AquaSoft Stages

1 Introduction
- 1.1 Welcome to AquaSoft Stages
2 General information
- 2.1 Legend / Symbols
- 2.2 System requirements
- 2.3 Installation and uninstallation
- 2.4 Preparations
- 2.5 Memory and screen size
- 2.6 Keyboard layout
3 Designing step by step
- 3.1 First steps (quick guide)
- 3.2 Insert images
- 3.3 Insert videos
- 3.4 Insert sounds
- 3.5 Aspect ratio
- 3.6 Saving a project
4 Program overview
- 4.1 The Layout designer
- 4.2 Live preview
- 4.3 Motion path preview
- 4.4 The Toolbox
- 4.5 The Timeline
- 4.6 Working with keyframes
- 4.7 The Storyboard
- 4.8 Image list
- 4.9 Manual input
5 Texts and labels
- 5.1 Label images
- 5.2 Text design
- 5.3 Text animation
- 5.4 Labeling videos
- 5.5 Rotate text
- 5.6 Text with colored background
- 5.7 Multiple texts
- 5.8 Animating texts with a motion path
- 5.9 Animate scrolling text
- 5.10 Working with variables
- 5.11 Insert credits
- 5.12 Insert AquaSoft Outro
- 5.13 Subtitles in different languages
6 Inserting sound and music
- 6.1 Background music tracks
- 6.2 Settings for music
- 6.3 Align objects in time with the music
- 6.4 Store image group with music
- 6.5 Individual volume control
- 6.6 Save track list
- 6.7 Sound Wizard
- 6.8 Visualize spectrum
7 Inserting and editing videos
- 7.1 Cropping videos
- 7.2 Proxy editing
- 7.3 Change playback speed
- 7.4 Rotating and positioning videos
- 7.5 Edit video sound
- 7.6 Separating sound from video
- 7.7 Deinterlacing
8 Working with multiple tracks
- 8.1 Using a background
- 8.2 Picture-in-picture / Collages
- 8.3 Inserting a text track
- 8.4 Inserting a sound track
- 8.5 Creating a video track
- 8.6 Grouping with Flexi-Collage
9 Camera pans
- 9.1 Camera panning - Introduction
- 9.2 Determining an image's display detail
- 9.3 Zooming in
- 9.4 Zooming out
- 9.5 Camera panning with rotation
- 9.6 Creating the Ken Burns effect manually
- 9.7 Panorama pans
10 Motion paths
- 10.1 Motion paths - Introduction
- 10.2 Motion path in the Toolbox
- 10.3 Create your own motion path
- 10.4 Rotations
- 10.5 Motion paths with resizing
- 10.6 Motion paths with rotations
- 10.7 Motion paths with text
- 10.8 Edit the path
11 Smart templates
- 11.1 Utilize the wizard
- 11.2 Adjust templates settings
- 11.3 Use multiple templates
- 11.4 Keep ramdom values
- 11.5 Edit templates
12 Fade-ins and fade-outs
- 12.1 When should I implement fading in or out?
- 12.2 Assign transitions
- 12.3 Adjust the transition
- 12.4 Creat your own selection
13 Maps and animated paths
- 13.1 Insert a map
- 13.2 Insert a decorated path
- 13.3 Pan over map with route
- 13.4 Merge map sections
14 Live effects / Video effects
- 14.1 Glowing transparency
- 14.2 Bloom effect
- 14.3 Bump mapping effect
- 14.4 Chroma key
- 14.5 Color shift
- 14.6 Color effects
- 14.7 LUT
- 14.8 Color reduction
- 14.9 Displacement effect
- 14.10 Dynamic mask
- 14.11 Gradient mapping
- 14.12 Halftone
- 14.13 Kaleidoscope
- 14.14 Layer effects
- 14.15 Blur effect
- 14.16 Sharpen
- 14.17 Masked blur
- 14.18 Old-fashioned movie
- 14.19 Mosaic
- 14.20 Reflection
- 14.21 Shadow effect
- 14.22 Shear mapping
- 14.23 Static mask
- 14.24 Texture tiles
- 14.25 3D rotation
- 14.26 Color curve adjustment
15 Object effects
- 15.1 Layout and sublayout
- 15.2 Picture-in-Picture
- 15.3 Image strip
- 15.4 3D object effects
- 15.5 Film strip
- 15.6 Animator
- 15.7 Ken Burns effect
- 15.8 Overlap
- 15.9 Random selection
- 15.10 Random order
- 15.11 Repetition
- 15.12 Camera wobbling
- 15.13 Motion path wobbling
- 15.14 Transparency fluctuation
- 15.15 Monitor directory
16 Use shapes
- 16.1 Customize dynamic shape
- 16.2 Color gradient
- 16.3 Fractal structures
- 16.4 Special shapes
17 Assign and create image effects
- 17.1 Image effects
- 17.2 Functions in the image editor
- 17.3 “Nostalgia” image effect
18 Create particle effects
- 18.1 Simple particle effect
- 18.2 Sprite animation
- 18.3 Change over lifetime
19 Create 3D scenes
- 19.1 Example for 3D scene
20 Actions
21 Save custom settings
- 21.1 Save custom object
- 21.2 Save custom text effect
- 21.3 Save custom motion path / camera pan
- 21.4 Save custom image effect
- 21.5 Save custom transition
- 21.6 Save mini-template
22 Control of the presentation sequence
- 22.1 Automatic sequence
- 22.2 Manual control
- 22.3 Automatic and manual sequencing
- 22.4 Repeat presentation endlessly
- 22.5 Use remote control or presenter
- 22.6 Object events
- 22.7 Control randomness
23 Import data
- 23.1 Import templates and effects
- 23.2 Import Wizard
- 23.3 PowerPoint Wizard
- 23.4 URL-Import
24 Check project for errors
25 Export a project
- 25.1 Archiving and PC presentation
- 25.2 Output as video
- 25.3 Web / Social Media
- 25.4 Export still image
- 25.5 Integration with other applications
- 25.6 Picture frame wizard
- 25.7 Blu-ray-Player
- 25.8 DVD-Player
- 25.9 Menu Wizard
- 25.10 Output image list as text file
26 Saving and recovering
- 26.1 Automatic backup
- 26.2 Recovering files
27 Object properties
- 27.1 Image
- 27.2 Flexi-Collage
- 27.3 Chapter
- 27.4 Particles
- 27.5 Sound
- 27.6 Text
- 27.7 Video
- 27.8 Placeholders
- 27.9 Animated transparency / opacity
- 27.10 Color picker
28 Settings
- 28.1 User interface selection
- 28.2 Setting the workspace
- 28.3 Project settings
- 28.4 Extras
- 28.5 Program settings
29 Troubleshooting
30 Extensions
31 Ordering AquaSoft Stages
32 Latest updates