File > Save As > Video

Custom - If this is unchecked VideoMach automatically makes the output resolution equal to the first input image. Check this box to manually adjust the picture size.

Final Resize - This is a quicker way to change the output picture size. It's very similar to using the Resize function in the main window.

Frame Rate - This is the rate at which the pictures are displayed when the output video is played. It's recommended to use one of the standard frame rates: 24, 25, 29.97 or 30 fps. If you need to speed up or slow down your video, use the Speed and Direction dialog.

When the input and output frame rates are not the same, there are two primary ways of handling the situation:

• Keep original duration - Pictures will be dropped or duplicated to keep the output running time equal to input time. Doesn't matter which frame rate you set at the output, output duration will always be the same. This is the default setting.
• Keep original number of frames - No frames will be dropped or duplicated automatically. All the input frames are copied to the output and the duration of the clip is completely dependant on the output frame rate.

Color depth determines how many colors can the image display. Standard color depth is 24-bit, which translates into millions of colors. However, some file formats and codecs don't support 24-bits. For them you need to adjust the color depth to 16-bits or even 8-bits.

Custom - If this is unchecked VideoMach automatically computes color parameters. Check this box to manually adjust the color depth.

Reduce to Single Palette - Only for 8-bit output. If checked, all the output images will have the same color palette (required when writing to FLC). Saving is done in two passes. First pass computes optimal palette, second pass remaps and writes the pictures to the output file. If this option is unchecked each picture has it's own (independently computed) palette.

Grayscale - Output is grayscale (no colors). This works faster than using the Grayscale video filter.

Dithering - Only for 8-bit output. Reducing millions of colors to only 256 colors significantly reduces the picture quality. To make the color gradients look better, VideoMach can apply a method called dithering. Choose from these options:

• No Dithering - Pictures without dithering have rough gradients, but can be compressed better.
• Lite Dithering - Slightly softens edges between areas of different color. This method still enables good compression.
• Heavy Dithering - Best visual results, but very hard to compress.

Print Resolution specifies the horizontal and vertical printing density for the output files in dots per inch (DPI). This is mostly used for image output, rarely for video files.

Codec Settings - Choose the video codec, bit rate and other codec-specific settings.