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The Viewing Modes buttons
 Icon view: Each clip is represented by a scrubbable thumbnail. Hover the playhead
over each thumbnail and move it left and right to see the clip’s image play, and use the
I and O keys to mark sections of a clip that you want to use. Clicking on the lower right
corner of a thumbnail reveals the clip’s metadata.
 Filmstrip view: Each clip is represented by a filmstrip of consecutive frames the length
of the Media Pool. Hover the playhead over the clip and move it left and right to see the
clip’s image play, and use the I and O keys to mark sections of a clip that you want to
use. Clicking on the lower right corner of a thumbnail reveals the clip’s metadata.
 List view: Each clip appears as an item in a multi-column list showing a variety of
metadata about each clip. In List view, you can click the header of any column to sort
the contents by that column’s information (clicking again toggles the sort order between
Ascending and Descending). Scrolling right reveals additional columns of information.
A Sort Media By drop-down menu lets you choose which criteria defines the order in which
clips in the Media Pool are arranged. Options include: Timecode, Camera, Duration, or Clip
Name, and you can choose to sort in Ascending (bottom to top) or Descending (top to
bottom) order.
The Sort Media By drop-down menu
Lastly, a search field lets you type a term you want to use to find one or more clips that match
that criteria. When you type anything, the contents of the Media Pool shrink to show only clips
that match your criteria.
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