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Introduction

Video Detailer can help you create videos for any purpose. If you imagine it, you can make it.

Getting oriented to the Interface

The simple and elegant structure of the application helps you navigate the tools for making your creations.

Plan your movie

The movie you are making needs to consider a simple structure. The 4 Rs: Reflect, Record, Revise, Release

Choose your video settings

While the defaults do a lot of the thinking for you, understanding where to change creation standards and applying them to your needs happens here.

Overview

A look at the basic interface gives you some orientation as to how to produce your video creations.

The Recording Process

Very simple and obvious, you can record, but recording with style and precision requires knowing your options.

Recording Your Desktop

Strictly recording the landscape of your monitor may be all you need to do. This section discusses all your options for desktop recording.

Recording Your Webcam

Including yourself in your video can help you create a presence and a brand. These are your options for including yourself or peripheral recording into your videos.

Recording Your Microphone

Make live recordings of your voice to narrate any part of your video.

Recording Computer Audio

Record anything that is playing back on your computer such as event sounds and interview calls.

Minimize on Record

When recording full-screen, the Video Detailer interface can be minimize with this option when the recording starts.

Display Countdown

A three second count-down helps prime you for action.

Hotkeys

These two options allow you to pause and stop recordings using a keystroke. Imperative when using Minimize on Record.

Taking Screen Shots

Screen shots of any visible event on your computer screen can be captured with this feature.

Import Images and Video

Import images and video from your camera, phone or other sources to incorporate them into your video.

Process for Adding Text

Use these steps to add any one of the text items in this section.

Formatting Texts Objects

There are many options for formatting your text items and this section discusses the controls at your disposal for customizing look and feel.

Texts

The most basic text forms are headers and paragraphs. These 6 objects allow you to standardize basic texts quickly.

Titles

A variation on the standard text objects gives you further flexibility with introducing text into your presentations.

Popups

Intuitive shaped boxes help you associate texts with specific areas of your presentations.

Call Outs

These text objects are a further variation on pop-ups with a somewhat more formal appeal.

Voice-Overs

Record your voice to narrate your production.

Library Audio

Video Detailer comes with a resource of pre-recorded background music and popular sounds to add ambiance and punctuation to presentations.

Convert Text to Speech

You can convert any text items to speech by having the computer read them back.

Volume Control Panel

The Volume Control Panel helps you manage the presentation of your audio items.

Process for Adding Shapes

All available shapes and sketches can be added using the same simple steps provided here.

Arrows Circles and Rectangles

The controls for all of the shape items are the same and allow you to customize shape presentation.

Lines

Lines are slightly simpler than other shape objects and because of that have fewer options.

Freehand annotation tool

Add hand-drawn objects to your videos to give them a casual, personalized feel.

Sketches

These pre-defined sketch objects can add fun and flair to your presentations without the need of a steady artists hand.

Process for Adding Focus

All focus items are added using the same simple steps.

Circle and Rectangle Focus

The shape of your focus window can be adjusted and controlled to customize the look and feel.

Process for Adding Progress

Adding progress bars and step counters use the same method though the objects themselves are different.

Auto-numbering steps

Self-numbering step counters simplify creating numbers steps and tasks.

Progress Bar

Progress bars gives viewers a sense of momentum and expectation as your video advances.

How User-Defined Objects Work

User-defined objects work like other library items but they put you in control.

Add User-Defined Objects to the Library

There are several different ways to get your custom objects into Video Detailer. Knowing them all gives you greater flexibility.

Positioning Objects in Preview

Use the preview window directly to edit the position of your video objects.

Working with Timeline objects

The timeline is another very important control center for ordering and manipulating video objects.

Transitions

Transitions serve to ease your objects into and out of your production and help make your videos smooth.

Adding Actions

Actions add motion and energy to your productions to improve interest.

Adding Effects

Effects can help you customize objects to improve the look and feel of presentations.

Using Split

Clip videos into segments to arrange and manipulate them.

Using Freeze

Sometimes you'll want to hold a frame in a video to make annotations or point out things that may not otherwise be obvious. This tool automates the process.

Using Shot

This tool can also be used to freeze frames, but it creates a separate object as a screen shot.

Cursors

Record your mouse movements live and edit the appearance after the fact.

Grouping

When you want to treat a set of objects as one item for movement, manipulation and storage, this is the tool to use.

TDV

While you are working and when you have finished your creation, you will want to save you work.

TDV-ZIP

In order to share you file with other Video Detailer users you have to export the file as an archive.

AutoSave

Periodically saves your work automatically.

Exporting Step-by-Step

Here are the instructions to export your videos for use as presentations.

About File Formats

Not all video formats are alike. This section covers the available formats for export and suggested uses.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for using Video Detailer successfully.

Program Settings

A variety of options can help you work more effectively to your style. This section discusses your options.

Obtain and Activate a License

Once you've tested out Video Detailer and see how it will improve your videos and productivity, you'll want to license the software to have it in your arsenal. Here's how to do it, step-by-step.