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The Timeline Comparison Window
When you first open the Timeline Comparison window, the first thing you see is a pair of
miniature timelines. The currently open Timeline appears at the bottom and the Timeline you
right-clicked appears at the top.
The Timeline Comparison window
Comparison Window Playhead Output
By default, the two playheads are ganged together, with the top playhead being displayed in
the Source Viewer, and the bottom playhead being displayed in the Timeline Viewer. These
playheads can be unganged if you want to compare different areas of both timelines, simply by
turning off Sync Playheads in the option menu.
Highlighting Dierences
Special highlights indicate sections of both timelines that are different. Individual changes are
not individually highlighted, although they can be seen, on the premise that you’re more
interested in a section by section analysis of what your collaborating editor has been doing, for
purposes of deciding whether to incorporate changes or reversions based on this comparison.
Each section of differences between the two timelines are highlighted
When using this tool, you can change the bottom Timeline to match the top Timeline, on a
section by section basis, by right-clicking a highlighted section and choosing Accept Change
from the contextual menu. When you do this, the currently open Timeline is immediately
changed to incorporate the altered section from the Timeline you’re comparing to. If necessary,
you can undo this.
Identifying Dierences Using Clip Labelling
You can also use the Timeline Comparison window to use clip labeling to indicate all
differences between the comparison Timeline and the currently open Timeline. The method for
doing this has not yet been defined at the time of this writing.
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