A couple more easy questions for the experts

OldTimer wrote on 2/15/2003, 2:31 AM

Thanks for previous answers

What is the easiest way to move an event from near the end of a project & place it near the beginning of the same project. I know that I could go to the place where I wish to insert the clip group everything to the right of this to make a gap & then do a cut & paste. I'm hoping that there is some way to insert the event & have everything else move to the right but I can't see where this might be in the manual.

What is the easiest way to use the pan/crop tool to place 4 seperate stills so that they fill the entire frame? I can see the little grid marks but don't seem to be much use in working out the correct layout unless I'm going about entirely in the wrong way. Presumably the same technique could be used to plase 4 seperate videos on the same screen?

Is it possible to use the audio pan tool on just one event without having to use the audio editor? Is it just a case of placing the clip on a seperate track?

Can one place a sound effect on either the left or right track without using the audio editor?

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Chienworks wrote on 2/15/2003, 7:05 AM

Let's see how i do with these ...

1 - The trimmer has an insert at cursor function. This automatically creates a space for the clip you're inserting. It's not as easy as dragging clips around on the timeline though. Personally i use the Insert / Time function to make the empty space, then drop the clip in that space.

2 - You need to drag the pan/crop rectangle out larger to make the image smaller in the frame. For the upper left picture, drag the lower right corner out to make the rectangle double sized. You may have to set the viewing zoom percentage smaller in order to do this. Alternatively you could set the size twice as big (1440x960 if you're editing NTSC DV) and then slide the rectangle to place the image in a corner. Snapping to grid makes this very easy.

2a - Yes, this does apply to video as well as stills

3 - Pan applies to an entire track. Use a separate track for this. That's why we get unlimited tracks.

4 - Pan is probably the easiest way to do this.

3 & 4 combined - You can use a pan envelope. This allows you to change the panning as the track runs. You can set points on the pan envelope line, as many as needed, and alter the pan position at will throughout the track. This can let you "ping-pong" the sound back and forth between the speakers if you wish. This will also let you use a single track no matter how many events need different pan settings (unless you have to overlap events with different pan settings, in which case then you will need multiple tracks).

Tyler.Durden wrote on 2/15/2003, 7:12 AM

Hi click,

>>>>>What is the easiest way to use the pan/crop tool to place 4 seperate stills so that they fill the entire frame? I can see the little grid marks but don't seem to be much use in working out the correct layout unless I'm going about entirely in the wrong way. Presumably the same technique could be used to plase 4 seperate videos on the same screen?<<<<<<

I recommend Track motion for moving images within the frame...

You could size the first image, duplicate the track, then move the TM on the new track to a new position and replace the image. Rinse and repeat.

HTH, MPH

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