User manual

Projects : Compositions
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Recursive When checked all Media Files in the Folder will be shown including those in sub-folders
New Opens a new Composition with the current settings. [Ctrl + N]. If a Composition is already
open then a warning dialog appears:
Cancel Aborts the new Composition and returns to the current one
Ye s Saves the current Composition and opens the new one.
No Closes the current Composition without saving it and opens the new one.
Load Opens a pre-existing Composition. [Ctrl + L]
Save Saves the current Composition using the current Composition name. [Ctrl + S]
Save As Opens a Windows browser to enable the Composition to be with a new name or to a new
location. This feature is useful since it enables you to save many versions of the same
Composition with different names. [Ctrl + Shift + S]
Close Aborts the current Composition. Any edit decisions made since the last time the Compo-
sition was saved are discarded. [Ctrl + Shift + Q]
Delete Deletes the selected Composition from the hard drive. [Shift + DELETE]
Note: The associated Media Files remain on the mass storage.
Load Selective Enables Composition objects or properties to be imported into the current one. A dialog
determines how the selection will be imported into current one. [Ctrl + Shift + L] Please
see: Load Selective on page 32
Open an Existing Composition
File > Open or [Ctrl + O] or the File Open Icon in the Toolbar opens the VCube Compositions Browser Page:
1. If the File page is showing the Media File Browser page switch to the VCube Compositions page.
2. Browse and select a folder using the ... button to open a Windows File Browser
3. If Recursive is checked then all files in all sub-folders will be displayed.
4. Click on a Composition to select it.
5. Click on Load to open the Composition in VCube
Alternatively, simply Double-click on the desired Composition name in the list.
Drag and Drop
It is also possible to drag and drop Compositions and Media Files into the Timeline directly from normal Windows
Browser windows.
New Composition
File > New closes the existing Composition (if any is open) and creates a new Composition with the same settings
as the last open Composition.
Alternatively open the VCube Compositions Browser Page
User Interface > Settings Tabs > File > Show VCube Files [Ctrl + O] .
VCube Save Warning dialog