You can edit the editor project file (".wbp") as a single video (or audio) clip. Referred to as a WBP clip, this makes the timeline a much more flexible and powerful video editor.

Using a ".wbp" file as a WBP clip is mostly automatic, except for loading it directly into the timeline.

To add a WBP clip to the timeline

To import an editor project file as a WBP clip, either a ".wbp" file in Windows Explorer or an icon in the editor's Project Manager, hold down the control key, and then drag and drop the editor project file or the project icon onto a selected track of the timeline.

To load a WBP clip to the Input monitor

No control key or any special operation will be needed. Simply open a ".wbp" file, or drag and drop a ".wbp" file, or drag and drop an editor project icon, into the Input monitor, and it will be treated as a WBP clip.

Example of recursive use of WBP clips

In the following, we give a step by step illustration of using WBP clips to build a video construction with 4 video segments each of which occupies one quarter of the image screen.

1. Create 4 "Picture in Picture" video transition operators with different position parameters.

In the editor's Project Manager, press the "Effect" tab and select the "2D" list, and find the transition named "Picture in picture" (P-in-P).

Double click the "P-in-P" icon, select "Percent" for its "Style", set "Position(x,y)" to "0, 0", set "Size (width, height)" to "50, 50", and press the "MyList" button to add it to the list.

Repeat the above steps with "Position(x,y)" = "50,0" for the 2nd quarter, "Position(x,y)" = "0,50" for the 3rd quarter, and "Position(x,y)" = "50,50" for the 4th quarter.

Now, we have 4 different "P-in-P" transition operators in MyList.

2. Create a WBP clip with the 1st video segment taking the 1st quarter of the image screen.

Add the first video segment to the video track of the timeline.

Duplicate the video clip to have two identical video clips on the timeline.

Drag and drop the 1st P-in-P operator from the MyList onto the two video clips, and then change the transition length to its maximum (the length of the clip).

Save the timeline to a new ".wbp" file (e.g., "p-in-p-Q1.wbp").

3. Create a WBP clip with the 1st quarter WBP file and the 2nd video segment which takes the 2nd quarter of the image screen.

Press the "New" button to clear the timeline.

Find the saved WBP project icon in the Project Manater, and drag and drop it into the timeline as a WBP clip by holding down the control key.

Add the 2nd video segment to the timeline.

Repeat the same steps of Part 2 with the 2nd P-in-P transition, and save the timeline to a new ".wbp" file (e.g., "p-in-p-Q2.wbp"). 4. Create a WBP clip with the 2nd quarter WBP file and the 3rd video segment which takes the 3rd quarter of the image screen.

Repeat the same steps as in Part 3 with the WBP clip saved in Part 3, the 3rd video segment, and the 3rd P-in-P transition.

The result is saved as the 3rd new ".wbp" file (e.g., "p-in-p-Q3.wbp"). 5. Create a WBP clip with the 3rd quarter WBP file and the 4th video segment which takes the 4th quarter of the image screen.

Repeat the same steps as in Part 4 with the WBP clip saved in Part 4, the 4th video segment, and the 4th P-in-P transition.

The final result is saved as the 4th ".wbp" file (e.g., "p-in-p-Q4.wbp").

You could preview your final result in the Input monitor by simply dragging and dropping the 4th ".wbp" project icon from the Project manager into the Input monitor.

Note: Due to its repeated use of the WBP clips and the additional image processing for overlaying the 4 different video images, the video player could become substantially slow.

Related Topics:

    About Transitions

    Change Transition Length

    Using the Transitions Panel

    Effect Clipboard: MyList