Operation Manual

Chapter 5: Video clips 87
To combine clips in the Movie Window:
Select the clips you wish to combine, then right-click
and choose Combine Clips.
The operation is allowed only if the combination of
clips will also be a valid clip – that is, a continuous
excerpt of the source video. On the Timeline, clips that
can be combined meet along a dotted edge.
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ADVANCED TIMELINE EDITING
Availability: The advanced editing techniques discussed below are
not supported in the SE and QuickStart versions of Studio. The
additional advanced features of Studio Plus, making use of the
overlay track, are covered in Chapter 6: Two-track editing with Studio
Plus.
During most editing operations, Studio automatically
keeps the clips on the various Timeline tracks
synchronized. For instance, when you insert a scene
from the Album onto the video track, the relative
positions of all clips to the right of the insertion remain
unchanged.
Sometimes, though, you might like to override the
default synchronization. You might want to insert a
new video clip into your project without displacing any
clips of other types. Or you might want to edit video
separately from its accompanying original audio – a
valuable technique with several variations, discussed
below.
Such special edits are possible using the track lock
buttons along the right edge of the Movie Window in