Tripling the Clips

This step may look a bit complicated, but it's only because you're laying down multiple copies of a clip on the Timeline all at once. Remember, there's strength in numbers. You'll copy the clip once and then "paste-insert" five copies of the original clip in a row right across the track. After that, we'll rename these tracks to make it easy to apply the Reverse effect to the correct clips.

Triple Threat

Using your mouse, select the clip you just created (the clip that starts at 00;00;10;03) and press CTRL-C on your keyboard.

Press CTRL-SHIFT-V on your keyboard five times to insert five copies of the clip onto the Timeline.

Important

Remember to press the CTRL-SHIFT-V key combination ( not CTRL-V) so that you insert each copy without overwriting the clips that are already there.

Note

When you are done, you should have six copies of the clip in a row on the Timeline, starting at 00;00;10;03 and ending at 00;00;11;03, as shown in the illustration.

Rename the Clips

Right-click on the first clip is this group, select Rename from the contextual menu, rename the clip C1, and click OK.

Right-click on the second clip, select Rename from the contextual menu, and rename this clip D1.

Using this same technique, rename the third and fourth clips C2 and D2, respectively.

Finally, rename the fifth and the sixth clips C3 and D3, respectively.