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Working with projects
Group editing operations include:
• Selecting events.
• Moving and duplicating events.
• Resizing events.
• Adjusting fade-in and fade-out (audio events only, see “Creat-
ing fades” on page 118).
• Splitting events (splitting one event will automatically split any
other grouped events that are intersected by the split position).
• Locking events.
• Muting events.
• Deleting events.
Locking events
If you want to make sure that you do not edit or move an
event by accident, you can lock it. Locking can affect one
(or any combination) of the following properties:
• To specify which of these properties are affected by the
Lock function, use the “Lock Event Attributes” pop-up
menu in the Preferences dialog (Editing page).
• To lock events, select them and select “Lock…” from
the Edit menu.
The events will be locked according to the options specified in the Pref-
erences dialog.
• You can adjust the lock options for a locked event by
selecting it and selecting “Lock…” from the Edit menu
again.
This opens a dialog in which you can activate or deactivate the desired
lock options.
• To unlock an event (turn off all lock options), select it
and select “Unlock” from the Edit menu.
• It is also possible to lock a whole track, by clicking the
padlock symbol in the track list or in the Inspector.
This disables all editing of all events on the track.
Muting events
To mute individual events in the Project window, proceed
as follows:
• To mute or unmute a single event, click on it with the
Mute tool.
• To mute or unmute several events, select them – either
by using the standard selection techniques, or by using
one of the options on the Select submenu on the Edit
menu – and click on one of the selected events with the
Mute tool.
All selected events will be muted.
• You can also click in an empty area with the Mute tool
and drag a selection rectangle around several events you
want to mute or unmute, and then click on one of them
with the Mute tool.
• You can mute events by selecting them and selecting
“Mute” from the Edit menu.
Similarly, you can unmute the selected events by selecting “Unmute”
from the Edit menu.
• You can also change the mute status of selected events
on the info line.
Muted events can be edited as usual (with the exception
of adjusting fades), but are not played back.
Muted events are “grayed out”.
Lock Options Description
Position If this is locked, the event cannot be moved.
Size If this is locked, the event cannot be resized.
Other If this is locked, all other editing of the event is disabled.
This includes adjusting the fades and event volume, pro
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cessing, etc.
The padlock symbol indicates that one or
more of the lock options are activated for
the event.