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Chapter 3: editing in the timeline, Chapter 3, Editing in the timeline – Grass Valley NewsEdit XT v.5.5 User Manual

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Digital News Production

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Chapter

3

Editing In the Timeline

To edit a story with NewsEdit, you need to move the video and audio media
from tapes or feeds to a digital format on your computer. The most efficient way
to create stories is to edit directly to the Timeline.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Use the Timeline Tool and Source Tool for editing

• Create a new sequence

• Select and deselect tracks

• Mark In and Out points

• Set up a split edit

• Use variable speed recording

• Route audio input

• Use Input Tools to adjust video and audio

• Name Source tapes for ingest

• Select a source for input

• Use a clip as an input source

• Create your clips

• Play your sequence

• Save your sequences