Editing Your Project on the Timeline

The timeline (Figure 25) is a temporal representation of your project. The timeline displays all of the clips in your project and represents the start and end time for each of the clips. You can use the timeline to arrange clips in the order you want them played. You can also layer them, and crop them. You can also use the timeline to add actions (such as fade) to your clips.

Figure 25. The Timeline Displays Media Clips

The timeline is divided vertically into tracks to allow you to arrange clips that overlap at certain points on the timeline.

Using the Scrubber

Using the Scale

Zooming In and Out on the Timeline

Using Tracks

Trimming Clips

Creating and Closing Gaps in a Single Track

Creating and Closing Gaps Across All Tracks

Using In and Out Points

Changing a Clip’s Play Speed

Grouping Clips

Locking Clips

Creating a Freeze Frame

Using Markers to Identify Points on the Timeline

Creating Transitions

Using Actions