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Videos

Gareth Casey Updated by Gareth Casey

The starting point for many of your Projects will be videos that have been recorded by Flashback Express 7 but you can also import any videos that you already have or such the library of stock videos that are provided to you.

Adding a Video To My Files

The first step to adding a video to your Project is to add it to the My Files section of the Media Panel.

The simplest way to get started is to click the Record Your Screen on the Hub to record a new video. When you finish recording the video, a new Project will automatically be created with your recording already added to your My Files ready for it to be placed on the timeline.

Alternatively, if you already started a Project but still need to add a screen recording, just click the Record button at the top of the Media Panel to get started with the recording. Again, when the recording is finished, the video will automatically be added to your My Files.

If, instead of recording your screen, you want to use some other video that you already have, click the Import Media button at the top of the My Files tab and the select the file from your computer.

Adding a Video To Your Project

Now that you have some videos in your My Files, you can add them to your project.

Or, if you need to find a video because you don't already have something suitable, you can search the library of stock videos by going to the Stock section of the Media Panel and searching for whatever you need on the Video tab.

To add your video from My FIles or from your stock video search, you can either simply drag and drop it on to either the Video Canvas or Timeline or click the video's thumbnail.

To the Video Canvas

If the video is dropped on to the Video Canvas, the video will appear in the exact spot on the Canvas where it was dropped and a video clip will appear on the Timeline beginning at the current frame. The video will appear on top of any objects that you have already added.

To the Timeline

If the video is dragged on to the Timeline, the video clip will begin at whatever time it was dropped at. Or, if the video is added by clicking the thumbnail, the video clip will be added to the Timeline at the current frame. In either case, the video that appear on the Video Canvas will be positions in the default position in the center of the Canvas.

Resizing and Cropping Videos

Videos can be resized by clicking and dragging the corners of the object. The proportions of the video will be locked when resizing, so it will always increase in height and width together to maintain the correct aspect ratio.

Alternatively, clicking and dragging on the edges of the object will crop the image down instead of resizing it. This allows you to trim the video image if you do not want to show all of it

Finally, instead of manually resizing the video, you can either set them to fit to or fill the entire Canvas by clicking the relevant button in the Style panel while the object is selected. When fitting to the Canvas, the video will be made as large as possible without cropping any of the image, whereas filling the canvas will make the video large enough to cover the entire Canvas even if that means part of the video's image extends outside the visible part of the Canvas.

Rotating and Flipping Videos

Videos can be rotated by clicking and dragging the icon to rotate the Video's image.

Or the Video's image can be flipped horizontally or vertically by clicking the and buttons in the Style panel while the video is selected.

Customizing Video Style

When a video is selected, either on the Video Canvas or on the Timeline, it's style properties will appear in the Style Panel allowing you to custom the following:

Opacity - Make your video appear transparent by reducing the Opacity. The lower the opacity, the more that you will be able to see through the image of your video.

Fade-in animation - When enabled, your video will gradually fade in as it starts to play. The Duration slider lets you control how quickly the video image appears.

Fade-out animation - When enabled, your video will gradually fade out as it approaches the end. The Duration slider lets you control how quickly the video image appears.

Volume - Adjust the Volume slider to change the volume for just the selected video instead of the whole project. Clicking the speaker icon next to the volume slider will Mute the video's audio. Clicking the speaker again will unmute the video's audio clip. (Only available if the video clip contains audio)

Fade-in - When enabled, the video's audio will gradually fade in as the clip starts to play. The Duration slider lets you control how quickly the audio reaches its maximum volume. (Only available if the video clip contains audio)

Fade-out - When enabled, the video's audio will gradually fade out as it approaches the end of the video clip. The Duration slider lets you control how long before the end of the clip the volume will start to decrease. (Only available if the video clip contains audio)

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