User`s guide

The Timeline Window

To display only the Library Browser window:

1. Click the yellow Template button to toggle Template mode.

The following text controls are available only in Template mode:

t The red Insert Text button inserts the text into the Comments window into the text

graphic. Use the tab key to separate lines of text.

t The green Replace Comments button allows you to type comments into the

Comments window, replacing the existing comments.

t The blue Retrieve Comments button allows you to retrieve any comments

attached to the current effect.

2. Click Enter to apply the effect and return to the Avid editor.

The Timeline Window

The Timeline window is the area of the desktop where you develop effects and filters for you

composition and animate objects and effects. You can also import and place media on the

timeline, work with tracks such as marking in and out points, and work with shapes.

The Timeline window supports an unlimited number of tracks, which you can work with

independently from each other. They can also be reordered and nested in a container. A

container lets you layer objects and effects on the timeline. New tracks are added above the

currently selected track or at the top, if no track is selected.

Thanks to the Composition tabs, you can develop several compositions simultaneously and

switch back and forth between them as you work.

Every track in the timeline has two components: shape and media. When you select a shape

track, the corresponding shape controls appear in the Controls window. When you select a

face track, the corresponding Media tabs appear in the Controls window. Depending on

which media type is chosen, these tabs allows you to import, edit, and manipulate media.

The controls in the Media tabs vary depending on the currently chosen media type.