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VIDEO EDITOR: CHAPTER TWO
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Grouping clips
As your project becomes more and
more complex, it may be useful to
group some clips together so that
they may be moved around as a unit.
Grouping clips
To group clips:
1. Select the clips by pressing
while dragging over clips to be in-
SHIFT
cluded (see page 130).
2. Click Edit: Group (to ungroup click Edit: Ungroup).
Additional clips can be added to the group by selecting the group and then
the new clip. Different groups of clips can also be grouped into a higher
level group, that is, groups of clips can be grouped together.
Note: All actions performed to any grouped clip will affect all of the clips in the group.
Working with clips
Clips, whether audio, video, images or effects, are the foundation of your
project and manipulating them is the most important skill you can master.
The next few pages cover the basics: cutting, copying, pasting, and trim-
ming.
To cut or copy a selected clip (to the Clipboard):
• Click either the Cut or Copy button on the Standard toolbar.
• Select either the Edit: Cut or Copy command.
• Hold down
and drag the clip to a different location.
CTRL
• Use the keyboard shortcuts: Cut [
+
] or Copy [
+
].
CTRL
X
CTRL
C
• Right-click the clip and select Cut or Copy from the pop-up menu.
Note: Cutting a clip removes it from its original location and pasting then transfers it
to your designated location. Copying leaves the original clip in place, and pasting then
effectively duplicates it. You can use the Cut and Copy commands to transfer a clip to
a different project. The Production Library contains copies of your clips. You can drag
a clip from the Production Library to the Timeline as many times as you need to.
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