Specifications

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Introducing Effects
Monitoring a Track
Monitoring refers to the tracks you are viewing when you play an edit. The
Monitor icon in the Track Selector panel determines which tracks display
when you click the Play button or view a single frame of an effect. All
tracks below and including the track with the Monitor icon will display as
the resultant image. Therefore, when previewing, make sure to monitor the
highest track in the effect.
To monitor a different track:
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Click the empty area to the right of the box containing the track name.
Soloing a Video Track
Solo track monitoring lets you view a higher track independently of any
lower tracks. This is useful for building effects with multiple layers because
you can isolate the higher layers from the lower ones to fine-tune param-
eters such as Position or Scale.
To solo a video track:

Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) the Monitor icon
of the desired track.
The Monitor icon turns green.
To turn off solo track monitoring:

Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) the Monitor
icon again.
Reordering Layers Within Segment Mode
If you want to switch the order of two clips in a vertical effect, Segment
mode offers an easy solution.
To reorder vertical layers:
1. In the Timeline window, click the red Segment mode Lift/Overwrite arrow.
2. Ctrl+Shift+drag (Windows) or Command+Shift+drag (Macintosh) one
of the clips (let’s call it Clip A) to a temporary location above or below
the original location. This key modifier allows only vertical movement.
3. Ctrl+Shift+drag (Windows) or Command+Shift+drag (Macintosh) the
second clip (Clip B) to the original location of Clip A.
NOTE Before reordering
segments, you may want
to save some effects to
your Effect Templates
bin, in case you need to
reapply them after the
switch.
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