< Previous | Contents | Next >
— To select a noncontiguous range of clips: Command-click each clip you want to include in the selection. Or, you can hold the Command key down while you drag bounding boxes over
unselected clips to add them to the current selection, or over selected clips to remove them from the selection.
Selecting a noncontiguous range of clips
— To navigate the Bin list: Either click any bin in the Bin list to the left of the Media Pool, or press Command-1 to make the Bin list the active pane of the Edit page, then use the Up and Down Arrow keys to to move up and down among the available bins. Use the Right Arrow key to open a bin that’s closed, and use the Left Arrow key to close the bin again.
— To select a single clip: Press Command-1 to make the Media Pool Bin list the active area, and use the arrow keys to select and open bins. Then press Command-2 to select the clip browser area and use the Arrow keys to move the selection from clip to clip. Once a clip is selected, you can use any of the edit keyboard shortcuts to edit the selected Media Pool clip straight to the currently open Timeline.
— To select multiple clips: Hold the Shift key down while you’re using the Arrow keys to move the selection to expand or contract a continuous selection in the Media Pool.
— To select all clips in the Media Pool: Make sure the Media Pool has focus by clicking a clip or clicking anywhere in the background of the Media Pool, then press Command-A to select all clips.
— To open a selected clip or timeline into the Source Viewer: Press the Return key. Once you’ve opened a clip into the Source Viewer, you can use the transport controls to play through it.
Duplicating Clips in the Media Pool
If you want to create duplicates of clips in the Media Pool, you can Option-drag one or more clips to another bin. You can also select the clip or clips you want to duplicate and select Edit > Duplicate Clips. The duplicated clips will appear in the same bin as the original media. The duplicate clips have their own individual links to the source media on disk.