Using the Editor Screen
The Editor screen is the starting point for most audio and video editing tasks.
Within the Editor screen, you can preview Clips, edit and play back video,
and add Transitions, Color Effects, Special Effects, and Graphics to your
project. Let’s review the areas of the Editor screen:
Selected Clip’s Name
The Materials Bin contains all of your Clips, Transitions, Graphics, Special
Effects, and Color Effects.
Viewing screen (1/4 screen) will display the currently selected item.
The current time of the preview item, in hours, minutes, seconds,
and frames. Note: Once you have begun working on a project, this time
represents the current position of the cursor bar within your project.
Control buttons
allows you to move back one frame.
allows you to play a selected item from the Clips bin or the
StoryBoard.
stops the video or audio playback.
allows you to move forward one frame.
allows you to break a clip into two selected Clips. Note: You can
use the key to break video while the selected video is playing.
takes you to the Capture screen.
The Editor , Graphics , and Setup tabs allow you to navigate
to these different screens.
Operating Your Video Editor
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