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The Timeline

6.3 Controlling the Timeline

Most work is performed in the timeline of the Edit Tool directly. In the

timeline you can arrange the sequence of video clips, cut the material

or set transitions and other operators for the clips. Furthermore, you

can play out the timeline, either the whole timeline or a defined range

of the timeline.

This section explains in detail how to control the timeline. Among oth-

ers it will be explained how to move within the timeline and how to set

an in- and outpoint for the timeline to play out or finalize the selected

range only.

6.3.1 Moving within the Timeline

The Edit Tool provides two representations of the timeline in its user in-

terface: There is the timeline with timeline scale and audio and video

tracks in the timeline area, and there is a scrub bar of the timeline in the

control area of the Edit Tool. Both can be used to move within your

project. Nevertheless, other functions and items to move inside the

timeline are provided by the Edit Tool as well.

All ways to move in the timeline are explained in the following.

Moving via the Timeline Scale

With the timeline scale you can move within your project and position

the timeline cursor.

Figure 6-30: The timeline scale

To move within your project click on a point in the scale and the time-

line cursor will be positioned there. Additionally, by selecting the cursor

and moving it to the left or right you can scrub the visible part of the

timeline.

This part of the timeline together with the video and audio tracks can

be scaled from a full view of the timeline to a partial view that consists

of a few frames only. Via the sliders below the audio tracks in the time-

line area you can change the view of the timeline and thus move easily

within your project:

timeline scale