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CHAPTER 5: VIDEO CLIPS ........................................ 81
Video clip basics ....................................................................................... 82
Adding video clips to your movie ......................................................... 82
Working with multiple capture files ...................................................... 83
The project video format ....................................................................... 84
Interface features ................................................................................... 87
Trimming video clips ................................................................................ 89
Trimming on the Timeline using handles .............................................. 89
Clip-trimming tips ................................................................................. 93
Trimming with the Clip properties tool ................................................. 94
Resetting trimmed clips ......................................................................... 96
Splitting and combining clips .................................................................. 97
Advanced Timeline editing ...................................................................... 98
Insert editing ........................................................................................ 100
Split editing ......................................................................................... 102
The SmartMovie music video tool ......................................................... 106
CHAPTER 6: MONTAGE
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THEMES
AND THEME EDITING ........................................ 111
Using themes ........................................................................................... 113
The Themes section of the Album ....................................................... 114
Creating theme clips ............................................................................ 115
Working with theme clips on the Timeline ......................................... 117
Anatomy of a theme ............................................................................ 118
Opening the Theme Editor tool............................................................ 121
Using the Theme Editor tool ................................................................ 122
CHAPTER 7: VIDEO EFFECTS ................................. 125
Working with the effects list................................................................ 126
Changing effect parameters ................................................................. 128
Keyframing .......................................................................................... 130
Using keyframing ................................................................................ 133
Previewing and rendering .................................................................... 135
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