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bars – or tracks as we‘ll call them. Apart from the video track,

there‘s a track for the insert, image processing effects, titles

and transitions. Above the tracks, there is a time scale to help

you keep track of the time position for the scenes and effects.

The Timeline is the central element for your video editing work.

You can activate the Timeline via System Settings > Story-

board options > Mode. Depending on the settings you make,

the system switches between the Storyboard and Timeline

display mode. The Timeline is shown in the same way in the

Edit, as well as the effect menus. The audio menu additionally

shows the audio tracks.

The top part of the screen shows the Timline, which is divided

into different parts. The view depends on the settings you have

made for the Timeline. The top of the screens holds the time

scale for reading the time and position of scenes in the project.

You can change the time display type via System Settings >

Additional Settings > Timecode display.

Beneath the time scale, you‘ll ﬁnd the video track. All scenes

are shown as a sequence of bars or tracks, which can be

zoomed at varying factors. One option is to zoom so that the

ﬁrst and last frame of a scene is seen on the ends of the bar.

The scene name is shown in the middle. If the bar is too short

to show all elements, only the start frame is shown. If you

zoom out even further, only the scene name will be displayed.

Each scene is separated by a vertical line, representing the

beginning of a new scene. The active scene is highlighted by a

different color – and is not, unlike the Storyboard mode, posi-

tioned in the middle of the screen. In addition, the active scene

(or the active insert part) sports a bright line at the bottom.

If you position an insert over a scene, you‘ll ﬁnd the insert

scene in the insert track, just below the video track. It is posi-

tioned correctly beneath the background scene. The elements

found in this track can also display frame pictures or just text,

depending on your settings. You‘ll also ﬁnd that the effects are

positioned exactly at the right time position. Effects are shown,

just like the scenes, as bars with the respective effect icon.

The lowest track is used to position transitions. The display

method is the same as used for image processing effects.

As soon as you insert a transition, the video track display will

change. Two consecutive scenes will be placed `over each

other´. The overlapping area will be shown as having its own

ﬁeld, at the same length as the transition. The ﬁeld contains a

a diagonal yellow line. In addition, depending on the setup, two

smaller images representing the ﬁrst and last frame of the area

may be shown.

To the right of the Timeline, you can see a larger version of ﬁrst

frame of the currently used scene. Directly beneath the image,

the scene name and the scene length. Underneath, there are

various settings for `Range´and `Zoom´ to help you deﬁne the

best possible overview for the Timeline part you are working

on.

`Zoom +´: Zoom into the Timeline display to improve visibility of

short clips and effects. Each click doubles the zoom area. The

time scale carries information about the currently displayed

area in seconds (s) or minutes (m).

`Zoom -´: Zoom out of the Timeline to improve the overall

overview of the project. If you are suing long scenes, a smaller

Timeline view may be more appropriate. Each click makes the

view half as small.

`O´: This button switches the view to 20 scenes wide, but at

a maximum of 10 minutes length of your project. The current

scene is shown in the middle.

`N´: This normalizes the view and the current scene uses up

about 25% of the video track space.

`Range´: This function is used to set an area length for display-

ing the Timeline in seconds or minutes. The time scale then

switches to the value you are using. To set the value, click into

the number ﬁeld for `Range´ and use the keyboard to enter a

number.

• s for an area in seconds (1-60)

• m for an area in minutes (only complete minutes).

If you enter a number without a letter, the number will be set

up in seconds per default.

The effect menus are also shown in the same fashion using

the Timeline. The audio mix screen allows you to see the audio

tracks in addition to the video tracks at the bottom.

The Timeline offers a very fast method for switching over to

an effect menu. If you want to change or delete an effect in

the Timeline, click onto it directly in the Timeline itself. You

will then be transported to the respective effect menu with the

options for the effect you have selected. Activating an effect in

the Timeline also activates the corresponding scene. It will be

highlighted – and in addition, marked using a bright line, point-

ing out the connection between effect and scene. This is par-

ticularly useful when working with inserts. If you are working

with an insert in the Storyboard and wish to apply a transition

to it, the line will help you to see if the effect will be positioned

at the beginning of the insert (Storyboard scene during insert

sports a low line) or at the end (the scene has a line). If this

part of the scene shows a bright low line, the transition will be

placed between the marked and subsequent scene.

Using the timeline to edit audio

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