fre 2007-12-28 klockan 22:35 +0100 skrev Herman Robak: > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:23:03 +0100, Thomas H. George > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am a complete newbie at video editing but have managed to patch some > > clips together. I would like them to start following several seconds of > > a title screen. I have read the title section in the manual and found > > the title icon in Cinelerra:Resources/video effects but the mechanics of > > using this escape me. I read the HOWTO: Professional-Looking Scrolled > > Credits in Cinelerra and eventually produced a png file which I can load > > into Resources and then move to the viewer where it is displayed as > > white text on a black background. If I try to put this in a video track > > I just get a vertical bar. > > > > My problem is certainly elementary and probably has been covered many > > times. If someone would point me toward an appropriate reference I > > would greatly appreciate it. > > By default, a still image is treated just like a video frame. > That is, it will be take up the same interval as one single video > frame on the timeline, typically 1/25 second or 1/30 second. > > Since still images don't have a native "duration", it is perfectly > OK to extend their duration by dragging the end of the vertical bar > you see on the timeline. You may have to zoom the timeline view > until the bar gets a few pixels wide. The view controls are at > the bottom of the timeline window. > > > Variations of the question above come up from time to time. > Are there some hints that the GUI could give new users to make > this more discoverable? (apart from a "wizard" telling "You just > loaded a single image to the timeline." *sneer*) >
You mean something like that the arrow transform itself to an arrow (pointing to the right if you are dragging the end of the clip, etc) when it hovers over a drag-able area? With arrow I don't mean the pointer, but like... the dubble-arrow that could be seen in various gtk-apps when you resize columns and separators. Gasten _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
