< Previous | Contents | Next >

Using thumbnail hover scrub in the Media Pool’s Thumbnail view: Drag the pointer over a thumbnail to scrub through its contents.


Thumbnail hover scrubbing


Using the Media Pool Filmstrip in the Media Pool’s List view: Select “Show Filmstrip” in the Media Pool’s option menu. Select a clip to expose it in the Filmstrip at the top of the Media Pool, and hover the pointer over the Filmstrip to watch it play. At any time, you can double-click a clip in the Filmstrip to open it into the Source Viewer.

image

image


TIP: When browsing media, you can open clips you want to have a closer look at in the Source Viewer by double-clicking them in the Media Pool. Meanwhile, you can continue to open other clips in the Filmstrip with a single clip in order to compare different clips with your main selection that remains in the Viewer.


TIP: When browsing media, you can open clips you want to have a closer look at in the Source Viewer by double-clicking them in the Media Pool. Meanwhile, you can continue to open other clips in the Filmstrip with a single clip in order to compare different clips with your main selection that remains in the Viewer.


TIP: When browsing media, you can open clips you want to have a closer look at in the Source Viewer by double-clicking them in the Media Pool. Meanwhile, you can continue to open other clips in the Filmstrip with a single clip in order to compare different clips with your main selection that remains in the Viewer.

Using the Filmstrip when the Media Pool is in List view



image

Selecting Clips in the Media Pool to Edit

Once you’ve found one or more clips that you want to use in your edit, you’ll need to make a selection in preparation for performing an edit.


Methods of selecting clips in the Media Pool using the mouse:

To select a single clip: Click a clip in the Media Pool.

image

To select a contiguous range of clips: In either Metadata, Thumbnail, or List view, drag a selection box over all the clips you want to select, or click to select the first clip in a series, then Shift-click the last clip to select those clips and everything in between.


Selecting a contiguous range of clips