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Tracks 2 and Above
Tracks 2 and above are intended for “B-roll,” which is additional footage you stack on top of
other clips in Track 1 to illustrate what someone is saying in the audio of Track 1, or for
superimpositions used for compositing effects that combine two images together in creative
ways. Moving or resizing clips on Track 2 and above only moves or resizes that one clip; other
clips in the Timeline are not rearranged and the Timeline is not rippled when you do this.
For instances where multiple video clips overlap one another on multiple tracks, the video clip
on the highest track obscures those on lower tracks, meaning that only the top clips appear
during playback. This is useful when you’re experimenting with rearranging multiple clips in a
complex scene. For example, you could be editing a scene where an interview clip is on the
bottom track, and various b-roll clips are edited on tracks above the interview so you can freely
rearrange them in different ways, while it’s always easy to reveal the speaker on the bottom
track by leaving a gap in the superimposed b-roll clips.
Editing a scene with multiple superimposed clips
However, if you superimpose video-only or video+audio clips for compositing, you can use the
composite modes and the opacity slider found in the Composite section of the Viewer Tools
controls to mix multiple images together in different ways for artistic effects.
(Left) Superimposing clips you want to composite,
(Right) Creating compositing effects with multiple superimposed clips
You can add additional Video+Audio tracks, when necessary, by either dragging a clip to the
undefined gray area of the Timeline above the other existing tracks to make a new track
automatically, by clicking the New Track button at the upper lefthand corner of the Timeline, or
by right-clicking in the timeline header area and choosing “Add Video Track” from the
contextual menu.
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