AVS DVD Authoring - Timeline

The Timeline is placed in the bottom part of the main program window and lets the user easily navigate through the loaded video, manage it and create chapters. It looks like follows:

Timeline

The Timeline can be further subdivided into the following main parts:

Timeline Toolbar

Timeline Toolbar

Button Name Description
Import Video button Import Video Use it to add video to your DVD. When it is added to the Timeline you can add more video, change the video files positions or remove the unnecessary videos.
Remove Video button Remove Video Use it to remove video from the DVD you create.
Make First button Make First Use it to change the position of the video files in your DVD. The selected video file will be moved to the very first position in the video row.
Move Forward button Move Forward Use it to change the position of the video files in your DVD. The selected video file will be moved one position forward to the beginning in the video row.
Move Backward button Move Backward Use it to change the position of the video files in your DVD. The selected video file will be moved one position backward to the end in the video row.
Make Last button Make Last Use it to change the position of the video files in your DVD. The selected video file will be moved to the very last position in the video row.
Play button Play Use it to playback the video from the current cursor position on the Timeline. Once the playback is started, you can stop it any time clicking the Play button the second time.
Create Chapter button Create Chapter Use it to create a DVD chapter at the current cursor position.
Remove Chapter button Remove Chapter Use it to delete the currently selected chapter.
Remove All Chapters button Remove All Chapters Use it to delete all the chapters from the Timeline.
Chapters Setup Wizard button Chapters Setup Wizard Use it to open the Chapters Setup window.

Timeline Zoom Bar

Timeline Zoom Bar

Button Name Description
Zoom in button Zoom in Use it to zoom in on the video timeline scale. It can be used to find the exact place of your video.
Zoom out button Zoom out Use it to zoom out on the video timeline scale.
Zoom 100% button Zoom 100% Use it to return to the original size of the video. It can be used if you need to see all the videos loaded to form your DVD.

Timeline Scale

Timeline ScaleThe Timeline Scale shows the current cursor position and the time of the video loaded into the program to create your DVD. The rhombus Rhombus shows the beginning of a chapter and the cursor Cursor shows the current position in the video. You can use your mouse to click to any place of the Timeline Scale to quickly jump to any episode of your video. You can use the Create Chapter button of the Timeline Toolbar to create a chapter for your DVD at the current cursor position. You can also use the Timeline Zoom Bar to facilitate the navigation.

Video Area

The Video Area shows the videos currently loaded to your DVD.

Note!Note: if you load several videos to your DVD, every new video will be marked automatically as a new chapter with a marker placed to the beginning of the new video.

Timeline Bottom Bar

The Timeline Bottom Bar lets the user change the DVD preset used to create the current video (selecting the necessary preset from the drop-down list). See the Starting a New Project section for more detail on that.

AVS DVD Authoring
Current Version:  1.3.2.40
Release Date:  07/11/2008
File Size:  32.50 MB
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