Vizzy: Menus & Preferences

Menus

File Menu

• Load Movie Script : load a previously saved movie script from disk.
• Save Movie Script / As:  save a movie script to disk.
• Save Image : save the current frame as a .png file.
• Use Frame as Icon: useful for remembering what saved cues look like.
  
• Preferences : Project-level settings; see below for details.
• About : contact, legal & version.
  

Edit Menu

• Undo/Redo
• Cut/Copy/Paste :  on the selected instruction in the control window.  To move multiple instructions, group them first.
• Group: Add next instruction to group.
• Ungroup: bring group instructions to top level.

Project Menu

• Preview : see the movie so far.
• Make>All : start calculating frames from the beginnning.
• Make>From Point : continue calculating frames from the current point (continue).
• Shift Script: resizes a script to work with a different format.
• Clear Frames: erases all image files in the frames directory.
• Clear Script: erases all cues except initial one, and empties that.
• Restore Defaults: return project settings (i.e. from File>Prefs) to defaults.
• Credits Editor: launch the credits editor, a packaged-in program that you can use to add credits to the end of the movie.

Audio Menu

• Load Audio : load an audio file.  !!NOTE!! While Vizzy is in beta, quit & restart to change audio files.
• Save Processed Audio: Allows much quicker future launches of Vizzy with this audio file (note: .wav file must remain in the same directory).
• Save Cropped Audio: Saves an audio file cropped to specific frames, so a Quicktime movie can be assembled from a partial Vizzy movie.
  

Preferences

• Frame Directory: by default is ~/Movies/_frames.
• Tail: adds silent frames at the end of the movie, for example, to let the visuals trail off.
• Threaded GL: (experimental) May boost speed on OSX 10.5+.
• Tooltip delay
  
• Script Presets: if "Add to Script" is selected, the presets will accumulate in the cue instead of replacing each other.