group of tracks in the Layout tab
❖ With the Layout tab active, do one of the following:
• Click to select the first track, and then Shift-click to select each additional track.
• Drag a selection rectangle over the tracks.
• Select All from the context menu to select all tracks.