How to insert a clip on an existing track

captain wrote on 1/2/2003, 2:42 AM

I need to insert a clip into an existing video/audio track, and I'm not sure how to do it. There are a couple of scenarios:
1. I want to insert a new clip of arbitrary length at the very beginning of the video. The existing video and audio tracks are moved to the right together, the distance moved is the size of the inserted clip. They are moved together, so synchronization is not lost.
1b. As 1a, but a text/background effect (assume would work the same).
2. As (1), when inserting at an arbitrary location anywhere in the file. All clips to the right of the insertion point are moved right the length of the insertion, and any audio is kept in synch with the pre-exisiting video.

Simple questions I know; but everything I've tried either doesn't work or causes disaster.

Thanks!

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vonhosen wrote on 1/2/2003, 3:38 AM

If you want to move all your events synced & to the right to insert new event....

Click on the "Selection Edit Tool" on toolbar (a dotted square with pointer).

Place the pointer over the top left most event & holding it down drag to the bottom farthest right event. Then go "Edit" "Group" "Create New".

You should be then able to move everything synced & to the right.

Then click on the track you want to add to & drag & drop your video into the timeline before dragging your "Group" back left into position. (You can then ungroup your group)

[You could of course use key commands "Ctrl+A" (to select all events) "Edit" "Group" "Create New" this would save the dragging to create a group in this case as you want to group all events not just some]

flashlight wrote on 1/2/2003, 8:53 AM

You can also use the Ripple Edit feature (Control L) it is also a button on the top tool bar. After you have created the group of all the media that you will want to move to the right, simply turn on the Ripple edit, put the cursor where you want to insert, paste in the media and the grouped media will move the exact length of the media you are inserting. It works the same way if you are deleting.

Al