Timeline Reference
Use these settings to help you navigate and perform tasks on the timeline. You can also right-click anywhere on the timeline to display a context menu of relevant operations for the type of element selected.
Navigation
Positioner and Focus Point
The positioner, a vertical yellow bar, is the "playhead" used to indicate which frame is displayed in the Player while playing or scrubbing the clip. The focus point is a horizontal yellow line on the positioner, indicating the current track.
The frame directly beneath the focus point, at the positioner's time, is displayed in the Player or is the current location for an edit such as a dissolve or cut.
To move the focus point use the following shortcuts:
| Keyboard Shortcut | Flame Assignation | Smoke Classic Assignation |
|---|---|---|
| Previous Version/Track (Set Focus) | PageDown | Down arrow |
| Next Version/Track (Set Focus) | PageUp | Up arrow |
| Set Focus on Topmost Track | Shift + PageUp | Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow |
| Set Focus on Bottommost Track | Shift + PageDown | Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow |
The focus point can also be gesturally moved by grabbing it and moving it up and down.
If the Prioritise Picking Mode is set to Prioritise Positioner Focus in the User Timeline Preferences, the focus can be grabbed. If Prioritise Segment Selection is set, the Alt key must be held down while the focus is moved. 
Timebar
The timebar is the region where the time scale of the clip is indicated and where you can scrub to change the current time of the clip.
In the timebar, a lighter yellow box attached to the positioner indicates the length of the current frame, at the timeline zoom level. Click and drag in the timebar to move the positioner, so as not to accidentally move clips on the timeline.
The timebar can be displayed at the bottom or top of the Timeline canvas. By default, the timebar is displayed at the top. To move the timebar to the bottom, disable Timebar on Top from the Timeline Options drop-down menu.
Horizontal scroll bar
To pan, drag left or right. To zoom the timeline, drag up or down.
Current Timecode field
Displays the timecode of the current timeline position. This field displays timecode or frame number depending on the Time Display Mode selection located in the User Interface preferences.
Current Frame field
Displays the frame number of the current timeline position. This field displays timecode or frame number depending on the Time Display Mode selection located in the User Interface preferences.
- button
Click to expand track height.
+ button
Click to decrease track height.
Vertical scroll bar
To pan, drag up or down. To zoom the timeline, drag left or right.
Vertical Zoom
Timeline Search
Open the Find and Select in Timeline window to search the timeline using many different criteria.
Timeline Layout option
Select an option to display the timeline.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Home | Reset the view of the timeline. |
| Reset Height | Reset the height of the tracks in the timeline. |
| Fit to Width | Reset the horizontal scale of the timeline. |
| Fit Selection | Centre the timeline on the selected element. |
Colour Management
The Edit Colour Space option from a Clip's context menu allows you to modify the colour management options of all the currently selected sources. This tool does not affect Sequences, only sources.
Tool Mode
Select whether to convert your media into a different colour space or only tag them.
Tagged Colour Space
Select the colour space to tag your media with. This does not modify pixel values, but it does affect how viewports display your media.
Input Colour Space
Select the source colour space of your media. From Source uses the currently tagged colour space, which allows you to easily convert a set of clips in various colour spaces to a common working space.
Working Colour Space
Select the destination colour space of your media. Set the Working Space first in order to filter the list of Input Colour Spaces to only show the compatible options. From Project takes the value from the Colour Management Preferences.
Get Colour Space From Selection
Click to initialise with the colour space of your primary selection.
Rendering
Rendering option
Select an option to render timeline effects. You can edit effects after rendering.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Render Selection | Render the selected elements. |
| Render | Render the topmost segment of a vertical composition. |
| Full Resolution | Render at full resolution, regardless of the current working resolution. |
| Proxy | Render proxies only, not the corresponding high-resolution images. An amber outline appears on the timeline segment to indicate the state of the rendering. Available if proxies are selected during the setup of a project. |
| Full Resolution and Proxy | Render at both full and proxy resolution. |
| Include Handles | Select to take the heads & tails into account when rendering. |
Other options appear to set the rendering mode for the selected option if you are using Burn or Background Reactor.
Depending on how a clip is rendered, you can see a visual representation on the render bar at the top of the clip on the timeline:
| Render Bar: | State: |
|---|---|
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Unrendered. |
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Rendered. |
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Partially rendered. |
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Proxy rendered. |
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Proxy partially rendered. |
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Sent to Burn or Background Reactor. |
Scene Detection
Scene Detect
Click to start the scene detection process on the selected segment(s).
Threshold field
Drag to set the Scene Detection Threshold. With a lower threshold, small changes in a shot is enough to trigger a cut. With a higher threshold, the changes must be more pronounced in order to trigger a cut.
Edit
Click to enable editing of the generated Scene Detection data.
Tool Mode
Select the tool you want to use to edit the generated Scene Detection data. Options are Delete, Add, and Move.
Reset
Click to reset the Scene Detection curve to its default state.
Apply
Click to apply the Scene Detection data to the selected segment(s).
Viewing
Timeline View Mode
Select a viewing mode for working in the timeline.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Timeline | Video and audio tracks in a timeline format with a positioner at the location of the current frame (Ctrl + Shift + swipe at the bottom of the monitor to toggle between a larger timeline view and the normal timeline view). |
| Collapsed | Only the current frame of each edit sequence. The edit sequence appears in the form of a stack. Shuttle through the sequence by dragging the cursor across the bottom of the frame. |
| Head-Tail | The first and last frames of each clip. Shuttle through the sequence by dragging the cursor across the bottom of any frame. |
| Storyboard | Only the first frame of each clip in the edit sequence. Shuttle through the sequence by dragging the cursor across the bottom of any frame. |
| Frames | Every frame in the edit sequence is displayed. Although you cannot edit in this mode, it is useful for viewing your entire edit. |
| History | A schematic or list representation of the majority of operations performed on a clip or timeline element. |
| Clip List | A list of objects and information about these objects that make up the timeline. |
Timeline Tasks
Timeline Gear
Select a task to perform on the timeline. Some of the options have sub-menus with more options.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Edit | Perform various element or timeline editing operations. |
| Rename | Rename the selected timeline element. |
| Rename Track | Rename the selected track. |
| Rename Shot | Rename the shot name of the selected timeline segment |
| Unlink | Break the link between an element's metadata and media. |
| Unlink High Resolution | Break the link between an element's metadata and high-resolution media while preserving the proxies. |
| Select All | Select all elements in the timeline. |
| Deselect | Deselect all elements in the timeline. |
| Container | Contain or uncontain the selected timeline segments. |
| Groups | Create an edit sync group for selected timeline elements and manage it. |
| Go To | Navigate to various areas of the sequence. |
| Marks | Work with In and Out, Markers, or Segment markers. |
| Stereo | Work with stereo tracks on the timeline. |
| Cut | Add a cut to the segment at the positioner location, under the focus point. |
| Cut All Tracks | Add a cut to all segments at the positioner location. |
| Merge Tracks | Merge timeline tracks into a single track. |
| Swap Effects | Copy timeline effects between clips. |
| Lift | Remove the selected segment from the sequence, and leave a gap in its place. |
| Ripple Delete | Remove the selected segment from the sequence, and close the gap. |
| Close Gap | Remove a gap and collapse the elements to fill the gap. |
| Commit | Options to manage your timeline to simplify or save space. See Timeline Media Management Options. |
| Hard Commit | Commit an edit sequence to one continuous clip (also called a mixdown). Soft properties of the sequence such as transitions, head and tail frames, and timewarp data are removed. |
| Render | Manage render options for the timeline. |
| Export All Subtitles as SRT Files | Export the content of each Subtitle track in its own SRT file. |
Other Options
Timeline Options
Set options for working on the timeline.
There are a number of audio options in this drop-down menu:
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Scrub Audio | Enable scrubbing audio while dragging the positioner. |
| Show Gain Animation | Display the animatable Segment Gain level. |
| Show Timeline Audio Meters | Display audio meters to the right of the timeline. |
| Show Waveforms With Effects | Display waveforms after the effect(s) applied to an audio segment. |
| Show Waveforms Without Effects | Display waveforms before the effect(s) applied to an audio segment. |
| Hide Waveforms | Not display waveforms. |
| Increase Waveform Range | Zoom in on the waveforms. |
| Decrease Waveform Range | Zoom out on the waveforms. |
Use the Rectangle Selection options to select how timeline elements are included in a selection when drawing a bounding box around them.
| Choose: | To selecy: |
|---|---|
| Inclusive | All elements that are partially or entirely included in the selection bounding box. |
| Partial | Only the portions of the elements that fall within the bounding box. Audio is selected on a sub-frame basis if Sub-frame Positioner is selected in the Timeline section of the Preferences menu. |
| Partial A/V | Only the portions of the elements that fall within the bounding box. Audio is selected on a frame basis even if Sub-frame Positioner is selected in the Timeline section of the Preferences menu. |
| Bounded | Only elements that are fully in the bounding box. |
Enable Selection Includes Gaps to include empty gaps when performing a timeline selection.
Enable Selection Includes Locked Tracks to select a Timeline segment even if it resides on a locked track.
Enable one or both Snap options to include them in the timeline snap criteria:
- Snap To Positioner on Gestural Insert: When enabled, the positioner is used as a snap point when a clip is gesturally inserted into a sequence.
- Snap Includes Marks: When enabled, marks are used as snap points.
Enable Focus on Trim to snap the timeline positioner to the transition while trimming, allowing you to view frames in the player.
Enable Timebar on Top to display the Timebar at the top of the timeline, below the timeline tabs.
Enable one or all Connected Segments options to set which segment attributes are modified when connected segments are synced:
- Link Colours: 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 Tags: Enable to share the segment tags between all connected segments.
- Link Visibility On Sync: Enable to share the segment visibility status between all connected segments. The visibility status is propagated after a Sync operation.
- Copy Markers On Sync: Enable to copy Segments Markers to all connected segments after a Sync operation.
Timeline Segment Selection
Use the Prioritise Picking Mode available in the User Timeline Preferences to select what is grabbed or selected when you click on a part of the timeline positioner that covers a timeline segment.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Prioritise Segment Selection | Select the timeline segment or perform an editorial operation such as Trim. |
| Prioritise Positioner Focus | Grab the timeline positioner or its focus bar. |
Prioritise Segment Selection
To move the timeline positioner in time when Prioritise Segment Selection is selected:
- Drag in the timebar.
- Grab the positioner in an area where it does not overlap with a timeline segment.
- Hold down the Alt key and grab the positioner.