User Manual

Navigating in the Timeline
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t In the More tab of the Command Palette, select Active Palette, and then click the Timeline
View button.
Navigating in the Timeline
The Timeline window provides various controls for quickly moving through a sequence and
adjusting your view of details displayed in the tracks while editing. You can use the position
indicator, the Timeline scroll bar/position bar, the Timeline scale bar, the Zoom In and Zoom
Back commands, or the Focus button. In addition, you can highlight marked sections of the
sequence for visual reference.
You can also use the Video Quality Menu button in the Timeline bottom toolbar to control the
quality level at which media plays back. For more information about the Video Quality Menu
button, see “Real-Time Playback of Video Effects” in the Help.
The following illustration shows the Timeline window.
Timeline window: (left to right) Timeline palette, Track Control panel, Position indicator, with the Timeline bottom
toolbar under the Timeline (left to right: Timeline Fast Menu, Focus, Toggle Source/Record in Timeline, Video
Quality, DNxHD Native, Step In, Step Out, Scale bar Timeline scroll bar)
Understanding the Timeline Position Indicator and Scroll Bar
The position indicator in the Timeline marks your place in the sequence. It also determines how
your Avid editing application interprets some of your commands. For example, when you
perform an edit, the system takes the location of the position indicator as the In point in the
absence of established marks.