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User Guide
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Select Show Markers to display clip and Timeline markers. Deselect this option if the
Timeline contains many markers, and you want to view the Timeline with less clutter.
See “Using markers” on page 153.
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Select Block Move Marker to move Timeline markers when you move at least two video
tracks using the multitrack select tool, which moves all unlocked tracks. Deselect this option
if you want Timeline markers to remain in place. This option does not affect clip markers.
In the Timeline, you can cycle through each time display option by pressing Control
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you click the time ruler. The time display options
cycle in the order they appear in the Count menu in the Timeline Window Options dialog box,
described earlier in this section.
Customizing track views
The Timeline window lets you edit by arranging clips in multiple video and audio tracks. For
basic video programs, such as a
cuts-only
(no transitions) rough cut, you may want to display
only the Video 1 track. For more complex programs, you can expand the Video 1 track to show
three subtracks (Video 1A, Transitions, and Video 1B). This resembles a conventional editing
method called
A/B roll editing
, which uses two video tapes or rolls (A and B) and an effects
switcher to provide transitions. Another track, named Video 2 by default, is available for super-
imposing clips over the Video 1 tracks, and you can add more tracks for additional layers of
superimposed video. Similarly, you can use Premiere’s multiple audio tracks to overlap sound.
To add video and audio tracks, see “Adding, naming, and deleting tracks” on page 144.
You can put a video clip on any video track and an audio clip on any audio track. However, to
use a transition, a video clip must be on track Video 1, and to be superimposed, a video track
must be on any track
other
than Video 1. If your project uses more tracks than will fit visually
in the Timeline, you can resize the Timeline window or scroll vertically to see the tracks that
are out of view. You can also control the proportion of space taken by video and audio tracks,
condense the vertical space of tracks by collapsing them, or hide tracks. Finally, you can prevent
tracks from being included when you preview, play back, or export the video program.
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