User Manual

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For video events, turning off the Loop switch makes the last frame repeat for the duration of the event beyond its original length,

creating a freeze frame effect (as in the middle example below). The Loop switch is enabled for the event in the last example below.

Invert phase (audio only)

This switch inverts the audio event at its baseline, in effect reversing its polarity. Inverting an event, while creating no audible

difference, is occasionally useful for matching transitions when mixing audio on separate tracks or fine-tuning a crossfade.

You can also phase invert a track. If a track is inverted and you invert an event on the track, the event is doubly-inverted (restored to

its original state).

For more information, see Phase inverting a track (audio only) on page 158.

Normalize (audio only)

You can normalize an event to maximize its volume, based on the waveform’s highest peak, without clipping the event during

playback.

Recalculating the normalization

When you normalize an event, the event is analyzed and the volume is raised based on the waveform’s highest peak and then

adjusts the rest of the event accordingly. If you have adjusted the edge of an event to exclude the (formerly) highest waveform

peak, you might want to recalculate the event’s normalization.

Right-click the event to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose Properties. The Properties dialog opens.

The original three frame clip.

Looping is off. The elongated event repeats (freezes) the final frame.

Looping is on. The entire event repeats.

Selected event

before normalize

Selected event after

normalize is applied

Highest peak used

for recalculating the

normalization

Event edited after

normalization

Highest peak used

for normalization

before editing