Operation Manual

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The active part of the canvas. Everything on the active part of the canvas is included in the video.
The outside edges of the canvas contain boundary guidelines to help you snap media to the edge of the canvas.
The non active part of the canvas surrounds the active canvas. Anything on the non active part of the canvas is not
included in the video.
The non active part of the canvas is convenient for having media appear from off the canvas and into the video via an
animation.
Media on the non active part of the canvas can have animations added to them.
Canvas Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Arrow Keys
Move the selected media on the canvas.
When in pan mode, moves the view.
Scroll Mouse Wheel Increase or decrease the magnification view level.
Shift Key Hold the shift key while resizing media to maintain aspect ratio.
CTRL Key Override maintaining the aspect ratio while resizing media.
Double-click Double-click on any media to edit it or open it's task page.
CTRL Key + Scroll Mouse
Wheel
Scale zoom animation for the selected media.
Playback Controls
Use the playback controls to move throughout the video.
Preview Window But-
ton
Option Hotkey Description
Previous
Clip
CTRL+ALT+Left
Arrow
Move the scrubber to the beginning
of the previous clip on the timeline.
Step Back-
ward
CTRL+ Left Arrow
Hold the keys
down to rewind.
Rewind the video frame-by-frame.
Play/Pause Spacebar
Start the video from the play-
head/scrubber position. Click again
to pause.
Step For-
ward
CTRL+Right
Arrow Hold the
keys down to fast
Fast forward the video frame-by-
frame.
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