User Manual

Working with Segments
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Four-frame display. The two outer frames indicate ending and beginning frames of clips before and after the
segment. The two inner frames represent the start and end frames of the segment. The offset counter is
highlighted.
When you drag the segments, the original highlighted segment remains in place, while a “ghost”
segment enclosed in a dotted white box moves along with the pointer until you release it at a new
edit point.
When you release the segment into its new position, the actual lift (Overwrite) or extract
(Splice-in) occurs. Until then, the segment position is preserved in the Timeline, allowing you to
maintain your perspective of the sequence while selecting the new edit point.
Suppressing Four-Frame Display
The four-frame display of incoming or outgoing frames can occasionally slow the movement of
segments as you drag them through the sequence. You can improve the speed of segment editing
by suppressing the four-frame display.
To suppress the four-frame display:
1. Double-click Timeline in the Settings list in the Project window.
The Timeline Settings dialog box opens.
2. Deselect the Show Four Frame Display option in the Display tab, and click OK.
3. Select one of the segment tools on the Timeline palette.
The mouse pointer arrow changes to a large red or yellow arrow when inside the Timeline,
depending on where you position the pointer or which segment tool you click.
4. Click the segment, and drag it to its new position.