User guide

Tracktion 4 Reference Manual

1.11 : Movie Item Properties

When a movie item is selected, its properties are displayed in the properties panel (Fig. 1.11.1). Vari-

ous tools and options related to the movie item can be found on this panel.

Name: This eld shows the movie item name, as seen in the items list. You can also alter the name

here; this does not necessarily affect the movie item’s le name, however. See Chapter 2.6 for details

on item renaming behaviour.

Project: This eld shows the project to which this movie item belongs.

File: This eld shows the location of the movie le on your hard-drive. The button to the right displays a

pop-up menu (Fig. 1.11.2) with the following options:

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Choose a different le for this clip to refer to...: This option allows you to change the underly-

ing le for the movie item. This can be useful if the le has been moved, and Tracktion cannot

nd it. In this case, you can use this option to locate the movie le and re-associate it with the

item.

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Rename this le...: You can rename the movie le.

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Open the folder containing this le..: Typically your edits and recordings will all reside in the

project folder. This option is therefore a handy way of looking to see which lSes are physically

present in the project folder.

Description: This eld allows you to enter a description of the movie, or make notes for future refer-

ence. Bear in mind that this eld is scanned by the search tool. By inserting simple keywords into

descriptions, you can make it very easy to locate material later.

View movie: Click this to preview the movie. You will need the player QuickTime installed. QuickTime

will be included as standard on Macs, and for PC users, it is available on your Tracktion install DVD

(Tracktion Ultimate and Tracktion Project). If you do not have a boxed version of Tracktion, you can ob-

tain QuickTime from Apple’s web-site (http://www.apple.com).

Delete source le: Click this button to delete the source movie le. Be aware, this operation cannot be

undone! Once the source le has been deleted, you can use the nd missing le option to associate

the item with an alternate le.

Delete item: Click this button to remove the item from the project. You will be prompted if you want to

remove the source le as well.

Keyboard shortcuts: DELETE and BACKSPACE.

Figure 1.11.1

Figure 1.11.2