Project Timeline

The Project Timeline is where you assemble the media clips for your video project.

Two types of views are displayed in the Project Timeline: Storyboard View and Timeline View. To switch between the different views, click the buttons at the left side of the Toolbar.

Storyboard View

The fastest and simplest way to organize photos and video clips in a project is to use the Storyboard View. Each thumbnail in the storyboard represents a photo, video clip, or a transition. Thumbnails are shown in the order in which they appear in your project, and you can drag thumbnails to rearrange them. The duration of each clip is shown at the bottom of each thumbnail. In addition, you can insert transitions between video clips, and you can trim a selected video clip in the Preview Window.

Timeline View

Timeline View gives you the most comprehensive display of the elements in your movie project. It divides a project into separate tracks for video, overlay, title, voice, and music.

Corel VideoStudio Pro Timeline

Corel VideoStudio Pro Timeline in HTML5 Mode


Part	Description
1 — Show All Visible Tracks	Displays all tracks in your project.
2 — Track Manager	Lets you manage the tracks visible in the Project Timeline.
3 — Selected range	Displays a color bar that represents the trimmed or selected part of a project.
4 — Add / Remove Chapter or Cue	Lets you set chapter or cue points in your movie.
5 — Enable / Disable Ripple Editing	Locks or unlocks tracks of any movement while you insert clips.
6 — Track buttons	Lets you select individual tracks.
7 — Automatically scroll timeline	Enables or disables scrolling along the Project Timeline when you preview a clip that extends beyond the current view.
8 — Scroll controls	Lets you move around your project by using the left and right buttons or dragging the Scroll Bar.
9 — Timeline ruler	Helps you determine clip and project length by displaying the project's timecode increments in hours:minutes:seconds:frames.
10a — Video Track	Contains videos, photos, color clips, and transitions.
10b — Background Track (HTML5 Mode)	Contains videos, photos, color clips, and transitions in creating HTML5 projects.
11a — Overlay Tracks	Contains overlay clips, which can be video, photo, graphic, or color clips.
11b — Overlay Tracks (HTML5 Mode)	Contains overlay clips, which can be photo, graphic, or color clips.
12 — Title Track	Contains title clips.
13 — Voice Track	Contains voice-over clips.
14 — Music Track	Contains music clips from audio files.

To move between tracks, click the track buttons. You can use the mouse wheel to scroll through the Project Timeline.

Right-click on any track button and choose Select all media to select all media clips that are in the track.

When the pointer is at the Zoom controls or Timeline ruler, you can use the wheel to zoom in and out of the Project Timeline.

You can show or hide tracks from playback or when you render your video. For more information, see Enabling and disabling tracks.

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