Editing and timeline

Editing and effects

• Import media and make your first cutImport clips into the Project panel, open one in the Source Monitor, mark In and Out, then press comma to insert or period to overwrite.
• Dropping folders and the VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS binsDrop several folders on the timeline or the Project panel. Every file is placed, media is sorted into VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS bins, and unreadable files are skipped and listed.
• Clip Mismatch WarningWhen the first video you drop into an empty sequence has another frame size or frame rate, the app asks whether to change the sequence to match it.
• Ripple, roll, slip and slideRipple (B), Rolling (N), Slip (Y) and Slide (U) are the four trims you use on almost every edit. Each one changes the cut in a different way.
• Edit by deleting text in the transcriptTranscribe the sequence, then delete words or sentences in Text › Transcript. They are cut from the video too.
• Edit several clips at onceSelect the clips and change a value in Properties: it is set on every selected clip in one step, which one Undo reverses. Values that differ show as Mixed.
• Cut a multicam sequenceCreate a New Multi-Camera Sequence, sync the angles by sound, then cut between them with the keys 1 to 9.
• Change clip speed, make a speed ramp or a freeze frameUse Clip › Speed/Duration… for slow or fast motion, Clip › Speed Ramp… for a smooth change of speed, and Clip › Video Options for freeze frames.
• Nest clips and use nested sequencesSelect clips, right-click and choose Nest… to turn them into one clip that holds its own sequence. Double-click a nested clip to open it.
• Add markers, notes and ranged markersPress M to add a marker at the playhead. Use Markers › Edit Marker… to name it, add a comment, give it a colour or a length.
• Split shots, sync sound and build a rough cut automaticallyScene Edit Detection cuts a finished video into its shots, Synchronize Clips by Sound lines up a camera with a separate microphone, and Automate to Sequence lays clips out for you.
• Selection Follows Playhead takes only your clip's trackWith Sequence › Selection Follows Playhead on, the selection now follows only on the track of the clip you pick. Unlinked sound and clips on other tracks are never taken.
• Close Gap, Render Selection, Scale to Frame Size and Fill FrameSequence › Close Gap closes every gap in a range or the whole sequence. Render Selection renders the selected clips. Scale to Frame Size and Fill Frame work on every selected clip.
• Properties of a clip, and files with several audio tracksRight-click a clip and choose Properties… to see everything about its file and its place in the project. Files with several audio tracks place one sound clip per track.
• Create a video gridTurn the selected clips into a video wall: choose rows and columns, and each clip is sized into its own cell. In every plan.
• Add a transition at the playhead with Cmd+DCmd+D puts a transition on the edit nearest the playhead, including the start and end of the video. Dragging a transition outlines the clips it will join.
• Organize the Project panel, and videos that are already importedOne click sorts loose items into bins. When you import videos the project already has from another place, a window asks what to do.
• Show one grid video full size, then back to the gridGrow one video of a grid to the whole frame with its own sound, then send it back into its cell while the grid plays on. A Pro feature.
• Make clips the same durationTrim or extend two or more clips on any tracks to the same length: the shortest, the longest, the first selected clip, or an exact number of seconds.
• The playhead comes back where you stopped, and follows you past the edgeEach timeline remembers where the playhead stood. When you open it again, a “Stopped here” flag on the ruler marks the place, and dragging the playhead past an edge scrolls the view.