Effects timing and clip selection

i'm a new imovie user (i just got my laptop for christmas) and i've volunteered to do the video editing for a school movie project. so far it's gone pretty well, but i have two issues with features that apparently exist but aren't working for me. i have read the "getting started" manual already, so if you're going to refer me back to that please be specific.
the first thing i would like to be able to do is to select only part of a video clip to which to apply an effect, change the volume, etc. there are repeated references to doing so in the help manual, but so far i haven't figured out how to do it.
second, i don't understand the "effect in" and "effect out" settings for effects. what exactly do these mean? why can you only select up to ten seconds for each, and why does "in" begin at 0 and "out" begin at 10? do these times refer to distance from the beginning and end of the clip? specifically what i am trying to do is have the fog effect play for a few seconds at the beginning of my clip and then go away. if you can tell me how to do this in baby steps i'd appreciate it.
thanks, anyone who can help!

Hi Hallie:
Figured I might as well jump in...
how and why would one select a portion of a clip? this is as a said simply a matter of curiosity.
I have used "portions" of clips when I need to add a title or effect to only a small part of that clip-somewhere other than the beginning, for example.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, all you need to do is split the clip at that point.To do that, place the Playhead at the point where you want to split the clip, go to Edit ->Split clip.
Now you have two clips where there once was one. (You'll see a little line at the split point). Then you can drag a title or transition to that split line or you can highlight the split portion of the clip and add an effect.
Hope that didn't make you more confused.
Sue

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