Specifications

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Chapter 7: Clip Menu
Clip menu commands are used to manage and
edit clips.
Edit Lock/Unlock
This command lets you Edit-lock a clip or group
of clips that you want to protect from being in-
advertently edited. Clips that are Edit-locked
cannot be edited (such as cutting, deleting, sep-
arating, or trimming) or moved to a different
time location. Copied edit-locked clips can be
pasted to any track or time location, but the
copy will also be Edit-locked at the new time lo-
cation.
Time Lock/Unlock
This command lets you lock to a particular loca-
tion in a track (a beat, SMPTE frame, or sample
location), so it cannot be moved accidentally.
Time-locked clips cannot be moved or deleted.
However, they can be edited in ways that do not
delete or move the clip’s sync point to a different
time location (such as separating, trimming,
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processing, or even moving the clip
to another track). When separating a Time-
locked clip, any new clips will also be locked to
their time locations.
Send to Back
This command sends the selected clip or clips
behind any neighboring overlapping clips. If
multiple overlapping clips are selected,
Pro Tools will apply the command to each clip as
that clip relates to the neighboring clip on the
right.
Bring To Front
This command brings the selected clip or clips
to the front of any neighboring overlapping
clips. If multiple overlapping clips are selected,
Pro Tools will apply the command to each clip as
that clip relates to the neighboring clip on the
right.
Rating
This command lets you rate different clips on a
scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest and 1 is the
lowest. You can also give clips no rating
(“none”). This is the default rating.
Clip rating is useful for identifying which takes
(clips) you like the most when compositing play-
lists. You can display or hide the clip rating in
clips to facilitate track compositing or regular
editing. You can also show or hide Playlist lanes
based on the ratings of clips in the playlist.