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   Last updated: December 02, 2009

1. Installation

Simply drag and drop the decompressed folder onto any location of your hard disk drive.  Or create a folder and drag and drop the application file into it.

2. Editing

Whenever you launch ScreenEdit, you will see a blank window.  At first, you need to import a movie file to work with.  So choose Import Movie from the File menu.  Then load a QuickTime movie (.mov).

The main purpose of using ScreenEdit may be to edit movies by cutting frames.  ScreenEdit works pretty much in the same way Apple's QuickTime Pro does in this respect.  In order to edit a movie, first, set an in point by pressing Shift + I or choosing Set In Point under the Movie menu.  Likewise, set an out point by pressing Shift + O or choosing Set Out Point under the Movie menu.  After setting both points, you will see a darker segment on the timeline at the bottom, which indicates that a segment of frames has been selected.  If you want to assume that an in point starts at the very beginning of the movie or that an out point is set at the very end of the movie, there is no need for you to set the other point.  And ScreenEdit will do it for you.

By the way, shown at the top right corner of the application window is the name of the opened file.  Shown next is the actual width and height of the movie.  Under the Edit tab, you will see a number next to 'Duration.'  The duration is the length of the movie and is indicated in terms of seconds, not in terms of frames.  The locations of the in point and out point that have been set are also indicated in terms of seconds.

If you have selected a segment of frames, then you have several options.  You can simply cut those frames by choosing Cut Selection under the Edit menu.  If you choose Trim Selection, then the rest of the frames will be deleted as opposed to the selected segment of frames.  That's just the way QuickTime Pro works, isn't it?

After you finish editing a movie, you can choose Save Movie under the File menu to update the file.  And the original file will be altered for good.  So be careful.  Or choose Save Movie As... instead to save progress under a new file name.  Another option is Export Movie.  If you choose Export Movie, you will see the same export window that you see with QuickTime Pro.