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Working with Slates in the Script Window
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Working with Slates in the Script Window
Once you create a slate by dragging a clip into the Script window, you can manipulate the slate’s
appearance and position. You can:
• Select one or more slates.
Selecting multiple slates is especially useful when you are adding or deleting color or
off-screen dialog indicators across takes, as described in “Working with Takes in the Script
Window” on page 603.
• Resize slates in the same way that you resize frames in the bin in Frame view.
You can also enlarge the font size of the script to increase the size of the slate frames. This
can be useful for presentation or screening purposes when you need a large display for an
audience. For information on resizing the font, see “Working with Script Text” on page 593.
• Hold slates on screen so that, as you scroll a script in the Script window, each slate remains
on screen as long as the take lines to which it is linked remain on screen.
• Hide the representative frame that your Avid editing application displays by default for each
slate.
When you do this, your Avid editing application shows only the clip name to simplify the
interface or speed up scrolling and movement in a complex Script window.
• Show only one take for each nonactive slate to minimize screen clutter.
• Adjust the position of slates to make room for more slates, to avoid blocking words, or to
display takes over specific lines.
• Delete slates, for example, if you find that you no longer need the takes in the slate.
To select slates, do one of the following:
t Click a slate to select it.
t Shift+click additional slates to select all the active takes.
t Drag a lasso through a region of the script containing slates.
All slates and takes within the lasso are selected.
To enlarge or reduce the slates:
t Select Edit > Enlarge Frame or Edit > Reduce Frame.
To hold slates on screen, do one of the following:
t Select Hold Slates Onscreen in the Script Settings dialog box before you open the Script
window.
For more information, see “Script Settings” on page 589.
t Select Script > Hold Slates Onscreen.