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To use the Video Universe window to zoom video
clips in the Edit window:
1 Move the cursor over the top half of any video
frame until it becomes a zoom tool.
2 Do one of the following:
• To move the beginning of a video clip to the far
left of the Timeline while maintaining the cur-
rent zoom resolution in the Edit window, click
the video frame representing the clip once.
• To zoom in on a video clip so that it fills the en-
tire Edit window, double-click the video frame
representing the clip.
• To zoom a range of selected clips so that they fill
the Edit window, drag on the video frames that
represent the clips.
Selecting Ranges in the Video
Universe
When you move the cursor over the bottom half of
a video frame in the Video Universe, it displays
and behaves as a selector tool. This tool lets you
select ranges within one or more video clips in the
Edit window.
To use the Video Universe window to select ranges
in video clips in the Edit window:
1 Move the cursor over the bottom half of any
video frame until it becomes a selector tool.
2 Do one of the following:
• To place the cursor at the beginning of a video
clip, click the video frame representing the video
clip.
• To select an entire video clip from start to end,
double-click the video frame representing that
clip.
• To select one or more entire clips from start to
end, drag the video frames representing the
video clips.
Selecting Zoom Resolutions and
Ranges Simultaneously in the
Video Universe
When you move the cursor over a video frame in
the Video Universe while pressing Option (Mac)
or Alt (Windows), the cursor appears as a selector
tool. This tool lets you zoom and select ranges si-
multaneously.
To use the Video Universe window to select and
zoom simultaneously in the Edit window:
1 Move the cursor over any area of any video
frame in the Video Universe window until it be-
comes a selector or zoom tool.
2 To select a range of video clips while simultane-
ously zooming to fill the Edit window, Option-
drag (Mac) or Alt-drag (Windows) multiple
video frames.
Video frame with selector tool
If the Edit window does not display the
selected video clips, it will automatically
scroll to show the beginning of the selection.