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Getting Started


Monochrome allows you to organize your Clips as a Playlist. A Clip is any valid QuickTime file stored on your hard drive or accessible via the internet (using a valid URL). Clips can contain any kind of media: video, music, Flash animation, etc.

Playlists are the containers for Clips. Playlists can be empty, but generally contain one or more Clips in a variety of different media types. Playlists are stored in Monochrome (".Monochrome") documents. When using Monochrome, you may have one or more documents open at time. You may also cut’n’paste or drag’n’drop Clips between Playlists.

A Digital Portfolio is a QuickTime movie that contains references to one or more "sub movies" (the Clips from your Playlist). When viewed in the QuickTime Player, the manifest of sub-moives is available for the user, who may directly select any of the movies to play at any time.

Digital Portfolios come in two flavors: Self-Contained and Referenced.