Timeline Tracks

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Timeline In-Depth

Editing In-Depth

All tracks are located in the track section of the timeline.

If there are several tracks on the timeline, use the scroll bar on the right side of the timeline to view unseen tracks.

Click to add a track to the timeline.

Or, drag and drop media from the Clip Bin or Library onto this area to automatically create a new track.

Use the track slider to resize all of the tracks at one time.

To resize only one track, hover the mouse over the track border above the name and drag up or down.

Lock or unlock a track.

• Lock a track to prevent editing or other changes to the media on that track.
• Tracks in a group cannot be locked.
• Media on a locked track cannot be cut, copied, deleted, pasted, or modified in any way.
• Media on a locked track appears in the canvas, preview, and the final, produced video.

Lock a track:

Click the lock icon to the left of the track. The icon turns blue and the track dims to indicate the track is locked. Media on locked tracks is included in the video during the production process.

Unlock a track:

Click the blue lock icon to the left of the track. The icon turns gray and the track brightens to indicate the track in unlocked.

Turn off or turn on a track.

• Turn a track off to prevent media from appearing in the canvas, preview, or the final, produced video.
• Turn off a track to sample various audio clips. For example, to hear only the background music on a track without the voiceover track, turn off the voiceover track.
• Media on a turned off track cannot be cut, copied, deleted, pasted, etc.

Turn a track off:

Click the eye icon to the left of the track. The icon turns blue and the track dims to indicate the track is off. Media on turned off tracks will not be included in the video during the production process.

Turn a track on:

Click the blue icon to the left of the track. The icon turns gray and the track brightens to indicate the track in on.

Hide or show the quiz or marker view.

When a quiz or marker is added to the timeline, the quiz or marker view automatically opens at the top of the timeline.

Each piece of media in a group has its own separate track.

• There can be an unlimited number of tracks in a group.
• Edit the media on a group track as you would on a timeline track.
• There is no need to ungroup to edit media in a group.

Right-click on the timeline tracks or the track names to view track options available in the context menu.

Choose from:

• Insert track above
• Remove track
• Remove all empty tracks
• Rename track
• Select all media on track
• Lock track
• Unlock track

Remove all tracks that do not contain any media files.

Right-click on a track then choose Remove all empty tracks from the menu.