Chapter 5. Creating a Program

The last chapter introduced you to the source-footage side of the editing equation, showing you how to view and cut the source footage. Now you’re ready to arrange the selected portions of the clips into a sequence—the program side of the editing equation, in which you join the clips.

Though this chapter includes techniques that use the Timeline window, it concentrates on using the Monitor window to create and view an edited sequence. You may be surprised to find that—with the exception of audio mixing and effects editing—it’s possible to do almost all of your editing using the Monitor window alone. You will look at the Timeline window, of course; but for now, you’ll use it mostly to view your edits, not to make ...

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