Instruction Manual

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Video Playback, Import, and Export

Controlling Playback

Here are the various commands and functions of the Video Thumbnails

pane:

• You can show or hide the pane.

• You can show or hide the video thumbnails.

• You can display absolute frame numbers.

• You can resize the thumbnails while preserving the aspect ratio by

dragging the splitter bar.

• The video track strip at the top of the Track pane has display fields for

Video File Name, Start Time, Trim-In Time, Trim-Out Time, Duration,

and Current Frame, as well as a toggle buttons to show/hide the

thumbnails (without hiding the Video Thumbnails pane), and to show/

hide frame numbers on individual frames. You can edit the Start Time,

Trim-in Time, and Trim-Out time fields.

• SONAR saves the size and state of the Video Thumbnails pane on a

per/project basis.

• The Video Thumbnails pane zooms horizontally when you use the

standard Track view commands for horizontal zooming. You control the

height of the Video Thumbnails pane by dragging the splitter bar up or

down that’s at the bottom of the Video Thumbnails pane.

For step-by-step instructions, see the following procedures:

To Hide or Show the Video Thumbnails Pane

• Drag the splitter bar that separates the Video Thumbnails pane from the

Clips pane.

•Use the Views-Video Thumbnails menu command.

• Click the Show/Hide Video button in the Track view toolbar.

To Turn Video Thumbnails On or Off

1. Right-click the Video Thumbnails pane or the Video Thumbnails track

strip.

2. Choose Show/Hide Thumbnails from the popup menu that appears.

• Click the Show/Hide Thumbnails button in the Track view toolbar.