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To unlock a timeline to let other collaborators work on it:
1 Right-click that timeline in the Media Pool and choose Timelines > Unlock Timeline from
the contextual menu.
2 Your collaborator will then need to right-click the Media Pool bin the timeline is in to be
able to edit it.
Automatic Clip Locking
Clip locking in the Fusion and Color pages works similarly. As multiple compositing artists work
in the Fusion page, and multiple colorists work in the Color page, the first compositing artist or
colorist to select any given clip has an automatic lock on that clip. Other compositing artists or
colorists will see a badge on that clip in the Thumbnail timeline showing that it’s locked as well
as letting them know who has the lock. In the following screenshot, a green badge at the corner
of clip 12 in the Color page Thumbnail timeline indicates that clip is locked.
Badges in the Thumbnail timeline indicate which clips are
locked because a collaborator is grading them
Automatically Checking In Work When You Change Clips
When you’re finished with the clip you’re working on, you need only select another clip for the
changes you made to the previously selected clip to be automatically saved and pushed to all
other colorists who are working on that timeline in the Color page. No refresh is needed. This is
the main difference between clip locking in the Color page and bin locking.
Compositing Artists and Colorists Can Work Together
The Fusion page and Color page each maintain separate clip locks. This means that for any
given pool of compositing artists, only one will be able to work on a given clip at a time, while in
the Color page only a single colorist will be able to work on a clip at a time.
However, because Fusion and Color page clip locking is maintained separately, that means that
one compositing artist and one colorist can work on a single clip in the timeline simultaneously,
even while an editor is working on that timeline.
Receiving Changes Made by Collaborators
As you work collaboratively, it will be common for groups of compositing artists to be executing
multiple compositions at a time, while colorist and their assistants will be working on the grade,
and an editor and their assistants will be refining the edit, all working together within the
same project.
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