
Silica Quick Start Guide
- Install Silica and launch the application. The Silica Project Document window will display.
- To add Quartz Compositions to the project, click the Import item on the toolbar. You may also use the File > Add Composition… option from the menubar or you may drag items directly from the Finder unto the Tray at the bottom of the document window. To remove compositions, select the desired items then press the Delete key.
- When an composition is selected in the tray, it displays in the preview area above the tray.
- To the right of the Main Window are three panes that determine the attributes of the resulting output movie.
- The Duration Pane lets you specify the duration of the movie created from Tray items.
- The Video Encoding Pane lets you specify output settings for the movies created from items in the Tray. This pane controls settings for video encoding, quality, frame rate and size.
- The Input Parameters pane lets you set any parameters associated with the selected composition. Not all composition will have input parameters.
- Once you have adjusted the output settings for each composition in the Tray to your liking, click the Export item on the toolbar. This sends your newly created movies to a folder of your choice.
- The Export process can take a long time. To monitor the progress of an export, click the Activity Monitor item on the toolbar.
Have Fun!