Full Screen to toggle between viewing the image with the filmstrip bar below it, or viewing the image in the full Edge Animations window.Use the visual and auditory editing tools at the right edge of your Edge Animations window to edit, annotate, and morph filmstrip items to enhance your presentation.
This article assumes your Edge Animations module is open on your workstation. See "Edge Animations" for details if you need help opening the module.
Open / Build a Filmstrip - Open the Edge Animations filmstrip that you want to work with, or add the videos and images that you want to edit to the filmstrip viewing area at the bottom of the Edge Animations window. See "Build & Save Edge Animations Filmstrips" for details.
Open Image / Video - Double-click the image you want to work with to open it in the playback section of your Edge Animations window.
Toggle Full Screen Mode - Click Full Screen to toggle between viewing the image with the filmstrip bar below it, or viewing the image in the full Edge Animations window.
Preview Image / Video - Use the time selection bar at the bottom of the image viewer to preview this item. (See "Play Filmstrip" for detailsabout previewing the entire filmstrip.)
Morph / Annotate Item - Use the visual and auditory editing tools at the right edge of your Edge Animations window to edit, annotate, and morph filmstrip items to enhance your presentation. Only the editing tools available for the currently selected filmstrip item will be shown on your screen.
Image Duration -(Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use the number field at the top of the editing tools bar to specify the number of the seconds this image should remain on the screen when the filmstrip is played. Note that the duration of videos you have added to the filmstrip is predetermined by the video file itself and cannot be changed.
Voice Recording - Use voice recording to add audio descriptions and explanations to the selected image or video. First, use the Play / Pause button or the time bar slider at the bottom of the playback window to select the time to start. Then, click and hold the Voice Record button while you speak. When finished, release the button. (See "Set Up Edge Animations" for details about selecting the microphone to use for voice recordings.)
Select time to begin recording:
Click and hold the Voice Record tool. Release the button when you are finished.
Clear Voice Annotation - Click the Clear Voice Annotation button that appears just under the Voice Record button to remove the audio recording you have made for this image/video.
Show Original - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use Show Original along with image morphing tools to display / hide a silhouette of the original image onto your morphed image.
If you save your changes with the Show Original option enabled, the silhouette is saved also, providing you with a "before" and "after" view in a single image.
Clear selection - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Click Clear Selection to remove the focus from the currently active morphing or annotation tool.
Flip - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) When you "flip" an image, you turn it on its horizontal axis. (Think upside down.)
Mirror- (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) When you "mirror" an image, you turn it on its vertical axis. (Think of looking in a mirror.)
Blur - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use Blur to soften the entire image, or the currently selected area. Each time you click Blur, the image is softened further.
Sharpen - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use Sharpen to enhance the clarity of the image, or the currently selected area. Each time you click Sharpen, the image is affected further.
Smooth -(Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use Smooth to smooth the image, or the currently selected area. Each time you click Smooth, the image is affected further.
Annotate - Use the annotation tools to draw free-hand illustrations on an image or video at any point in time during playback.
Choose line color / width - Select the 
Color and/or 
Width to use when drawing on your image. You can change these values at any time, and continue drawing. Note that if you are working with an individual image, and not a video, you must first enable the Annotation tool: The tool is always enabled when you are working with a video.
Select color:
Select width:
Draw Annotation - Use the Play/ Pause button or the time slider bar at the bottom of the playback window to select the time the annotation should appear. Then, click and drag your cursor to draw a free-hand illustration. Note that if you are working with an individual image, and not a video, you must first enable the Annotation tool: The tool is always enabled when you are working with a video.
Select time to display annotations:
Enable the Annotation tool. Then click and drag to draw on the image.
Move / rotate an area - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use the Rectangle, 
Ellipse, and 
Lasso (free-hand) selection tools to outline an area of the image you want to move and/or rotate independently from the rest of the image. These tools are especially useful for showing the potential for straightening and realigning teeth.
Enable a selection tool, then draw around the area you want to work with. You can then click inside the selected area and drag it to a new location, and use the rotate handle at the top of the selection to rotate the area. (After moving and rotating an area, you will likely want to smudge or brush away rough edges, described below.)
Stretch- (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use the Stretch tool to elongate a portion of the image, such as the chin.
Enable Stretch, then draw a box around the area you wish to work with. You can click inside the box and drag it to a new location, and use the corner handles to resize the box. Once the box is in the optimal position, use the side, top, and bottom handles to stretch the area.
Rotate and stretch by clicking and dragging the rotation handle at the top of the Stretch box, bringing a portion of the image into a better position.
Erase - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) After moving an area, you can use the Erase tool to remove parts of the area, exposing the original image underneath, providing you with a way to trim away any excess from the moved area. Enable Erase, and select the radius (width) and softness (transparency) of the tool. Then, click and drag to "erase" portions of an area that has been moved.
Smudge - (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Use the Smudge tool to soften harsh lines. Enable Smudge, and select the radius (width) and pressure (movement) of the tool.
Click and drag the tool over the area you want softened.
Undo / Redo Morph Changes- (Available only for individual images, such as patient photos.) Enable any morphing tool (such as stretch or smudge), then click 
Undo/ 
Redo at the bottom of the editing tools to remove / re-apply the most recent morphing change you have made to the image. Note that this is different from undoing annotation changes, described below.
Undo Annotations - Enable the Annotation tool, if needed, and click Undo at the bottom of the editing tools to remove the most recent annotation you have made to the image or video. Note that this is different from undoing morph changes you made to an image, as described above.
Clear Annotations - Use the Clear Annotations tool to remove annotations from an image or video at a specific point in time. For example, you may draw an annotation on an image at the first second of the image playing, then choose to clear the annotation when the image timer reaches three seconds. First, use Play and Pause or the time bar slider to select the time you want to clear the annotation from the image or video. Then enable the Annotation tool, if needed, and click the Clear Annotations icon.
Note that Clear Annotations is different than Undo Annotations: Clear Annotations removes annotations at a specific point in time during the image playback, while Undo deletes the most recently added annotation altogether so that it never appears in the filmstrip.
Select time to clear annotations:
Enable the Annotation tool, if needed, and click Clear Annotations.
Review Video Properties - Right-click a video in your filmstrip, and select Properties. You can then review the details about the item.
Review Image & Template Properties - Right-click an image in your filmstrip, and select Properties. You can then review the details about the item, and edit template options, if available.
When you add an image to a filmstrip from the Patient list at the left of your Edge Animations window, you can choose whether to "hard code" that exact image into the filmstrip, or make the image a template. If an image is flagged as a template, when you open the filmstrip for a different patient, the template is replaced by the corresponding image type and timepoint from the active patient. To toggle the template flag, right click the image in the filmstrip and select Properties. Then enable / disable the 
Template option, and select the image type and timepoint you want to use. Note that when you open the filmstrip for a patient that does not have the corresponding image type / timepoint required by the template, a blank image space will appear in the filmstrip instead. Also, the template option is not available if you cut and paste the patient image into the filmstrip.
Right-click a patient image template and select Properties:
Enable / disable the Template option, and select the image type and timepoint to use.
Re-Order Filmstrip Images / Videos - Drag and drop images to new locations in your filmstrip. Note that filmstrips that have been published as videos, such as those downloaded from the Asset Manager, are handled as one item in your filmstrip.
Remove an Image / Video - Right-click and select Remove Item to delete an image or video from the filmstrip.
Remove All Images / Videos - Right-click any item in your filmstrip and select Clear All to remove all images and videos from the viewing area. You might do this, for example, after playing, saving or publishing a filmstrip so that you can begin working with another filmstrip.
Save Filmstrip to a File - Click 
Save from the filmstrip ribbon bar and enter a descriptive filename: You want to be able to recognize your filmstrip name easily when you want to open it again in Edge Animations. By default, the filmstrip files are saved in the Jobs folder of your Edge Animations data file location, in .XML format: Filmstrips saved in this manner do not appear in your Favorites or Treatments lists, described below.
Save Filmstrip to a List - Click 
Add to Favorites or 
Add to Treatments from the filmstrip ribbon bar, then provide a file name and description. The currently displayed filmstrip will be saved to the list you selected. By default, the filmstrip files are saved in the corresponding Assets folder of your Edge Animations data file location, in .XML format
Publish Filmstrip - Use the Edge Animations publisher to save filmstrips in video file format on your computer, upload video files to YouTube or Facebook, or send a link to videos via email.See "Publish & Share Videos" for details.
Saving vs Publishing - When you Save an Edge Animations filmstrip, you can later open the filmstrip with Edge Animations to view or edit it. When you Publish an Edge Animations filmstrip, you create a video file that can be played independently of Edge Animations, such as from YouTube or nearly any computer device that can play media files.
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