Projects, Tracks, and Sections

Sections

A section is the smallest building block in VideoMeld. It can be an audio file, a video file, an image file, a caption, or an overlay. Each section has a title bar and an area to show the contents of the section, which may be waveforms for audio or frames for video. Selected sections have a blue border and tint. The primary selected section, which is the most recently selected section, has a light blue border and is the section used for any commands that require a single section.

Tracks

A track contains a series of sections that are played one after the other. All tracks are played concurrently. This lets you play several audio files at the same time, provided each file is in a different track. For example, you can put music in one track and vocals in another to see how they sound together.

Projects

A project contains a combination of tracks and sections to create such things as music, radio programs, multimedia presentations, or movies. They store all the details needed to play everything from a short 30 second radio commercial to a long three hour movie.

It is important to remember that a project still uses all the files you've added to it. If you delete or modify any of those files, it may adversely affect your project the next time you open or play it. To combine a project into a single file, use one of the Meld commands on the File menu.