User Guide
106 Chapter 7: Working with Images and Graphical Elements
3.
Make changes as necessary.
For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button.
4.
Click OK.
Related topics
• “Inserting Flash content into your web page” on page 105
Inserting a movie into your web page
You can embed movies in a web page and control them within Contribute. For example, you can
insert a video from a still camera, video camera, or a video editor, such as Movie Maker or iMovie.
Note: If you are inserting a Flash movie (SWF file), the process is slightly different; for more
information, see “Inserting Flash content into your web page” on page 105.
You can insert movies that are saved on your computer or movies that are on your website. You
can insert several different movie file types, including QuickTime (MOV and QT), video files
(MPG or MPEG), AVI, and Windows Media (WMV).
Note: When you edit and save movies for your website, be sure to save the movies for the web, so
they are compressed.
To insert a movie:
1.
Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the movie to appear.
2.
Select one of the following options:
■ Insert > Movie > From My Computer
■ Insert > Movie > From Website
The Select Movie or Choose Movie From Website dialog box appears.
3.
Navigate to and select the movie file that you want to insert, and then click Open.
Note: If you insert MOV file types in Contribute, your website visitors must have the QuickTime
player installed to view the movie on a Windows computer. If you insert WMV file types, your
website visitors must have the Windows Media player installed to view the movie on a Macintosh.
A movie placeholder appears in your draft. The movie does not play in the draft; you must
publish your draft to play the movie.
Tip: The default movie display in Contribute is 320 x 240. Check your movie file properties for the
size of your movie. Then, double-click the movie placeholder in Contribute to set the display size to
the size of your movie, so your web page displays the movie properly.
Setting movie properties
You can set properties for movies you insert into your web pages.
Note: If you want to edit properties for a Flash movie (SWF file), see “Setting Flash movie properties”
on page 105.