HP Z558 HP Digital Entertainment Center - Software Guide - Page 185

Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos 7 Select the Production button. 8 Select whether to have video, pictures, and music to be repeated. 9 Select whether to keep the video and pictures in sequence. 10 Select the Next button to continue. n The video quality of the preview may not be as smooth as the final saved version of your movie. Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer After you have added at least one video or picture file to your movie project, you can have muvee autoProducer make the movie. The muvee autoProducer program makes a movie by combining the video, picture, and music files you have selected, along with the style of movie, and puts together all of these pieces into a professional-looking movie with just a few steps. 1 If your project is already open, select the make muvee button and skip to step 4. 2 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control to open Media Center. 3 Select More Programs, and then select the Make muvee icon. 4 Select the duration for your movie by clicking either Use Automatic to allow muvee autoProducer to set the duration or Set to for you to set the duration. 5 Select Next to start the process of creating your movie. 6 Preview the movie in the preview window. Use the playback controls under the preview window to play, pause, and stop the movie preview. Each time you make a change to a movie project you need to click the make muvee button again to add that change to your movie. 7 Once you are satisfied with the look of your movie project, it is ready to be saved to your hard disk drive. Select Save. 8 Select a format, such as MPEG-2 or Windows Media Format by selecting the (+) or (-) buttons, and then enter a name for your movie by using the numeric keypad on your remote control. Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos 175