Double click in the grid in a cell of the line Video (2nd line). A window will then open.
If your page is empty, place your video in column 1.
NEW : Two videos can now be played simultaneously. See the rules of the grid
What video can one add ?
- a video file (AVI, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV...)
Complete "Video" by clicking on the button arrow.
Select your file, then validate.
NEW : Flash movies created with Macromedia Flash (SWF) can be added on a video line.
Play only one part of your video by changing the values "Start" and "End" (in millieseconds).
The small arrows next to "Start" and "End" recover the current position of reading.
Three read buttons appear to allow you to preview to your video.
For better performances, use the formats MPEG and AVI.
To view a MPEG video, your user must possess Microsoft MediaPlayer 6.4 or higher (or equivalent).
You can download freely on the internet the latest version of Microsoft Mediaplayer (or equivalent)
You can permit its installation from your application by creating for example a text link "Install Microsoft MediaPlayer" associated with an action "Open file" launching the installation of Microsoft MediaPlayer.
How do you position and proportion a video ?
- Visually
- Click on the button "Visual positioning".
- You go to the Mode Positioning. You visualize your project full screen with all the medias.
- You position and resize with the mouse. To know more...
- Manually
Change the values "Left", "Top", "Width" , "Height".
The origin point (0,0) is the top left corner of your screen.
The point (left, topt) is the top left corner of your video.
How do you make a video appear?
- without a button
Choose "Invisible buttons" (by default).
NEW : You can add a text or an image on your video while playing.
- with the "video player" buttons
* buttons above the video :
Choose "Top buttons".
* buttons below the video :
Choose "Bottom buttons".
- Transtion effects or movements NEW
Change transition effect (by default "Immédiate").
59 transition effects are availables (left-right, morphing, straight, parable, cercle, fade...).
If you select Left-Right, your video will appear gradually from left to right.
Adjust the delay of appearance with "Effect duration" (1.5 sec).
View the effects.
"Broken line" effect (demo and version pro) can be customized.
Simply enter all the x and y differents positions of your image.
Enter just one space char between each position.
- Indicate a pause
Change the value "Pause after display" (by default 0).
Indicate in seconds (with a comma if desired) the duration of the pause you wish to insert after the text has appeared in its entirety.
This pause will be applied to the whole column.
How do you play a video ?
- launch the film and wait till the end to continue the grid
Choose "Play entire video and continue" .
- launch the film and continue to display the other elements of the grid
Choose "Start video and continue to display" (by default).
- load the video but do not play it immediately
Choose "Read file without playing and continue".
The action "Play/stop video" (associated for example with a picture or a text) allows the user to view the video.
How do you make a video disappear ?
- immediatly
Choose "Make all videos disappear".
This choice stops the video previously playing
- later
Select "Automatic disappearance with action 'Go to Column'".
When the application changes a column (actions "Go to column"), your video disappears.
How do you make the video interactive ?
- on click NEW
Select "After clicking on the image".
Change "No action".
Choose among 21 actions (go to page, go to column, go to a web page, open file, print screen...).
The user can thus move around in your presentation, reach a site on the internet, open an excel file or print screen.
- at the end of the video.
Change "No action".
Choose among 21 actions (go to page, go to column, go to a web page, open file, print screen...).
How do you add sound to a video ?
Choose "Start video and continue to display".
Add a sound in the following column.
Your sound will replace that of the video if it exists.
