After you’ve created a project, you’re going to need to add media to it.

The objects you work with in projects are referred to as media files and events:

• Media files are the source audio and video files that are stored on your hard disk. projects do not operate on or modify these files. Files can be accessed from the Explorer window.

• An event is an occurrence of a media file on the timeline. An event can represent an entire media file or a portion of it. A single media file can be used repeatedly to create any number of different events, since each event can be trimmed independently. An event’s position on the timeline determines when it will be played back in your project.

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What do you want to do?

Preview media files

Add media files to your project

Create a picture slideshow with still images

Import media

Add a layered PSD file to the timeline

Import an AAF file

Import a Broadcast Wave file

Import video from a DVD camcorder

Import video from a hard-disk recording unit

Import video from a memory (CF) recording unit

Import video from an AVCHD or XDCAM EX camcorder

Work with MXF files

Add generated media to your project

Create generated music with Cinescore

Use bins to sort and search your media

Change media file properties

Insert an audio track

Insert a video track

Record audio

Capture video

Convert video to 24p

Get photos from a scanner or camera

Extract audio from a CD

Get media files from the Web

Use the Media Manager to organize your media

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