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Special Functions
Build Container
Yo u c a n u s e t h e Build Container function to combine a specific segment of a Sequence (or a complete
Sequence) into a container from within the Timeline. This function can be activated via the toolbar short-
cut menu or the function icon shown here; it may be necessary to copy the latter from the function
library to the Toolbar.
Define the area to be included in the Container:
 horizontally through the use of mark-in and mark-out points
 vertically by activating or deactivating Timeline Tracks. Only objects on activated Tr a c k s are
included in the Container.
Make sure that there are no inactive Tr a c k s located between the active Tra c k s . If there are, no Container
will be built.
Reason: Container building can change the priority of the Timeline Tr ac k s . This is because the Container
is always stored above
the Tr a c k s it serves to combine. If you exclude one or more Tr a c k s (because they
are deactivated), the Container that was built can now contain clips that are located above
the Tra c k that
was excluded. This means that those clips that were previously located below the clips of the excluded
Tr a c k (i.e. that had a lower priority) would be located above
them and could result in unexpected effects
for multilayering. (See also “Track Priority” on page 386.)
Afterwards, click on Build Container. This function inserts a clip of the corresponding length into the
next-higher Timeline Track that is available.