User Manual

Customizing Timeline Views
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Customizing Timeline Views
You can customize your view of the Timeline to display a variety of information about your
sequence as well as the clips and transitions it contains. You can do the following:
• Use options in the Timeline Fast menu to change the display in a variety of ways
For more information, see “Using the Timeline Fast Menu” on page 670 and “Timeline Fast
Menu Options” on page 670.
• Manipulate the height of tracks or move tracks as part of a view
For more information, see “Enlarging and Reducing Timeline Tracks” on page 672 and
“Moving Timeline Tracks” on page 672.
• Highlight clips in the Timeline for special purposes
For more information, see “Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline” on page 672.
• Hide or display audio waveforms or pan and gain automation.
For more information, see “Audio Displays in the Timeline” on page 772.
• Hide or display the Track Control panel. The Track Control panel defaults to hidden the first
time you start your Avid editing application.
For more information, see “Using the Track Control Panel” on page 683.
• Save different custom views that you can call up instantly in various circumstances.
For more information, see “Managing Customized Timeline Views” on page 686 and “Using
Timeline View Buttons” on page 687.
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You can also change your view of the Timeline by using on-the-fly procedures — for example, the
Zoom and Focus functions. You cannot save these as part of a Timeline view.
For illustrated examples of custom timeline views, see “Examples of Customized Timeline
Views” on page 668.
Examples of Customized Timeline Views
The following table describes several examples of custom timeline views that you might find
useful while editing:
Purpose Description
Effects Editing If you are editing complex visuals with multiple tracks and effects, you can display
Effect contents, Effect and Dissolve icons, Clip Frames, and Clip Transition
Durations within enlarged video tracks in the Timeline.