To begin you can select one of four options.
Click on "New Credits" to create a new movie credits file.
Click on "Open Credits" to open a previously saved file, including a "Demo" file that has been created for you to play with.
Click on "Tutorials" to open your browser to our tutorials web page
Or click "Exit", to exit the application.

On the Project Properties screen you can change the project name, target screen size, the default fonts assigned within the program, and the colors used in your credits.

The first entry is the "Project Name", this text entry is used purely as a label to your credits, and is never displayed within your credit movie.

The set of radio buttons defines the size of your movie credits

The following 3 font items are similar, they all allow you to customize the default font being used within all areas of your titles, you can set the font to any valid TrueType Fonts (.ttf) or PostScript Font Binary (.pfb).

Font Color and Background Coler define the colors that will be used within your credits.

Finally at the bottom of the window is the Ok button. Click the "Ok" button to confirm your choices and continue.

This is a quick view at the main screen of the application, we will be pulling this apart and analyzing it piece by piece in the coming sections of this document.

This structure contains sections, each section represented is a section of your credits. Each section has different presentation properties associated with it, and can be re-ordered. Use the buttons above the tree to add a section, delete a section, view the properties of a section, move a section up in the movie order, and move a section down in the movie order.

Each section that you create will help you to section off and organize your credits. Your final credit movie, will be produced in the order that the sections are sorted in. So in this example, we will first see the "Cast:", followed by "Stunt Men" in the credit movie. Each section is assigned different properties based on your preferences, these properties define how the section appears in your credits.

The buttons above the section tree help you to add, delete, view properties, or move the re-order your credits. We The buttons above the section tree help you to add, delete, view properties, or move the re-order your credits. We will now go through each button with you in detail. The (Plus) button, allows you to add a section. It will first bring up the Section Properties screen, and then it will add the section to the end of your credits. The (Delete) button will delete the currently selected section. Once you delete a section, you will not be able to restore it (unless you previously saved your file), so use this with button with care. The (Properties) button, will bring up the currently selected section's Section Properties screen. You can edit the Section Properties at any time. If the Project Name is selected, then you will view the Project Properties screen, rather than the Section Properties screen. The (Up) button and the (Down) button allow you to re-order your credits. Each button will move the selected section up or down in the credit order.

This screen allows you to customize how each section will appear in your credits. You can set different fonts, a graphic title, and/or simply modify the layout of the section. Selecting different options will show or hide other objects based on availability.

Then select the way you would like your title to appear. You can choose a Graphic, Text, or a Blacnk title.

You will notice that selecting different titles will reveal or hide fields to the right of that section. In the section to the right you can see the options Section Font and Body Font. These fields allow you to set a different font to use other than the originally set default font (set in project properties). If you select a Graphic title, you will see a field that will allow you to select a graphic.

Below those sections you will see two more options listed next to Content these options are Song Listing and Graphic Only. Select Song Listing if you are entering a list of songs. Select Graphic Only if you want to only show a graphic in this section.

Below that section you will have the ability to customize the look of your section based on the information that you set in the above. First set the Body Type, you can select a Slide or a Scroller. Selecting Slide will make the section a slide when it is produced in the movie. Selecting a Scroller will make your section scroll in your movie. Next select the Layout, you can choose Names Only or Roles and Names; each corresponds to what you would like to show in this particular section. So for instance if you are make a "Cast" section, you would likely like to show the character name next to the actors name, so you should select Roles and Names, but if you are creating a "Stunt Men" section, you will likely want to select Names Only, as you would likely not want to show the characters name next to the stunt persons name.

Finally after setting the two above fields to your preference, you will see a few final alignment options below. In the picture above, they would be the black images, with the text labels such as Center and 3 Columns. Select the way that you would like the section to be displayed, then click "OK".

The Table

This is the table, you will notice that the table will change based on the options you choose in the Catgories Properties screen. It allows you to input data that you would like displayed in your credits. It also allows you to customize the lead and tail spacing between each line of text, and supplies you with a way to quickly re-order the names in the section, or to simply delete an entry.

The table supplies you with a way to enter the names, roles and names, or the song details of the selected section. The table changes appearance based upon what properties are chosen in the selected Section's Section Properties screen. In this case the table is a names only table, so it allows the user to enter in the names of the people to be included in the credits. The right hand side of the table provides additional options for each line of text.

NOTE: Drag and drop is possible with each line of the table, we suggest starting your drag from the first column of the row, this will make the row move easier. Let's take a closer look at the Line Options.

The Graphic Preivew area displays gives you visual representation of the section that you are creating. You can choose to hide or display this area by clicking the button above it.
When you modify table entries, this preview will be updated. The button above the Graphic Preview, allows you to hide, or show the Graphic Preview screen. Hiding it will allow more space for viewing your Section Tree and Table data.

Instant Modifications are at your fingertips while viewing each section. Simply hover your mouse over each font and use the scroll button to quickly change the fonts. If you don't have a scroll button on your mouse, use the arrow buttons on the right side of the selector.

This screen can also contain a Graphics Resizer; This will appear as a button that you can slide left and right. To resize the graphic, simply use the slider button to resize it appropriately.

Click "Save Changes" to save your instant modifications, or click "Reset" to reset them to their last saved values.

The File Menu provides a way to create a new file, open a file, and to save the current file you are working with.Click "Open" to open a file that was previously saved. Click "Save" to save the file you are currently working with.

Import from Excel is an interesting feature. Each "sheet" will generate a new section of movie credits based on it's content. For more information on how to transform an Excel into movie credits, visit the tutorials section.

Section Menu

The Section Menu provides methods to manipulate the data stored in the Section Tree, as well as the way that it can be organized.

Click "Section View", to allow or deny each section to visually contain sub-sections in the Section Tree. Click "Add Section", to add another section to the Section Tree. Click "Delete Selected Section" to delete the selected section on the Section Tree. Click "Selected Section Properties" to view the Section Properties of the Selected Section in the Section Tree. Click "Move Selected Section Up" to move the selected section up. Click "Move the Selected Section Down" to move the selected section down.

This menu controls more of the exotic features found in this program. Click "Project Properties" to view or alter the current file's movie options. Click on "Table tab Order", to change which table columns you will be able to reach by hitting the TAB key(see below). This is useful when you want to edit spacing between objects. Click on "Section View", to allow or deny each section to visually contain sub-sections in the Section Tree (see below). Finally select or unselect the "Program Background Image". This will display or hide the background image in the application.

The Tab order selector. Check the names of the column that you would like to "Tab" to then press "OK".

Use this menu to create your movie and to finalize your file. Once a file is finalized, this menu will allow you to create your finalized movies (non-preview).

Click on "Full Size Preview" in order to create the full sized credit movie

Select the desired scroll speed of these credits that are currently being created. Frames per second, and set the frames per second used to create your credits.

You can also set your credits to last for a set amount of time be enabling the "Set Run Time" feature. This will allow you to set your credits to last only a certain amount of time. This is a perfect feature for fitting your movie credits into a set time frame - which is usually needed for tv programs or other movie presentations.

Click "OK" to continue.

Use this menu to get help, we provide some unique ways to find help.