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Arranging and editing
Arranging clips
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
• In the Clip Inspector, select the Properties section, click the Lock field and 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 .
Figure 81. The Clip Inspector.
Or
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
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.
• 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