User guide

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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
y To sort the clips into folders simply select the clips in the contents
area of the bin and drag and drop them to the respective folder in
the folder area.
They are then present in this folder and you can view them again in the
contents area when the folder is selected from the folder area.
Preparing Clips for Editing Purposes
To begin an editing process you have to use the clips of the bin and drag
and drop them either to the control area or directly to the timeline of
the Edit Tool.
If a clip is selected in the contents area of the bin when in the thumbnail
view, you can use the scrub bar below the thumbnail to preview the
material and roughly select an inpoint for the respective clip:
y Move the scrub bar cursor to the left or right to preview your mate-
rial and/or to select an inpoint:
Figure 4-14: Preview and setting of inpoint of the bin material
y After that simply select the clip and drag it either to the control area
or a video or audio track of the timeline to start your editing work.
The Edit Tool will use the selected inpoint as the starting point of your
clip if this feature is enabled. However, if you drag a video clip from the
bin to the control area of the Edit Tool, the software switches to the
If you drag and drop the clips while the [Ctrl] key is pressed,
the clips will be copied instead of moved.
The feature to select an inpoint can be enabled or disabled via
the Configuration Tool. When disabled, every time you add a
clip to the timeline of the Edit Tool the full clip will be added to
the timeline regardless of the set scrub bar cursor (see “CLIP-
STER Configurations” user guide for more information).
While adding a clip to the bin, you can already set the position
of the scrub bar cursor and thus define a possible inpoint for
the clip. During the adding (see section “Adding Clips to the
Bin” on page 4-6) select the particular frame file where the in-
point should be set and add it to the bin. The scrub bar cursor
of the thumbnail will be set accordingly.
scrub bar
preview