Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7, User Manual

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VIDEO EDITOR: CHAPTER ONE 127
Working with the Timeline
While organizing your media clips in the Production Library is a necessary
first step, the real work occurs on the Timeline. As the name implies, the
Timeline is a chronological workspace that allows you to visually lay out
your clips, transitions, and overlays.
Inserting clips
Clips are the objects that make up your movie. A clip can be an image, a
video, a transition, a title, a background color or an audio file. Following
insertion into the Timeline, clips can be trimmed and special effects can be
applied without modifying the original source files. This is designed to give
you greater confidence in editing your video. To start work on a video
project, you need to first insert clips into the Timeline. Once inserted, you
can begin to edit and arrange them into your final video production. Clips
that have been inserted directly onto the Timeline will also automatically be
added to the Production Library's Project gallery.
Adding effects to the Production Library
In the Production Library, you can edit any clip or effect without having
to first insert it into the Timeline. This is a great way to define and save
unique attributes for clips and effects and allows you to expand and
customize the Production Library indefinitely.
To modify and add an effect:
1. Select the thumbnail.
2. Right-click the thumbnail and click the Edit command found on the pop-
up menu.
3. Specify the attributes in the dialog box for that thumbnail.
4. Click the Add button.
5. Enter a name below the Thumbnail and click OK.