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 Custom Zoom: Zooms the Timeline to the level selected by the Zoom Slider to its
immediate right.
 Zoom Slider: Drag the zoom slider to the left to zoom out, and right to zoom in. You
can also press Command-Minus (–) and Command-Equal (=) to zoom out and in. Either
way, zooming is always centered on the current position of the playhead, even if the
playhead is off screen.
 To frame every clip into the width of the Timeline: Press Shift-Z. This is a toggle,
so pressing Shift-Z frames your whole edited sequence to the width of the Timeline,
and then pressing Shift-Z again returns the Timeline to whatever level of zoom you
were using previously. Using this keyboard shortcut makes it really easy to navigate
the Timeline when you’re zoomed in, as you can press Shift-Z, move the playhead to
another part of the Timeline you want to work on, and then press Shift-Z again to zoom
back into the new location of the Timeline.
From left to right: Full Extent, Detail, and Custom Zoom controls.
Scrolling Through the Timeline
When you’re zoomed into the Timeline, there are several methods you can use to scroll around
as you work.
 You can scroll left and right, or up and down, by dragging the Timeline’s horizontal and
vertical scroll bars.
 You can also scroll up and down the tracks of the Timeline using the scroll wheel, scroll
ball, or scroll gestures of your mouse, trackball, trackpad, or other pointing device.
 You can also scroll within the Timeline by middle-clicking and dragging in any direction,
which works the same as panning around a viewer that you’ve zoomed into. This frees
you from having to use the scroll bars as you move around your edited clips.
If you scroll past the position of the playhead, a small playhead indicator appears in the bottom
scroll bar to let you know where it is relative to the entire duration of your edited sequence.
A small indicator shows the position of the playhead
if it’s outside of the visible area of the Timeline
Resizing the Timeline’s Video
and Audio Track Regions
If you need to see more of the video or audio tracks in the available area of the Timeline, you
can drag the horizontal divider that separates the audio and video tracks up or down to create
room where you need it.
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