
About the software on your Sony desktop
Using Video software
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1. Menu bar Shows MovieShaker menus.
2. Monitor panel Contains the Shake, Capture, and Edit tray. Select a tray by
clicking the Shake, Capture, or Edit tab.
The Shake tray is for creating a scene of approximately 30 seconds
long including background music, using clips on the Clip tray at
random.
The Capture tray is provided for capturing images directly from
the DV device or MICROMV device connected to your computer, and
importing them into the Clip tray. The monitor displays the images
recorded on the videotapes of the DV device or MICROMV device.
The Edit tray is for processing scenes. Click a scene on the Product
tray, then it is displayed on the Edit tray. You can add an effect to
the scene by dragging the effect from the Effect tray and/or the
Text tray and dropping it on the Edit tray.
3. Tool panel In the Tool panel, you will find the Effect, Text, Transition,
Narration and Index tray. Select a tray by clicking the Effect,
Text, Transition, or Narration button. Only when a MICROMV
device has been connected to your computer and MICROMV
Device has been selected from the Device menu, the Index tray
appears while the Capture tray is displayed on the monitor panel.
The Effect tray contains various effects to be applied to a scene.
The Text tray provides a tool for creating a text effect to be applied
to a scene.
The Transition tray contains various transition effects to be
inserted between scenes.
The Narration tray provides a tool for recording narration to be
inserted into a movie.
The Index tray provides a tool for capturing images from a
MICROMV device and imports them into the Clip tray.