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The Master Timeline consists of one long sequence of every clip in the Media Pool, arranged in ascending order by timecode. Each clip in the Master Timeline appears at its full duration, regardless of the duration of corresponding clips in an EDL-, AAF-, or XML-imported timeline. Whenever you add more clips to the Media Pool, they’re automatically added to the Master Timeline.
The Master Timeline is useful for organizing media for which no editing has yet been done, such as when grading digital dailies. The Master Timeline is also useful for identifying a range of similar clips, based on their similar ranges of timecode. For example, you could find all the talking head shots from a particular section of tape clustered together in the Master Timeline.
Using the Effects Library
All effects that you can add to your edit, including filters, transitions, titles, and generators, are found in the Effects Library, which is split into two parts. To the left is a bin list that shows a
hierarchical list of all of the different Transitions, Title Effects, Generators, and Filters that are available, sorted by category. To the right is a browsing area in which you can see the contents of whichever bins are selected.
The Effects Library
Similar to the Media Pool, the Effects Library’s bin list can be opened or closed using a button at the top left, while a menu just to the right of this button lets you sort the list into different categories.