Operation Manual

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Content
Welcome
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General information
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Copyright / legal Information
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What is Mercalli?
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Why the name Mercalli?
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What is new in Version?
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How does Mercalli work?
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Version overview
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Installation and registration
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Help function
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Mercalli overview (stand-alone version)
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Mercalli overview (plug-in version)
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Choosing the right Stabi-Cam
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Perfect stabilization - tips & tricks
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What does Avoid Border mean?
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Unwanted rolling shutter effects
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Advice on filming for even better results
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Stand-alone version
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Starting the program
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Open Video...
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Playing back the original video via Control
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Virtual Stabi-Cam
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Starting analysis
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Playing back the stabilized video
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Graphs
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Pan Shot Compensation
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Roll-Compensation (with On/Off)
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CMOS-Sensor-Rolling-Shutter-Compensation (with On/Off)
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Zoom Compensation (with On/Off)
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Tilt-Compensation (with On/Off)
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Roll / Pan Shot / G-Force / CMOS-Sensor / Cam-Limiter / History
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Adjustments
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Pan Shot Smoothing
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Avoid Border
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View (Split screen vertical/horizontal and Show Original) and Customization
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Settings
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Format
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Video information (Pixel, Duration, Rate, Bits and Limits)
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Field-Order settings
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Adjustments
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Pan Shot Smoothing
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Smooth out Zoom
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Rolling Motion Compensation
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Decrease Horizontal Tilt
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Decrease Vertical Tilt
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Extras
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Border Handling
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Best Stabilization
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Best Border
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Fix Border
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Auto-fill colors
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