Time display

The Time Display window reflects the cursor’s position on the timeline and the end point of a time selection. You can customize time display settings, including what time format the window displays and which colors are used in the display.

You can move the Time Display window from its docked position above the track list to float on the workspace or dock in the window docking area.

Docked position

Floating window

Docked in window docking area

Track list

This area identifies the track order in your project and contains controls used to determine track compositing and mixing. For more information, see Using the track list on page 26.

Track minimize

 

 

 

 

 

Selected track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Video tracks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent/child

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

compositing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track number

 

 

 

 

 

controls

 

 

 

 

 

Audio track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrub control

The scrub control is used to play your project forward or backward for editing purposes. You can adjust playback speed by setting the speed control marker located beneath the scrub control. For more information, see Scrubbing on page 28.

Drag either forward or backward for playback

Set playback speed

Timeline

All arranging and editing is done in the timeline (track view). This area contains all of a project’s events. For more information, see Using the timeline on page 25.

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