
Using the Timeline
The timeline is located at the bottom of the window and shows you how all your clips are organized over time and in different tracks.
Common tasks
- Add a track
- Drag a movie or photo into top of the timeline. The other tracks move to make room for the new one.
- Add a clip
- Drag a movie or photo into a track. If you insert it before some other clips they will move to make room for the new clip, unless you press the shift key.
- Delete a clip or track
- Select it by clicking on it and press backspace or select Delete from the Edit menu.
- Move a track closer or further
- Drag it up or down in the timeline.
- Move a clip to earlier or later in the track
- Drag it in the timeline. The clip will snap to start and end times of other clips, unless you press the Shift key. Also the time slider follows the movements of the clip, unless you press the Command key.
- Change the length of a clip
- Drag the right edge of it.
- Change the starting time of a movie clip
- Drag the left edge of it.
- Move a clip to a different track
- Drag it vertically and drop it on the desired track.
- Change the name of a clip
- Double click the tiny text at the bottom of the clip in the Timeline and type the new name.
- Change the name of a track
- Double click the tiny diagonal text at the left edge of the track and type the new name.