Do one of the following in Project Explorer.
• Select a bin, click the Menu button, and select [New Sequence].
• Select a bin and click the New Sequence button.
• Double click a sequence in a bin.
• Select a sequence in a bin and press the Enter key.
• Select a sequence in a bin press the Timeline Editor focus hot key, which can be assigned with the Global Shortcuts function of the Keyboard Customize window or the Control Panel Customize window.
See “Focus hot key assignment buttons” (page 832) for more information about focus hot keys.
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a Timeline Editor menu button
Displays the main menu of the Timeline Editor.
See “Timeline Editor Main Menu” (page 189) for more information about the main menu.
b Render indicator
Lights green to indicate that the current sequence can be played in real time, and lights red to indicate that the sequence cannot be played in real time.
You can click this indicator to render both video and audio in the range between the start and the end of the sequence that cannot be played in real time. You can also render from the context menu of the render indicator. The following commands are available.
Render All: Over the range from the sequence start point to the sequence end point, renders only those sections that cannot be played in real time. A media file is created for each rendered range.
Render In-Out: Over the range from the Mark In point to the Mark Out point, renders only those sections that cannot be played in real time. If there is no Mark In point or Mark Out point, renders around the playline position.
Render At Playline: In the clip at the playline position, renders only those sections that cannot be played in real time.
Render Selected Slice(s): Renders preselected slices in order.
Render Slice(s) for Edit: Renders the range from the lowest numbered to the highest numbered of the selected slices. For a range that spans more than one slice, the range is the same as the range used in the [Set Mark In/Mark Out for Edit#] command of the slice number context menu.
Video Rendering only: Renders video only. This command has the following subcommands. Aside from the fact that audio is not rendered, they are the same as the commands described above.
• Render All
• Render In-Out
• Render At Playline
• Render Selected Slice(s)
• Render Slice(s) for Edit
Audio Rendering only: Renders audio only. This command has the following subcommands. Aside from the fact that video is not rendered, they are the same as the commands described above.
• Render All
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d Command button area b Render indicator
c Timeline Editor title bar
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• Render In-Out
• Render At Playline
• Render Selected Slice(s)
• Render Slice(s) for Edit c Timeline Editor title bar
Displays the path of the sequence or sub sequence, and the video format.
: Sub sequence indicator is displayed on the Timeline Editor title bar when a sub sequence is open. The valid area of a sub sequence in the main sequence is indicated in dark blue in the position bar.
d Command button area
Contains the command buttons of the Timeline Editor.
See page 182 for more information about the Timeline Editor command buttons.
e Storyboard
Allows you to do quick editing by arranging clips on the lowermost active video track.
See page 174 for more information about the storyboard.
f Timeline
Displays tracks for editing video and audio material on the time axis.
See page 175 for more information about the timeline.
g Status bar
Displays the current editing status. The following status information is displayed in the status bar from left to right.
The status display is updated automatically.
• Audio seek status
- Audio Seek Muting (Caps Lock: OFF) - Audio Seek Sound (Caps Lock: ON)
• Play Status - Play Forward 1.5 - Play Reverse 1.5 - Pro-Roll play (3Sec) - Pro-Roll play (5Sec)
- Pre-Roll review from transition (3Sec) - Pre-Roll review from transition (5Sec)
• Playback speed
- Advanced Color Corrector Nesting/Versioning mode
- Nesting - Versioning
• Field select status - F1
• Scrub (w/FX) mode - Scrub (w/FX) Mode: ON - Scrub (w/FX) Mode: OFF
• Snap status - Snap: ON - Snap: OFF
• Audio automation enable - Audio Automation: ON - Audio Automation: OFF
• Analog scrub status - Analog Scrub: ON - Analog Scrub: OFF
• Audio level status - Audio Level: ON - Audio Level: OFF;
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The storyboard displays clips on the lowermost active video track.
To open the storyboard, do one of the following in the Timeline Editor.
• Click the Menu button in the Timeline View and select [Open Storyboard].
• Click the Toggle Timeline Display button.
a Storyboard clips
The clips on the storyboard are the clips on the lowermost active video track. Index pictures of the Mark In and Mark Out points are displayed in the upper and lower rows. The timecode above the upper row represents the clip head timecode, and the timecode below the lower row represents the clip tail timecode. The timecodes can be modified to trim clips from the storyboard, by entering a timecode directly or using the +/- keys on the keyboard.
The clip duration is displayed at the bottom of the clip icon. When you move the playline to a clip on the video track, that clip is selected on the storyboard.
A text comments area is displayed in the lower row when the [Open Storyboard Comment] check box is checked in the Timeline Editor Properties dialog. A comment of up to 256 characters can be entered.
Note
The text comments are not saved when a clip is exported to an XML, AAF, or EDL file.
b Storyboard clip view area This area displays the storyboard clips.
c Scrollbar
Scrolls the storyboard (but does not scroll the timeline track area).
See “Storyboard Editing” (page 265) for more information about operations on the storyboard.
1 Storyboard clips
2 Storyboard clip view area
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