To make a shaken scene with movie files

The Shake Mode allows you to easily create a scene of approximately 30 seconds long, using clips on the Clip tray at random. You can also apply BGM (provided with MovieShaker) to a scene.

The movie is automatically created, and may have special effects in addition to those on the Effect tray. Effective scenes can easily be created using this tool.

You can export a shaken scene to a file.

Hint

You can use the "Shorten the shake time" option on the "General" tab of the "Setting" dialog box to set to reduce the process time for shaking clips. This option is selected by default. When you deselect this option, it takes a long time to shake, but you can play back the shaken scene more smoothly. See Setting dialog box for more details.

Note

In the Shake Mode, the Index tray is not displayed on the Tool panel. You can capture an image recorded on the videotape of the MICROMV device while playing it back in this mode, however, you cannot use the "Scan," "Batch Capture," and "Dubbing" functions.

Note that you cannot use a MICROMV device with MovieShaker preinstalled on your computer. If you wish to use a MICROMV device, see To use a MICROMV device.

1. Select "Shake Mode" from the "View" menu on the Menu bar.

   The "Shake Mode" window appears.

2. Collect clips.

   Collecting a clip from a hard disk on your computer or external media:

   For further information, see Collecting clips from files.

   Capturing movie files from the DV device connected to your computer:

   For further information, see Collecting clips from DV devices.

   Capturing movie files from the MICROMV device connected to your computer:

   For further information, see Collecting clips from MICROMV devices.

3. Click (the Shake tab).

   The Shake tab is highlighted, and the Monitor panel switches to the Shake tray.

4. Click a Shake pattern.

   The shake pattern sample is played on the Shake tray monitor. Check how it appears.

5. To add text, click the "Input" button.

   The "Input Text" dialog box appears.

6. Enter text and click "OK."

   Note

   Text is also used line by line at random, so some text you entered may not appear in a shaken scene.

7. Click to select the "Text" check box.

   The text is used for shaking.

   Note

   If you uncheck the check box, input text is not added to the shaken scene.

8. To use BGM for a scene, click to select the "Use BGM" check box.

   BGM included in the selected pattern is used for shaking.

   Note

   If you uncheck the check box, BGM is not used for shaking.

9. To use the sound of movie clips during shaking, click to select the "Use audio track" check box.

   The sound of movie clips is used for shaking.

   Note

   If you uncheck the check box, the sound of movie clips is not used for shaking.

10. Click the "Shake!" button.

    The dialog box indicating shaking progress appears. A scene of approximately 30 seconds long is created with clips on the Clip tray used at random.

    After shaking is completed, the first frame of the created scene is displayed on the Shake tray monitor.

11. Click the Play button.

    Playback of the shaken scene begins. You can view it on the Shake tray monitor.

12. Click the "Export" button.

    The created scene is exported to a file. For further information about exporting, see To save/export a final movie product.

Hints

• If you click the "Shake!" button once, it changes to the "Shake again!" button.

• If necessary, click the "Shake again!" button to create a new scene using the same shake pattern. A dialog box appears asking you whether it is okay to delete the current scene.

• When the Shake Mode switches to the Normal Mode, select "Normal Mode" from the "View" menu on the Menu bar.

Related Topic

Getting familiar with the Shake Mode