EDIUS 7 Online Help

• Summary
• Preparation before Editing
• Editing
• Outputting Work
• Other Convenient Functions

• Summary
• Project Settings
• Edit Settings
• Importing Sources
• Bin Operations
• Editing Timelines
• Applying Effects
• Title Creation
• Audio Operations
• Export of Edited Contents
• Interaction with STRATUS
• Appendix

• Before Using
• Configuring Editing Environments

• Before Installing EDIUS
• Installation
• User Registrations
• Uninstallation
• Appendix

Editing Modes

You can switch the editing mode to change clip operations when placing clips on the timeline or operations for linking clips on the track.

Insert/Overwrite Mode

Clips can be placed in either of the insert mode or overwrite mode.

Insert Mode

In the insert mode, if a clip exists at the position where you place a new clip, the new clip is inserted at the position, moving the existing clip backward.

Overwrite Mode

In the overwrite mode, if a clip exists at the position where you place a new clip, the new clip overwrites part of the existing clip overlapped by the new clip.

Each click switches the insert mode and the overwrite mode.

: Insert mode

: Overwrite mode

The current mode ([Insert Mode]/[Overwrite Mode]) is displayed on the status bar of the timeline.

Status bar

Alternative

• Switching overwrite/insert mode: [Insert]

Sync-Lock (Synchronization) and Ripple Mode

Sync-lock (synchronization) and ripple mode is useful when you want to edit a clip maintaining their relations with the other clips that have already been edited.

Sync-lock (Synchronization)

On the tracks with sync-lock set, the results of track editing such as inserting or moving a clip affect also other tracks.

When sync-lock is set to all 3 tracks and a clip has been added in the insert mode:

An icon is displayed for the track with sync-lock set. Each click switches on/off the sync-lock.

• To set sync-lock to all tracks, click on the batch lock panel.

  Batch lock panel

Ripple Mode

In the ripple mode, when a clip is deleted or trimmed, the subsequent clips move forward to avoid spaces being formed on the timeline. When inserting a clip, you can move the subsequent clips while holding the space at the insert position. Only the clips on the track currently being edited move together.

• On the tracks with sync-lock set, all the clips subsequent to the operated clip move together.

When sync-lock is set to off on all 3 tracks and a clip has been inserted with the ripple mode on (insert mode)

When sync-lock is set on all 3 tracks and a clip has been inserted with the ripple mode on (insert mode)

Each click switches on/off the sync-lock.

A diagonal line appears on the icon when the mode is off.

The current mode ([Ripple On]/[Ripple Off]) is displayed on the status bar of the timeline.

Status bar

Alternative

• Switching ripple mode: [R]