In addition to creating a movie by recording your actions or capturing an image, you can create a movie with an empty frame. You can then insert additional frames into the movie and add objects, text, images, and effects to the frames.
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How to Create a Blank Movie
- (Optional) If you want the movie to be part of a collection, first create the collection and make sure it is open (see Creating a Movie Collection). Otherwise, if you want to create a standalone movie, skip to the next step.
- Select File > New.
- Click Blank Movie.
- In the Template Folders area, select one of the folders. The Templates section to the right displays the movie templates contained in the folder you selected.
- In the Templates area, select one of the template files associated with the folder. The Source File field now contains the path to the template file.
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(Optional) Next to the Folder field, you can click
and select a location to store the movie.The Folder field is enabled only if you are creating a standalone movie, as opposed to one that is part of a collection. By default, Mimic stores your new movies in the Documents\My Mimic Movies folder.
- In the File Name field, type a new name for the movie.
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In the Width and Height fields, type a size for the new movie in pixels.
- Click Add. The blank movie is created and loaded into Mimic.
What's Next?
After you create a blank movie, you can enhance it in several ways (e.g., inserting additional frames, adding effects, adding objects). When you are finished enhancing the movie, you can build it. See Editing a Movie and Building Movie Output Using the Interface.
