Operation Manual

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Arranging M edia in Your Produ ction
You can also manually drag and drop a media clip to a desired position on a video
track to add it to the timeline.
When adding a clip to the timeline (inserting or dragging and dropping), if the
timeline slider is over an existing clip, or you drop it on an existing clip, you are
prompted to use one of the ripple editing options to insert the clip:
Overwrite: select to overwrite the existing clip with the newly added clip.
Insert Here and Move Clips on this Track to the Right: select to split the clip
and insert the new clip between the two portions. CyberLink PowerDirector
also only moves the clips on the same track to the right.
Insert Here and Move All Clips on the Timeline to the Right: select to split the
clip and insert the new clip between the two portions. CyberLink
PowerDirector also moves all of the media clips on the timeline that lie to the
right of the inserted clip, right.
When inserting a video file, if the timeline slider is in a gap between two clips on a
timeline track, you are prompted to use one of these ripple editing options to insert
the clip:
Trim the Inserted Clip to Fit the Gap: select to have CyberLink PowerDirector
auto trim off the end of the video clip to fit the gap to the right of the
timeline slider.
Note: this feature is also available when inserting image clips into a timeline gap
that have durations longer that the gap.
Speed up the Inserted Clip to Fit the Gap: select to have CyberLink
PowerDirector auto speed up the video clip so that it fits the gap to the right
of the timeline slider.
Adding Color Boards and
Backgrounds
The use of color boards allows you to insert solid frames of color into your video.
Color boards are really useful as quick transitions between video clips or as
background for titles and ending credits. Backgrounds provide interesting and
creative environments for PiP objects, titles, and more.
You can find color boards and backgrounds in your media library, by clicking to
open the explorer view, or selecting Color Boards or Backgrounds from the Media