User guide
32 Matrox Rainbow Runner G-Series – User Guide
Step 3 – Editing clips
First, click the Clip Selection ( ) button on the toolbar. Note that editing clips in Video Editor
does not affect the original source files, only the current video project. Here are some ways you
can work with clips:
To move a clip within a track or to a different track, drag it.
Arrange your clips so that the end time of one clip overlaps or immediately follows the start
time of another – otherwise, there are blank areas in your video production.
To preview or edit a clip, double-click it.
To remove a clip from a track, click it, then press [Delete].
To trim a clip, move your mouse pointer over a clip’s left or right edge, then drag horizontally.
For context-sensitive information, right-click a clip.
For a context-sensitive menu, click a clip to select it, then right-click it.
Previewing your work
You can preview your video project at any time. Video project previews give you a quick
approximation of what your final video project will look like.
Frame previews
To see one frame from your
project, click the ruler. To see several frames at a time,
click and drag on the ruler. The mouse pointer turns
into a star ( ) when it’s in the correct place over the
ruler to do this. You can also move the slider on the
Navigator window.
Motion previews
To see how your video project will play in real-time, click View
Preview. This creates a preview video file and then opens a video playback window. You can
also click
Preview ( ) on the Navigator window.
To see a motion preview of just part of your video project, select a time frame by dragging
along the top part of the timeline. The mouse pointer turns into a film strip ( ) when it’s over
the top part of the timeline. To clear a selected time frame, right-click the top part of the
timeline.
Dialog box previews
Some dialog boxes have their own previews so you can see an
approximation of how the currently selected dialog box settings will appear. To play the
preview, click
Play ( ). For the preview to be closer to what the selected settings will look
like, click
Actual Image ().