X-Git-Url: https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/git/?p=goodguy%2Fcin-manual-latex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=parts%2FQuickstart.tex;h=346eaabc4857cc9a2efcb84cfa65f60bc3f37d2d;hp=1175cc97e0a6f83e1ecdc33fef26b23a005813ad;hb=22a5cab07ea22c4923acc8f8b32cdac8b7a3be44;hpb=0521e33e40d1fe7cc6f4f0061c1d4c26c4c6e1cb diff --git a/parts/Quickstart.tex b/parts/Quickstart.tex index 1175cc9..346eaab 100644 --- a/parts/Quickstart.tex +++ b/parts/Quickstart.tex @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ Any of these windows can be resized to better suit your needs. Note that if you It is important to know that \CGG{} does not directly change your media. It writes all changes to what is called the EDL, Edit Decision List. This way you original media remains completely intact. +Before you get startedi here is a note about \textit{Context Help}. If you need more +detailed information on a window, menu, button or other particular GUI element than +is shown in the tooltip, press Alt/h hotkey and the HTML page in your configured web +browser will display the documentation for the item currently under the mouse. + \subsection{Load Media}% \label{sub:load_media} @@ -136,13 +141,13 @@ You can skip this step if you want the format of your output to be the same as y \begin{figure}[htpb] \centering \includegraphics[width=1.0\linewidth]{pulldown_button.png} - \caption{Menu pulldowns at the top with Transport buttons below. Note the yellow tooltips too.} + \caption{Menu pulldowns at the top with Transport buttons below. Note the colored tooltips too.} \end{figure} \begin{enumerate} \item On the second line, below the pulldowns, are transport buttons to move back and forth on the timeline and play forward or reverse, fast or slow, or a single frame. When you mouse over one of - these buttons, a yellow colored tooltip appears to tell you its function along with a key shortcut + these buttons, a colored tooltip appears to tell you its function along with a key shortcut inside of parenthesis. When you left click the mouse on the transport button it starts the play and click again to stop it. As you use these buttons, watch the Compositor to watch your video. \item On the timeline, you only see thumbnails and not every single picture. You may want to @@ -152,6 +157,11 @@ You can skip this step if you want the format of your output to be the same as y large video can be time-consuming. \end{enumerate} +If you need more detailed information on a button or other particular GUI +element than is shown in the tooltip, press Alt/h hotkey and the HTML page +in your configured web browser will display the documentation for the item +currently under the mouse. + \subsection{Edit/Compose}% \label{sub:edit_compose} @@ -193,7 +203,7 @@ There may be sections of your media that you want to delete, or audio that is ha button and drag the area to be made into a clip which will turn the color white. Remember, you disarmed the other tracks so only this track is relevant at this time. On the second line of the main window to the right of the transport buttons, are action buttons and as you mouse over them a - yellow colored tooltip explains its purpose. Find the one that says \textit{To clip} which is on the right + colored tooltip explains its purpose. Find the one that says \textit{To clip} which is on the right hand side of the right bracket symbol. \item Click on \textit{To clip} and a small window comes up which you can comment in, but you do not have to, so just click on the green checkmark and now you will have a clip.