Video

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With the Video object you can configure the following settings in the Properties:

Props_Video_Video_Full

Video

File name

Shows you the path and file name of your video. Using the yellow folder you can also exchange the video for another video file.

Duration

If you have once changed the playback time of the video, you can set the correct video length again with a click on the time.

Start time

Here you can specify from which position a video  is to be replayed. If you don't want to show the first ten seconds enter 11.

Play back video entirely

If the option is selected, the full length of the video is played back. If you deselect the option, you can set the playback duration individually.

Aspect ratio

Videos, just like images, have an aspect ratio, which consists of width and height of the frames. If a video differs from the aspect ration of the project you can here decide how to display the  video.

Keep: The video retains borders when being played back.

Crop: Parts are cropped from the edge of the video until the video fits into the correct aspect ratio without edges emerging.

Distort: The video is inserted using the aspect ratio of the project, whereby a distortion of the image takes place.

Alignment

Determines where the video is supposed to be positioned on the screen.

Rotate in direction of movement

If you assigned a movement path to a video  you can let the video automatically rotate along the path. This function is only available in AquaSoft Stages Ultimate.

Fill

On = Background gets a color filling when display size of the video is reduced.

Off = Background doesn't get a filling and the previous object "looks through". For images inside collages or Picture-in-Picture effects it has to be Off.

Automatic = SlideShow sets filling to On automatically for images/videos/collages in the first track. If you move an object to the second or a lower track filling will be set to Off. This way Picture-in-Picture effects can be created quickly. If  you want to the value to remain select it from the drop-down box.

Transition

Here the Transition can be set or also deselected. For that purpose, in the drop-down list there is None as the first option. With the Adjust button, the transitions can be configured. You can also obtain a preview of all transitions there.

Sound

Props_Video_Sound

Here you can determine if the background music should be faded out when the video is played back. If the video does not have its own sound, but perhaps a noise has been recorded, set the volume of the video to 0% and remove the check mark beside Fade background music.

Transparency

Animated transparency is described in the design options under Animated transparency.