The Timeline tool allows you to achieve accuracy and precision in applying effects and editing your movies. You can use this tool to navigate through your video file (frame navigation).

You can add a number of different effects to improve your video. Adding effects involves several steps:

1. Setting effect boundaries (see Selection)
2. Selection of the effect (see Video Effects)
3. Setting fade-in and fade-out areas (see Fade-in/Fade-out)

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. For convenience of use you can change the sequence of effects reflection or resize them at the Timeline. It's nice idea to use markers in file editing.

Selection

AVS Video Editor allows you to apply one or several effects to parts of your media file.

To apply effect to a part of input file:

1. Choose the area where you want to apply the desired effect, click the left mouse button and drag the slider along the navigation line. The selected area will become highlighted.

   

2. Navigating among effects reflected in the Media Library select the desired effect icon.
3. Drag and drop it to the workspace or click the Add Effect button.
4. Set fade-in and fade-out limits on the Timeline.
5. Choose the effect parameters.
6. Preview the result using Main Preview window.

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Fade-in and Fade-out

AVS Video Editor allows you to apply one or several effects to your media file.

Fade-in is the area where the effect starts being reflected on your video. In the area of maximum representation the effect is applied to 100% capacity. In the Fade-out area the effect is being reduced until it completely disappears.

After you choose the effect you want to apply, the program automatically sets fade-in and fade-out boundaries. You can change them by clicking the left mouse button and dragging the boundaries inwards or outwards.

You can also move the entire selection along the media file by clicking left mouse button inside the maximum effect area.

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Markers

AVS Video Editor provides an opportunity to set markers at the Timeline for convenient video editing. You can use markers for pointing necessary video frames or selecting the areas between two markers. Markers will be useful for fragmentary file editing (applying video effect to the selected area) also. To start working with Markers please click the Markers tab located in the right bottom part of the workspace.

To add Marker:

1. Put the Timeline cursor at the position where you'd like to set marker
2. Click the Add button. The name of marker shown as Position:# will appear in the Markers List.

To delete Marker:

1. Select the marker you want to delete from the Markers List.
2. Click the Delete button.
3. To delete all markers please use the Delete All button.

To select the area between two Markers:

1. Select the start position marker from the Markers List.
2. Click the Go To button.
3. Select the end position marker from the Markers List.
4. Click the Select button. The selected area will be highlighted at the Timeline.

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