To do that, click a rhombus representing the necessary time stamp with the mouse (the mouse cursor will turn into a hand):Īfter that you can either delete the selected time stamp, or alter the trajectory, or change the time stamp position on the timeline. The necessary time stamp can be selected not only using the Navigation buttons, but also with the mouse. The trajectory will be changed to a straight line connecting the two time stamps before and after the deleted one. Is used to delete the currently selected time stamp. You can change the trajectory at this time stamp after that clicking it with the mouse and dragging it to the desired position. Is used to add a new time stamp at the current overlay position. The digit field shows the current time stamp number. The lets you quickly go to the previous time stamp of the trajectory and the to the next one. Is used to navigate through the trajectory time stamps. Is used to step one frame forward in the video. Is used to step one frame back in the video. Once you click it, it will turn into the Pause button to let you pause the playback when needed. You can use the following buttons under the preview area to manage the trajectory: The small yellow circles show the overlay time stamps when the trajectory changes direction, the red one marks the current overlay position. The selected preset will be displayed in the preview area with the chosen trajectory drawn (the green line).
You can select one of the presets from the list:
The Trajectory tab is used to change the path of the video overlay throughout the movie image. To apply the Fade-in effect, drag the left edge of the slider area to the right (see the figure below) If you want to set the Fade-out effect, drag the right edge of the slider area to the left. It's also possible to direct the mouse cursor at the edge of the slider area and drag the boundaries inwards or outwards. After that the Fade-out area will be marked. Then drag the same cursor to the place on the slider area where you want the Fade-out area to begin and press the button. You can set Fade-in and Fade-out boundaries by dragging the cursor of the slider area to the place where you want the Fade-in area to end and hit the button.
The duration of the Fade in and Fade out for the video overlay is set on the preview slider. The same is done for the Fade out Effect. You can choose the effect used when the overlay appears in your video clicking the drop-down menu beside the Fade in Effect caption and selecting the necessary effect from the list of available ones. You can also change the Video Overlay box size using the black squares on its boundaries (the mouse button will look like this when you hover it over one of the black squares - click the mouse button and, without releasing it, drag it to change the video overlay size). Click the green circle (visible when the overlay is selected with the mouse) with the left mouse button, the mouse cursor will change into a round arrow - click the mouse button and, without releasing it, drag it to change the video overlay orientation. It's also possible to change the angle of the Video Overlay effect. The Frame tab includes various photo frames which make your video or image object more attractive. The Mask tab offers you a wide range of invisible layers which can be placed over your video or image object. If you don't like the result use the Reset all colors button to discard the changes.
You can also zoom in the image to select colors with more precision. To do that click the color field and move the color picker to find the appropriate color. You can select the color that forms the area you would like to be transparent from the drop-down list clicking the black arrow or you can pick a color from the image.
You can specify its value using the Chromakey slider. Chromakey - activate this checkbox to apply a composite effect which allows you to add video overlay that will be half transparent so that only part of it will be visible and all the rest will disappear to reveal the video underneath.