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Editing Media into Timing Blocks
Editing media into a timing block is similar to editing media into the sequence (see “Editing a
Sequence” on page 104
). You can perform insert edits or overwrite edits, trim segments, split
segments, and so on. For example, you can insert a video clip into a timing block simply by
dragging the clip from the Media viewer to a timing block.
The following actions are specific to editing media into timing blocks:
• Edits respect the boundaries of the timing block. In other words, a media segment shorter
than the duration of the timing block results in a gap in the timing block, and a media
segment longer than the duration of the timing block extends the timing block. To extend a
segment beyond a timing block boundary, use the extend segment feature. See
“Extending a
Segment into Another Timing Block” on page 99
. You can also manually change the
duration of the timing block. See
“Manually Adjusting Timing Blocks” on page 102.
• You can edit media into timing blocks independently. That is, you can edit media into timing
block A, then edit media into timing block C, leaving timing block B empty. This leaves a
gap (or “black hole”) in a sequence. You can use these gaps as placeholders as you work on
the sequence, but in most cases you need to fill them before sending a sequence to playback.
Similarly, a timing block can include gaps in which video media does not completely fill the
timing block.
• An empty timing block displays a length of three seconds by default. You can hide empty
timing blocks. See
“Showing and Hiding Empty Timing Blocks” on page 101.
• You can drag segments from one timing block to another.
• You can create an L-cut within a timing block using the standard procedure for creating an L
cut (see
“Using L-Cuts in the Timeline” on page 125). To create an L-cut beyond a timing
block boundary, you need to use the extend segment feature. See
“Extending a Segment into
Another Timing Block” on page 99
.
• You can create a new timing block and corresponding story segment by dragging a clip to
the “New” timing block or past it. A timing block is added to the end of the existing blocks,
just before the “New” block. A corresponding story segment is added to the script.
• Recording a voice-over increases the length of a timing block, because audio segments
cannot cross timing block boundaries. After you finish the recording, you can split the audio
segment to edit the audio appropriately.
• You can manually expand or contract the length of a timing block. See
“Manually Adjusting
Timing Blocks” on page 102
.