Media Menu Settings

Note: If you access Action from the timeline, you are limited to one front/matte media. Therefore, some Media menu settings are not available.

New Media button

Click to open the workspace to add new media. Available when Action is accessed from the Tools tab.

Media List box

To add media directly to the Media list, select New Media. To add an indirect layer to the Action node, select New Input. Available when Action is accessed from Batch or Batch FX.

Image Proxy

Displays a proxy of the currently selected media.

Apply button

Applies the selected media in the Media list to the selected surface in the scene.

For stereoscopic clips, select how the selected media in the Media list is applied to the selected surface in the scene.

Copy button

Copies media and effects (for example, Blur and Crop settings) of the selected media in the Media list. Use the Paste options to decide how you want to use the copy/paste operation.

Clone button

Clones the selected media, or media and effects onto a new media entry in the Media list.

Select whether the clone operation clones just selected media, or media and effects.

Paste button

Pastes the copied parameters onto the selected media or media entry in the Media list.

Select how the paste operation is applied in the Media list.

Select:	To:
Paste Media Only	Paste the copied media onto a selected empty media entry, without any effects (such as Blur or Crop settings).
Paste FX/Media+FX	If pasting onto an existing media entry, pastes only the copied effects. If pasting on an empty media entry, pastes both the copied media and effects.

Delete button

Deletes the selected media from the Media list.

Replace button

Click to replace the selected media in the Media list from the Clip Select area.

Extract button

Click to convert the selected media in the Media list from direct to indirect media.

Front Clip box

Select an option to edit the front clip's visibility.

Select:	To:
Front On	Display the front clip for the selected media.
Front Off	Hide the front clip for the selected media.

Back Clip box

Select an option to edit the back clip's visibility.

Select:	To:
Back On	Display the back clip.
Back Off	Hide the back clip.

Matte Clip box

Select an option to edit the matte clip's visibility.

Select:	To:
Matte On	Display the matte clip for the selected media.
Matte Off	Hide the matte clip for the selected media.
Matte Invert	Invert a matte. Black areas will be made white, and white areas will become black.Tip: To invert multiple matte clips, Ctrl-click the matte media and select Invert in the Matte Clip box.

Tip: Use options in the View box to display selected media in the image window: Media Front (or press F1), Media Back (F2), and Media Matte (F3).

Media Rendering box

Select a rendering option per media.

Front Only button

Enable to display only the front media in the Media menu. Disable to display both the front and matte media.

Reset Choice box

Select the Media list properties to reset.

Reset button

Resets the properties selected in the Reset Choice box.