ImTOO Movie Maker FAQ
Q1: What are the system requirements to run ImTOO Movie Maker?
A: Here are the minimum system requirements:
- Microsoft® Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- 1GHz Intel/AMD or faster processor
- 512MB or above recommended
- 50MB available disk space for installation
- Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher
Q2: Where can I download ImTOO Movie Maker?
A: Thanks for your support for ImTOO software. Please download it from our official site at
http://www.imtoo.com/products-win-download.html
Q3: How to register after I got my license code?
A: First please run the ImTOO Movie Maker and click ‘Help > Enter License Code…’ option to open ‘Registration’ window. Then copy and paste your user name and license code in corresponding text boxes to register.
Q4: How do I get started with ImTOO Movie Maker?
A: It is easy to handle. Please follow the instructions below.
1. Click ‘Import File(s)’ button to load the videos which you want to make movie into the video pane.
2. Click the item between every two videos in the video pane to select transition effecton the right pop-up panel.
3. Go to ‘Tools’ and select ‘Preferences…’ to set output format and path. Then click ‘Ok’ to go back to the main window.
4. Click‘Start Making’ button to start making the selected movie item.
Q5: How to get rid of the unwanted video parts in the output movie?
A: You can use the ‘Clip’ function offered in this program to do this job.
1. Highlight the video that you want to clip and click ‘Clip’ button.
2. Click ‘Play’ button and use ‘Set Start Point’ and ‘Set End Point’ buttons to get the part you want.
3. To create more than one clip, click ‘New Clip’ button.
4. Click ‘Apply’ and ‘Close’ button. The clips will appear in the video pane.
Q6: What does ‘Create a Copy’ button on the toolbar mean?
A: By using ‘Create a Copy’ button, you can duplicate highlighted videos in the video pane.
Q7: May I modify the brightness, contrast and saturation of the video?
A: Yes, of course. After you loaded videos, the ‘Image’ panel would automatically appear on the right side. Highlight a video from the video pane and drag the corresponding slider bar to adjust brightness, contrast and saturation as you need.
Q8: May I add some artistic effect to the loaded video, like oil painting?
A: Yes, you can do this job on the right ‘Effect’ panel. Please just highlight the file and click ‘Effect’ button to open ‘Effect’ panel. Then, check ‘Oil painting’ option. You can apply more than one effect to the video.
Q9: If I want to crop certain part of the frame, what should I do?
A: The Crop function offered in ImTOO Movie Maker will help you. First of all, you must highlight the video that you want to crop. And then,
1. Click ‘Crop’ button to open ‘Crop’panel.
2. On‘Crop’ tab, you can decide the crop area and position by entering the definite values or dragging the resizable handle in the left player window.
Q10: If I want to keep the original video’s aspect ratio ‘16:9’, how could I do?
A: The option ‘Keep Aspect Ratio’ on ‘Crop’ panel will help you keep aspect ratio of the loaded video. After checking the option, please click the down arrow below to select ’16:9’ from the drop-down list.
Q11: Is it possible to add text or image watermarks to output movie? How should I do?
A: Yes. The ‘Watermark’ function will help you solve it. First of all, you need highlight the video clip you want to add watermark to. Then click ‘Watermark’button to open ‘Watermark’panel. Click ‘Add Text Watermark’ or ‘Add Picture Watermark’ button to import watermarks into the watermark list. Finally, select a watermark and set its transparency, vertical position, horizontal position, font, color, size and style to get the best result you want.
The program also enables you to add multiple picture/text watermarks into one video.
Q12: I want to check the editing effect in real time, what shall I do?
A: The editing effect will be shown on the left player window instantly you apply any effect to the selected video. In this way, you can edit videos until you get the best result.
Q13: How to add soundtrack file to my moviewith your program?
A: We offer this function in our program. First, please highlight the video you want, click ‘Audio’ button to open ‘Audio’ paneland the original audio file will automatically appear in the file list.Then please do the following:
1. Click the plus button to load the audio track into the audio track list.
2. Check an audio file for the video and view its properties below.
3. Play the video with the music and adjust the volume as you need, and set loop mode.
Q14: How to add subtitle file into the output movie?
A: The ‘Subtitles’ function can help you. Please follow the instructions below:
1. Click ‘Subtitles’ button to open ‘Subtitles’ panel.
2. Click the plus button to add subtitle files into the subtitle list.
3. Check the needed subtitle file and set its Transparency, Vertical Position, Font, Color, Size, Style and Margin.
Q15: Is it possible to customize the name of the output movie?
A: In the movie list, move your mouse to ‘Movie X’ label and it becomes available. What you typed will be the name for the output.
Q16: Is it possible to adjust the sequence of the loaded videos?
A: Yes, of course. What you need to do is just to highlight the video and use the left & right arrow on the video pane to move it to the right position.
Q17: I want to change the output format and how to do it?
A: After you load video clips, ImTOO Movie Maker will automatically select the ideal output format according to the original. If you’d like to select the output format by yourself, please right click the movie in the movie list and select ‘Output Settings’ option. Then, on ‘Output Settings…’,uncheck ‘Auto (Auto Profile Selection)’ and select a desired output format form the dropdown list of the Profile.If you need, you can adjust its video size, video quality and audio quality.Finally, click ‘Ok’ button to apply the settings to all video clips of the selected movie item.
Besides, you can modify the profile’s settings and save it as a new profile by using ‘Save as’ button for further use.
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