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Using Selection Mode
Selection mode uses the position of the playhead to make automatic selections when using the
Fairlight Editing console or keyboard shortcuts to make clip selections on selected tracks.
However, you can also use this mode in conjunction with the pointer and keyboard shortcuts to
make selections in a different style. Selection mode is primarily intended to allow efficient
editing of whole clips.
If no tracks have been selected: Clips that intersect the playhead are not selected.
You can use the pointer to select one or more clips by clicking, Command-clicking,
or dragging a bounding box. Clips you select in this way are highlighted in orange.
Making selections in this way is similar to making clip selections in the Timeline of the
Edit page.
If tracks have been selected: All clips that intersect the playhead on selected tracks
will be automatically selected in gray, but no In and Out points will be set. Clips on
de-selected tracks will be ignored. Selecting one or more clips with the pointer
(by Command-clicking or dragging a bounding box) creates an orange-highlighted
selection that overrides the gray automatic selection.
If you set In and Out points: Some functions will affect ranges of clips between In and
Out points on selected tracks. Clips on unselected tracks are ignored.
To choose Selection mode:
Click the Selection tool (the arrow) in the toolbar.
Choose Trim > Selection Mode.
Press A.
To automatically select clips using the playhead position in Selection mode:
1 Press A to enter Selection mode.
2 Select one or more tracks with clips you want to select.
3 Move the playhead to intersect those clips.
All clips that intersect the playhead on selected tracks of the Timeline are automatically
selected in their entirety. Automatic selections are gray. Intersecting clips on unselected tracks
are not selected.
Clips intersecting the playhead in Selection mode are automatically selected with orange highlights
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