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With the Video object you can configure the following settings in the Properties:
File name |
Shows you the path and file name of your video. Using the yellow folder you can also exchange the video for another video file. |
Duration |
If you have once changed the playback time of the video, you can set the correct video length again with a click on the time. |
Start time |
Here you can specify from which position a video is to be replayed. If you don't want to show the first ten seconds enter 11. |
Play back video entirely |
If the option is selected, the full length of the video is played back. If you deselect the option, you can set the playback duration individually. |
Aspect ratio |
Videos, just like images, have an aspect ratio, which consists of width and height of the frames. If a video differs from the aspect ration of the project you can here decide how to display the video. Keep: The video retains borders when being played back. Crop: Parts are cropped from the edge of the video until the video fits into the correct aspect ratio without edges emerging. Distort: The video is inserted using the aspect ratio of the project, whereby a distortion of the image takes place. |
Alignment |
Determines where the video is supposed to be positioned on the screen. |
Rotate in direction of movement |
If you assigned a movement path to a video you can let the video automatically rotate along the path. This function is only available in AquaSoft Stages Ultimate. |
Fill |
On = Background gets a color filling when display size of the video is reduced. Off = Background doesn't get a filling and the previous object "looks through". For images inside collages or Picture-in-Picture effects it has to be Off. Automatic = SlideShow sets filling to On automatically for images/videos/collages in the first track. If you move an object to the second or a lower track filling will be set to Off. This way Picture-in-Picture effects can be created quickly. If you want to the value to remain select it from the drop-down box. |
Transition |
Here the Transition can be set or also deselected. For that purpose, in the drop-down list there is None as the first option. With the Adjust button, the transitions can be configured. You can also obtain a preview of all transitions there. |
Here you can determine if the background music should be faded out when the video is played back. If the video does not have its own sound, but perhaps a noise has been recorded, set the volume of the video to 0% and remove the check mark beside Fade background music.
Animated transparency is described in the design options under Animated transparency.