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the graphic modes may be easier to work with, it takes time for your
computer to redraw clips every time they have been modified. To help
improve performance, but still retain some visual cues as to the contents of
a clip, select the Thumbnail mode (video only). This shows the first and
last frames of a video clip separated by the file name of the clip. The last
mode, File name, represents clips by their file names only with no graphical
information. This is the fastest mode as it is the quickest to display but
offers no visual reference to the clip's contents.
In the same dialog box, you can also choose to show a cue bar which is
useful for marking areas on a clip for future edits as well as
determining
the size and height of video and audio clips. Changing the size
of clips is especially useful if you are running in a high resolution display
mode and find it hard to identify clips and their contents.
Zooming in/out on the Timeline
The Timeline can represent your project at any magnification. You can
display every frame in a clip or view the entire project on the screen at one
time. This zooming is achieved by changing the time measurement unit
used in the Timeline. For example, at 1 second (the default) each division
on the Timeline represents 30 frames (using the NTSC
minute each division represents 1,800
unit of measurement you have two options:
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frames,
for
A video clip in Filmstrip mode
A video clip in Thumbnail mode
A video clip in File name mode
An audio clip in Waveform mode
displaying a cue bar
standard),
and so on. To change the
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