User Guide

68 Studio 8
ADVANCED TIMELINE EDITING
During most editing operations, Studio automatically
keeps the clips on the various Timeline tracks
synchronised. For instance, when you insert a scene
from the Album onto the Video track, the relative
positions of all clips to the right of the insertion remain
unchanged.
Sometimes, though, you might like to override the
default synchronisation. You might want to insert a
new video clip into your project without displacing any
clips of other types. You might want to edit video
separately from its accompanying original audio – a
valuable technique with several variations, discussed
below.
Such special edits are possible using the track lock
buttons at the left of the Movie Window in Timeline
view. Each of the five standard track indicators (all
except the Menu track) doubles as a button for locking
its track.
A locked track is immediately greyed out in the
Timeline view, and a small lock symbol appears beside
the track button. The clips on the locked track cannot
be selected or edited in any of the three views; nor are
they affected by editing operations on unlocked tracks.
Any combination of tracks may be locked (excluding
the special Menu track that appears above the Video
track when your project contains menus).