Words may zoom in, rotate, drop down, slide in or fade in and out. Users have the control to specify the duration of the text effect and can place the text directly into still images, movie files or backgrounds. Canon Video also provides a variety of transition effects to place between scenes including wipe and sweep effects, dissolve and fade effects, zoom effects, and special effects such as ripple, fire and page peel. Individual effects or transition may be previewed before compiling the final video product. Canon Video includes two sound channels to bring added life to projects.
Authors can use one track to play music and the second track for narration and sound effects.
Canon Video saves completed projects as AVI, MPEG or QuickTime files. Canon Video even creates animated GIF files to put on the Web. The software also works with video cameras, capture devices and images stored on the computer's hard drive, a CD-ROM or other removable mediums. New images can be quickly catalogued in the Album Manager. As of this writing, Canon has not yet added information about the product to their Web site.