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CHAPTER 4 168
Editing Video
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For keyboard shortcuts not listed in menus or Tool Tips, see the Quick Reference Card.
Keyboard shortcuts are also listed in online Help.
Adding a clip to the Timeline
A clip in your project is not actually part of the final video program until you add it to the
Timeline. When you add a clip, it appears in the Program view and in the Timeline, and the
first frame of the clip is the In point you set in the Source view. You can add or remove clips by
clicking and dragging clips between windows or by using Monitor window controls. Dragging
is a more visual method and depends heavily on using the mouse. Using the Monitor window
controls emphasizes the keyboard and allows many edits to be performed entirely within the
Monitor window. You can use either method at any time.
When you add clips to the Timeline by dragging, the clip is added to the track and time
position where you drop it. However, when you add clips to the Timeline using Monitor
window controls or by using the keyboard, Premiere cannot assume exactly how and where
you want a clip to be added. In such a case, you must specify in advance the way video and
audio tracks are added to the Timeline and to the program In or Out points.
Note: Depending on the relationship between your source clip and project settings, certain source
frames may be omitted or repeated after the clip is added to the Timeline. See “Measuring time” on
page 335.
To add a clip by dragging:
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Mark the In and Out points of the source clip. (see “Marking and finding In and Out points”
on page 148).
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