HI Jennifer, Please, first use this FAQ (and especially) which will give more complementary informations. https://answers.launchpad.net/openshot/+faq/2197 Thanks.
2013/3/9 Jennifer <[email protected]> > Public bug reported: > > Openshot v1.4.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx, installed via PPA. > (Older version previously installed via Synaptic and removed with > "Complete Removal".) > > I've just been reading the Help files, as a newcomer and "documentation > enthusiast" :-) Some things caught my attention, so I thought I'd flag > them up. A few are about the actual information, some are just typos. > > a) None of my "help" file was pictures - it was all text & tables. > Sometimes it refers to illustrations, so I guess there ought to have > been some...? > > b) Part 4.1 Overview. > > Item 2 - Function Tabs - the text is "Copy text Switch between > Project Files, Transitions, and Effects." > Item 3 - Project Files - the text is "Switch between Project Files, > Transitions, and Effects." > > This looks to me like a leftover of some updating or something :-) > > c) Part 6.9 Save Project screen. > > Item 3 - Project Length - the text is "The maximum length of the > timeline. However, the length of the timeline will automatically grow, > if and when clips exceed the length." > > I'm not sure what this means. If the clips exceed _this_ length, it > isn't the maximum, is it? I'm thinking maybe you must mean something > like "The length of the timeline will automatically grow as you add > clips, up to this maximum." (If that _is_ what you mean, you might want > another sentence which says what happens if you try to add a clip beyond > the maximum length.) > > d) Import Files – Audio, Video, and Images > > I'd have liked to be told here whether the files I import will be saved > as part of the project, or whether the project is simply referring to > files external to itself. > > e) Part 12.2. Only the Audio. > > A minor proof-reading point: in "click the eye icon on the track", you > have two spaces in between "eye" and "icon". > > f) 14.5. Speed Tab > > "The advanced tab let's you set...": should be "lets". > > g) 15.3. Manually > > "The following properties are affected by key-frames: Height, Wight, X, > Y, and Alpha." Is there such a thing as "Wight" that I've never heard > of, or is that a typo for "Width"? > > h) 18.4.3. Animate Each Title > > "(as show in the illustration)": should be "shown". (But as I said > above, I didn't get any illustrations.) > > i) Upload Video > > "Choose a video file to upload to YouTube. Be sure it's a compatible > format with YouTube first, or it might not work correctly." > > I'm guessing the Vimeo option was added later? I suggest "Choose a > video file to upload to YouTube or Vimeo. Be sure that your video's > format is compatible with the destination, or it might not work > correctly." > > j) Layout of the help manual: where the page of info is shorter than > the index on the right, I would prefer not to have to move to the bottom > of the page before being able to click on the "next" link. I'd like to > have the next & previous links at the top as well. But I don't know if > you can do anything about that. > > h.t.h. :-) > > ** Affects: openshot > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > > ** Tags: documentation > > ** Description changed: > > - Openshot v1.4.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx, installed via PPA (but > - older version previously installed via Synaptic and "Complete > - Removal"-d). > + Openshot v1.4.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx, installed via PPA. > + (Older version previously installed via Synaptic and removed with > + "Complete Removal".) > > I've just been reading the Help files, as a newcomer and "documentation > enthusiast" :-) Some things caught my attention, so I thought I'd flag > them up. A few are about the actual information, some are just typos. > > a) None of my "help" file was pictures - it was all text & tables. > Sometimes it refers to illustrations, so I guess there ought to have > been some...? > > b) Part 4.1 Overview. > > Item 2 - Function Tabs - the text is "Copy text Switch between > Project Files, Transitions, and Effects." > Item 3 - Project Files - the text is "Switch between Project Files, > Transitions, and Effects." > > This looks to me like a leftover of some updating or something :-) > > c) Part 6.9 Save Project screen. > > Item 3 - Project Length - the text is "The maximum length of the > timeline. However, the length of the timeline will automatically grow, > if and when clips exceed the length." > > I'm not sure what this means. If the clips exceed _this_ length, it > isn't the maximum, is it? I'm thinking maybe you must mean something > like "The length of the timeline will automatically grow as you add > clips, up to this maximum." (If that _is_ what you mean, you might want > another sentence which says what happens if you try to add a clip beyond > the maximum length.) > > d) Import Files – Audio, Video, and Images > > I'd have liked to be told here whether the files I import will be saved > as part of the project, or whether the project is simply referring to > files external to itself. > > e) Part 12.2. Only the Audio. > > A minor proof-reading point: in "click the eye icon on the track", you > have two spaces in between "eye" and "icon". > > f) 14.5. Speed Tab > > "The advanced tab let's you set...": should be "lets". > > g) 15.3. Manually > > "The following properties are affected by key-frames: Height, Wight, X, > Y, and Alpha." Is there such a thing as "Wight" that I've never heard > of, or is that a typo for "Width"? > > h) 18.4.3. Animate Each Title > > "(as show in the illustration)": should be "shown". (But as I said > above, I didn't get any illustrations.) > > i) Upload Video > > "Choose a video file to upload to YouTube. Be sure it's a compatible > format with YouTube first, or it might not work correctly." > > I'm guessing the Vimeo option was added later? I suggest "Choose a > video file to upload to YouTube or Vimeo. Be sure that your video's > format is compatible with the destination, or it might not work > correctly." > > j) Layout of the help manual: where the page of info is shorter than > the index on the right, I would prefer not to have to move to the bottom > of the page before being able to click on the "next" link. I'd like to > have the next & previous links at the top as well. But I don't know if > you can do anything about that. > > h.t.h. :-) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenShot > Bugs, which is subscribed to OpenShot Video Editor. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1152895 > > Title: > Proofreading & comments on Help documentation > > Status in OpenShot Video Editor: > New > > Bug description: > Openshot v1.4.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx, installed via PPA. > (Older version previously installed via Synaptic and removed with > "Complete Removal".) > > I've just been reading the Help files, as a newcomer and > "documentation enthusiast" :-) Some things caught my attention, so I > thought I'd flag them up. A few are about the actual information, > some are just typos. > > a) None of my "help" file was pictures - it was all text & tables. > Sometimes it refers to illustrations, so I guess there ought to have > been some...? > > b) Part 4.1 Overview. > > Item 2 - Function Tabs - the text is "Copy text Switch between > Project Files, Transitions, and Effects." > Item 3 - Project Files - the text is "Switch between Project Files, > Transitions, and Effects." > > This looks to me like a leftover of some updating or something :-) > > c) Part 6.9 Save Project screen. > > Item 3 - Project Length - the text is "The maximum length of the > timeline. However, the length of the timeline will automatically > grow, if and when clips exceed the length." > > I'm not sure what this means. If the clips exceed _this_ length, it > isn't the maximum, is it? I'm thinking maybe you must mean something > like "The length of the timeline will automatically grow as you add > clips, up to this maximum." (If that _is_ what you mean, you might > want another sentence which says what happens if you try to add a clip > beyond the maximum length.) > > d) Import Files – Audio, Video, and Images > > I'd have liked to be told here whether the files I import will be > saved as part of the project, or whether the project is simply > referring to files external to itself. > > e) Part 12.2. Only the Audio. > > A minor proof-reading point: in "click the eye icon on the track", > you have two spaces in between "eye" and "icon". > > f) 14.5. Speed Tab > > "The advanced tab let's you set...": should be "lets". > > g) 15.3. Manually > > "The following properties are affected by key-frames: Height, Wight, > X, Y, and Alpha." Is there such a thing as "Wight" that I've never > heard of, or is that a typo for "Width"? > > h) 18.4.3. Animate Each Title > > "(as show in the illustration)": should be "shown". (But as I said > above, I didn't get any illustrations.) > > i) Upload Video > > "Choose a video file to upload to YouTube. Be sure it's a compatible > format with YouTube first, or it might not work correctly." > > I'm guessing the Vimeo option was added later? I suggest "Choose a > video file to upload to YouTube or Vimeo. Be sure that your video's > format is compatible with the destination, or it might not work > correctly." > > j) Layout of the help manual: where the page of info is shorter than > the index on the right, I would prefer not to have to move to the > bottom of the page before being able to click on the "next" link. I'd > like to have the next & previous links at the top as well. But I > don't know if you can do anything about that. > > h.t.h. :-) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/openshot/+bug/1152895/+subscriptions > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Olivier Cenwen un elfe sur la banquise/ an elve on the ice Mon blog perso sur le multimédia, Ubuntu, Linux et OpenShot : http://linuxevolution.wordpress.com/ Le forum d'Openshot où vous me trouverez : http://openshotusers.com/ http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php Nothing is lost until the last second. The family motto : When we want, we can. Astuces, Actualités, Logiciels, bref sur tout ce que je ne fais d'articles dessus Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/111472725110173916234/posts>
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