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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
ample, be moved easily together while their alignment and relative po-
sition to each other is maintained.
However, because attached clips can only be used in the overwrite
mode of the Edit Tool, once clips are attached in the timeline, the soft-
ware switches on the overwrite mode automatically.
How to Disconnect Attached Clips
To sever an attachment of clips or to switch back to the insert mode of
the Edit Tool you have to disconnect the attached clips:
y Select the attached clips or a specific clip of the attachment and call
up its context menu.
y Then use either one of the following menu options:
After that the attached clip(s) will be severed and disconnected. In case
the timeline does not contain other attachments, the button for the in-
sert mode will be available and ready for a selection again.
6.4.13 Time Stretching or Time Compression of Clips
Video and audio clips added to the timeline can be time stretched or
time compressed in real time with common interpolations (frame/field
repetition or skipping of frames/fields). Time stretching or time com-
When working with attached clips in the timeline, you cannot
switch to the insert mode anymore. The button to switch be-
tween the two different modes appears dimmed and is no
longer available. Further information about the insert and
overwrite mode can be found in section “The Insert/Overwrite
Mode of the Timeline” on page 6-34.
To activate the insert mode all timeline elements have to be
disconnected.
Disconnect
element
Disconnects and severs only the selected clip from
the attachment. If the attachment comprises sev-
eral clips, i.e. one video clip and several audio
clips, the rest of the attachment will be main-
tained.
Disconnect
group
Disconnects and severs the attachment of all ele-
ments in the group where the context menu was
invoked. Regardless of the number of timeline el-
ements in the attachment all will be disconnected.
Disconnect
timeline
Disconnects and severs the attachments of all at-
tached timeline elements in the timeline in one
step.