What information does Shedworx gather?

Shedworx gathers the following information:

• Name and Email as provided during the purchase process.
• Computer information during the activation process.
• For Affiliate sites, we store a cookie in your Browser to let our store know which affiliate you have come from.
• For every visitor we record basic tracking information such as IP address, time on site and so on.

Shedworx does not collect or store credit card information in any form. All payment processing as handled by PayPal.

What information does Shedworx share?

The only time customer information leaves Shedworx is for our email campaigns.

We keep a copy of customer First Name, Surname and Email Address with Constant Contact for those customers that opt in to receiving email notifications.

Shedworx never has and will never disclose customer information.

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ShedWorx Utilities

Welcome to the ShedWorx Utility products. We have developed the products on this page solve the small problems that we have come across over the years. We think these products will help you too!

HD Quick Look

AVCHD previewing for the Mac! This is a Quick Look plug-in that works with the Finder to display thumbnail images from your AVCHD (MTS) movie files, rather than the default black rectangle.

Find out more about HD Quick Look...

mkvWatch

Have you ever downloaded a .mkv movie file and struggled to find an easy way to watch it? Struggle no more! mkvWatch is a simple conversion utility that converts a mkv movie into something that will play on an AppleTV, PlayStation3, or any other popular viewing device.

Find out more about mkvWatch...

VoltaicHD (Mac only) now includes a Timecode overlay function.

The settings for this function are able to be manipulated by modifying the text files TimeCodeFormat.txt which can be found under Voltaic->Show Package Contents->Resources.

Lines in TimeCodeFormat.txt can be commented out by putting a # as the first character of a line.

You can manipulate the following settings:

• FONTNAME: the name of the Font to use. It must be a font installed on your machine
• FONTSIZE: Size in points of the text
• DATEFMT: Date mask
• TIMEFMT: Time format mask
• HALIGN: Horizontal offset of the Timecode box, in pixels, from the bottom left corner
• VALIGN: Vertical offset of the Timecode box, in pixels, from the bottom left corner. Note than negative values are required
• TIMEFIRST: When set to true Time goes on top line, when false, Date goes on top line
• BOXMARGIN: X and Y width in pixels of the border between the edge of the text and outside of the box. Comment out this setting to have no box around the text.
• TRANSPARENCY_PERC: Transparency of the box. 0 is very transparent, 100 is not transparent.

Looking for the VoltaicHD for PC User Guide ? Find it here

Table of Contents

Introduction
Installation
Activation
Setting Preferences
Getting Started

Introduction

Welcome to the VoltaicHD Version 1 User Guide. This should tell you everything you need to know about how best to use Voltaichd version 1.

The VoltaicHD version 2 user guide can be found here.

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Installation

You install Voltaic by dragging it from the disk image to either your Applications folder or your desktop. We recommend placing Voltaic in your Applications folder, then keeping it in your Dock.

Have a look at our Installation video if you need help with this.

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Activation

You activate VoltaicHD by purchasing an Activation Key. Once you have completed payment via PayPal, the Activation Key is emailed to your supplied email address immediately. Your key is also displayed on the screen when you click on the 'Return to Systemic' link displayed on the PayPal confirmation screen.

If you do not receive your key withing a minute or two, it is probably in your SPAM folder.

Once you receive your Activation Key, open VoltaicHD and go to the Voltaic->Activate menu option. Enter your key into the text field and click 'Activate'. Voltaic then communicates with the Shedworx activation server to activate VoltaicHD.

Have a look at our Activation video if you need help with this.

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Setting Preferences

Like all well-designed applications, you don't have to set any preferences before using Voltaic. If you want to take more control of your conversions, read on!

Preferences can be reviewed at any time by using the menu option or Apple,

Scratch file location

This allows you to specify where the temporary files are placed during each conversion. If you are converting large files from an external storage location, and want to preserve disk space on the machine running the conversions, you should set this location to be on the external storage device.

Output Directory

This allows you to specify where the converted files are placed.

Audio Alert

Plays a sound once the conversion batch is complete.

Popup Alert

Displays a pop-up window once the conversion batch is complete.

Check for updates on startup

Checks for a newer version of VoltaicHD on startup.

Generate Thumbnails

Determines whether thumbnail previews are generated as files are added to the list.

Output Resolution

This option allows you to specify the resolution of the converted clips.
same as source
This ensures that the output from Voltaic is the same resolution as the input clip. If your input is 1440x1080i, the output will be the same. If you input is 1920x1080 (interlaced or progressive), the output will be the same.
720p
This downgrades the output to 1280x720p. This is still a HD resolution, but half the size of Full HD.
540p
This is another downgrade option for editing. Again, still officially high definition, but at the low end of the HD scale.
Restrict to 1440x1080
This option is provided for Final Cut Express users. Final Cut Express prior to version 4.0.1 only supported resolutions up to 1440x1080 natively in the timeline (i.e. not requiring rendering). FCE v3.5 and below users who have 1920x1080 clips to deal with have to have these downgraded to 1440x1080 in order to edit them effectively.

Extract 5.1ch Audio

This allows you to have the audio track from your movie extracted during the conversion process.

Faster conversions

This use a new conversion approach that works with some, but not all cameras. This does not work for AVCHD Lite video.

Use Advanced Export Settings

This option allows you to access the full range of QuickTime export options. This allows you to export from Voltaic using any format supported by QuickTime on your machine.

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Getting Started

Once you have either a registered or un-registered version of Voltaic installed on your system, with Preferences set up you are ready to start converting clips.

We have a few suggestions for converting your AVCHD clips:

1. Use FlamingoHD to manage your video library. This gives you an easy way to manage footage and images from your camera.
2. Keep Voltaic in your Dock. This makes it easier to use (we think)

Now all you need to do is add some AVCHD files to the file list and press Start. Converted files are placed back in the same directory as the source files by default, or wherever you like by setting your Preferences.

Have a look at our Clip Processing video if you need help with this.

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VoltaicHD is over FIVE times faster than iMovie when submitting an edited HD movie to YouTube!

VoltaicHD uploads to YouTube in around 90 seconds compared to over 10 minutes with iMovie

Why? Its simple - VoltaicHD does not convert the movies from your camera prior to previewing, editing and sending to YouTube. VoltaicHD gives you simple native AVCHD previewing and editing, leaving all the conversions until you are ready to submit to YouTube.

Test Details

Our benchmark test was carried out using the following...

• Mac: iMac 2.0 GHz, running OSX 10.5
• Camera: Canon HF11 shooting 24Mbps, 1920x1080 25p
• Number of clips recorded: 8
• Total duration of recorded clips: 6m 04s
• Number of clips used in upload: 2
• Total duration of uploaded movie: 30s
• Workflow: Time taken from camera plug-in to submitting to YouTube. Both VoltaicHD and iMovie then convert and upload.