Operation Manual

Timeline basics

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Footage

Grading

Audio

Pan & scan

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Playhead

Tracks

Manage tracks

Play a part of the Timeline

Navigate along the Timeline

Zoom the Timeline

Change the Timeline view

Delete the Timeline

Playhead

The playhead displays a frame in the Monitor at any given position on the Timeline.

Drag the playhead to move it along the Timeline.

Playhead controller

To view more than one frame at a time, create additional playheads. Multiple playheads are useful for comparing different parts of the same shot

or scene. For more information, see Compare frames with multiple playheads.

Tracks

Add tracks to the Timeline to generate layers for grading, add audio to the project, or to adjust the framing with pan and scan.

Multiple tracks

You can add the following tracks to the Timeline:

Blue track. To add footage to the timeline, see Select a clip.

Red track. To add a grading track, see Create a grading track.

Solid green track. To add an audio track, open the Desktop, locate the audio file (wav or aiff file), and drag it on the Timeline. Repeat this

procedure with additional audio files.

To change values for sound output, such as the mixing frequency, select Settings > Sound. The Settings menu is on the upper-right corner of the

SpeedGrade workspace.

Transparent green track. To add a pan & scan track, see Create a pan and scan track.

Manage tracks

You can manage the tracks on the Timeline with the tools on the left side of each track.