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Basic timeline editing

Basic timeline editing - Camtasia Tutorial

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Basic timeline editing

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- [Narrator] Think of editing as the process of cutting out mistakes and then adding just enough refinements to enhance your story. Now the real art to editing is knowing exactly where to make those cuts and how to piece it all back together. Now to know where to make the cut, always begin by watching the footage that you want to edit so that you have a good idea of what you're dealing with. Now for the rest of this course, I'll take care of this for us and simply point out the edit points when we're making precise edits, but always feel free to pause a movie and listen for yourself. Now to make precise cuts, you need to know three simple tricks: the slice, the trim and the ripple. Now all edits begin with a cut that splits the selected clip at your playhead's current location. So make sure that your clip is selected and that your playhead is at the location where you want to make your first cut. Then click the split button or press S on your keyboard. The playhead then acts like a…

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