General Video Editing - DigiDesign Mbox 2 Academic Getting Started Manual

Gaps Between Regions (Additional Video Import
Options Section) When you import more than
one video file into a track, they will be shuffled
together by default. This option lets you indi-
cate the number of seconds by which each video
clip will be separated when imported into the
video track.
Bypassing the Video Import
Options Dialog
You can bypass the Video Import Options dialog
when dragging video files from DigiBase brows-
ers. Pro Tools adds video files exactly where you
drop them in the Timeline following the current
Pro Tools editing mode.
To bypass the Video Import Options dialog when
importing video into Pro Tools:
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac) one
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or more video files from a DigiBase browser into
the Region List.
Video Regions in the Region List
A video region displays in the Region List with a
small video icon next to its
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for de-
tailed information on working with regions
in the Region List.
Showing or Hiding Video Regions in the
Region List
The Region List pop-up menu provides com-
mands that let you show or hide video regions
in the Region List.
name.
To show or hide video regions in the Region List:
In the Edit window, click the Region List pop-
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up menu, and choose Show.
Select the Video option to show or hide video
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regions.

General Video Editing

Most editing operations that are available for
audio regions can be applied to video regions.
This section describes all available video editing
operations. Unless noted, the procedure for
each video editing operation is the same as its
audio editing counterpart.
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for de-
tailed information on performing editing
operations.
Basic Video Editing Features
• Nondestructive editing
• Multiple video playlists
• Multiple Undo
• Video region groups in Region List
• All Edit modes
• All Edit Tools (except for Time Compres-
sion Expansion and Pencil tools)
Playing and Selecting Video Track Material
• Selecting within video frame boundaries
(see "Selecting within Video Frame Bound-
aries" on page 67)
• Selecting and editing across multiple Video
and audio tracks (see "Selecting and Edit-
ing Across Multiple Audio and Video
Tracks" on page 66)
• Link or unlink track and edit selections
• Auto-scroll video tracks
• Loop playback
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