User`s guide

Chapter 1 Desktop
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Multiple Compositions in a Single Timeline Window
You can have multiple compositions accessible from the same timeline. This allows you to work
with multiple versions of a single composition and to try out different effects and parameter
changes on the same material, clicking back and forth to compare them.
When an additional composition is created or loaded into the timeline, a tab appears in the timeline
representing that composition. Click a composition’s tab to make it the active effect in the timeline.
Creating Compositions
You can create a new composition from any of the four main windows. The tracks in the
timeline are replaced with the new composition. You can only open a composition from the
timeline or the Project window.
To create a new composition:
t From the Composition menu, select New Composition.
A new composition is added in the Project window.
To open a composition:
• Use one of the following options to open a composition:
t Double-click the appropriate composition in the Project window.
t Select the composition in the Project window and select Composition > Open
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