Reference Guide

Arranging and editing

Arranging Clips

• Right-click a clip and choose Revert Clip(s) to Original Time Stamp from the context menu.

• Open the Clip Properties dialog and click Revert. See Clip Properties dialog—General.

Locking Clips

You can lock a clip so that it can’t be accidentally modified or deleted. You can lock the clip’s position

and/or its data.

To Lock or Unlock a Clip’s Position and/or Data

1. Right-click the clip, and choose Clip Properties from the pop-up menu to open the Clip

Properties dialog.

2. In the Clip Properties dialog, click the Lock check box.

3. If you’re locking the clip, use the drop-down menu next to the Lock check box to choose what clip

attributes you want to lock:

• Position and Data. This choice locks position and data, and causes a lock icon to appear on

the clip .

• Position Only. This choice locks position only, and causes a yellow lock icon with the clasp

unlocked to appear on the clip .

• Data Only. This choice locks data only, and causes a blue lock icon with the clasp unlocked

to appear on the clip .

4. Click OK.

1. Select a clip.

2. Use one of the following commands:

• Edit > Clip Lock > Lock Position. In lock mode, this choice locks position only, and causes

a yellow lock icon with the clasp unlocked to appear on the clip, If data is already locked, then

both position and data become locked, and a “locked” lock icon appears on the clip. In unlock

mode, if both position and data are locked, and you unlock position, then the blue “unlocked”

lock icon appears on the clip, meaning that only data is locked.

• Edit > Clip Lock > Lock Data. In lock mode, this choice locks data only, and causes a blue

lock icon with the clasp unlocked to appear on the clip. If position is already locked, then both

position and data become locked, and a “locked” lock icon appears on the clip. In unlock mode,

if both position and data are locked, and you unlock data, then the yellow “unlocked” lock icon

appears on the clip, meaning that only position is locked.

1. Right-click a clip.

2. From the pop-up menu, choose one of the following commands:

• Clip Lock > Lock Position. In lock mode, this choice locks position only, and causes a

yellow lock icon with the clasp unlocked to appear on the clip. If data is already locked, then