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wvg wrote on 7/27/2001, 9:55 AM
That's easy. Just drag the indvidual files to the timeline, then do your editing and finish by rendering as a new movie.

Simple trick I learned. Sometimes if you are adding a bunch of clips (scenes) or files to the timeline it is difficult to avoid having them overlap resulting in a crossfade you don't want once you get to the right end of the timeline. While you can drag the file on the timeline to avoid crossfades or disable this feature I found a different way. Just drag the next file to the timeline not worrying about how much it overlaps the last file already there. Immediately undo, then drag the same file a second time. The result will be the timeline will have shifted a good distance to the left making it much easier to see empty timeline to the right and thus making it much easier to continue adding more files to the end of the timeline without them overlaping.
Chienworks wrote on 7/27/2001, 10:25 AM
I've got an even simpler method for dealing with the "not enough room
at the right of the timeline problem." Drag the clip onto the timeline,
not worring about the overlap. Let up on the mouse button. Click on the
clip again and move it over to the right. The timeline will automatically
scroll in the window if necessary.
SonyEPM wrote on 7/27/2001, 11:14 AM
Another way:

Sort the clips by date (or whatever so the order is right) in the explorer, multi-select the clips you want (ctrl+click), then right-click and drag all those selected files to the timeline. You'll have a drop options dialog pop up, and select "add across time". All clips are added, no gaps or crossfades.

Render the sequence to a new combined file.
wvg wrote on 7/27/2001, 4:23 PM
Sort the clips by date (or whatever so the order is right) in the explorer, multi-select the clips you want (ctrl+click), then right-click and drag all those selected files to the timeline.

I wish...

Every time I try it it puts the files on the timeline in reverse order. So if I drag files named A,B,C,D they end up on the timeline as D,C,B,A. Maybe a Windows 98SE thing or could it be I'm left-handed?