Green placement lines with the “copy” pointer mean that an action is valid red placement lines with the “unavailable” pointer X show that it is not. The mouse pointer shape and the colors of the vertical placement lines indicate what you can and cannot do.įor example, if you attempt to drag a sound onto the video track, the placement guidelines turn from green to red, the mouse pointer changes from “copy” to “unavailable”, and the status line tells you, “Only scenes, titles, photos, menus and transitions on video track.” Placement symbols: While you are dragging a clip into position on the Timeline, Studio provides feedback to tell you whether the current placement of the clip is valid.
The status line: The status line area on the left of the Movie Window title bar displays messages as you place clips and perform other actions. Studio gives you several types of feedback about your actions as you place clips in the Timeline view. This is especially handy to see what’s really going on while editing overlay video. The equivalent operation for video tracks is effected with the hide buttons, which can be used to temporarily omit a track’s video from your project. These buttons have the same function as the mute buttons in the Volume and balance tool. The audio tracks can be individually muted with the mute buttons at the right edge of the Movie Window. Track-locking gives Studio insert-edit and split-edit capability (see Video clips). The padlock buttons along the right edge of the Movie Window, can be clicked to toggle locking for the corresponding track. O “lock” any track independently of the others, thereby excluding it from editing and playback operations. These behaviors can be bypassed when necessary with a feature that allows you t Clips that fall entirely within a deleted video clip’s span are also deleted.When you delete a video clip, the time segment it used is also removed from any parallel clips.When you trim a video clip, clips running simultaneously on other tracks are also trimmed.
The video track normally takes precedence over all other tracks for trimming or deleting. See Disc menus for information.īecause many editing operations can be carried out only in Timeline view, you should choose it whenever extensive, detailed or advanced editing is required.
See Sound effects and music for full information.
Timeline view shows the positions and durations of clips relative to the Timescale.