Specifications

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Sorting and Sifting Clips
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Yo u s ift by cr eat in g f ilt er s t o d isp la y o nly cl ip s t hat me et sp e cif ic
criteria. For example, you can sift your Description column for “bal-
lerina” shots and your Quality column for three-star shots, and Media
Composer will filter all three-star ballerina shots and display them in the
bin. In this way, you can quickly zero in on exactly the clips you need.
To sort clips:
1. In Text view, click the heading of the column that you want to sort to
highlight the column.
2. To sort objects in the bin, Selec t Bin > S ort, press Ctrl+E (Windo ws)
or Command+E (Macintosh), or right-click the Column heading and
select Sort on Column, Ascending.
3. To sort cli ps in desce ndin g order, press and hol d the Alt (Wi ndows ) or
Option (Macintosh) key while you select Bin > Sort Reversed. You can
also press Alt+Ctrl+E (Windows) or Option+Command+E (Macintosh) or
right-click the Column heading and select Sort on Column, Descending.
NOTE If you do not
see the column heading
you want, select Bin >
Choose Columns, and
select the desired col-
umn heading.
TI P To r ea p pl y th e l as t
sort, select Bin > Sort
Again with no column
selected. This is useful
after new clips are added
to a sorted bin.
The Quality column is
sorted in descending
order, grouping all the
best shots at the top of
the bin
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