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The clips you load for each media appear in the Media list. The back clip you selected to access Action appears
in the first row of the Media list and is assigned the letter B in the # column. The second row in the Media
list contains the first front and matte clips you selected when accessing Action. The length of each clip
appears in parentheses beside the clip name. A new line is added to the Media list each time you add media.
For stereoscopic projects, you can apply media to the left and right eye.
You can sort the Media list by list number, front clip name, or matte clip name. As you view clips, you can
look at the original front, back, or matte clip individually, as well as the results of colour correcting and
keying a matte.
To access the Media menu, click Media in the Action menu. To help identify media, Alt+click a surface
in the schematic, result, or camera view to automatically select the media in the Media list. If the Media
menu is not selected, press Alt and double-click the surface to switch to the Media menu, and automatically
select the media in the Media list. Also, when you select multiple surfaces, you can press Alt to select all
associated media in the Media list. In this case, the first item selected is framed in yellow in the Media list
as the current selection.
Media Menu Tips
Use these tips when working with clips and media in the Media menu.
■ Different colours and shades are used as visual cues within the Media menu. The current media is outlined
in yellow, and the selected media is highlighted in light grey. Selected fields of the media are highlighted
in grey.
■ Ctrl-click fields or media to add to a selection, or Shift-click to add a range to a selection. If you
Ctrl-click a field that is already selected, all selected fields of this type in other selected media become
deselected. However, if you continue to press Ctrl, you can then click any field, and all fields of the
same type in other selected media become selected.
■ Click a numeric field to display the calculator, or click and drag to increase or decrease the value in a
field.
■ Ctrl+Alt-click a field to reset the field (and all other selected fields).
■ Double-click the Divide or Crop field to toggle the effect on or off.
■ Double-click the MK, CC, CW field to enter its menu.
■ Click a front or matte media to select all the displayed fields.
■ Use the F keyboard shortcut to toggle the matte media display in the Media list on or off. You can also
set this behaviour with the Show Front Only button in the Action Setup menu.
■ Resize the column widths in the Media menu by dragging the column dividers.
■ Ctrl-click to multiselect media for applying to the left or right eye of a stereo object. The media that
you select first (odd numbers) are applied to the left eye. Even numbered media apply to the right eye.
Adding Effects to Media
The Media list allows you to easily add and edit the following effects and tools to your clips. The same media
can be applied to multiple surfaces, so any effects that you apply to one instance of media is applied to all
the surfaces for that media. For example, if you blur media, all of the surfaces using that same media are
blurred.
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