Operation Manual

Chapter 6: Montage
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the right-hand edge of the same existing clip, it would
be inserted after the clip.
Replacing an existing clip: If you drop a new theme
clip onto the middle of an existing one, the new clip
replaces the old one. The new clip also takes over any
existing customizations of the old clip. The placement
lines, drawn in blue, show the boundaries of the clip to
be replaced; regardless of its designed default length,
the new clip will inherit these boundaries.
A new theme clip is dropped onto the middle of the
left-hand clip, replacing it. The positions of other
clips are not affected.
Working with theme clips on the Timeline
Theme clips behave like ordinary video clips when it
comes to operations like trimming and adding
transitions.
When a theme clip is trimmed...
Although trimming operations on the Timeline are the
same for theme clips as for video clips, the actual result
produced by trimming depends on the nature of the
clip.