Timeline Preferences

Editing

Default Timecode field

Displays the default start timecode value for new items overwritten or inserted into a timeline sequence. Editable.

Merge Tracks Mode box

Select how a timeline will be flattened when merging tracks.

Select:	To merge tracks by:
Simple Track Merge	Hard committing all soft transitions. Cut points between elements are preserved; clip handles are not.
Complex Track Merge	Hard committing soft transitions but creating separate elements with clip handles for each.
Committed Track Merge	Preserving editable soft transitions and clip handles.

Auto Timewarp button

Enable when performing a four-point edit if you do not want to timewarp the frames from the source clip. When disabled, a four-point edit is treated as a three-point edit.

When you specify the number of frames in the sequence clip for the four-point edit, the same number of frames is used in the source clip. The source clip selection begins at the in point. If the source is shorter or longer than the number of frames specified in the sequence clip, a timewarp is applied to the source clip in order to match the duration of the sequence clip.

Frame Rate Converter button

Enable to format the source clip to the correct destination frame rate by applying a video timewarp to the source clip.

Snap Includes Marks button

Enable to snap to timeline marks.

Snap With Positioner button

Enable to snap segments to the positioner.

Display Phantom Marks button

Enable to turn on phantom marks on the timeline and source clip. Phantom marks indicate the result of a 4-point edit regardless of whether you have marks set.

Mark Behaviour box

Select whether Out marks are inclusive or exclusive of the selected frame.

Add Track box

When adding a new timeline track, select whether the track is added to the version on top of the last existing track, or to the track above the focus point.

Keep Focus After Editing button

Enable to keep the timeline focus on the source after an editorial operation. Disable to switch the focus to the sequence.

Containers

Uncontain options box

Select whether new tracks and versions are added or overwritten when a container segment is uncontained.

Contain Timewarped Edits button

Enable to preserve the edits in a fit-to-fill four-point edit. The incoming clip is contained and a timewarp is applied to the container instead of the clip.

Segment Display

Handles box

Select an option for displaying heads and tails on segments in the timeline.

Show All Metadata button

Enable to display expanded clip information on timeline segments. You may need to increase the size of the track to see the metadata.

Reset button

Use to reset the default Timeline Segment colours.

Connected Segments

Link Colours button

Enable to share the segment colour between all connected segments. If there are multiple colours defined for the corresponding segments in multiple sequences, the colour defined for the longest segment is used.

Link Visibility On Sync

Enable to share the segment visibility status between all connected segments. The visibility status is propagated after a Sync.

Navigation

Frame Positioner box

Select whether to snap the timeline positioner frame-to-frame, or on a sub-frame basis (one-tenth of a frame).

Autoscroll field

Displays the speed at which the timeline scrolls. Editable.

Scroll During Playback button

Enable to scroll the timeline during playback, keeping the frame positioner visible.

Scroll Past First Frame button

Enable to allow the positioner to move before frame one.

Transitions

Dissolve Duration field

Displays the default duration for dissolves. Editable.

Transition Alignment box

Sets the default alignment for dissolves, wipes, axis, and custom transitions.

Curve Type box

Select bezier or linear as the default curve type for dissolves.

Rendering

Timeline Effects Render Mode box

Select the render mode when a Timeline FX is added to a clip.

Timewarp Render Mode box

Select the default rendering mode for timewarps created in the timeline.

Transitions Render Mode box

Select a default rendering mode for transitions created in the timeline.

Timeline Effects Rendering box

Select whether to render an entire track first, then the next track (Track Based Render), or to render all tracks frame-by-frame (Frame Based Render).

Include Handles button

Enable to take the handles into account when rendering Timeline FX.

Infinity Handles slider

Use to limit the handles of virtual segments. This value is set in frames.

Default Shot Name Tokens button

Click to add tokens to the default shot naming convention.

Default Mark Name Tokens button

Click to add tokens to the default marker naming convention.

Default Mark Comment Tokens button

Click to add tokens to the default marker comments convention.

Full Container Render button

Enable to render all content in a container or matte container, to be used in Lustre, for example.