Apple QuickTime 7 Operation & User’s Manual

Learn keyboard shortcuts and other tips for using QuickTime efficiently. QuickTime Player Keyboard Shortcuts QuickTime Player and QuickTime Pro provide keyboard shortcuts for most playback options. When available, each of these shortcuts appears to the right of its associated menu item. A few keyboard shortcuts have no menu equivalents. QuickTime Pro Keyboard Shortcuts For this control Press (Mac OS X) Press (Windows) Play/pause Space bar Space bar Play or pause all movies Command-Return Alt-Return Play movie backward Shift–double-click Command–Left Arrow Shi ...

31 With QuickTime Pro, you can edit tracks individually. You can move tracks from one movie to another, turn a track on or off, delete tracks, or modify the information contained in a track. Turning Tracks On or Off With QuickTime Pro, you can choose one or more tracks to enable or disable. For example, you might want to turn off tracks to simplify editing, or to hide a track in a final movie. When you export a movie, only enabled tracks are exported. To turn movie tracks on or off: 1 In QuickTime Player, choose Window > Show Movie Properti ...

9 System Requirements For Mac OS computers:  A 400 MHz or faster G3 PowerPC processor–based Macintosh computer  At least 128 MB of RAM  Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later For Windows computers:  A Pentium processor–based PC or compatible computer  At least 128 MB of RAM  Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Types of Files QuickTime Supports You can open (import) dozens of types of media with QuickTime. Some of the formats you can open in QuickTime include the following:  Video formats: MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,1 MPEG-4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, JPEG, DV, Motion JPEG, AVI, MQV, ...

23 You can also set options for all movies playing at full screen. For example, you can hide the movie controls, or change the amount of time they display before they hide. To set these options in Mac OS X, choose QuickTime Player > Preferences and click Full Screen. To set these options in Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences, and then click Full Screen. Note: As long as “Display full-screen controls” is selected in QuickTime Player Preferences, you can make hidden controls appear by moving the pointer. If you are authori ...

13 With QuickTime Pro, you also have the option of saving the movie to your hard disk (if the author of the movie allows it). To save a movie from the web, click the downward- pointing arrow on the right and choose “Save as QuickTime Movie” or “Save as Source” from the QuickTime Pro menu. If the movie is a Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) movie, it is saved as a small “reference movie” that points to the actual movie on the Internet. The QuickTime website has a number of QuickTime movies (including the latest movie trailers) that you can view ...

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) A file format for images. hint track In a streamed movie, a hint track specifies for the server how the movie’s content is to be transmitted. hot spot A place in a virtual reality movie where the user can interact with the movie using the mouse. Instant-On A technology that dramatically improves access to streaming content for broadband users. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) A standard for compressing still images. layer In QuickTime movies, how an image is displayed depends on ...

QuickTime Pro Learn how to use QuickTime Pro to edit movies, manipulate movie tracks, and much more. Simple Editing With QuickTime Pro, you can perform movie-editing tasks. Selecting and Playing Part of a Movie To perform editing functions such as Copy and Delete, in most cases you need to first select the desired portion of a movie. (If you don’t select anything, the edit commands work on the current frame.) To select a portion of a movie, move the In and Out selection markers. The darkened area between the two markers indicates the selected portion. To fin ...