At AVS Video Editor start page please click New Project button. Project Parameters wizard will start. At the first step of Project Parameters wizard you should enter the file name for your project and set it's location. Click the Browse... button to open the standard windows explorer menu and select the movie location. After you finished, please click the Next>> button. Please take into account that you will get an info message in case a project with the name you typed already exists.

At the next step you will be offered to set the parameters for your project. It is strongly recommended to set project parameters according to the source file parameters or according to your output movie to avoid quality losses. You can select the parameters from the number of available presets:

If you are sure that you need to select some additional parameters or change the settings, you can click the Advanced Mode button to switch into the mode, where any parameters can be changed:

Here you can set the following parameters:

After you are done, click the Create button to create a project with the parameters you've set before.

Saving a project

Saving your project lets you keep your current work, and then later open the file in AVS Video Editor to make further changes. You can continue editing your project from where you left off when you last saved the project. When you save a project, the arrangement of clips added to the storyboard/timeline, as well as any video transitions, video effects, credits, and any other edits you made are retained.

To save the created project go to File menu -> Save project.

Opening existing projects

To open an existing project you should select the necessary project from Last Opened Project list and click it. In case the desired project is not in the list please use Open Project button located under Last Opened Projects list. After that select the project to be open in the standard explorer window and click Open. You can also go to File menu -> Open Projects... In case you select Reopen Project point you can find a list of recently opened project.

Editing projects

To start a project and begin creating your movie, you need to add any imported or captured video, audio, or pictures to the Storyboard/Timeline. The clips on Storyboard/Timeline become the contents of your project and future movie. You can use the Storyboard/Timeline to create and edit projects. The Storyboard and Timeline both display your work in progress, but each provides a different view of your work: the Storyboard displays the sequence of clips, and the Timeline displays the timing of clips. You can switch between the Storyboard and Timeline as you work on a project.

After you add clips to the Storyboard/Timeline to create a project, you can do the following:

• Rearrange the clips in the sequence you want working in Storyboard mode.
• Create Transitions between clips.
• Add Video Effects to video clips and pictures.
• As you work on a project, you can preview it at any time to get an idea of the end result. You can save your work-in-progress as a project and return to work on it again.

Previewing projects

To preview projects please use Play Preview and Stop Preview buttons located at Storyboard or Timeline Toolbar depending on what stage of video editing you are at. We'd like to draw your attention to the fact that preview will reflect your project differently. In case you work in storyboard mode, after clicking the Preview Storyboard button you will see your project as sequence of clips added to storyboard including transitions without sound feedback and without video effects. If you are in Video Effects mode you will find the previewing of video effects and transitions added to your project without sound feedback. In Add Audio mode when previewing a project you will see your project without video effects you might add but you will be able to hear sound return.

Playing projects

To play the created project please use Main Preview. You can find a Main Preview menu in the right part of a storyboard menu. To open Main Preview window please use Show/Hide Preview button.

Note: Main Preview is intended for previewing the whole project with audio and all of the effects and changes you made.

Resizing the Preview window

You can adjust the Preview window size so that the use of this tool could be much more comfortable to you. To change the window size click the dotted rectangle in its upper part and drag it to make the necessary size of the window. Or double-click it to expand it to the largest possible size.

Button Description Use this button to playback preview. Use this button to pause preview. Use this button to stop preview. Use this button to go to the next clip. Use this button to go to the previous clip. Use this button to close Main Preview window.