Editing Media into Timing Blocks
Editing media into a timing block is similar to editing media into the sequence (see
Working with Sequences). You can perform insert edits or overwrite edits, trim segments, split segments, and so on. For example, you can insert a video clip into a timing block simply by dragging the clip from the Media viewer to a timing block.
The following actions are specific to editing media into timing blocks:
• Edits respect the boundaries of the timing block. In other words, a media segment shorter than the duration of the timing block results in a gap in the timing block, and a media segment longer than the duration of the timing block extends the timing block. To extend a segment beyond a timing block boundary, use the extend segment feature. See
Extending a Segment into Another Timing Block. You can also manually change the duration of the timing block. See
Manually Adjusting Timing Blocks.
• You can edit media into timing blocks independently. That is, you can edit media into timing block A, then edit media into timing block C, leaving timing block B empty. This leaves a gap (or “black hole”) in a sequence. You can use these gaps as placeholders as you work on the sequence, but in most cases you need to fill them before sending a sequence to playback.
Similarly, a timing block can include gaps in which video media does not completely fill the timing block.
• You can drag segments from one timing block to another.
• You can create a new timing block and corresponding story segment by dragging a clip to the “New” timing block or past it. A timing block is added to the end of the existing blocks, just before the “New” block. A corresponding story segment is added to the script.
• Recording a voice-over increases the length of a timing block, because audio segments cannot cross timing block boundaries. After you finish the recording, you can split the audio segment to edit the audio appropriately.