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Track Basics

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Adding Tracks

You can add as many audio and video tracks to a timeline as you want. Video tracks can have multiple layers.

To add a track to the timeline:

1. Do one of the following:
   • To add a video track above the current track, click .
   • To add a video track below the current track, Ctrl-click .
   • To add an audio track, click .
   • Drag a clip below the last track on the timeline.
   TipTo add multiple tracks, type the number of tracks you want to add in the numeric keypad before clicking the V+ or A+ buttons. You can add up to ten tracks at a time using this method.

To remove a track from the timeline:

1. Click the Selector icon, drag it to the bottom of the screen and release when the cursor changes to a green recycling icon.

   
   

   NoteTo remove all tracks, select Record Area from the Item box and then click the Clear button.

To move a track to another location on the timeline:

1. Drag the Selector icon to a new location on the timeline.