BB Flashback v4 User Manual
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User Manual and How-To Guide
I. Quick Start Guide ......................................................................................................... 1
Recording a movie .................................................................................................... 2
How to make your first recording ....................................................................... 2
Editing your movie ................................................................................................... 6
The toolbar ...................................................................................................... 6
Editing frames .................................................................................................. 9
How to delete frames: ............................................................................... 9
How to insert frames: ................................................................................ 9
How to crop a movie: ................................................................................ 9
Annotating your movie .................................................................................... 10
How to add text to a movie ...................................................................... 10
How to add an image to a movie ............................................................... 15
Using zoom/pan, cropping and autoscroll ........................................................... 17
How to zoom or pan: ............................................................................... 17
How to crop a movie and use the autoscroll ............................................... 18
Publishing your movie ............................................................................................. 20
Exporting your movie ...................................................................................... 20
Uploading to YouTube for easy sharing ............................................................. 22
II. How-To Guides ........................................................................................................... 27
Working with Frames .............................................................................................. 28
How to delete frames: ...................................................................................... 28
How to insert frames: ...................................................................................... 28
Tracks and Clips ..................................................................................................... 29
How to select a clip: ........................................................................................ 29
How to select multiple clips: ............................................................................. 29
How to select a section of a clip: ....................................................................... 29
How to move a clip: ........................................................................................ 29
How to select or de-select a track: ..................................................................... 29
How to select multiple tracks: ........................................................................... 30
Changing Volume and Muting .................................................................................. 31
How to mute a track: ...................................................................................... 31
How to change the volume of a track: ............................................................... 31
How to mute a section of sound: ....................................................................... 31
How to change the volume of a clip: .................................................................. 31
Deleting Sound ........................................................................................................ 33
How to delete a whole clip: .............................................................................. 33
How to delete a section of a clip: ...................................................................... 33
How to delete sound and frames at the same time: .............................................. 33
How to delete a track: ..................................................................................... 34
Inserting Silence ...................................................................................................... 35
How to add silence to a clip: ............................................................................ 35
How to insert silence and frames together: ......................................................... 36
Editing Sound and Video Together ........................................................................... 39
How to edit sound without affecting video: ......................................................... 39
How to edit sound and affect the video: ............................................................. 39
Removing Background Noise .................................................................................... 41
How to remove noise from a clip: ..................................................................... 41
Fading a Clip In and Out ........................................................................................ 42
How to fade a clip in and out: .......................................................................... 42
Adding Sound ......................................................................................................... 43
How to add an existing sound file: .................................................................... 43
How to record a sound clip: ............................................................................. 43
Adding Text and Images, Highlights, Arrows and Buttons ........................................... 44
How to add text to a movie: ............................................................................. 44
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How to add an image to a movie: ...................................................................... 46
How to add a highlight to your movie: .............................................................. 47
How to insert an arrow: .................................................................................. 48
How to add a button: ...................................................................................... 50
Tips for better performance recording ...................................................................... 53
How to change the recorder settings: ................................................................. 53
Saving your recordings as Flash ............................................................................... 55
How to export as Flash: ................................................................................... 55
Creating Pan and Zoom Effects ................................................................................ 57
How to zoom in: ............................................................................................. 57
How to pan, while zoomed in: .......................................................................... 59
How to zoom out from a previous zoom in: ........................................................ 60
Using Autoscroll ...................................................................................................... 62
How to add a cropping rectangle: ..................................................................... 62
How to remove a cropping rectangle: ................................................................ 62
How to add an autoscroll: ................................................................................ 62
How to remove an autoscroll: ........................................................................... 62
Recording from the Webcam .................................................................................... 63
How to record the webcam whilst you record the screen: ..................................... 63
How to record the webcam only: ...................................................................... 64
How to insert a WebCam recording: ................................................................. 66
How to edit the WebCam recording: ................................................................. 67
How to move or resize the WebCam recording: .................................................. 67
Adding Watermarks ................................................................................................ 68
How to add a watermark: ................................................................................ 68
Inserting A Video File ............................................................................................. 69
How to insert video: ........................................................................................ 69
Scheduled Recording ............................................................................................... 70
How to schedule a recording: ........................................................................... 70
Cursor Highlighting ................................................................................................. 72
How to highlight the cursor: ............................................................................. 72
III. User Guide ................................................................................................................ 73
Professional Edition v4 ............................................................................................ 74
Contacting Blueberry ............................................................................................... 75
System Requirements ............................................................................................... 76
Software Requirements .................................................................................... 76
Hardware Requirements .................................................................................. 76
Buying BB Flashback ...................................................................................... 77
Buying a licence ...................................................................................... 77
Problems with licence keys ....................................................................... 77
Resellers ................................................................................................. 78
Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 79
BB FlashBack Basics ....................................................................................... 79
The Recorder .......................................................................................... 79
The Player .............................................................................................. 79
To get started ......................................................................................... 80
Recording movies ............................................................................................ 81
To view the movie ................................................................................... 81
Playing back movies ........................................................................................ 81
From The Welcome Window .................................................................... 81
Playing a movie from Recorder ................................................................ 82
Sharing movies ........................................................................................ 82
Sharing Movies ....................................................................................... 83
Using BB FlashBack ................................................................................................ 85
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Recorder Windows .......................................................................................... 85
The Recorder Main Window .................................................................... 85
The Recorder main menu ......................................................................... 86
The movie file sub-menu .......................................................................... 88
The Recorder Options window ................................................................. 90
Adding a Marker while recording ............................................................. 91
Using Recorder when it is minimized ......................................................... 91
Recorder features ............................................................................................ 93
About Recorder features .......................................................................... 93
Recording windows and regions ................................................................ 94
Recording multi monitor systems .............................................................. 95
Windows display options .......................................................................... 95
Capturing keystrokes ............................................................................... 97
Limiting the movie file size ....................................................................... 98
Defining and using hotkeys ....................................................................... 99
Customising delays .................................................................................. 99
Recording Webcam Video ........................................................................ 99
Record modes and performance .............................................................. 101
Troubleshooting video recording ............................................................. 102
Recording sound .................................................................................... 104
Troubleshooting sound recording ............................................................ 105
Scheduled recording ............................................................................... 108
Record-time Notes ................................................................................. 108
The Player .................................................................................................... 110
The Player window ................................................................................ 110
The Timeline and Frame bar .................................................................. 112
Webcam / Picture-in-Picture Video .......................................................... 113
The Player Toolbars .............................................................................. 115
The Player Main Menu .......................................................................... 117
Viewing key presses ............................................................................... 127
Other Player Features ............................................................................ 130
Converting AVI files to FlashBack movies ................................................ 130
Command-line options ........................................................................... 131
Editing Movies .............................................................................................. 132
About editing movies ............................................................................. 132
Working with frames ............................................................................. 132
Annotating movies ................................................................................. 137
Zoom-Pan Effects .................................................................................. 147
Cropping and Autoscrolling .................................................................... 150
The Mouse Cursor ................................................................................. 151
Removing inactive sections ..................................................................... 154
Using Markers in movies ........................................................................ 154
Inserting video files ................................................................................ 155
Pauses .................................................................................................. 155
Start and End Titles .............................................................................. 156
Displaying invisible keystrokes ................................................................ 157
Transitions ............................................................................................ 157
Exporting Movies .......................................................................................... 159
File Formats .......................................................................................... 159
Comparison of Export formats ................................................................ 161
Exporting to Flash Format ..................................................................... 162
Exporting to Quicktime (H264) ............................................................... 173
Exporting to Windows Media Video (WMV) ............................................ 175
Exporting to AVI format ........................................................................ 177
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About AVI codecs .................................................................................. 177
Exporting to MPEG4 ............................................................................. 179
Exporting to Standalone EXE ................................................................. 180
Exporting to MS PowerPoint .................................................................. 181
Exporting to GIF ................................................................................... 181
Sound export options ............................................................................. 181
Batch Exports ....................................................................................... 182
Uploading Movies .......................................................................................... 183
How to Upload a Movie ......................................................................... 183
Uploading to FTP and FileCopy .............................................................. 184
Creating upload profiles ......................................................................... 185
Working with Sound ...................................................................................... 186
Adding and Recording Sound into a Movie ............................................... 186
The Sound Options Window ................................................................... 187
Sound Synchronisation Problems ............................................................. 188
Changing the Volume of a Track or Clip ................................................. 188
Removing Noise ..................................................................................... 189
Fading Sounds In or Out ........................................................................ 189
Volume Level Processing ........................................................................ 189
Editing Sound ....................................................................................... 190
Merging and Splitting Clips and Tracks ................................................... 192
Sound Editing Operations ....................................................................... 193
More About Selecting Sound and Frames ................................................. 194
Using BB FlashBack from the Command Line .................................................. 196
Support ................................................................................................................ 198
Contacting Support ........................................................................................ 198
Troubleshooting FAQ ..................................................................................... 198
When I installed and when I run Recorder, I see a warning about ASUS
software ................................................................................................ 198
My system runs extremely slowly when recording ..................................... 198
When recording I see an error message referring to the BB Capture Driver
............................................................................................................. 198
I'm trying to record a DVD or video clip, but it fails or the results are poor
............................................................................................................. 198
What affects the file size of my final movie file? ........................................ 198
When I replay my movie graphics or text are not displayed correctly or
missing altogether .................................................................................. 199
I cannot hear any sound when replaying my movie .................................... 199
My licence key is not accepted by the program ......................................... 199
My FBR movie file will not open in the Player .......................................... 199
I've exported my movie to an AVI file. This plays fine on my PC but not in
other computers .................................................................................... 200
When I export to any format, I get a 'created by' image in the top right
corner. Will this appear when I buy a licence? .......................................... 200
I've exported my movie to Flash but the SWF file appears distorted or low
quality .................................................................................................. 200
I record with sound, but when I play back the movie, the sound and video
become more and more out of sync ......................................................... 200
Reporting Problems ....................................................................................... 201
How to report a problem to Blueberry ..................................................... 201
Checking for Updates to BB FlashBack ............................................................ 201
How to check for updates to BB FlashBack .............................................. 201
Automatic check for updates ................................................................... 202
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Part I. Quick Start Guide
Recording a movie
First you need to make a recording which you can edit and publish.
How to make your first recording
Here, you will use BB FlashBack Recorder to record a movie which you can then edit in BB FlashBack
Player
1. Open the BB FlashBack Pro 3 Recorder from the windows start menu.
2. On the welcome screen, click Record a new movie;
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Recording a movie
3. Set the recording options and click the record button;
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Recording a movie
4. In the options, the Record: Region was selected, so set the size and position of the region and click
Record;
5. Click the stop button to end recording;
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Recording a movie
6. Click Save and follow the steps to save the recording;
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Editing your movie
First, open BB FlashBack Pro 3 Player and then open the movie you have recorded;
The toolbar
Use the toolbar to edit the movie. An overview of the whole toolbar is shown below.
The toolbar buttons are grouped into sections according to their function. The top left of the toolbar gives
quick access to saving and publishing options.
The middle of the top row of buttons provides shortcuts to objects that you can insert into a movie.
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Editing your movie
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Click to edit the properties of any object which has been inserted into the movie
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Click to delete any object from the movie
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Click to insert a textbox
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Click to insert an image
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Click to highlight a section of your screen
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Click to add a button
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Click to insert an arrow
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Click to insert another movie
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Click to set a marker
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Click to insert a watermark
•
Click to pause a section of the movie
The top right of the toolbar gives quick access to effects
•
Click to add a highlight to the mouse cursor
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Click to insert or edit a zoom or pan
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Click to delete an existing zoom or pan
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Click to set a cropping rectangle
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Click to add start and end titles to the movie
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Click to switch the effects on whilst you edit the movie
The middle left part of the toolbar gives you the option to play a short section of the movie, or jump to
a different part
The middle right part of the toolbar allows you to change the viewing options
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Editing your movie
The bottom left of the toolbar gives quick access to basic editing options
•
Click to undo or redo previous steps.
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Click to delete
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Click to crop the movie to a selected area
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Click to insert
The bottom right of the toolbar is for sound editing operations
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Click to add a new sound track.
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Click to add a new sound.
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Click to record a new sound.
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Click to adjust the volume levels or mute a track or clip.
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Click to apply a fade in or fade out to a clip.
•
Click to split a sound clip.
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Click to merge sound clips.
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Click to merge sound tracks.
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Click to copy sound.
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Click to cut sound.
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Click to paste a copied or cut sound.
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Click adjust or mute the master volume.
The playback bar gives easy access to playing the movie at various speeds, skipping forward and back or
going directly to a different part of the movie.
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Editing your movie
Editing frames
The framebar gives easy access to edit any individual frame or groups of frames in the movie
You can insert and delete frames, and you can crop a movie down to specific frames
How to delete frames:
1. Select the first or last frame to be deleted
2. Drag the mouse across the frame bar to select additional frames
3. Press the delete key on the keyboard.
Or
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Edit -> Delete Frame(s)… in the menu.
4. Click OK
How to insert frames:
1. Select the point where you wish to insert the frames
2.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Edit -> Insert Frame(s)… in the menu.
3. Enter the number of frames you wish to insert
4. Click OK.
How to crop a movie:
1. Select the frame where you want to movie to begin.
2. Click and drag across the framebar until you reach the frame where you want the movie to end
3.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Edit -> Crop Frame(s)… in the menu.
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Editing your movie
4. Click OK to confirm the edit;
Annotating your movie
You can add text, images and other objects to a movie.
How to add text to a movie
1. Select the frame where you want to insert the textbox.
2.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Insert -> Text in the menu.
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3. Set the properties of the textbox;
Editing your movie
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4. Set the appearance of the textbox;
Editing your movie
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Editing your movie
5. You can create and edit styles to use with textboxes throughout a movie;
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Editing your movie
6. When you are creating a textbox, you can set the size and position. Alternatively, once the textbox has
been created, you can click and drag in the view screen to manually resize and move it;
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Editing your movie
7. You can create a transition to fade the textbox in and out;
8. Click OK to insert the textbox.
How to add an image to a movie
1. Select the frame where you want to insert the image.
2.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Insert -> Image in the menu.
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3. Click Load Image;
Editing your movie
4. Browse to the image, select it and click Open.
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5. Set the properties of your image.
Editing your movie
• Set the size and position of where it will appear in the movie from the Position tab.
• Add a fade in or fade out, using the Transitions tab;
6. Click OK to insert the image.
You can also insert highlights, buttons, arrows and other objects into the movie in a similar way.
Using zoom/pan, cropping and autoscroll
You can create zoom and pan effects in a movie. You can also crop a large movie to a smaller section and
use the autoscroll effect to follow the mouse, missing none of the action.
How to zoom or pan:
1. Select the frame where you want to add the zoom or pan.
2.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Effects -> Add ZoomPan in the menu.
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Editing your movie
3. Set the properties of the zoom;
• Select Custom Area to zoom to a particular region of the movie.
• Select Whole Movie to zoom back to show the entire movie if you previously added a zoom-in.
• The transition speed sets how quickly the zoom or pan will appear on screen.
4. Click OK to insert the zoom effect.
Click and drag to re-size the zoom/pan.
Please note, the zoom will remain in the movie until the end, or another zoom effect is created.
How to crop a movie and use the autoscroll
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Editing your movie
1. First, add a cropping rectangle to the movie:
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click Effects -> Set Cropping Rectangle in the menu.
2. Then add the autoscroll effect:
Click Effects.
3. Go to the Autoscroll Cropping Rectangle submenu.
4. Click Mouse In Centre.
Or
Click Mouse Near Centre.
The cropping rectangle can be resized in the view screen. When you export the movie, only the area within
the cropping rectangle will be exported.
The cropping rectangle will follow the mouse cursor as it moves across the screen when the autoscroll is set.
If zoom and pan effects are being used, a zoom in or pan will only show sections within the cropping
rectangle.
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Publishing your movie
When you have finished editing the movie, it can be exported in a variety of formats and can be uploaded
to YouTube.
Exporting your movie
Here I will demonstrate how to export the movie to Flash
1.
Click on the toolbar.
Or
Click File -> Export in the menu.
2. Select the Flash export format;
3. Click OK.
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4. Set the Flash Export Options
Publishing your movie
5. Click Export.
6. Choose where to save the exported files and click Save.
Three files are exported and you can choose view the export once completed
To view the movie in a web browser, ensure that you open the .html file that has been exported.
Please note, each export format comes with different options to include in the export.
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Publishing your movie
1. When exporting to AVI, you need to select the Codec;
2. After selecting the Codec, you can set the AVI export options;
For example, you may choose to export the movie to AVI (which can be opened and edited again in
FlashBack);
Uploading to YouTube for easy sharing
You can upload a movie to YouTube, directly from BB Flashback Pro 3 Player
1.
Click on the toolbar.
Ot
Click File -> Upload -> YouTube in the menu.
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Publishing your movie
2. Type in your username and password and click OK;
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Publishing your movie
3. Complete the movie details and click OK;
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