User guide

6-5
The Timeline
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Figure 6-3: Drag and drop of video clip to timeline
Once the mouse button is released, a representation of the clip is added
to the timeline.
The clip will be placed at the position of the mouse pointer where the
mouse button was released.
While the starting point of the clip (its position and inpoint) within the
timeline is set during the drag-and-drop procedure by the position of
the mouse pointer, its outpoint is defined by the set outpoint made in
the source-edit mode. These attributes can be changed easily after the
clip was added to the timeline which is described in section “Changing
In- and Outpoints of Timeline Elements” on page 6-47.
To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate
button of the control area ( ).
When adding a video clip and releasing it somewhere in the
video track, a gap may appear in the timeline. It can be closed
automatically with a double-click of the mouse on the timeline
scale (see also section “Moving Clips within the Timeline” on
page 6-38).
If you drag an audio clip to the timeline that contains more
than one mono or stereo channel (multiple channels), the ad-
ditional channels will be added to the other audio tracks below
the selected one.
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