User guide

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Getting Started
to your liking manually. To set reels automatically in the timeline do as
described in the following:
 Select from the context menu of the timeline scale the menu option
Set DC reels automatically….
This will switch the timeline area to the view of the DC reels automati-
cally and the following window will be displayed on the screen:
Figure 2-9: Dialog to set reels automatically
It provides the settings items as described below:
Item Description
DC reel name These two fields determine the names of the
reels. The name prefix as entered in the field to
the left will be used for each reel, supplement-
ed by a consecutive numbering that can be
configured with the field to the right (start
number of the numbering).
DC reel position
mode
Determines the way the reels should be gener-
ated. Via the radio buttons you can select be-
tween one of the following possibilities:
One DC reel per time interval: With this set-
ting you can set a fixed duration for the reels
via the entry field to the right. The timeline/
range will then be divided into reels of the stat-
ed duration (the last reel may be shorter).
Number of DC reels …: Use this setting to set
a definite number of reels with the entry field to
the right. The timeline/range will then be divid-
ed into this amount of reels of equal length.