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 Setting Snap Options

Placing Shots Gesturally on the Timeline

Previewing the Placement of Shots on the Timeline
 
                
               
             
             
            
            Dragging Shots to the Timeline
          
       
       
       
       
      You can edit entire shots to the timeline as well
         as specific frames of a shot by setting in and out points on the
         source clip.
      
      To
         drag a shot from the Batch schematic to the timeline:
      
      
         - Set
            a Ripple mode.
         
- Select
            a Snap option.
         
- Display
            the timeline into which you want to place the source clip.
         
- Do
            one of the following:
            
               - To
                  copy the source clip, press Alt+Shift and
                  drag the copy of the source clip to the timeline. 
               
- To
                  move the source clip, press Ctrl+Shift and
                  drag the source clip to the timeline.
               
 
- Release
            the cursor when it is over the appropriate location on the timeline.
            The source clip snaps to the specified location.
             
To
         drag specific frames of a shot from the schematic to the timeline:
      
      
         - Create
            a subclip by setting in and out points around the material in your source
            clip that you want to place on the timeline.
         
- Display
            the subclip's timeline and then press Ctrl+' to
            select the material between in and out points.
         
- Set
            a Ripple mode.
         
- Select
            a Snap option.
         
- Display
            the timeline into which you want to place the subclip.
         
- Do
            one of the following:
            
               - To
                  copy the subclip, press Alt+Shift and
                  drag the copy from the schematic. 
               
- To
                  move the subclip, press Ctrl+Shift and
                  drag the subclip from the schematic. 
               
 
- Release
            the cursor when it is over the appropriate location on the timeline.
            The source clip snaps to the specified location.
               The material beyond the in and out points is also moved but as head
               and trail frames. These frames can be retrieved by trimming.