A Little Stability

Tired of scrolling up and down in the Timeline? Need to see audio tracks 1 and 2 so you can mix the music, but there are sound effects and natural sound living on tracks A3–A6? Sometimes it’s just hard to see all the tracks you need.

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It’s easy, however, to create a static region in the middle of the Timeline. The static region can contain video tracks, audio tracks, or both. When you create a static region, you end up with three regions in the Timeline. The top video portion and bottom audio portion are scrollable. The middle portion can be resized and repositioned, but not scrolled. This style of Timeline makes it easy to constantly see your dialogue and A-Roll, while still having access to your other tracks.

To create the static region, drag the thumb tabs to set the number of tracks. Grab the central tab in the static region to move it up and down your Timeline. To eliminate the static region, drag the video tab downward and the audio tab upward.



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Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.








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