Importing Movies Into Collections

In addition to creating a movie by recording your actions or capturing an image, you can also import an existing movie into a collection.

How to Import a Movie Into a Collection

  1. Open the collection that you have created.
  2. Select Collection > Import Movie.
  3. At the end of the Source File field, click The browse ellipsis button opens to more options..
  4. In the Open dialog, locate and double-click the Mimic movie (MIMOV file) that you want to import.
  5. (Optional) If you do not want to use the name of the movie to be imported, you can enter a new name in the File Name field.
  6. Click Import. The movie is loaded into the Mimic interface. It is also added to the Sections tab in the Collection Editor.

What's Next?

After you import the 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.