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‌Timeline Zoom presets:‌‌

From left to right: Full Extent, Detail, and Custom Zoom controls

Full Extent Zoom: This mode dynamically adjusts the zoom level to encompass the whole Timeline as you add or remove clips. As your timeline grows by adding clips, the zoom level decreases automatically to fit the new clips into your Timeline Viewer. Conversely, the zoom level will increase automatically as you remove clips.

Detail Zoom: This setting zooms the Timeline in on the Playhead to the frame level to quickly make fine timing adjustments.

Custom Zoom: Zooms the Timeline to the level selected by the Zoom Slider to its immediate right.

Zoom Slider: Drag the zoom slider to the left to zoom out, and right to zoom in. You can also press Command-Minus (–) and Command-Equal (=) to zoom out and in. Either way, zooming is always centered on the current position of the playhead, even if the playhead is off screen.

To frame every clip into the width of the Timeline: Press Shift-Z. This is a toggle, so pressing Shift-Z frames your whole edited sequence to the width of the Timeline, and then pressing Shift-Z again returns the Timeline to whatever level of zoom you were using previously. Using this keyboard shortcut makes it really easy to navigate the Timeline when you’re zoomed in, as you can press Shift-Z, move the playhead to another part of the Timeline you want to work on, and then press Shift-Z again to zoom back into the new location of the Timeline.

‌Zoom Around Mouse Pointer

You can set up the Edit Timeline zoom controls to stay centered on the pointer as you zoom in or

out, instead of staying centered on the Timeline playhead as usual, by selecting View > Zoom Around Mouse Pointer. This can be helpful when navigating longer timelines.

With this option enabled, zooming in and out of the Timeline using the scroll control of your pointing device while holding the Option key down keeps the Timeline centered on the pointer. Deselect this option to return to the behavior of only zooming in or out centered on the playhead position.

Scrolling Through the Timeline

When you’re zoomed into the Timeline, there are several methods you can use to scroll around as you work.

— You can scroll left and right, or up and down, by dragging the Timeline’s horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

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