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Arranging M edia in Your Produ ction
auto set the duration of the color board/background to fit the gap to the right
of the timeline slider.
Adding Audio Clips
Audio clips allow you to add background music or a narrative voice-over to your
video production. You can add audio clips to the audio portion of a video track, to
the voice track, or to the music track.
Note: you can now add transitions between two audio clips on any of the available
audio tracks. To do this, go to the Transitions Room and then select Audio from
the transition library filter drop-down. See Using Transitions for more information
on adding transitions between two clips.
If you are not sure which tracks you can add audio to, just select a clip in the media
library. The tracks in the timeline you can add the audio to will "light up". For more
information on what media you can add to which track, see Timeline Tracks.
Note: you can add additional audio tracks to your project's timeline in the Track
Manager. See Track Manager for more information.
To insert audio into the workspace, do one of the following:
use the timeline slider to set the position where you want the audio, select the
audio file in the library, and then click:
to add it to the audio portion of the selected video track.
to add it to the voice track.
to add it to the music track. The music track is always the
bottom track in the timeline.
use the timeline slider to set the position where you want the audio, right-
click on the audio file in the library, and then select:
Add to Voice Track to add it to the voice track.
Add to Music Track to add it to the music track. The music track is always
the bottom track in the timeline.
You can also manually drag and drop an audio clip to a desired position on any of
the audio tracks available it the timeline..
When adding audio to the timeline (inserting or dragging and dropping), if the