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The Timeline
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Your alterations will be effective immediately in the timeline. After
changing the settings of the handlers you can, for example, define a
transition between the clips or perform a play-out.
How to Change In-/Outpoints in the Timeline
You can change in- and outpoints of timeline elements, such as a video
clip, already added to the timeline. For this perform the following:
y Select from the clip’s representation its in- or outpoint handler and
move it to the right or to the left to extend or reduce the clip’s
length in the timeline.
Figure 6-43: Changing of in- or outpoint
This will change the in- or outpoint of the clip accordingly.
This procedure can be used for all timeline elements, i.e. video clips, au-
dio clips and embedded operators (e.g. transitions). To adjust their
length in the timeline simply select their in-/outpoint handler and move
it to the right or left of the timeline. The following figure shows, for ex-
ample, how to change the length of a transition:
More information about the trim mode and how to adjust an
in- and outpoint in this mode can be found in section “The
Trim Mode” on page 5-24.
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).
You cannot change in- and outpoints beyond the limits of the
original material on the storage.
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