Timeline View

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The purpose of the Timeline/Storyboard Area is creating and editing your movies. Here you can create, edit, add different effects to your video. The Timeline/Storyboard Area can be represented in two views:

Timeline view – is used when you add different effects – video effects, audio, text and video overlay – to your video.and
Storyboard view – is used to add videos and transitions to the Timeline/Storyboard Area.

You can easily switch between both the views using the appropriate buttons:

Timeline View button – is used to switch into Timeline view;

Storyboard View button – is used to switch into Storyboard view.

Timeline view

Timeline View button The Timeline view allows you to achieve accuracy and precision in applying effects and editing your videos.

AVS Video Editor allows you to apply one or several effects to your media file. For details on specific effect, please refer to respective chapters. The Timeline view displays all the possible editing options simultaneously. You can see the Video Effects, Text, Video Overlay and Audio Mix lines used to edit your video clip. To expand any effect applied to the video you need to press the ‘+’ button near it, to collapse it press the ‘-’ button. To include the effect or media file into output video or to exclude it from it the Enable/Disable Line Enable/Disable Line button button is used.

When you select a line with video or effect on the Timeline certain buttons will be available on the Timeline Panel:

Note: the Timeline buttons differ depending on the Timeline element selected and can be present or absent for various elements.

Button	Description
	Use this button to split the video into two parts at the current cursor position. See the Placing Imported Media Files to the Storyboard section for more information on this option. This button is only available if a video clip is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to delete the currently selected element (video clip with the adjacent transition, video effect, text, video overlay or audio mix) from the Timeline.
	Use this button to edit your video clips’ and video overlay effect duration. See the Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options section for more information on this option. This button is only available if a video clip or video overlay effect is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to edit your video clips’ duration, detect scenes, split and merge scenes. See the Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options section for more information on this option. This button is only available if a video clip is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to edit the selected transition duration. This button is only available if a transition is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to open and edit the effect Properties window. This button is only available if a video effect is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to edit the selected element duration on the Timeline. This button is only available if a video effect or text is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to open and edit the text Properties window. This button is only available if a text is selected on the Timeline.
	Use this button to open and edit the video overlay Properties window. This button is only available if a video overlay is selected on the Timeline.