Kudoflix documentation

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0/ Definitions

Player : the area where you can see your movie at its actual position. it shows when you interact with the timeline or click on the player icon

Scene : a sequence in your movie. scenes are play one by one and are separated with transitions. it's the big boxes in the bottom timeline

Timeline : the large strip on the bottom where you drop and move things. it has 4 different parts : scenes, framing, items and sound

Timeline item : any element like text, a clipart or music. these items can start or stop anywhere and aren't constrained by the scenes

Framing : interaction with the scene content. you can zoom/move in the scene content to make your movie dynamic

Split and Pip: Features to divide scenes, convert scenes to timeline items or items to scenes

1/ Project options

On the first screen, you will asked if you want to open an existing project or create a new one

if you create a new project, you will have to select a folder on your hard drive to store the project contents

if you have a project in your hard drive but not in the list. that means browser cache has been wiped or you copied the project folder to another machine, you can still go as if you create a new project and select the existing folder. the app will recognize your project.

you can delete projects from the list to free up hard drive space, this action cannot be undone.

after you select or create a project, you will be asked from a small browser popup on top side for an authorization to write in this folder.

2/ Top bar

on the top bar, you have a small block with your email and project name. click on it to open the user and project settings

you can change the output ratio of your project in the project and account settings. keep in mind it's better to start editing with the ratio you want because items might be out of screen and you may have to reposition things if you change afterwards.

if you want to build a video and output different ratios, try to put most of the content on the middle and not on the edges.

the project will be saved automaticly by default, you can disable this option. a button in the top bar will appear so you can manually save.

3/ Timeline Area

at the top side of the timeline area you have a rule of timings that show you the time between each scene and the scene durations. you can click and drag in this area to seek in the movie.

just below, you will see the scene sequence timeline, each scene is represented by a rectangle and a small square between the scene represent the transitions.

you can drop photos, videos in the scenes, and in the small vertical strips before and after the scenes.

you can also select items from the library, then click on the scene squares, transitions and spaces between to add elements to the movie.

you can click on the + sign at the end of the movie to add a blank scene

right below the scenes, you have a small area for the framing keyframes.

the last area below in shared between visual timeline items and audio timeline items. you can switch from one to the other by clicking on the bar of the reduced one.

both audio and video views contain strips that can be selected, you can drop them and move their start or end

just above the timeline, you have a combo on the right that make you select the type of view you want.

by default, the scene view is shown, the width of the scenes in the timeline is always the same, whatever the duration of the scene is. it's a compact view that makes easy choosing transitions and building the skeleton of your movie.

you have 3 other views, that this time show scenes on a linear scale. that means you will see on screen always the same amount of time. that makes you see clearly the durations of the items and it's much easier if you need to place short timeline items in a long video scene.

you can have these type of scenes, clicking on a scene in the timeline area show the options panel:

blank scene: a scene with a color background you can choose, where you can add an effect, you can also choose a gradient or an abstract pattern who will use the selected colors. the background is also available for photos and videos when they are in 'fit' mode and don't cover all the scene.

photo and video scenes have a fit mode combo. where you can decide if you media should be cropped to cover the movie area, or not be cropped show borders, or show borders but show a blurred zoomed version on the unused areas.

video scenes have the following options:

set the playing range of the video, if you click on the button or double click on a video scene in the timeline, you will have a popup to select the part of the video you want to show in this scene

you will see your original media with a timeline below. you have two dots attached to a line that shows the start and end of the wanted segment.

you can move these dots to adjust the segment, you also have a button to play the selected segment.

you may see one or several colored block(s) in the background of this timeline. this shows the ranges of video that are already in use in the movie.

the "sync with preview scene" checkbox sets the starting time of the segment of video of this scene to match the time of the same video used in the previous scene. that means if two scene show the same video you synchronize the last scene with the first one. it will recalculate if you change the transition durations for example.

sound start and end fade duration controls the volume of the audio of the video when it starts and ends

playback speed controls then pace of the video, sound is disabled when video is not playing at normal speed

4/ Player

player is shown when you click on the player icon, the timeline area or the current items list on the right side

it's where you see your movie, where you can move in it and interact with the items.

the small bar below the video view represents a timeline of the whole movie, the small white vertical bar represent the position of the movie display on the player.

you can click and drag in this area to move though the movie and go fast to where you want to edit, the timeline view with move to the right position.

you can play and stop the movie from any position by click on the middle play button just below the global timeline bar

you will see color blocks and lines, the block on the top side represent the scenes of your movie so you can easily find a position. the small bar represent the timeline items.

when a timeline item can be seen at screen, you can directly click on it to select it and then change its parameters, scale or move it.

you have options below the global timeline bar that applies from the position which is currently displayed in the player.

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