To start a project and begin creating your movie, you need to add any imported or captured video, audio, or pictures to the storyboard/timeline. The clips on storyboard/timeline become the contents of your project and future movie.
You can use the storyboard/timeline to create and edit projects. The storyboard and timeline both display your work in progress, but each provides a different view of your work:
You can use the storyboard/timeline to create and edit projects. The storyboard and timeline both display your work in progress, but each provides a different view of your work:
* The storyboard displays the sequence of clips.
* The timeline displays the timing of clips.
You can switch between the storyboard and timeline as you work on a project. After you add clips to the storyboard/timeline to create a project, you can do the following:
* Rearrange the clips in the sequence you want.
* Create transitions between clips.
* Add video effects to video clips and pictures.
* Trim the clips to hide unwanted segments (on the timeline view only).
* Split and combine clips.
* Add narration that synchronizes with the clips (on the timeline view only).
As you work on a project, you can preview it in the monitor at any time to get an idea of the end result. You can save your work-in-progress as a project and return to work on it again.
Before you can send a project as an attachment in an e-mail message, to a Web server, or record it back to tape in a DV camera, you must first save it as a movie.
To switch the view of a project
On the View menu, do one of the following:
* To view your project on the storyboard, click Storyboard.
* To view your project on the timeline, click Timeline.
To add a clip to a project
- In the Collections pane, click the collection that contains the clip you want to add to your project. Then, in the Contents pane, click the clip you want to add.
- On the Clip menu, click Add to Storyboard or Add to Timeline (depending on the view you are working in).
To remove a clip from a project
* Click the clip in the storyboard/timeline, and then, on the Edit menu, click Delete.
To clear the storyboard/timeline
* On the Edit menu, click Clear Timeline or Clear Storyboard, depending on which view you are working in.
To create a new project
* On the File menu, click New Project.
To open a project
- On the File menu, click Open Project.
- In the File name box, locate the saved project file, and click Open. The project appears in the storyboard/timeline.
