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A preview of a slide Transition, with the second clip (B)
sliding in from the left over the first clip (A).
Montage: Montages are packaged animation templates that are designed
to incorporate your own material. Some of the supplied Montages
combine several photo or video clips in elaborate transition sequences;
others serve as title animations for which you supply the captions. Tap the
montage icon to access this section, then tap the individual thumbnails to select
and preview. See Chapter 7: Montages for more details.
Titles: Tap the title icon to open this Library section of static and
animated title layouts, which you can customize with your own text right
on the Preview.
For further information, please see “Titles” on page 36.
Pre-trimming media items
Depending on your editing style, at times you may want to work with clips that
are very short compared to the source footage. Since it is generally easier to trim
and position small clips on the Timeline than large ones, you can often save time
by making use of the Library’s pre-trimming tool before adding such an item to
your movie.
To pre-trim a clip:
1. Select the item in the Library to load it into the Preview.
2. Touch-and-hold, then drag, the orange mark in and mark out handles to the
left and right to set the trimmed boundaries of your clip. The set mark
