CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE 513. Select a Variation of the selected music. Click Play to listen to the music withthe variation applied.4. Set the Duration for the music. Alternatively, select Fit to project length tomake the music clip the same length as your project.5. Click OK, then insert the music into an audio track in the Timeline.Inserting Video Editor projectsYou can insert another Video Editor project (.DVP) file into the current project byclicking Insert: Project File, or by dragging a project file from the ProductionLibrary or Windows Explorer and dropping it into the Timeline.Before insertion, you can choose first how DVP projects will be inserted into theTimeline through the Edit tab of the Preferences dialog box.By default, a DVP project will be inserted as a Virtual clip. That is, all the mediafiles, transitions and effects in it will be combined as a single clip and placed at theinsertion point in the Main Timeline. Once the virtual clip has been placed in thetimeline, you can treat it as any other ordinary video clip. For details on whatoperations can be applied to virtual clips, see “Working with virtual clips” onpage 57.If you prefer to have the DVP project expanded on the timeline, select Part ofcurrent project from the Append project as drop-down menu. In this case, allof the media clips, transitions, and effects contained in it will be completely placedat the insertion point in the Main Timeline and you can replace or edit them.Push Away insertionPush Away insertion is related to Ripple Editing and controls how inserted clipsaffect other clips in the Timeline. You must be in No Ripple mode for this to workand it only works on a single track. The key to this technique is to press [SHIFT]while inserting clips.To use Push Away insertion:1. Click the No Ripple button, then click the Insert Video File button in theTimeline Toolbar.2. In the Insert Video File dialog box, select a clip (click it once) then click Open.3. While you press (and hold) the [SHIFT] key, place your clip in a video track.Push Away insertion also works on clips that are being dragged from one locationto another or that are being pasted into the Timeline.
