User guide

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The Conforming Tool
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tails, i.e. with this function you can relocate the trim points of all clips
in the timeline in a single step. It works also with standard clips of the
Edit Tool when the EDL of the timeline (’Timeline as EDL’, see section
“The Tab ’EDLs’” on page 8-29) is duplicated and built up in the tim-
line.
A click on this button opens the following window:
Figure 8-38: Showing or hiding heads and tails
In this window you can choose between several possibilities to show or
hide handles by selecting one with the radio buttons to the left:
By performing this function a second time with an inverse sign (e.g. plus
instead of minus), the effect on the clips in the timeline can be reversed.
Yet, the same can be achieved (even if transitions are replaced by hard
cuts) with the menu option Undo on the Edit menu (see section “The
’Edit’ Menu” on page 9-17).
When showing or hiding handles, transitions may be replaced
by hard cuts. However, they can be restored again by selecting
the menu option Undo on the Edit menu (see section “The
’Edit’ Menu” on page 9-17).
Handles as Determines the lengths of the heads and tails
that should be shown or hidden. Afterwards
each trim point of the clips in the timeline (i.e.
their in- and outpoints) will be adjusted accord-
ingly. Enter the length in the entry field to the
right either in frames or timecode notation (can
be switched with the combo box to the left):
> 0 (positive) More of the handles will be
shown in the timeline, i.e. the
durations of the clips increase.
< 0 (negative) Hides handles, i.e. the dura-
tions of the clips decrease.
All available Displays all heads and tails in the timeline as
they are available for each clip. However, be-
cause handles rarely are of the same lengths,
they cannot be restored by using this function
again with an inversed setting (see below).