QuickTime 7User’s Guide Includes instructions for using QuickTime Pro For Mac OS X version 10.3.9 and later, Windows XP and Windows 2000

10 Preface Welcome to QuickTime Checking for New Versions of QuickTimeFrom time to time, Apple releases new versions of QuickTime. If you’re conne

1 111 Using QuickTime PlayerThis chapter explains the basics of using QuickTime Player. Opening and Playing FilesYou can open and play QuickTime

12 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player QuickTime Player has onscreen controls similar to those found on CD players and DVD players. Use the controls

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 13 With QuickTime Pro, you also have the option of saving the movie to your hard disk (if the author of the movie

14 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player QuickTime automatically detects your Internet connection speed so that you get the highest-quality QuickTime c

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 15 To use HTTP streaming (in Mac OS X):1 In QuickTime Player, choose QuickTime Player > QuickTime Preferences (

16 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player Viewing QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) MoviesQTVR movies display three-dimensional places (panoramas) and ob

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 17 Windows: If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use PictureViewer to import and export various types of still image

18 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player To rearrange movies in the list, drag them. To delete an item from the list, drag the item to the Trash or sel

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 19 Adjusting Audio and Video SettingsFor any QuickTime movie with an audio track, you can adjust the right/left ba

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20 Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player Changing Movie Size for PlaybackQuickTime Player includes several options for changing movie playback size. Qu

Chapter 1 Using QuickTime Player 21 Finding Text in a Text TrackSome movies contain text such as titles, credits, subtitles, or section headings. Y

222 2 Getting Started With QuickTime ProLearn how to use the advanced playback options in QuickTime Pro, create movie postcards, and share them via

Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro 23 You can also set options for all movies playing at full screen. For example, you can hide the movie

24 Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro To stop the movie before it ends, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab) to make QuickTime Player

Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro 25 Creating Movies and Other MediaWith QuickTime Pro, you can create movies in various ways.Recording

26 Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro Saving Movies From the InternetWith QuickTime Pro, you can save (download) a movie viewed in your

Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro 27 Creating a Slideshow or Animation From Still ImagesWith QuickTime Pro, you can combine a series of

28 Chapter 2 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro Creating a Still Image From a MovieWith QuickTime Pro, you can export a single frame from a movie

3 293 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime ProLearn how to use QuickTime Pro to edit movies, manipulate movie tracks, and much more.Simple Editin

3 3 Contents Preface 6 Welcome to QuickTime6 What Is QuickTime? 6 What Is QuickTime Pro? 7 What’s New in QuickTime 7? 7 New in QuickTime Playe

30 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro Note: By default, the selection markers hide when nothing is selected, making it easy to de

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 31 With QuickTime Pro, you can edit tracks individually. You can move tracks from one movie to a

32 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 3 To add the extracted track to another movie, select the movie (or the portion of it you wa

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 33 Changing Sound Track Volume Levels and Other Audio SettingsWith QuickTime Pro, you can change

34 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro If a pasted graphic is larger than the movie’s dimensions, QuickTime Pro resizes the movie t

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 35 To overlay text:1 In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and then select the text fi

36 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro Timestamps are specified as hours:minutes:seconds:fractions of a second (the default Text to

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 37 To annotate a movie:1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properties.2 Select

38 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 3 Drag the mask file from the Finder to the Mask well in the Properties window, or click Cho

Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro 39 9 In the text file, find the first chapter title and change the timestamp just before that ch

4 Contents Chapter 2 22 Getting Started With QuickTime Pro22 Getting QuickTime Pro 22 Using Advanced Playback Options 22 Viewing Movies at Full Scree

40 Chapter 3 Editing and Authoring With QuickTime Pro To change a movie’s poster frame:1 In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead (or use the arrow

4 414 Exporting Files With QuickTime ProIf you want more control over how QuickTime creates a file, use the Export feature of QuickTime Pro.With

42 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro Exporting Files Using PresetsQuickTime Pro offers a myriad of settings and options for compressing

Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 43 4 In the Video area of the Movie Settings dialog, click Settings, and choose your settings. Compre

44 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro Movies with higher frame rates show motion better but have larger file sizes. If you choose a fram

Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 45 Customizing Sound Export SettingsTo customize sound settings for export:1 Choose File > Export.2

46 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro Set the Fast Start setting just before you distribute your movie; making other changes and resavin

Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 47 If you want to stream a QuickTime movie using QuickTime Streaming Server, you should use a web-opti

48 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro  Video Format: Choose the video compressor (codec) you want to use to compress your video. For t

Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 49 Â Encoding Quality: Available only with AAC audio. The Good setting is optimized for the highest-s

Contents 5 42 Customizing Export Settings 42 Customizing Video Export Settings 44 Adding Special Effects and Filters to a QuickTime Movie 44 Changing

50 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro  3G timed text 3GPP2 is for CDMA 2000 networks. With this format, you can use: MPEG-4, H.263, o

Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 51 Â Key Frame: The more often you specify a key frame (the lower the number), the better the video q

52 Chapter 4 Exporting Files With QuickTime Pro 3G Streaming OptionsWhen you export a movie to 3G format (by choosing File > Export and then ch

53AppendixShortcuts and TipsLearn keyboard shortcuts and other tips for using QuickTime efficiently.QuickTime Player Keyboard ShortcutsQuickTime

54 Appendix Shortcuts and Tips Automating QuickTime Player With AppleScriptIn Mac OS X, you can use AppleScript to automate QuickTime Player funct

Appendix Shortcuts and Tips 55  QuickTimePlayer This object has properties and methods to open movies, control the window's position and ap

Glossary56GlossaryAIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) An audio file format used widely on the web.aspect ratio The relationship between the height

Glossary 57 frame rate The number of frames displayed per second.GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) A file format for images.hint track In a streame

58 Glossary protocol A set of standards for sending and receiving information on a network. QTSS (QuickTime Streaming Server) A technology used to d

59IndexIndex3G filesexporting 49–51AA/V Controls 19animations 27annotations 36AppleScript 54audioadding an audio track 32audio controls 1

Preface 6 Welcome to QuickTime Want to play movies from your hard disk or the Internet? QuickTime Player makes it easy.What Is QuickTime? QuickTim

60 Index Llanguages 36Layer control 33locked media files 18looping 20Mmedia keys 18memory options 24MIDI 17MIME Settings 15Mirror Displays 23

Index 61 volume 11, 33adjusting during playback 12changing sound track volume 33Wweb. See Internet

62 Index

Preface Welcome to QuickTime 7 What’s New in QuickTime 7? Both the free QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro provide a host of new features. New

8 Preface Welcome to QuickTime  Floating controls. Full-screen mode now provides floating DVD-like controls for easy access to functions like pau

Preface Welcome to QuickTime 9 System RequirementsFor Mac OS computers: A 400 MHz or faster G3 PowerPC processor–based Macintosh computer At leas