Tips & Tricks
- Put all prepped media into one directory before starting a project.
- Don’t map out the project in advance. Korsakow films are not like ‘Choose your own adventure’ stories, ie they don’t have fixed links.
- Set the grid in the Interface Editor to match the aspect ratio of your video assets, eg for 4:3, try setting the width=40, and height=30.
- For test exports, switch the Encoding profile (File > Project Settings > Export) to FLV Low. Although image quality is often poor, this is by far the quickest Export codec. Remember to switch back to a higher quality profile for final Export.
- Overwrite older test exports, but don’t overwrite all your video assets every single time – unless the content of previously exported video assets has changed. In other words, changing the interface design or SNU information (eg keywords) or Preview text only affects the index.html file, so there’s no need to reexport everything else.
- Prior to dragging and dropping them into a Korsakow Project, your video assets can be batch processed using Apple Compressor as follows:
- Import all of your full resolution files into Compressor
- Change the compression setting to custom-> quicktime H.264
- Choose a destination folder to save your new files
- Select all the clips and drag the new custom compression setting to these files
- Select all the clips, go to the Target menu and under Destination select a place to store your newly compressed clips
- Click on the Submit button
- Give a name to this batching process
- click OK.
- Playback controls: A K-Film can be paused using the space bar. The current SNU can be skipped using the forward arrow. A Film can be restarted simply by clicking on the reload button in the browser’s toolbar. A viewer’s path through the K-Film can be recorded by deploying the History and Get History widgets in the Interface Editor.
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