User Manual

Customizing Timeline Views
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Enlarging and Reducing Timeline Tracks
You can enlarge or reduce the height of one or more tracks to improve visibility and display more
information within the tracks.
To enlarge or reduce the height of tracks:
1. Select the tracks in the Timeline that you want to resize.
For more information, see “Selecting Tracks” on page 709.
2. Do one of the following:
t Select Edit > Enlarge Track or Edit > Reduce Track.
t Press Ctrl+L (Windows) or Command+L (Macintosh) to enlarge the track, or Ctrl+K
(Windows) or Command+K (Macintosh) to reduce the track, which changes the height
of all highlighted tracks in the Timeline.
Moving Timeline Tracks
You can move a track to reposition it vertically relative to the Timeline. Surrounding tracks are
repositioned above or below the track.
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Do not move a track when patching to another track is more appropriate.
To move a track:
t Press and hold the Ctrl key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh), click the Track button for
the track that you want to move, and drag the track to its new position.
Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline
You can use colors to highlight the following types of clips in the Timeline:
• Clips that have offline media.
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When you work with nested layers, a clip that contains offline media appears colored even if the
missing media is located in a nested layer.
• Clips whose frame rate does not match the sequence frame rate (mixed-rate clips).
• Clips that do not match the video resolution type of the project — for example, HD clips in
an SD project, or SD clips in an HD project.
• Clips to which you assign a local color in the Timeline.
• Clips to which you assign a color in the bin.
When working in a MultiRez environment, you can also use colors to track available resolutions.