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MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE
Inserting video, audio and image clips
The easiest way to insert a video, audio or image clip into the Timeline is to
click the appropriate Insert button on the Timeline toolbar. You can also
choose its corresponding command from the Insert menu or the right-click
pop-up menu. A dialog box opens allowing you to select a file that
MediaStudio Pro supports. Supported formats include MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DV type 1 & 2 AVI, as well as QuickTime and Flash files.
If you choose a video file that contains both video and audio data, the clips
are placed in both the video (Va) and audio tracks (Aa): these clips remain
connected to maintain synchronicity. (You can separate them by clicking the
Clip: Split command, see page 155.) Clips already in the Production
Library can simply be dragged onto the Timeline. You can also drag-and-
drop clips directly from Windows Explorer.
You can also insert clips currently displayed in
the Source window to another track in the
Timeline. Press [F11] and select from the pop-
up menu in which track you want to insert the
clip.
Note: The files you insert should match the
properties of your video project to ensure the best
possible output results.
When you insert clips, they are placed at the
position of your pointer. How these clips affect any neighboring clips is
determined by the Ripple Editing mode (see page 167). If you are in
Ripple Editing mode, you can insert the clip anywhere you like on a
compatible track (even over existing clips) and the clip pushes along any
other clips which appear in the same track. If you are not in Ripple Editing
mode, you can only insert the clip into an empty clip slot. An empty clip
slot starts from the end of one clip and continues to the beginning of the
next. A clip that is inserted into a slot shorter in duration than the clip itself
will be trimmed to fit the space.
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