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Pro Tools Reference Guide184
Moving Regions in Slip Mode
In Slip mode, regions can be moved with
the Grabber freely within a track, or onto
other tracks. In this mode it is possible to
place a region so that there is space be-
tween it and other regions in a track. When
the track is played back, this space is silent.
It is also possible to move a region so that it
overlaps or completely covers another re-
gion.
To slip regions:
1 Set the Edit mode to Slip by clicking its
button in the upper left of the Edit window.
2 Drag a region from the Regions List to an
empty track.
3 Drag a second region from the Regions
List to the same track, somewhere in the
middle. The second region is placed wher-
ever you release it. It doesn’t snap to the
first region as in Shuffle mode.
Drag the regions to different locations
within the track to get a feel for moving
them in Slip mode. Try placing the second
region so that it slightly overlaps the first
region. Play back the results.
Spotting Regions
Spot mode is useful for sessions in which
you want to spot regions to precise loca-
tions based on any of the Time Scales. This
can be particularly useful when performing
post production tasks with SMPTE frame
locations. In Spot mode you can spot a re-
gion by specifying a SMPTE frame or
bar/beat location, by capturing an incom-
ing time code address, or by using the re-
gion’s time stamps.
☞ For even quicker spotting, if you are using
VITC, use the Auto-Spot Regions command to
spot a region to the current SMPTE frame loca-
tion with the Grabber. For more information,
see “Auto-Spotting Regions” on page 360.
To spot a region:
1 Set the Edit mode to Spot by clicking its
button in the upper left of the Edit window.
2 Drag a region from the Regions List to an
existing track.
– or –
Click on a region already in a track with the
Grabber.
3 In the Spot dialog, select the desired time
format from the Time Scale pop-up menu.
Each of the fields in the Spot dialog are dis-
played in the chosen Time Scale.
4 If the Time Scale is set to Time Code, se-
lect the Use Subframes option to display
subframes in the fields for great accuracy.
Spot dialog