Timeline tracks, Timeline tools – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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Arranging clips in a movie
Last updated 8/12/2010
Timeline tracks
Tracks let you layer video or audio and add compositing effects, picture-in-picture effects, overlay titles, soundtracks,
and more. With multiple audio tracks, you can add a narration to one track and background music to another track.
The final movie combines all the video and audio tracks.
By default, the Timeline contains three tracks for video (or still images)
and audio
, a narration track
, and
a soundtrack track
. When you drag linked clips (those that include both audio and video) to a track, the video and
audio components appear together (video directly above audio) in their respective tracks (such as Video1 and Audio1).
To see all of the tracks, you may need to scroll up or down the Timeline.
Note: For more information about working with tracks and arranging clips in the Timeline, see Adobe Premiere Elements Help.
A new track is inserted if you drag and release a clip above the topmost video track. The number of tracks a project can
contain has no limit, and you can add or delete tracks at any time, even before you begin adding clips. A movie must
contain at least one of each type of track (the track can be empty). The video track order is important because any clip
located in Video 2 also overlays the Video 1 track. Audio tracks are combined in playback so the track order is not
relevant.
Default tracks
A. Video 2 track B. Video 1 track C. Audio track D. Narration track E. Soundtrack track
You can specify the default number and type of tracks in new movies.
Timeline tools
Use the tools at the top of the Timeline to do the following:
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Trim clips and change their speed.
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Add markers, detect musical beats, open the Audio Mixer, or add narration.
When you edit in the Timeline, the pointer changes to the currently active tool. If the pointer changes to a red slash,
you cannot use the tool on the clip underneath the pointer.
Selection tool
Selects clips for previewing or trimming.
Properties tool
Opens the Properties panel of the Tasks panel for the selected clip.
Smart Trim tool
Enables you to enter the Smart Trim mode and trim clips. For more information, see “
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