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on the timeline. In the insert mode no video material will be overwritten
and intact (undivided) clips will be divided at the insertion point.
The gist of the insert mode is that the contents of the timeline will be
preserved at all times and that no clips will be deleted. Furthermore,
during your editing work the clips will always stay in connection with
previous or following clips so that no gaps will occur in the timeline.
Overwrite Mode
In the overwrite mode a moved or added clip replaces the vid-
eo material behind the insertion point.
To set a transition in the insert mode there must be enough
head and tail available, otherwise the TRANS button will not be
available. For more information about transitions see section
“Setting Transitions” on page 6-44.
When working with attached clips in the timeline, the over-
write mode is activated automatically. Then you cannot switch
to the insert mode anymore. Further information about this
and the attachment of clips can be found in section “Attaching
Audio Clips to Video Clips” on page 6-55.
Example:
With the insert mode activated add a clip from the bin to the timeline
or move a clip to the middle of an intact clip:
The result will be that clip no. 1 gets divided at the insertion point: The
added clip no. 2 will be placed here while the rest of clip no. 1 moves
to the end of clip no. 2:
Clip 1
[10:00]
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insertion point
Clip 1-1 Clip 1-2Clip 2
[06:00][04:00][04:00]
02:00 04:00 06:00 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00