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Tracktion 4 Reference Manual
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6.7 : The Movie Window, And The Movie Button Options
If you need to score music or sound to a video, Tracktion offers a synchronised QuickTime movie dis-
play. This display will show a QuickTime movie le in frame accurate synchronisation with your work. In
addition, you can have the time-line display time in terms of frames and seconds if necessary.
To select a movie le and display the window:
• Select the
set QuickTime movie le option from the movies button pop-up menu (Fig. 6.7.1).
• You will be prompted to select a QuickTime movie le to play. Navigate the le on your hard-
drive.
• When you have selected a movie le, you may be prompted if you want to copy it to your proj
-
ects folder. If you choose yes, a local copy will be made, which helps to keep your projects items
all together.
• Once you have selected a suitable movie le, the movie window will appear.
If you need to offset the start time of the movie from the start time of your edit, select the change
video start time offset option from the movie button pop-up menu, and enter the beat and bar position
at which you want the video to begin.
The time-line can be switched to frames and seconds from the timecode button options, or by using
the keyboard shortcut: T. From this pop-up menu you can also select the frame rate that will be shown
in the time-line. The timecode options are described in Section Four of this chapter.
The movie window can be moved around by click-dragging it to the desired location. If you have a
dual monitor set-up you could drag the movie window to the second monitor, and choose the keep win-
dow on top option to make the window persistent.
Right-clicking on the video window displays a pop-up menu (Fig.
6.7.2) with the following options:
Hide window: This option dismisses the window.
Keep window on top: Select this option if you want the movie win-
dow to remain on top of other applications even when it doesn’t have
focus.
Size options: You can choose the size of the movie window as a ra-
tio of the current movie’s image size.
Mute QuickTime audio track: When this option is enabled, any
audio contained in the movie le will be muted. The audio will still be
played at the computer system output, which may be different than
the audio output used by Tracktion.
Figure 6.7.2
Figure 6.7.1