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If your computer has firewire – Apple iMac G3 (DV) User Manual

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If your computer has FireWire:

You can connect a DV camcorder and create your own movies.

Monitor window

Preview your movie or

view video directly from

a DV-format camera

using the controls at the

bottom of the window.

Shelf

Store clips you may
want to use in your
movie. To add a clip to
your movie, drag it to
the Clip Viewer.

Viewer

Click the Clip Viewer tab

to edit and place clips.

Click the other tab to

open the Audio Viewer

and edit sound effects.

Mode switch

Use this to switch

between camera and

edit mode.

Trash can

Place unwanted clips
here to delete them and
create more hard disk
space on your
computer.

Effects palettes

Easily add titles,
transitions, music,
and sound effects.

Full screen button

Click this to play your

movie on the entire

computer screen.

To learn more about the preinstalled
video-editing application:
m

open the application, then see the information in
the Help menu

m

go through the application’s tutorial

.

This video-editing application is

preinstalled in the Applications folder on
your computer’s hard disk (see page 12).

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