SHOWMOTION 1.2 - TIMELINE EDITING PRACTICE

Files
ShowMotion-Training-Timeline-Editing.smtl
media/Training-Test-Pattern.mp4

Import the six-second Training-Test-Pattern.mp4 into ShowMotion's Media library first, keeping its filename unchanged. Then import and open the .smtl file. The Timeline refers to the video by that filename. If your import changes the name or the picture is missing, relink/replace the video sources in both practice clips with the imported test pattern, then recheck timing and audio settings. Use a practice show with physical outputs disabled.

The saved training document is the baseline, not the finished demonstration. It is 30 seconds long, with a procedural background and title. Two muted test-pattern clips occupy Timeline seconds 2-6 and 12-16. Both use source In 1 s, Out 5 s, Speed 1x and Loop playback: a four-second source window. The video contains a quiet test tone, but these Timeline clips are muted.

To reproduce the first demonstration:
1. Select the first test-pattern clip. Confirm Timeline Start 2, In Seek 1, Out Seek 5 and Length 4.
2. Increase Length to 8. The clip now occupies Timeline seconds 2-10, repeating the four-second source window. The other clip remains at 12 seconds.
3. Right-click the first clip and choose Convert To Container Clip. Check the Container badge and source loop bounds again.
4. To test a moving background during a hold, add a Pause cue inside its active interval, for example at second 5, with no Wait. Play into that cue. The playhead holds while the active Container video continues.
5. Resume with Play and inspect the exit from the clip. Test Stop separately; it stops Container looping.

The manual's broader move/trim/split recipe uses a source at least ten seconds long, so it cannot be reproduced with this six-second test pattern at the exact source values given there. Use your own longer video for that recipe, or adapt its source bounds to this file. The separate opacity-curve recipe uses a ten-second Text clip; create that Text clip independently.

The accompanying clip-length/Container tutorial is a paced walkthrough assembled from actual application captures. It shows the Length change and conversion controls, not a continuous edge-drag gesture or the entire pause/playback test. The screenshot of X-position Curve and the Y-position Anim panel illustrate controls; they are not saved as finished animations in this baseline file.

Save a separate copy after experimenting. These files contain no physical output configuration. Verify the media reference after import before using the exercise in a live setup.