User Manual

Working with Segments
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You can also edit directly from a bin, as described in “Bin Editing into the Timeline” on
page 661.
Guidelines for Segment Editing
General Guidelines
• Moving a selection with an Extract/Splice-in edit deletes transition effects on either side of
the selection. If the selection includes multiple segments around a transition effect, moving
the segments preserves transition effects inside the selection.
• You can track the audio while moving segments by pressing the Caps Lock key to enable
audio scrub. For more information, see “Using Audio Scrub” on page 718.
• You can select segments linked by common source media and timecode by enabling link
selection. For more information, see “Linked Clips” on page 653.
• When you finish making an edit, the active segment tool continues to affect edits you make
unless you deactivate the segment tool on the Timeline palette.
Guidelines When Selecting Segments
• You cannot overlap the source and destination tracks. For example, you can move audio
segments from A3 and A4 to A1 and A2, but you cannot move them from A3 and A4 to A2
and A3 (A3 overlaps). You can move mono audio tracks only to other mono audio tracks,
and you can move stereo audio tracks only to stereo tracks.
• With a group or with linked clips, you can click any selected segment to drag the entire
group to a new position.
• You can select black filler as a segment, except when filler is used at the head or tail of a
sequence.
Guidelines When Lassoing Segments
• Position the pointer above the tracks before dragging. If you click within the tracks, you
either select a segment or a transition (if an edit tool is active on the Timeline palette) or you
relocate the position indicator to that position. To lasso segments in the middle of the
Timeline between multiple tracks, press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key
(Macintosh) while you drag the lasso.
• Lasso at least two transitions or all transitions included in multiple segments. If your lasso
surrounds only one transition, you enter Trim mode.
• Drag from left to right. If you drag from right to left, you enter Trim mode with slip rollers
selected.
• Link selection does not affect which segments you select when you lasso segments in the
Timeline.