Specifications

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Setting Pre- and Post-Roll in a
Playlist
You can use the Selector tool to enable and disable
pre- and post-roll by clicking in a track’s playlist.
To set and enable the pre- and post-roll by clicking
in a playlist:
1 Select Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selec-
tion
.
2 With the Selector tool, select the record range in
the track’s playlist.
3 With the Selector tool, Option-click (Mac) or
Alt-click (Windows) in the track’s playlist be-
fore the selection to enable the pre-roll at that
location.
4 With the Selector tool, Option-click (Mac) or
Alt-click (Windows) in the track’s playlist after
the selection to enable the post-roll at that
location.
To disable the pre- and post-roll by clicking in a
playlist:
1 With the Selector tool, Option-click (Mac) or
Alt-click (Windows) in the Edit selection near
the start to disable the pre-roll.
2 With the Selector tool, Option-click (Mac) or
Alt-click (Windows) in the Edit selection near
the end to disable the post-roll.
3 Drag the Pre-Roll Flag to the Timeline
Selection In Point.
4 Drag the Post-Roll Flag to the Timeline
Selection Out Point.
Enabling Pre/Post-Roll from the
Options Menu
Pre- and post-roll (as a pair) can be enabled and
disabled from the Options menu.
To enable both pre/post-roll from the Options
menu:
 Select Options > Pre/Post-Roll.
Dragging Pre- and Post-Roll
Flags in the Timebase Ruler
The Pre- and Post-Roll Flags can be moved in the
Main Timebase ruler, either separately or at the
same time, to set their location.
To set the pre- and post-roll amounts by dragging
in the Main Timebase ruler:
1 If you want the Pre- and Post-Roll flags to snap
to the current Grid value, set the Edit mode to
Grid.
2 Drag the Pre-Roll Flag to a new location in the
ruler.
3 Drag the Post-Roll Flag to a new location in the
Timebase ruler.
In the Timeline, you can reset the pre- and
post-roll to zero. First, drag the Pre-Roll
Flag to the Timeline Selection In Point, then
drag the Post-Roll Flag to the Timeline Se-
lection Out Point.
Dragging a Pre-Roll Flag in a Timebase ruler
To set pre- and post-roll values to the same
amount, Option-drag (Mac) or Alt-drag
(Windows) either the Pre- or the Post-Roll
Flag in the ruler. The deselected flag will im-
mediately reset to the same value, and will
adjust accordingly as you drag the
selected flag.