Timeline Media Management Options

The Commit area of the Timeline Gear menu offers a number of options to help you clean up your timeline or save space when archiving a project.

Commit Options

When you commit an edit sequence, it becomes one continuous clip. The soft properties of the sequence such as transitions, head and tail frames, and timewarp data are removed. The visual effects of the transitions and timewarps remain but you cannot edit them.

You can commit any selection of elements or tracks, or the entire timeline. Commit a portion of an edited sequence to simplify a timeline that is too complex or to recoup disk space.

You cannot recapture or reimport committed clips.

The following rules apply to hard commits:

• Hard commits are permanent; however, they can be undone using the Undo button (as long as undos remain in the undo buffer). If you want to consolidate elements but have the ability to make changes at a later time, use containers instead.
• Hard commits cannot be restored—the commit is permanent.
• Hard commits force a render on the selected elements.

You can also choose to only commit Timeline FX or Batch FX segments on the timeline.

Tip: Commit options are also available from the contextual menu when right-clicking clips on the timeline. When right-clicking a timeline cut, you can also choose Hard Commit to commit the incoming and outgoing clips, as well as the transition (this option is unavailable if the cut is adjacent to a timeline gap).

Consolidate Handles

If you have video or audio elements on the timeline that have excessive handles, use the Consolidate option to remove head and tail frames. Consolidate your clip before archiving a project to avoid archiving a large number of unused frames. You can keep a specified number of head and tail frames when you consolidate (the calculator appears when you select Consolidate for you to enter the number of handles you want to keep). You can consolidate a single element or a selection of elements.

History Options

You can commit a clip with a history, or a clip segment with a history just as you would any other clip. When committing a clip, you delete the clip history without removing the clip or element's soft properties. Delete History deletes history frames for all selected segments.