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Hi
In this video We will give you a brief introduction on how to use
the Mixing Window with videos, videos with audio attached and photos.
A lot of the functionality covered in "Mixing Window Part 1 Audio"
works the same for videos and photos, so we highly recommend watching
part 1 first.
So let's start by adding some video to the mixing window.
I can find and preview my videos and photos in the Media Browser
and simply drag and drop them into the Mixing Screen.
The first thing I would like to do is draw your attention to
the "target frame size" when editing videos and photos in the Mixing Screen.
Ideally, you should firstly select the "target frame size" as this will
dictate where the borders and frame dimensions will be set for your mix when
in the Video Output Screen and resulting exported file.
For example, If I want to make a video for YouTube I can click on the
"target frame size" and select YouTube HD.
Your video will be displayed in the video output screen and YouTube
with the correct aspect ratio.
You will also notice some frame sizes are shown in bold.
These selections shown in bold require specific encoding parameters and templates
that are known to work for these selections.
An important note, if you create a mix in a "target frame size" and thereafter
change the target frame size to a different aspect ratio.
The relative position in relation to each other as viewed in the
Video Output Screen may change.
So lets go back to the Mixing Screen.
When you drag a file into the Mixing Screen, you will notice the video with audio
will be presented on different tracks.
An important note here is when video with audio is brought into the Mixing Window,
the audio will automatically be disabled from the Global Tempo and will play at its normal speed.
However, if you have created a video and photo mix and bring
in an audio file to used as a soundtrack, you must click on the disable
beatsyncing icon, if you wish the audio to play at its normal detected BPM
and not be bound to the Global Tempo.
I will now discuss the track name and properties section.
The track properties for audio are covered in Mixing Window Part 1,
so I will start with the track properties for the video channel.
The first icon you will notice is Mute Video Track Icon,
this will simply mute all the video from playing on this track.
The next icon we have is Solo the Track.
When pressed only this track will play,
However you can have multiple tracks soloed.
Next we have the video brightness envelope icon.
The envelope allows you to adjust the brightness on the track using the envelope.
The final icons we have are "always on top" and "collage" which work together with each other.
Collaging allows you to have multiple videos and images in the same output screen
and is covered in detail in the collage video.
Again, you can adjust the height of the track and minimize it
and expand or decrease the width.
To remove a track, click on the remove track icon in the track name.
When the video is in the Mixing Screen, I am able to adjust length of video
using the adjust length indicators.
When adjust the video in length, you will notice the green and red loop graphic
which indicates the start and the end of the video loop.
If you drag on the segment will be repeated.
You will also notice the indents at the end of the file indicating the end of segment
and if I drag on the segment will be repeated.
You can also move an individual segment by clicking on it to highlight it, and click
and hold to move it to another location.
If you would like to move both or multiple segments, you can use the auto-selection tool
to highlight the segments and click and hold to move them to their new location.
Just to note, a video track can not be added to a audio track and vice versa.
Also, using the auto-selection tool, you can group multiple segments together.
This is explained in greater detail in the grouping video.
As mentioned in part 1, we have added the ability to snap segments, which allows for
precise placement of your segments.
This is also a great way of keeping your video files with audio in sync as they
will snap together if resized or moved.
If I move my second segment on channel 3 and place it beside the first segment,
you will notice that it will snap to the first segment and
a blue arrow will appear indicating it placed directly beside it.
If I move the segment further onto the first segment, it will begin to crossfade.
You can also introduce fades and the beginning and end of your segments.
If you right click on the crossfades or fades, you can introduce fade types and transitions
Click on the automatic crossfading icon to turn this feature off.
To learn more about crossfading and fades, please see the crossfading video.
I can also snap and align my segment to other segments and tracks above and below it.
Again, this is indicated by blue arrows in top and bottom corners.
You can also move tracks to different positions within the Mixing Screen, to facilitate easy segment
snapping for all your segments.
To turn this feature off, click on the segment snapping icon.
Also, as mentioned in part 1 is the ability to zoom in and out of the mixing window,
using the scroll wheel on your mouse.
You can also use the playbar to scrub through your audio and video allowing for
more precise painting and editing.
The last feature we will show you, works well with both audio and video.
The split segment function, allows you to split your segment into two or more
separate segments, this is a really nice feature, if you would like to create two different
segments from the same file and change the properties of each segment like altering
their playrate, speed one up or to introduce a slow-mo.