Reference Guide

160 Tutorial 8 – Working with video

Importing video

Before you can start working with video, you first t File dialog box.

1. Select the Normal template, give your project a name and then click OK.

If you are having trouble with this, please refer to “Tutorial 1 – Creating, playing, and saving

projects” on page 101.

2. On the File menu, point to Import and select Video.

The Import Video dialog box appears.

Let’s explore some of the options in the Import Video dialog box.

The first thing you will notice is that this dialog box is very similar to the Open dialog box that was

discussed in Tutorial 1. The Import Video dialog box functions in very much the same way with the

exception of two sections.

First, outlined in the preceding image is the drop-down box Files of type. Making a selection here

will determine which video formats are displayed in the dialog box. SONAR supports the following

digital video formats:

• Windows Media (.wmv and .asf)