User manual

Compositions

UM-2014.1-07

Composition Elements

The main element of a composition is the

tim eline

This view is where you can arrange your

m edia segm ents

edit

segments, add

effects

and control what is displayed in the monitor.

This is the default view for a composition and shows you :

Video and audio tracks

Media segments

Play-heads and position indicators

Timeline marks

Bookmarks

Video and Audio Tracks

Video and audio tracks are laid out in horizontal strips in the classic way. An

empty composition defaults to one video and one audio track. The monitor will

display a mixed-down view of your timeline.

A mixed-down view is the view you see as if viewing the composition

from above, taking track output visibility into account.

A composition is composed of one or more media tracks (image or audio)

stacked on top of each other in rows.

Each track has :

Per track, independent controls on the left and

Global track controls above these