Open space before 1st clip?

deonholt · Post by **deonholt** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:34 pm

Hi there.

VS X2

How do I cause the first clip not to place itself at the very beginning of the timeline but only about 5 seconds into the project?

Thanx,
Deon

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:54 pm

Make a black "blank" JPEG with the photo/image editing software of your choice. Drop it in before the video, and set it to display for 5 seconds.

Is that what you want to accomplish?

deonholt · Post by **deonholt** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:56 pm

DVDDoug wrote: Is that what you want to accomplish?

Exactly. Does this box need to be a specific size?
Thank you very much.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:42 pm

Doug is making it a little more difficult than it needs to be.

There are 2 easy ways to do it:

1. On the Edit tab, from the gallery drop down list choose Color, and drag a color clip (usually black, but can be whatever you wish) to the timeline. Adjust the length to 5 seconds.

2. Put your video in an overlay track. Clips in the overlay track do not "snap" to the beginning.