Setting up the timeline

Now that you understand some of the realities of editing video, as well as the basics of …navigating a timeline, it's time to create your own timeline from scratch. This is a …really straightforward process, and really just involves opening up the correct clip. …In the timeline, I'll click the plus button, which will let me add my first clip. We're …going to go ahead and add media to the track. I'll go ahead and navigate to my files and …I'm going to start with the OnCamera base. This is essentially the A-roll or the main …performance of our spot.…

I select that and click Open, and it's automatically added to my timeline. Now there's a lot of …fluff in here we're going to trim out in a moment, and we'll follow along with our script …to make it easier. Notice that opening this has automatically configured our timeline. …If I check Image > Canvas Size, I can go ahead and switch this. …I'll see there's 1920x1080 or 1080P, standard full-quality HD video. I can also make sure …that the frame rate is correct. If I click the submenu here in the timeline, I could …