Creating a Movie Collection

A collection is a way to combine two or more individual movies into a group of related, linked movies. You might find this useful, for example, if you are creating a video tutorial for your users and want one lesson (i.e., movie) to smoothly lead into the next.

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How to Create a Movie Collection

  1. Select Collection > New Collection.
  2. In the Collection name field, type an appropriate name for the collection.
  3. By default, a path to the Documents\My Mimic Movies folder on your hard drive is entered in the Collection folder field. If you want the collection files to be stored in a folder other than the default, click The browse ellipsis button opens to more options.. Then navigate to the folder, select it, and click OK.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Select the language to use for spell checking and click Next.
  6. In the Template Folders area, select one of the folders. By default, there are two template folders (Factory Templates and My Templates). The Factory Templates folder already contains some pre-designed templates for you. The My Templates folder can be used to store and open your own custom templates.
  7. In the Templates area on the right, select a template, which is simply a collection containing initial settings for you. See Templates.
  8. Click Finish. The movie collection opens in the Collection Editor.

What's Next?

After creating a collection, you can record movies, adding them to that collection. See Recording Movies.