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User Guide
Optional panels
You can display or hide several optional panels in the Timeline window.
To display or hide optional panels:
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a Timeline window panel heading, and
then choose the panel you want to display or hide in the Panels submenu.
A. Comment panel Type comments for the layer.
B. Modes panel Specify layer modes and track mattes. See “Using layer modes” on
page 261 and “Creating track mattes and traveling mattes” on page 260.
C. Parent panel Specify a parent layer. See “Understanding parent layers” on page 184.
D. Keys panel Move the keyframe navigator controls closer to the time graph. See
“Keyframe navigator” on page 162.
E. In panel View or change the In point of a layer. See “Understanding trimming” on
page 139. You can also display or hide this panel by clicking the Optional panel button
( ) in the lower left corner of the time graph.
F. Out panel View or change the Out point of a layer. See “Understanding trimming” on
page 139.
G. Duration panel View or change the duration of a layer. See “Understanding trimming”
on page 139.
H. Stretch panel Time-stretch a layer. See “Understanding trimming” on page 139.
I. Optional panel button Display or hide the In, Out, Duration, and Stretch panels.
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