I am exploring the edit room in MovieFactory v6+ and I have some initial questions which do not seem to be addressed in the manual or the help files.
1-What do the initials R.O.G.O.B.O. stand for?
2-How can I change the duration of the title/theme (e.g., the movie theater stage with curtain)?
3-I purchased v6+ under the assumption I could add subtitles. While the issue is BRIEFLY mentioned in the manual, there are really no instructions on how to do this. I want to place name-tags on the screen to identify people when they are first introduced to the viewer.
4-The edit room asks the user/editor to "mark-in" and "mark-out." What is the purpose of doing this?
Thanks again.
Dave Rafky
Miami, Florida, USA
R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
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Re: R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
1. I think it is more correctly written RoGoBo or R' G' B' -- and it just means the colour values/system (Red Green Blue - RGB) used in standard definition video.
2. For the presets like that movie curtain, there is not much you can do as they are already completed video clips in their own right. The only thing you might want to think about is to slow them down a little. But to do this I think you would have to do it in Video Studio. I don't think MF has a Slow Motion function. MF is essentially an authoring applications with some -- though limited -- editing functions. Video Studio, on the other hand, is an editing program with some limited authoring capacities.
3. Once you start a project, and insert your video, then up in the top left corner is a button 'Edit Room'. If you click on that, another screen appears with a number of Tabs. Click on the T (for Title) tab. You will see that there is written on the image in the preview screen 'Double click to add title'. Do so. Type what you want at the blinking cursor, and when finished, click outside the text box. Yellow maker handles appear, and if you now put your mouse over it, you can move it -- probably in your case to the bottom of the screen if you are just wanting to indicate a name. You can adjust the size by dragging or pushing on the corner yellow blocks. Make sure when you put in down towards the bottom that it stays above the solid line that appears around the preview screen a quarter inch from the edge. That's the TV safe area.
But again it is probably better to do this as part of the editing process in VS since you will have more options such as fade in or out, moving titles etc.
4. If you are wanting to trim a video clip, then you mark the start of where you want it to play from with the Mark In handle, and, logically enough, where it should stop with the Mark Out handle.
2. For the presets like that movie curtain, there is not much you can do as they are already completed video clips in their own right. The only thing you might want to think about is to slow them down a little. But to do this I think you would have to do it in Video Studio. I don't think MF has a Slow Motion function. MF is essentially an authoring applications with some -- though limited -- editing functions. Video Studio, on the other hand, is an editing program with some limited authoring capacities.
3. Once you start a project, and insert your video, then up in the top left corner is a button 'Edit Room'. If you click on that, another screen appears with a number of Tabs. Click on the T (for Title) tab. You will see that there is written on the image in the preview screen 'Double click to add title'. Do so. Type what you want at the blinking cursor, and when finished, click outside the text box. Yellow maker handles appear, and if you now put your mouse over it, you can move it -- probably in your case to the bottom of the screen if you are just wanting to indicate a name. You can adjust the size by dragging or pushing on the corner yellow blocks. Make sure when you put in down towards the bottom that it stays above the solid line that appears around the preview screen a quarter inch from the edge. That's the TV safe area.
But again it is probably better to do this as part of the editing process in VS since you will have more options such as fade in or out, moving titles etc.
4. If you are wanting to trim a video clip, then you mark the start of where you want it to play from with the Mark In handle, and, logically enough, where it should stop with the Mark Out handle.
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Re: R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
Still a bit confused...I am VERY new to the video scene...so be patient!
1-With regard to ROGOBO, these initials appear in boxes interspersed (sp?) between the presets, effects and video clips.
So, I am not sure about the function of these boxes...Do we leave the boxes alone, delete them, or insert things into them?
2-With the text function. Do we insert text screens BETWEEN clips to explain what we are going to see, or can we place a word or phrase ON TOP of a clip so that they appear together with the text appearing as a subtitle? In either case, how do we determine the duration of the text? I think my confusion stems from my understanding of "subtitle." Is a subtitle a sort of addendum to a project's title, or is it something that appears on the bottom --but within-- a scene?
3-Can we place a subtitle at the end of a project, like the way a movie shows credits at the end?
Again, many thanks.
David Rafky
Miami, Florida, USA
1-With regard to ROGOBO, these initials appear in boxes interspersed (sp?) between the presets, effects and video clips.
So, I am not sure about the function of these boxes...Do we leave the boxes alone, delete them, or insert things into them?
2-With the text function. Do we insert text screens BETWEEN clips to explain what we are going to see, or can we place a word or phrase ON TOP of a clip so that they appear together with the text appearing as a subtitle? In either case, how do we determine the duration of the text? I think my confusion stems from my understanding of "subtitle." Is a subtitle a sort of addendum to a project's title, or is it something that appears on the bottom --but within-- a scene?
3-Can we place a subtitle at the end of a project, like the way a movie shows credits at the end?
Again, many thanks.
David Rafky
Miami, Florida, USA
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Re: R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
1. I have to confess here that I don't actually have MF6+ on any of my computers. 
Although I have had all versions of MF at one time or another from MF4 onwards, including both MF6+ and 6.5+, I am now working with MF 7 Pro. And I am afraid that my recall of MF 6 is now in the distant past. But I simply do not recall ever seeing those initials anywhere in any of the versions. Certainly they don't seem to appear in MF 7... So I am afraid we are just going to have to wait till someone comes along who might be able to throw some light on it.
2. In strict terms, a sub-title is what appears in a foreign movie with a translation along the bottom. However, what you are after is really just a title, though placed in a similar spot along the bottom of the screen. And you use the Title function as I described. And these can go either directly over the video, or in between, at the start or at the end.
To be able to do the "between, at the start or at the end" bits, though, you have to insert a colour panel before the first clip, or after the last clip, or in the spaces between clips where you want the (sub)-titles to appear. Again, unfortunately MF does not come with a ready supply of these panels, though they are part of Video Studio -- and probably easy enough to make yourself using a photo editor/drawing program like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or PhotoImpact. They can be any colour you like, including black... You treat them as though they are photos, and they can be made to run as long as you like by changing the duration clock in the Editing Room.
3. That also answers your final question. Yes you can do an end title. But again, you can get far more sophisticated effects by doing all this in a proper editing program (like Video Studio) rather than in Movie Factory.
Although I have had all versions of MF at one time or another from MF4 onwards, including both MF6+ and 6.5+, I am now working with MF 7 Pro. And I am afraid that my recall of MF 6 is now in the distant past. But I simply do not recall ever seeing those initials anywhere in any of the versions. Certainly they don't seem to appear in MF 7... So I am afraid we are just going to have to wait till someone comes along who might be able to throw some light on it.2. In strict terms, a sub-title is what appears in a foreign movie with a translation along the bottom. However, what you are after is really just a title, though placed in a similar spot along the bottom of the screen. And you use the Title function as I described. And these can go either directly over the video, or in between, at the start or at the end.
To be able to do the "between, at the start or at the end" bits, though, you have to insert a colour panel before the first clip, or after the last clip, or in the spaces between clips where you want the (sub)-titles to appear. Again, unfortunately MF does not come with a ready supply of these panels, though they are part of Video Studio -- and probably easy enough to make yourself using a photo editor/drawing program like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or PhotoImpact. They can be any colour you like, including black... You treat them as though they are photos, and they can be made to run as long as you like by changing the duration clock in the Editing Room.
3. That also answers your final question. Yes you can do an end title. But again, you can get far more sophisticated effects by doing all this in a proper editing program (like Video Studio) rather than in Movie Factory.
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Re: R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
Would you like me to send you a screen shot of ROGOBO "boxes"?
Dave Rafky
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Re: R.O.G.O.B.O. in MF v 6+
I think I finally figured it out!
I think my main probem is/was that I am new to video and the software assumes some knowledge on the part of even beginners. A similar situation exists with desktop publishing: these programs usually start out by discussing frames and frame attributes. But if the user doesn't understand what frames are and why it is important for to apply attributes to the text within, then the new user will become confused at the very start.
Similarly, there are lots of concepts in video/editing that are new to beginners and software just assumes some basic familiarity with these concepts. The manual should go over strategies and new concepts before getting into details. For example, when I started, I did not understand the strategy of breaking down long videos into clips. No one explained why this is necessasry and helpful. Now I "get it." This whole thing has been a painful process for me...and it could have been less painful if the manual was not so tightly/compactly written. After all, the cost of paper is irrelevant since the manual is in a file.
Just my 2 cents.
Dave Rafky
Miami, Florida, USA
I think my main probem is/was that I am new to video and the software assumes some knowledge on the part of even beginners. A similar situation exists with desktop publishing: these programs usually start out by discussing frames and frame attributes. But if the user doesn't understand what frames are and why it is important for to apply attributes to the text within, then the new user will become confused at the very start.
Similarly, there are lots of concepts in video/editing that are new to beginners and software just assumes some basic familiarity with these concepts. The manual should go over strategies and new concepts before getting into details. For example, when I started, I did not understand the strategy of breaking down long videos into clips. No one explained why this is necessasry and helpful. Now I "get it." This whole thing has been a painful process for me...and it could have been less painful if the manual was not so tightly/compactly written. After all, the cost of paper is irrelevant since the manual is in a file.
Just my 2 cents.
Dave Rafky
Miami, Florida, USA