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All about muvee analysis – the magic of muvee
There are two components to the analysis process. The Video Analyzer analyzes the raw video and is able to detect the start and end of each shot (used in summarizing the video). It is also able to detect the quality of images and then cuts out low-quality material. The most remarkable capability, however, is how it detects “moments of interest” like shots of people’s faces. The second analyzer is for music. For each music selection, it detects tempo, rhythm and emotional energy of the music track and then the results are used to drive the rhythm and pace of the video editing.
The final component is what they call the Constructor – the algorithms that actually create the production. It combines the results from the two analysis processes with the muvee “Style” that selected to create the final muvee. According to muvee, “Constructor performs a range of highly intelligent trade-offs between conflicting artistic demands of video, music & Style to create a finished production with edits, rhythm, effects that look like someone spent hours and hours putting it together.”
Advanced muvee Making
It only takes a few minutes to create a good-looking muvee from your video, stills and music. But what if you want to make your video even better? You have a few options. You can import your final video into another editing program and then fine-tune it there. However, many video editing applications use DV Type-2 video files as the preferred DV format, while muvee autoProducer defaults to capturing in DV Type-1 file format. So in order to import a saved muvee into other editing tools, you need to do the following: In the 'Save muvee' dialog box, under the 'Options' tab, select 'DV'. Then, in the 'Advanced' tab, change the default DV Type to Type-2. Once save as DV Type 2, you should be able to work on it in any other program.
The other option, and probably a better choice, is to use muvee’s advanced features that are found in the full version of muveeAutoProducer6. There are three sets of fine tune controls. One set is located up on the Media Panel while another set is located at the bottom of the screen, next to the Make muvee button. The third set, Personalize, we have already discussed and allows you to create titles, manage intensity of effects and styles, music durations, etc.
Lets start at the top. At the far left of the Media Panel is the Magic Spot icon. This allows you to add captions to your still images as well as to set up motion within the image. You can make the program concentrate on a smaller part of the image and then pan from one area to another. Very cool. Below that is an icon that lets you rotate your mages.
By the way, if you click on one of the still images in the Media Panel, you can do some minor image corrections like removing red eye or noise.
On the right side of the Media Panel is the magicMoments tool that lets you go through your raw video and then isolate the sections that you don’t want in your finished video. You also can select the parts of the video that have to be in the video. You select individual areas or you can select a whole section for inclusion or deletion.
Once you have made these changes – create your muvee again to see how it looks. Now if it looks good, for the final finetune stage, you use the Tweak muvee icon at the bottom of the muvee GUI. The window opens up and you can see your entire muvee, with each edited clip indicated. You can move them around and substitute them for a different image. The Tweak muvee window also enables you to add narration or voice over to your entire muvee.
Then after you have made your tweaks, hit Play or preview muvee. Do not hit the Make Muvee button or all of your tweak changes will get lost. You do get a warning but it is too easy to ignore. I recommend that save alternate project versions of your muvee as you create and change it – that way you can always go back to a different version as you do your edits and fine tunes. Don’t sve the actual muvee, just the project description.
How do you get muvee?
You can download the latest version of muvee autoProducer6 from the muvee website. You can buy the full product for $130 or you can try out the free trial version that is good for 3 weeks before you need to buy the real product.
This is a great offer as it lets you explore all the cool features the program offers. There’s also a lighter version – muveeNow, targeted for kids and for those who don’t need lots of configuration power. This lite version is also available for trial for 21 days and costs only $50. The big difference is that muveeNow comes with 8 standard styles – not “super” styles. This means that there fewer less personalization capabilities provided for the final muvees.
You might want to start with muveeNow first and then, if you like it, and need the additional power, you can always upgrade to the latest version of autoProducer.
There is also a version available for cell phones but right now, it only works on a very small selection of brands and models for LG and Nokia phones. It comes with a small selection of built-in styles, and enables you to make muvees from captured videos and still images.
www.muvee.com
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