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   Last updated: December 02, 2009

1. Indemnity

MacHouse does not guarantee in any way that the freeware version of ScreenEdit 2 will run properly on any terminal that meets system requirements.  MacHouse will not take responsibility for any damage that its freeware may cause.  MacHouse does not guarantee that its software program is bug-free and that the software developer has no obligation in offering a good copy in a timely manner

2. Distribution

MacHouse is the sole distributor of ScreenEdit 2.  No other party is allowed to distribute or redistribute this software program without written consent from the software company.  The latest version of ScreenEdit 2 may be available at our website or MacUpdate and Apple Downloads, which are both official trackers of MacHouse software products.  But VersionTracker is not.  And no MacHouse software product should be listed at VersionTracker.

3. Installing ScreenEdit 2

In order to use ScreenEdit 2, it'll be better if you create a folder with any name at first.  Then put a copy of ScreenEdit 2 in it. And that's it.

4. Uninstalling ScreenEdit 2

ScreenEdit 2 will create a folder containing a few files.  The absolute path is Users/User/Documents/ inside the volume of the operating system that is currently running.  The easiest way of finding it is to open Preferences and switch tabs to System files.  Then click on the Open button.  Finally, just trash this folder.  That will be it.

5. Updating ScreenEdit 2

None of our software products supports an automatic update feature for the security reason.  ScreenEdit 2 is not an exception.  In the meantime, find Check Update under the ScreenEdit 2 menu to see if there are newer versions available.  If a message says there are, then choose Download to go to our website to download the latest version.

6. Using ScreenEdit 2

6a. Edit

When you first launch ScreenEdit 2 (hereafter, ScreenEdit), you will see an empty screen.  Let's import a movie clip.  Click on Import on the Toolbar menu or press Command plus O or choose Open Movie under the File menu. 

If you have used an earlier version of ScreenEdit, you will probably not see many differences at a first glance except that ScreenEdit now has a Toolbar menu at the top.  The new version lets you use arrow keys to move from one frame to another.  Press the left arrow key repeatedly or hold it down to play the movie forward.  If you press the down arrow key, the play head will move to the end of the movie.  And press the up arrow key to bring the play head back to the beginning.

There are many commands under the Movie menu.  None of them is new with this upgrade.  So read ScreenEdit's User's Guide for more information on these commands.

Previously, the location of the play head was only referred in terms of the number of total seconds from the beginning.  The new version of ScreenEdit can display the location of the play head in terms of time if you wait long enough for the Help Tag to appear. 

Just like how you do it with QuickTime Pro, press I to place an in-point and O to place an out-point.  If you have placed both an in-point and out-point, then you should see a dark segment on the bottom timeline.  Now, you can copy, cut or trim this segment.  Find four commands under Edit.

Another set of commands that you can use after editing a movie by cutting or trimming frames is Save, Save As and Export Movie.  Don't use Save unless you have to, or you will lose the original state of the movie.  Instead, use Save As.  Also, if you use a registered version of ScreenEdit, you can export the movie with many choices of video compressors.

Just as with the previous version, let's take a screenshot out of the imported movie by choosing Take Screenshot under the Movie menu.  And ScreenEdit sends the picture to the clipboard, right?  So you may want to launch Preview and choose New From Clipboard to open the picture and then save it.