011.video editor quick start

• By default, the aspect ratio of your finished video will be the same as the canvas size, but you can choose a different resolution format
  
• To convert an article into a video, double-click or tap the canvas twice and paste the URL of the article into the input field
  
• Enter the article URL
• It takes a few seconds to load the text and to import images from the web page before displaying them below the canvas as thumbnails.
• At this step, you have 2 options to make you video

1st option : Manually convert article to video

• Click on one of the thumbnail below to choose a background image.
• If the 011.video app did not fetch an image, copy and paste the images from the website.
• To add a background video, play the video thumbnails.
• Add a frame around your chosen video background by selecting a thumbnails image.
• Click on one of the contrast thumbnails to increase contrast until you find the right level
• To add a music soundtrack, click on
• Now that the background is set, you can browse through the article sections by clicking on
  
• Select a paragraph and double-click in the canvas to set the upper left corner of the text
  Edit the text in the field you just opened.
• Since you need to enter the edited section, you can use the line break to reformat the text.
• Change the color as you like 
• Change the font as you like
• Click again in the canvas to define the lower right corner of the text block
  
• After 3 seconds the text starts scrolling
  
• At this point you can choose whether you want to check only the scrolling of the paragraph or record it
  
• Repeat the previous steps for the next article paragraphs.
• Download your video 

2nd option : Automatic conversion of articles to videos

• The text of the article is displayed inside an input field.
• You can edit the text and add or remove sentences.
• Enter the final edited text
• To summarize the text in a shorter story, move the slide cursor. This will again display a shorter text in an input field.
• Just click on one of the thumbnail below to display a background image inside the canvas.
• If 011.video software couldn’t fetch any image, just copy the image you like on the web page then paste it inside the canvas.
• Play one of the video thumbnails below the canvas to add a background video.
• To add a music soundtrack, click on
• To start the automatic conversion of the article into into video, click on
• The automatic conversion process starts by displaying the text over the background, one word at a time for short sentences, as a sticker for medium-length sentences, and as scrolling text for long paragraphs
• You can speed up or slow down the text playback by moving the slider bar
  
• You cannot pause the video while the slideshow is rendering automatically. So make sure you upload all the footage you need before you start.
• During the rendering process, you can load other images or videos as new backgrounds. Just click on them.
• You can also add a voice-over or a webcam overlay.
• At the end of the article, the recording is paused.
• In this step, you can download your video or create an “outro” by selecting CTA images or videos under the canvas.
• To add a caption above the outro, double-click in a canvas, type in your text and change the font and color if you want.
• Then, download your video
  

• By default, the video is recorded in the size of your canvas. However, you can change the recording format by clicking on
  
• To convert plain text to video, the text must be more than 500 characters long. Double-click or tap the canvas twice and paste the plain text into the input field
  
• Enter the text
• From there you have 2 options to create your video.

1st option : Manual conversion from text to video

• Copy any image from the web page by yourself.
• Paste the image inside the canvas.
• To add a background music, click on
• To add a background video, play one of the video thumbnails.
• Start to browse the paragraphs
• Select a paragraph and double-click in the canvas to set the upper left corner of the text
  
• Edit the text in the field you just opened. You can use the line break to reformat the text.
• Change the color as you like
• Change the font as you like
• Click again in the canvas to define the lower right text block corner
  
• After 3 seconds the text scrolling start
• Check the scrolling text or record it
• Repeat previous steps for next text sections.
• Download your video 

2nd option : Automatic conversion from plain text to video

• Select and copy a background image from the web page by yourself.
• Paste the image inside the canvas.
• To add a background music, click on
• Hover your cursor over one of the video thumbnails below to add a background video.
• To start to convert the plain text into video, click on
• The conversion process starts with the automatic animation of the text and the recording of the video
  
• You can speed up or slow down the text playback by moving the cursor slider
  
• During the automatic slideshow rendering process you can’t pause the video.
• At the end of the text, the recording is paused.
• Download your video 

• To convert any PDF doc to video, double click or tap twice inside canvas and paste the URL inside the input text field
• click to Enter
• Once the PDF file is uploaded there are 2 options.

1st option : PDF Automatic slideshow

• To make a PDF slideshow video click on
• It will start the PDF to video conversion until the last PDF page.

2nd option : PDF Manual slideshow

• To convert only a few pages navigate to the PDF page you want to convert.
• To go to the next PDF page click on
• To go to the previous PDF page click on
• Record the PDF page into video

• To avoid any mishandling you must pause your video before to download.
• To download your video click on

• To upload a MP4, WebM or MKV (Chromium only) video file from your local device click on 
• If the natural size of the first video uploaded is larger and higher than the canvas size it will be displayed on full canvas.
• If the size of the first video uploaded is smaller than the canvas size it will be displayed with its natural size.
• To resize the video, hold the mouse down. It will become smaller until to be rendered on full canvas.
• If you release the mouse button during the reduction, the video size will be frozen.
• Mouse down to change the video position again.
• To remove the first video uploaded  just click on   
• After the 1st  video you can upload a second video file which will be rendered as a video overlay. You can also upload an Audio file (MP3, Wav, OGG) which will be rendered as an audio background.
• To remove the 2nd video uploaded just click on   
• Other option to upload a video : Double click and type URL (https://….) to upload an external video file. The file extension must be :  .mp4 or .webm or .mkv

• To upload one or multiple images (Format : JPG, PNG, SVG, GIF) inside the canvas click on   
• If the image natural size uploaded is larger or higher than the canvas size it will be displayed on full canvas.
• If the size of the image uploaded is smaller than the canvas size it will be displayed with its natural dimension.
• To resize the image, press and hold the mouse down. It will become smaller until to be displayed on the entire canvas.
• If you release the mouse button during the reduction, the image size will be frozen
• Mouse down to change the image position again
• If you have uploaded a video before, the image is displayed above it. On the other hand, if you uploaded the image before the video, it will be displayed in the background. This is a logical layer management.
• To remove the image just click on   
• If the uploaded image is 2 times higher than the canvas, it will be displayed in downward scroll mode.
• To change the scrolling speed use the range slider.
• To scroll up, move the mouse cursor to the lower left corner of the canvas.
• To pause the scrolling move the mouse cursor out of the canvas
• To restart scrolling move the mouse cursor inside the canvas
• If the image uploaded is 1.5 times larger than the canvas it will be rendered with a dolly pan effect
• When you upload multiple image files at once (unlimited number), thumbnails are displayed below the canvas. So you have to click on each thumbnail to insert it into the canvas. If you want to resize the image, hold down the mouse.

Other options to upload an image :

• Copy and paste any image inside the canvas (desktop only)
• Double click and type URL (https://….) to upload an external image file. The file extension must be :  .png or .jpg or .gif or .svg

• To write any text double click or tap twice inside canvas.
• Type your text or copy & paste it inside input field text then Enter the text 
• To change text font click on
• To change the color, click on
• If you type a text shorter than the canvas width, it will be displayed as a simple sentence
• As long as you move the text inside the canvas it will be resized from smaller to larger and so on
• When you enter text longer than the width of the canvas and smaller than 500 characters, it is displayed in scroll mode in a “virtual text block” whose upper left corner is set by the first double-click
  
• The lower right corner of the “virtual rectangle” is set by clicking again after entering the text
  
• Text characters size is proportional to the rectangle size.

• To draw line with the mouse or your finger in real time click on   
• To change the drawing color at any time click on 
• Click on this button to stop drawing.  

• To start the Webcam click on  If the canvas is blank the webcam stream is displayed on full canvas. If the webcam stream is displayed over other’s multimedia elements it will be rendered inside a small frame.
• To resize the webcam frame, hold down the mouse. The frame gets smaller before it is rendered on the entire canvas and so on.
• If you release the mouse button during the reduction, the webcam frame size will be frozen.
• To stop the frame display click on

• To start the Microphone click on.
  Add your voice over or any external audio source at anytime. During an audio/video playing make sure to use headset to avoid recording sound from video twice.
• To stop it click on 

To remove the last text, image, draw, GIF, video overlay displayed on canvas and to return to the previous step click on   

• To record your video click on 
• Use this button anytime you want to record what is displayed on the canvas. Once recording start you can’t cancel it. So make sure to work on short video footage and if you make a mistake start again.
• The result video is coded in a WebM file format. By the way, the WebM file made with 011.video is coded in real time. It means that the video is recorded with no time stamp (Except with Firefox browser).
• You can upload WebM video made with 011.video file on major social network platforms (YouTube, Facebook , Twitter) but not Instagram. This process will implicitly recreate the time stamp during the video saving. If you need an MP4 video file, you will have to convert it using a third-party online tool converter
• ? During recording, you must keep the 011.video browser tab open. Do not switch to another browser tab and do not exit the browser.

• To pause the recording click on   
• During recording, each time a new video or image is uploaded to the canvas or new text is entered, the video recording is automatically paused.
• If you add a voice comment with a microphone or turn on the webcam while recording, the video will not pause.

011.video rely on web browser APIs, so make sure to use a compatible browser without any heavy third party extension for best result.

• 011.video works on ChromeMake sure to set up on “Use hardware acceleration” in Chrome setting. If you don’t want to use Chrome for privacy concern we recommend downloading ungoogled-chromium which work very well with 011.video editor. By default, 011.video editor works on all Chromium browser, but it’s better to check by yourself.
• 011.video works fine with the Firefox
• 011.video works on Edge.
• 011.video editor do not support Apple Safari browser or any iPhone browsers.

There is no project concept with 011.video. Edit short video footage and save your work as a traditional video designer. At the end mix your video chunks all together.

The answer is no !
Workspace is a computer geek concept. People involve in film making work around script, storyboard, footage… but no computer project. So to make the creating process fast and easy, 011.video do not use timeline, layers, templates and others computer nerds stuff.
As a movie director you have to work on your video by making short footage until the final video editing. If you are not satisfied by the result you need to build a new video footage again.
Thanks 011.video editing is a real time process. As long as the video is not recording, you are able to go back to previous steps and make some changes. So if you plan to make a complex video, make sure to prepare all video components (video, audio, image, text) in a directory to reuse them easily.

There is no timeline concept at 011.video. You edit in real time. This means that everything is recorded in real time as soon as you press the Record button. The great advantage of 011.video editor is that you can interact with your video in real time, for example by drawing over a video while it is playing.