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Chapter 9 Timeline Basics 113

Editing Controls

The Timeline editing controls determine which tracks are selected and enabled for

editing and playback.

Â Source and Destination controls: These allow you to connect (or patch) clip items of

the source clip in the Viewer to tracks in the Timeline. These controls are primarily

used in three-point editing to determine which source clip items tracks are edited

into your sequence, and where they are placed.

The number of available Source controls corresponds to the number of clip items of

the source clip currently open in the Viewer. For example, a typical DV clip has one

video track and two audio tracks. In this case, one video and two audio Source controls

appear in the Timeline. If, instead, you open a clip in the Viewer that has one video item

and four audio items, then one video and four audio Source controls appear in the

Timeline. For more information, see Volume II, Chapter 10, “Three-Point Editing.”

Â Track Visibility control: Determines whether the contents of a track are displayed and

rendered in your sequence. When a track is disabled, it appears darkened in the

Timeline, but its contents remain in your sequence and can still be edited. When you

play back your sequence, disabled tracks don’t appear in the Canvas or on an

external monitor, nor will they be rendered or output to tape with that sequence.

Note: Render files for a track are deleted if the track is disabled. You can have

Final Cut Pro display a warning before this occurs by selecting the “Warn if visibility

change deletes render file” option in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window.

For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 22, “Choosing Settings and Preferences.”

Â Lock Track control: Prevents a track’s contents from being moved or changed in any

way. Overlays in locked tracks can also be protected by deselecting the “Pen tools

can edit locked item overlays” option in the Editing tab of the User Preferences

window. Locked tracks are cross-hatched all the way across the Timeline. Tracks can

be locked and unlocked at any time. For more information, see Volume IV,

Chapter 22, “Choosing Settings and Preferences.”

Track Visibility control

Source control

Destination control

Auto Select control

Lock Track control

Locked tracks are

cross-hatched.

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