Editing Media into Timing Blocks
Editing media into a timing block is similar to editing media into the sequence (see
Editing a Sequence). 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. You can also manually change the duration of the timing block. See
Manually Adjusting Timing Blocks.
• 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.
• You can drag segments from one timing block to another.
• 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.
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