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User preferences

Open the application preferences by clicking Preferences... in the VideoCanvas menu.

Here's what the settings do

Startup
These settings controls what VideoCanvas should do when you launch it.

Show Library Panel controls wether the media browser should be visible by default.

Default duration for added media
This is the duration new images and transitions will get when you first add them to your project. You can enter the time with s for seconds and m for minutes (eg.1m30s).
When dragging handles on the canvas
This controls wether keyframes should be added automatically. Choose Create a new timed value to get a new keyframe for each point in time you alter a value using the movie canvas. If you choose Modify the closest timed value you'll instead alter the old timed value that is closest to the current point in time.
Timeline
These settings control how fancy the drawing in the timeline is.

Show film strip frames for video clips will fill the clip with frames from the video if checked. If not, it will only draw the poster image which is faster and the recommended setting for slow computers.

Show audi graphs for audio clips will draw the volume level of an audio clip if checked. Otherwise only a single icon is drawn which reduces the load on the computer.

See also

Key frames
Adding transitions
Adding clips
Varying values over time
The timeline