Guide

Basic Usage

It's important to know what each button does, but it's also essential to understand how the operations work and how the workflow proceeds.

Slide creation method

As mentioned in Slides and Elements, a project is made up of multiple slides. These slides contain content, and as they play in sequence, they make up your video.

Selecting Slides

Selecting slides is done by clicking with the mouse. When you click on the desired slide in the Slide Window at the bottom, the content in the Editing Window in the center changes to the current slide.

Keyboard Slide Selection

In the Editing Window, when no element is selected, you can change slides with the keyboard. Pressing Left or Right will switch the selection to the previous or next slide.

Individual Slide Selection

With the Ctrl key pressed, selecting a slide that is not the current one will add it to the selection, along with the current slide.

Range Slide Selection

With the Shift key pressed, selecting a slide that is not the current one will select all slides in the range between the current slide and the slide clicked with Shift.

In the Editing Window, when no element is selected, using Shift+Left/Right with the keyboard also selects a range similarly.

Select entire slide

Aside from Range Slide Selection, there is an easy way to select all. In the Editing Window, when no element is selected, press Ctrl+A to select all slides.

Slide Addition

In the Slide Window, you can add a slide by clicking the "Add" button located on the right side of the last slide. Typically, when adding an element, it's not added completely new, but rather, you often modify parts of the content from the slide just before, right? Therefore, when you add a slide, it automatically "copies" the previous slide.

Slide Copy

After selecting the slide you want to copy in the Editing Window, press the Enter key and the selected slide will be immediately copied behind it.

Slide Delete

Select the slide you want to delete in the Editing Window and press the Delete key to delete the selected slide.

Slide Order Change

After selecting the slide you want to reorder, you can drag it with the mouse to the desired position. This also allows you to select multiple slides at once and change their order in bulk.

< Changing the Position of Slides >

How to Operate Elements

What would a slide be without any content? You need to insert elements like images or text into the slide to create content for the video.

The main manipulation of elements is centered on the Editing Window in the middle, using both the Library Window on the left and the [Properties Window] on the right. You can click or drag the desired library item from the Library Window to add it to the Editing Window, change its position and size in the Editing Window, or, after selecting it, change its detailed properties in the [Properties Window].

Element Selection

Elements can be selected by clicking on the desired element in the central Editing Window.

Selecting Elements Individually

While holding the Ctrl key, if you select a different element that is not currently active, the newly selected element will be added to the selection along with the current one. This can be combined with Select Elements by Range below to add or remove elements more flexibly.

Select Elements by Range

If the elements you want to select are gathered in a certain area, you can activate the range selection by clicking and dragging from an empty space with your mouse. Continue dragging until the desired elements are within the selection box.

< Example of Selecting by Range >

Add Elements

There are several ways to add elements to a slide.

Add from the Library

Click on the desired library from the Library Window on the left side, and the corresponding type of element will be added to the Editing Window.

Add by Copying

You can also add a new element by using [Copy Element]. After selecting the element you want to copy on the current slide, or an element from another slide, press Ctrl+C, then go to the desired slide and press Ctrl+V. The same element will be copied and added.

Add by Uploading

If you have videos, images, or font files on your computer, you can upload them. Select the desired file from the explorer (or finder) and drag and drop it onto the Videostew editing screen. If you cannot drag and drop, select the desired type from the Library Window on the left side, choose "User" and click the "+ Upload" button to select files.

Edit Elements

There are many ways to edit elements.

Drag and Drop from the Library

This is how you modify an element itself. The Library implies content in the case of videos or images, shape in the case of figures, and font in the case of text. Select the type and sub-tab you want to modify in the Library Window, click on the desired library, and drag the element of the same type you want to modify onto it. It will then be replaced with a new element.