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Kino FX

Kino provides some basic audio and video effects via the FX tab on the main window.

Being an experimental implementation, this version is far from fully featured. It does, however, have plug-in functionality so third party developers can extend the basic set provided.

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  1. Selection of the Frames
  2. Selection of a Video effect
  3. Selection of an Audio effect
  4. Preview
  5. Rendering
  6. On-line Resources

1. Selection of the Frames

The Frames tab allows you to specify the source of your frames.

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2. Selection of a Video Effect

Video effects fall into two categories:

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3. Selection of an Audio Effect

Audio effects fall into two categories:

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4. Preview

Preview provides a quick way for you to preview your effects before Rendering them. By default audio is turned off, all frames are shown and playback is restricted to the affected frames only. You may alter these parameters, but it must be said that audio preview is only nominally supported - for all but the most basic effect, audio will stutter very badly.

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5. Rendering

To render the full effect, specify a file stem in the file entry provided and click on the Render button. At the end of the processing, the rendered sequence will be put in place in a new scene in your video. Should you wish to undo the effect, you will have to return to the editor and use the undo functionality provided. You can also use join to avoid a proliferation of new scenes.

Please note: rendered sequences are never removed, even after you remove them from your video. The suggested approach to housekeeping is to use the same file stem throughout your project and periodically export the entire movie to a dv file format of your choice - you may then safely remove all the temporary files created.

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6. On-line Resources

Feel free to check out the following links for more information:

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