Acer Aspire EFL50 User Manual

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34English Video authoringClick the Video Authoring button to open the PowerProducer program, whichallows you to finalize your digital video productions and burn them to disk.Before you produce your movie using PowerProducer, first gather (or create) itscomponent parts: video clips, photos, and background music. You may collectraw footage yourself with a camcorder or other recording device, or you maysimply use files that you have on hand; including movies you have alreadycreated in a video editing program.When your movie is ready for production, use PowerProducer, which offersbasic video editing tools. PowerProducer's production functions include:• burns CDs, DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and editable DVDs• erases rewritable disks that contain unwanted content• copies disks• defragments disks for appending video content• burns DV content straight to DVD• sets chapters within video content• adds background music to videos and menus• offers custom menu layouts for buttons, frames and backgrounds• captures from DVD, firewire devices, analog capture cards, USB devicesand filesFor help with authoring video, refer to PowerProducer's online help system.MusicFor convenient access to your music collection, click Music on the Arcadehomepage to open the Music homepage.Select the folder or CD that contains the music you want to listen to. Click Playto listen to the entire content from the beginning, or select the song that youwant to hear from the list in the content area.The songs in the folder are shown in the content area, while the left side hascontrols for "Play," "Random," and "Repeat all." The Visualize option allowsyou to watch computer generated visualizations while you listen to music.When playing music, the control panel at the bottom of the page makes it easyto adjust the volume and control playback.To rip music from a CD, click Rip CD. In the page that opens, select the songsyou would like to rip (or click Select or Clear all), then click Rip now.