How to move video track in timeline

[gaardmand]

Hi.
I'm VERY new at Corel Videostudio Pro X3.
How do I move the video track in the timeline? I can't make it work unless the clip is in the overlay track.
Please advice, thanks.

[Black Lab]

Move the video track? Can you explain further?

[Ken Berry]

In fact, I think he means he can't move a video clip to where he wants it in the top timeline. If that is the case, then it is behaving correctly. In the main timeline, clips can't just stand on their own. For instance, the initial clip *has* to butt up right against the edge of the timeline to the left. Subsequent clips cannot have spaces between them. They have to butt up against each other or have colour panels, images or transitions between them.

But this does not apply to the various overlay tracks, where, as you have found, you can place your clips anywhere you like.

[GuyL]

As Ken stated, you can't move a video clip like you can on the overlay tracks. They have to be concurrent. I would suggest you put colour clips as buffers in between where you do not want video as you most likely have something in another track to take it's place? I can only assume. I can't think of an instance where you would just have empty space between clips.

[gaardmand]

Thanks for Your fast reply.
It is the problem using the top timeline. I wanted to start my movieproject with a blue textmessage...not a videoclip.
I found, that using the overlay track, clips can be moved arround...but I'm having trouble getting my moviecilps to "fill out" the screen. It's like the res./picturesize is much lower than when I use the top line "Video track". Any way to change this so it -as standard- fills the screen?
Any ideas

Thanks

[Ron P.]

Select your clip in the overlay track/timeline. Then right-click on it in the preview window, and select Fit to Screen. You also may have to select from the same menu, after doing the fit to screen, Keep aspect ratio. You can also set this as the default in the Preferences (press F6 to open it), go to the edit tab, and check the box beside Use fit to screen as default size in overlay tracks.

[Ken Berry]

First, if you want a blue text title panel before your first video clip in the main timeline, you don't have to use an overlay track. Just drag down a blue colour panel from the colour panel library, and do a title over it. See image below.

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To increase the size/duration of the colour panel, click on it then drag the yellow bar at the right hand side further right to the point to which you want it to go. Or right click on the panel and choose 'Change Color Duration'

Then, if you insert something in an overlay track and it appears too small, there are a couple of ways you can handle this. First in Settings > Preferences > Edit, the second box down 'Use Fit-to-Screen as default size in Overlay track' should be ticked. Then anything you insert will automatically take up the full screen. Or else you Drag on the drag handle at the bottom right (or other corners) of your overlay and pull it out to the size you want.

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EDIT: I see Ron beat me to it, and had alternative options to boot!

[gaardmand]

Thanks guys. Really super help.

Best Regards
Gaardmand