Mick99

Thanks, it's getting clearer. But sometimes I don't get the handle bracket ], just the double-headed arrow?

By "trim" do you mean split (with the scissor button), then cut?

Thanks. I'm still not clear what "enough extra content" means. For instance I may have 2 clips of about a minute each & I want a 3-second fade between them, or sometimes longer if it's slow-moving footage. The "move clips" option tends to get a better result.

I've just bought a new PC, so had to re-download Videopad - and it's a new version, of course. Now when I try to use transitions (usually crossfade) it says there isn't enough "material" for an overlapping transition, and gives me 2 choices for what to do about it. The old version used to just put the transition in, with no fuss. Is this explained anywhere? I don't get it.

I added a series of still photos to a videopad project. Then they disappeared. Then I found them at the very beginning of the vid - or before the beginning  - before where it says zero: they're now labelled -3sec,  -10 sec etc. I've never had negative numbers come up before. What's happening?