User Guide

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User Guide
To move a layer in time by moving its In point:
1 In the Timeline window, drag the current-time marker to the time at which you want
the layer to begin playing.
2 In the Timeline window, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) any panel
heading, and then choose Panels > In.
3 In the In panel, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click the number that
appears for that layer.
Note: To move a layer by its Out point, use the same steps with the Out point panel.
Automatically arranging layers as a sequence
Use the Sequence Layers keyframe assistant to automatically arrange layers in a sequence.
When you apply the keyframe assistant, the first layer you select remains in its initial time
position, and the other selected layers move to new positions in the Timeline window
based on the order in which you select them.
Layers selected in Timeline window (top). Layers arranged in
sequence after applying the Sequence Layers Keyframe Assis-
tant (bottom).
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