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Chapter 9 Using the Timeline
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Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames
The following two commands help you quickly find parts of your sequence
that you might want to delete from the final sequence:
• Find Black Hole
• Find Flash Frame
Black holes are segments of the sequence that consist of one or more frames of
filler. Flash frames are clips that have an extremely short duration — for
example, fewer than 30 frames.
To find a black hole:
1. Click the Timeline to make it active.
2. Select the tracks you want to search.
3. Move the position indicator to the beginning of the sequence or before the
part of the sequence you want to search.
4. Select Clip > Find Black Hole.
The position indicator moves to the first segment that contains filler. You
can then edit or delete the filler if necessary.
To find the next segment that contains filler:
t Select Clip > Find Black Hole again.
To find flash frames:
1. Check or set the maximum frame length that you want the system to
detect by doing the following:
a. Double-click Timeline in the Settings tab in the Project window.
The Timeline Settings dialog box opens.
b. Click the Edit tab.
c. In the option Find Flash Frames Shorter Than, indicate the maximum
number of frames you want the system to detect. The default is 10,
which tells the system to detect clips with 9 frames or fewer.
d. Click OK.
2. Click the Timeline to make it active.
3. Select the tracks you want to search.