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Using Media Pool views

You can control the information that is displayed in the Media Pool by clicking the Views button and selecting a view.

View Description

List Displays a list of each file currently included in the Media Pool.

Detailed Displays all the properties for each file. The information is presented in a table format.

You can customize the information displayed:

• Reorder columns (fields) by dragging the column label to a new position.

• Hide a column by dragging the column label off of the Media Pool window. To display a hidden column,

right-click the Media Pool, choose View from the shortcut menu, and choose the column name from the

submenu.

• Sort the files in the Media Pool according to a category by clicking the column label for that category.

•Use the Comments field to add your own annotations to a file’s entry in the Media Pool. Double-click the

field to enter text. This information is saved with the project and is not saved with the media file itself.

Region Allows you to view all regions for the selected file, as well as each region’s start time, end time, and length.

You can toggle this view on and off by selecting the Region View option. A check mark appears next to

the option when the Region View is displayed

Adding media to your project without creating events

From the file menu, choose Open Media (or click the Open Media button ). The Open Media dialog displays.

Browse to the file you want to open and select it. You can use Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files.

Clear the Add to timeline check box.

Click Open. The media file is added to the Media Pool.

Tip:

Right-click a file in the Explorer window and choose Add to Media Pool from the shortcut menu.

Adding media to the timeline

There are multiple options for adding media files to the timeline in CD Architect software.

Using the File menu

From the File menu, select Open Media. The Open Media dialog appears.

Navigate to and select a media file to add to the timeline. You can use Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files.

Select the Add to Timeline check box.

Choose from the following options to tell the application how to place the media:

• Create Events from Media Regions - Select this option to add all regions from the media file(s) as events to the timeline

individually, with pauses between each.

• Create Tracks - Select this option to add each media file to the Media Pool and create a separate event and CD track on the

timeline. Each track is displayed in the Track List. A pause is automatically inserted between each event.

• Create Tracks from Media Regions - This option is only available if the Create Tracks check box is selected. Select this option to

create separate tracks for each region in the media file and an index marker for each marker in the media file. If there are no

useful regions found in the media file, CD Architect software creates a track for the entire event.

Click Open. The media file is added to the timeline.

Dragging a media file to the timeline or CD marker bar

You can create a new track by dragging a media file from the Explorer or Media Pool to a blank area on the timeline or an area on the CD

marker bar and dropping it in place. CD Architect tracks can contain multiple events, so you can place different events next to each

other on a track.

Locate a media file in the Explorer or Media Pool.

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