ArcSoft 2 manual Timeline, Text Track

Chapter 3: Edit

3.5Timeline

The Timeline is the other place where you arrange your video clip components. It serves as the template for video construction. It offers a more in-depth view of your constructed movie than the Storyboard. Every component that you have added (still images, videos, audio, transitions, text, and special effects) can be seen and altered here.

The top area of the Timeline shows any added text effects. The section below shows all of your still images, video files, transitions, and any associated special effects. Immediately beneath are the various audio tracks, the first being reserved for audio that is embedded into video files. Two additional audio tracks are available.

The "-" and "+" buttons let you contract and expand the Timeline. If you want to focus on one key area of the Timeline, expand it. If you want to see more components at one time, contract it.

Text Track

Items on the Text Track include text and text effects added from the Text tab of the Edit module (see Section 3.6). Text effects can be added to either the beginning or end of their respective text component.

Click and drag the edge of a text component to adjust the display time.

Right-click a Text Track component to display a pop-up menu with various options. These include delete options (for deleting everything on the Text Track as well as individual or every text effect), alignment options (you can align added text to the

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