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Example: Assembling Clips Into the
Timeline From the Source Viewer
The following example shows how you can use the Edit page to assemble a quick first cut of
edits using different features of the Media Pool, Viewers, and Timeline. Written out with every
possible option, this may seem like a lot of steps, but once you learn these fundamentals and
develop some muscle memory for the keyboard shortcuts in use, these methods become really
fast to do.
1 Press Command-1 to open the Bin list, and use the Arrow keys to select a bin (Up and
Down to change the selection, Right and Left to open and close bins). Then press
Command-2 to choose the clip browser, and use the Arrow keys to select a specific clip.
2 Press the Return or Enter key to open the selected clip into the Source Viewer.
3 Drag the playhead with the pointer or use the Spacebar or JKL keys to move the
playhead and set In and Out points (I and O) to define the section of that clip you want
to edit into your program.
4 By default, the destination controls are assigned to tracks V1 and A1. If necessary,
choose different video and audio tracks to edit the clip to in the Timeline by doing one
of the following:
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Click the destination controls of the tracks you want to edit to. You can also drag
them from where they are now to where you want them to be.
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Use the Command-Option Up and Down Arrow (for audio) and Command-Shift Up
and Down Arrow (for video) shortcuts to move the destination controls up and down.
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Use the Option-1–8 (for video) and Command-Option-1–8 (for audio) key shortcuts to
assign the video and audio destination controls to specific tracks.
5 By default, all destination controls are enabled. If you want to edit clips into the
Timeline as audio or video only, you can do one of the following:
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Click any destination control itself to disable the video or audio component.
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Press Option-1–8 (for video) or Command-Option-1–8 (for audio) for the currently
assigned tracks to toggle the destination controls on those tracks on and off.
Setting the destination control to the
track you want to edit into.
6 In the Timeline Viewer or the Timeline itself, use the pointer, Spacebar, or JKL controls
to move the Timeline playhead to the frame you want the beginning of the clip you’re
about to edit to start. If no In or Out points are set in the Timeline, the playhead position
is used as the In point by default.
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