Manipulating Cursors; Working With The Nowline - Sony SONOMA User Manual

2.6

Manipulating Cursors

The Nowline is always visible in an EDL. It is used primarily to control playback, to specify the
insert point for paste operations and to trim and slip ingredients. The edit cursors can be hidden; they
define the edit region, which is used when performing linear edits (see § 2.10). Recall that the valid
range for audio in an EDL is 12 hours, from 00:00:00 to 12:00:00, while the visible range is 23:30:00
to 12:30:00. The position of all the cursors is constrained to the audio range, they cannot be placed
before 00:00:00 or after 12:00:00.
2.6.1

Working with the Nowline

You can directly specify the position of the Nowline of the active EDL window by clicking on the
clock display and typing or pasting a timecode into it. The cursors menu contains commands for
moving the Nowline. The cursors toolbar contains buttons for these commands.
2.6.1.1 Move Nowline Before/After Selection
These commands move the Nowline to the bounds of the selected ingredients. Move Nowline before
selection places the Nowline at the edit-in point of the selected ingredient that begins first. Move
Nowline after selection places the Nowline at the edit-out point of the selected ingredient that ends
last.
Sometimes it is more useful to move the Nowline to the beginning or end of the fade around the
associated edit point. The Ctrl and Alt-keys can be used to modify these commands. (If you think of
the Spacebar as an ingredient, then the placement of the Ctrl and Alt-keys corresponds to the start
and end of fades on an ingredient.):
2.6.1.2 Nudge Nowline Backward/Forward
The Nudge Nowline commands change the position of the Nowline by the nudge amount that is
specified in the editing tab of the user preferences window; this window is reached via the edit and
undo preferences item in the edit menu. The ← and → arrow keys nudge the Nowline.
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Move Nowline before selection/to fade-in start
Move Nowline before selection/to fade-in end
Move Nowline after selection/to fade-out start
Move Nowline after selection/to fade-out end
Ctrl+Shift+9
Alt+Shift+9
Alt+Shift+0
Ctrl+Shift+0
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