Classroom in a book

Adding clips to the Timeline with the Source Monitor
So far all the clips you’ve been editing have already been on the Timeline. It’s pos-
sible to add clips to the Timeline and trim them at the same time. In this exercise, 
you’ll perform an overlay edit that you practiced earlier with the color clips.
1
Continue where you left off, or open Lesson 05-06.prproj if you’d like to start 
fresh from here.
2
The next clip you are going to edit is Medieval_Hero_01.mpeg. Open it from the 
Storyboard bin in the Project panel by double-clicking it. This will open the clip 
in the Source Monitor where you can preview it and trim it.
3
Scrub the clip in the Source Monitor by dragging the Source Monitor current-
time indicator back and forth. Also experiment with using the Source Monitor 
controls to move the current-time indicator in different increments. Set the 
Source Monitor current-time indicator to timecode 00:00:21:05.
Set Out Point
Drag Video 
Only icon
Drag Audio 
Only icon
Go to 
In Point
Go to 
Out Point
Play In 
to Out
Insert
Overlay
Set In Point
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 Note:
You also 
can drag the clip from 
the Project panel and 
drop it on the Source 
Monitor.

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4
You can trim the beginning of this clip right in the Source Monitor by setting 
the In point. With the Source Monitor current-time indicator at 00:00:21:05, 
click the Set In Point icon.
You want to drag this clip down over the top of the third clip, which is way too 
long. First you need to identify where you want to drop it.
5
On the Timeline, scrub the current-time indicator so that it is at timecode 
00:00:11:03.
You’ll be using the current-time indicator as a snap point again so you know 
where to drop the new clip.
6
In the Source Monitor panel, grab the Drag Video icon, and drag it down to 
Video 1 track so that the new clip is overtop (or overlaying) the fourth clip, 
making sure the left edge of the clip you are dropping is snapped against the 
Timeline current-time indicator. Release the mouse button to overlay this new 
clip in the exact location you need it.