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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
y Now move the timeline cursor to the position on the timeline where
the clip to be added should end.
y Click the outpoint button of the timeline area ( ).
After this you have set the in- and outpoint of the timeline to the posi-
tion and length of the clip that it should provide after the adding pro-
cedure. For more information about the setting of the in- and outpoint
of the timeline see section “Setting an In- and Outpoint for the Time-
line” on page 6-32.
y Next prepare the clip to be added to the timeline as indicated in
section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2, for example,
by determining its in- and outpoint.
For the next step you have to observe the insert/overwrite mode: In the
insert mode the contents of the timeline as it is will be preserved and
moved backwards in the timeline while in the overwrite mode it will be
overwritten (see also section “The Insert/Overwrite Mode of the Time-
line” on page 6-34):
y Add the clip to the timeline as described in section “Adding Clips to
the Timeline” on page 6-2 and drag it to the set inpoint of the time-
line.
With the snapping mode active the clip will adjust itself automatically
at the inpoint of the timeline when the mouse cursor is in close proxim-
ity to it. After releasing the mouse button the clip will be added to the
timeline at the exact position. Furthermore, if its length exceeds the
length of the marked part of the timeline via in- and outpoint, it will be
trimmed to the exact length determined by the outpoint of the timeline
automatically.
6.4.5 Deleting Timeline Elements in a Specified Range
You can delete all timeline elements in a specified range of the timeline
easily. To determine the range and part of the timeline where the dele-
tion should occur you have to use the timeline’s in- and outpoint. Af-
terwards all timeline elements between the in- and outpoint of the
timeline can be deleted.
When adding a clip via the source-edit mode of the control
area, you do not have to define an outpoint for the clip nec-
essarily. The clip will be cut to its correct length automatical-
ly due to the set outpoint in the timeline.
The length of a timeline element, i.e. its outpoint, can also be
adjusted frame accurately with its timeline element properties
(see section “General Items of the Properties Area” on
page 7-3).