User Manual

Working with Segments
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Working with Segments
Your Avid editing application provides editing controls for moving, deleting, marking, and
editing entire segments in the Timeline. A segment is a portion of a sequence between two clip
transitions.
There are two basic ways to edit segments:
• Select one of the segment tools on the Timeline palette (Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-in).
This lets you manipulate segments by positioning the cursor over the segment and
performing either a Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-in edit.
Timeline showing the active segment selection zones
• Select both segment tools on the Timeline palette. This lets you edit segments by positioning
the cursor over either the upper half of the segment (for Lift/Overwrite actions) or the lower
half of the segment (for Extract/Splice-in actions) and then clicking the segment.
You can also edit directly from a bin, as described in “Bin Editing into the Timeline” on
page 705.
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 768.
• You can select segments linked by common source media and timecode by enabling link
selection. For more information, see “Linked Clips” on page 695.
• 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.