Operation Manual

Arranging M edia in Yo ur Production

click on the media in the library, and then select Insert on Selected Track to

add it to the selected video track.

You can also manually drag and drop a media clip to a desired position on a video

track to add it to the timeline.

When adding a clip to the timeline (inserting or dragging and dropping), if the

timeline slider is over an existing clip, or you drop it on an existing clip, you are

prompted to use one of the ripple editing options to insert the clip:

Overwrite: select to overwrite the existing clip with the newly added clip.

Insert Here and Move Clips on this Track to the Right: select to split the clip

and insert the new clip between the two portions. CyberLink PowerDirector

also only moves the clips on the same track to the right.

Insert Here and Move All Clips on the Timeline to the Right: select to split the

clip and insert the new clip between the two portions. CyberLink

PowerDirector also moves all of the media clips on the timeline that lie to the

right of the inserted clip, right.

Crossfade: select to lay the clip over a portion of the existing clip and auto

add transitions between the two clips. CyberLink PowerDirector uses the fade

transition on the video track, and the constant gain audio transition if both

clips have audio on the corresponding audio track.

Note: the Crossfade option does not overwrite the content on the track, instead

adding an overlap transition between the two clips. See Setting Transition

Behavior for more information. The Crossfade option is only available if the end

of the new clip is not over any existing content on the track.

When inserting a video file, if the timeline slider is in a gap between two clips on a

timeline track, you are prompted to use one of these ripple editing options to insert

the clip:

Trim the Inserted Clip to Fit the Gap: select to have CyberLink PowerDirector

auto trim off the end of the video clip to fit the gap to the right of the

timeline slider.

Note: this feature is also available when inserting image clips into a timeline gap

that have durations longer than the gap.

Speed up the Inserted Clip to Fit the Gap: select to have CyberLink

PowerDirector auto speed up the video clip so that it fits the gap to the right

of the timeline slider.