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Making FastFlick templates 191
3 Audio: Use only Music Track #1 for template audio. Audio files are the only elements that
can extend beyond a single segment (for example, you can have one song that extends
the entire length of your template project).
4 Titles: Use only Title Track #1 for titles
5 Transitions: Use transitions only at the end of segments that are not the first or last
segment in your template. Although technically transitions bridge segments, think of a
transition as belonging to the media that comes before it.
6 Group: If you want user media to appear in more than one position, you must assign a
matching Group number to the placeholders. For example, the same piece of user media
can be used in an intro overlay and in the main part of a slideshow if you assign the same
Group number attribute to the corresponding placeholders.
The rules above are basic rules that will get you started—there are some exceptions. For
inspiration and to gain a better understanding of what different attribute settings can do,
open existing FastFlick templates in VideoStudio and review the attribute settings for the
elements.
The project above has five segments. Blue areas indicate the first and last segment and
orange areas indicate the three middle segments. The attributes chosen for this project
ensure that the blue areas appear only once (beginning segment and end segment) and
the orange segments will repeat in sequence until all the user media is accommodated.
User media that appears in the small intro overlays will also appear as part of the main
slideshow.
Creating FastFlick templates
You can approach FastFlick template creation in different ways: you can modify an existing
FastFlick template, convert an existing project to a template, use Instant Project components,
or build a template from scratch. For your first project, it is recommended that you build a
Transitions between middle
segments only.
Segment - no element
extends beyond video
track media except
Music.
Attribute: Static (element doesn’t
change and the segment won’t
repeat - stays put)
Attributes (overlay elements):
Placeholder, Group (number
assigned to each placeholder
to match one of the middle
segment placeholders)
Attributes (middle
segments): Placeholder,
Optional, Group
(number assigned to
each placeholder to
match one of the
overlay placeholders in
the first segment