How to Add Twitter Events to a Mozilla Popcorn Maker Project
Log-in to Popcorn Maker., Change the media source to point to your video (optional). ,Click the "Events Tab" in the "Editor Pane" , Drag a "Twitter" event into your video preview window or a specific layer in the tracks' timeline. , Edit the Twitter...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Log-in to Popcorn Maker.
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Step 2: Change the media source to point to your video (optional).
,,, If this pane is not showing, make sure you select the event you added by clicking it in the track timeline.
The "Start" and "End" values indicate when the Twitter search results frame you added will start displaying and when will it disappear.
The time values are relative to the beginning of the video.
That is, 0 is the start of the main video, 10 is 10 seconds after the main video starts, and so on.
Search" fields allows you to specify the type of search you want to perform.
You can search for tweets containing a keyword (the normal search text box), or you can search for tweets by a certain user (the username text box) The "Number of Tweets" field is where you specify how many search results will be displayed in the frame.
The default is
10.
The "Tweet Layout" field allows you to choose how the Twitter search results frame will be displayed.
Feed creates a vertical frame, extending from the top of the video to the bottom.
It can be visually moved to the left or right, by means of dragging.
It can also be re-sized horizontally.
However, you can not change the height of the frame currently.
Ticker creates a sort of a news ticker at the bottom border of the video containing the tweets, displayed one line at a time and scrolling vertically.
The "Transition" field allows you to set the animation used to show the Twitter search results frame when it first appears.
Available options are:
None (no animation), Pop, Fade, Slide Up, and Slide Down. , Adjust the event's properties accordingly. -
Step 3: Click the "Events Tab" in the "Editor Pane"
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Step 4: Drag a "Twitter" event into your video preview window or a specific layer in the tracks' timeline.
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Step 5: Edit the Twitter event's properties in the Properties Pane to the right.
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Step 6: Preview your video using the play/pause button and the location slide-bar.
Detailed Guide
You will need a Mozilla Persona account for this step.
,,, If this pane is not showing, make sure you select the event you added by clicking it in the track timeline.
The "Start" and "End" values indicate when the Twitter search results frame you added will start displaying and when will it disappear.
The time values are relative to the beginning of the video.
That is, 0 is the start of the main video, 10 is 10 seconds after the main video starts, and so on.
Search" fields allows you to specify the type of search you want to perform.
You can search for tweets containing a keyword (the normal search text box), or you can search for tweets by a certain user (the username text box) The "Number of Tweets" field is where you specify how many search results will be displayed in the frame.
The default is
10.
The "Tweet Layout" field allows you to choose how the Twitter search results frame will be displayed.
Feed creates a vertical frame, extending from the top of the video to the bottom.
It can be visually moved to the left or right, by means of dragging.
It can also be re-sized horizontally.
However, you can not change the height of the frame currently.
Ticker creates a sort of a news ticker at the bottom border of the video containing the tweets, displayed one line at a time and scrolling vertically.
The "Transition" field allows you to set the animation used to show the Twitter search results frame when it first appears.
Available options are:
None (no animation), Pop, Fade, Slide Up, and Slide Down. , Adjust the event's properties accordingly.
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