User`s guide

Chapter 1 Desktop
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Add Container Buttons
The Add Container buttons let you add a container to the timeline. Selected tracks are nested
within the container or pre-composition. If no tracks are selected, the container is created at
the top of the timeline. You can also drag tracks into the container.
The Add Movie Media button creates a 3D Plane track with Movie media.
When you click this button, a dialog box lets you choose the movie file.
The Add Text Page button creates a 3D Plane track. When you click this
button the Text window opens. The resulting text is a bitmap. See
Understanding Vector Graphics and Bitmaps for more information.
The Add Vector Text Media button creates a 3D Line Art track with Text
media. When you click this button, the Text window opens.
The Add 3D Extrusion Text Media button creates a 3D Extrusion track
with Text media. When you click this button, the Text window opens.
The Add Paint Layer button creates a 3D Plane track with Spline Object
media. When you click the track, the Tool window opens with the Brush
tool selected.
The Add 3D Chart button creates a 3D Chart Container track. The default
is a bar chart, but from the Controls window you can also specify a Pie,
Line, or Filled Line chart. You control the appearance and behavior of a
chart by editing the parameters in the Controls window. See “Working with
3D Chart Containers” on page 270.
The Open Library Browser button
opens the Library Browser to let you
add a setting to the timeline from the Keyframe Library. For more
information, see “The KeyFrame Library and the Library Browser” on
page 184.
The Add Audio Track button creates an audio track. When you click this
button, a dialog box appears to let you choose the audio file.
The Add 3D Extrusion button creates a 3D Extrusion track with Spline
Primitive media.
The Add Extruded Pencil button
creates a 3D Extrusion track with Spline
Object media. When you click the track, the Tool window opens with the
Pencil tool selected.