User guide

Matrox Rainbow Runner G-Series – User Guide 35
Adding moving paths
1 Click Moving Path ().
2 From the Production Library  Moving Path window, drag the effect you want over the tracks,
then click a video clip.
3 Adjust the settings in the resulting dialog box, then click OK.
For more information, click
Help in the dialog box.
Step 5 – Saving your video
After you complete your video project, you can create a video file from it, which you can play back
or distribute. You can also transfer that video file to video tape.
Creating a video project
To save your work, click Save ( ) – this creates a Digital Video Project (DVP). If saving your
work for the first time, you’re prompted for a file name. A DVP saves your work without
modifying or making copies of your source files and without making a video file of your whole
project. You can open a saved DVP by clicking
Open ().
Creating a video file
To save your video project as a video file which can be viewed with other software:
1 Click File  Create  Video File.
2 Make sure “Microsoft AVI File (*.avi)” is selected in the Save as type box, then type a file name.
3 Click the Options button to adjust your file creation options.
For better image quality, use the same settings used to capture each video file in your project.
Specifically, make sure the frame size (
General tab) and compression type (Compression tab)
are the same. If you use the
Matrox MJPEG compression type, make sure a supported resolution
is selected (see “Matrox MJPEG resolutions”, page 49).
For more information, click
Help in the dialog box. Click OK to close this dialog box.
4 Click OK to begin file creation.
Note: If you want to distribute your video file on disk or through the Internet, you can
select “
MPEG1 Files (*.mpg)”. This uses the MPEG1 converter built into Video Editor.
Note: Some default file creation settings are determined by the video template you selected
when you started your project. As a result, you may not need to change some settings.