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C Mode sorting, i.e., source clip order
Sorting by C mode makes it easy to identify a range of similar clips. For example, if you’re
working on a narrative project, clips from each angle of coverage in the scene will naturally
cluster together. In another example, sorting by C mode in a documentary will arrange all of a
particular subject’s head shots from a specific interview contiguously, one after another, since
they all come from the same range of timecode on the same source tape. In both examples, the
close proximity of similar clips to one another that C mode creates makes it easy to copy grades
among them, ripple changes, or group them.
When you’re finished, you can switch the Timeline back to A sort mode, and all of the clips will
go back to being arranged in the order in which they were edited.
To toggle between A and C mode sorting, do one of the following:
Choose an option from the View > Timeline Thumbnail Mode submenu.
Press Command-Page Down to toggle to C mode sorting.
Press A/C MODE on the T-bar panel of the DaVinci control panel.
While in C mode, the word “SOURCE” appears at the right in the Timeline Ruler of the
Mini-Timeline.
Source mode indicated at the
right of the Timeline ruler
A checkbox in the Conform Options group in the General Options panel of the Project Settings
lets you change the behavior of C mode sorting. Opening the Settings window and clicking the
General Options panel of the Project Settings reveals the Sort Timeline Using Reel Name and
Timecode checkbox.
General Options panel of the Project Settings
With this checkbox turned on (the default), all clips in the Timeline are sorted by reel name first,
and then by source timecode. This way, clips with similar timecode from the same reel will
appear next to one another in C mode.
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