User guide

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The Tool Area

lower track numbers where the pasting should not occur (see section

“Muting and Locking Tracks” on page 6-36).

The cut, copy and paste operations can be initialized either via the con-

text menu of the selected element(s) or via the usual keyboard short-

cuts (see section “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page A-7). Clips within the

bin can also be copied or pasted between folders via a drag-and-drop

procedure (see section “Sorting Clips into Folders” on page 4-19).

Sorting Clips

When the text information view is selected for the clips in the contents

area of the bin (see section “Changing the View of Clips” on page 4-5),

you can sort the clips easily:

y In the text information table simply click on the respective column

heading to sort the entries under this column in ascending or

descending order.

Then the clips will be sorted accordingly and the type of order will be

indicated by the triangle to the right of the column heading. The sorting

will also be available after switching to the thumbnail view of the bin

again.

The already sorted clips can even be sorted further, i.e. they can be sort-

ed by up to three criteria in total. With this you are able, for instance,

to sort clips by their names as well as by their duration:

y To sort the list further hold the [Ctrl] key pressed while clicking with

the mouse on another column heading.

To the right of the additionally selected column heading a figure will ap-

pear to indicate that this is the second or third criteria the list is sorted

by. Whether this sorting occurs in ascending or descending order is de-

termined by the sorting order of the very first column heading, i.e. if the

first selected column is sorted in descending order, all following sorting

criteria will also be sorted in descending order. By repeating the last step

you can sort the list of clips by up to three criteria, and the whole sorting

will also be available when switching to the thumbnail view of the bin.

Sorting Clips into Folders

As soon as clips are present in the bin you can sort them into previously

created folders (see section “Creating Folders” on page 4-15) to keep

your project file in order and thus to perform a clip and project man-

agement.

When operating between bin and timeline or vice versa, the se-

lected clip(s) will be added (i.e. copied).

For these procedures the focus must be set correctly. For exam-

ple, when operating in the bin, its contents area (not the folder

area) must have the focus.