Organizing Media in Timelines

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Adding New Tracks

To add a new track to the timeline, do one of the following:

  • Press the Add button  in the Timeline Settings panel.
  • Right-click on the tracks area and select Insert Track from the dropdown menu.
  • Drag and drop media items from the Media Library or another playlist or timeline to the empty part of the Tracks area to automatically create a timeline track with the media items added to it.
  • Drag and drop media items from the existing timeline track to the empty part of the Tracks area to automatically create a timeline track with the media items added to it.

Note:
The tracks in the timeline are stacked bottom up, which means that top tracks overlay lower ones.

Renaming Tracks

To rename a timeline track, click the menu button on the Track panel, select Rename from the dropdown menu, and enter a new name for the track.

Deleting Tracks

To delete a timeline track, click the menu button on the Track panel, and select Delete from the dropdown menu.

Tracks Color Coding

To set a color label for a timeline track, click the menu button on the Track panel, choose Color Label from the dropdown menu, and pick a color in the opened window.

Adding Media Items to Timeline

Media items can be added to a timeline from the Media Library, another Media Player playlist or timeline, or directly from any folder on your computer (i.e. from a Windows File Explorer folder).

To add media items from the Media Library or another Media Player playlist or timeline, drag and drop the media items from the Media Library or another Media Player playlist or timeline to the Track Area, or select media items and use Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V) operations to perform this action.

To add media items directly from system folders:

  1. Drag and drop the files from a system folder, or use Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V).
  2. In the opened Add Media File(s) dialog box, select the quality for the uploaded media items (Good Quality 4:2:2, Max Quality 4:2:2, Optimal Quality 4:2:0) and choose to resize them if required, then press the Add button.

Note:
If media items are added directly to the timelines, they are automatically added to the Media Library folders named Uploaded_on_YYYY-MM-DD.

Deleting Media Items

To delete a media item or a selection of media items from the timeline, right-click the media item or selected media items and choose Delete from the dropdown menu, or press the Del key.

Arranging Media Items on Timeline

Select media items and drag and drop, or use Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V) operations to position media items anywhere on the track or move between the tracks. Paste (Ctrl + V) will copy media items to the selected track starting at the current Position Guide location.

The exact position for a media item on the track can be also set by right-clicking on a media item, selecting Item Settings from the dropdown menu, and entering the desired value in the Position field.

Note:
When multiple media items are selected and then moved or copied between tracks the relative position and intervals between them retain the same.

Note:
Media items cannot be copied or moved into a place on the track currently occupied by other media items.

Media Items Snapping

For precise positioning of the media items, turn on Snapping by pressing the Snapping toggle button in the Timeline Settings panel. When media items are dragged on the track, they will snap to the nearest guide or other media items as you drag them into position.

Zooming In and Out Timeline

To zoom in and out on a timeline, position the cursor on the tracks area and roll the mouse scroll wheel.

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