Customizing track display in the timeline, Resizing timeline tracks, Resizing tracks by dragging – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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Customizing Track Display in the Timeline

You can modify the way tracks are displayed in the Timeline in several ways:

• Tracks in the Timeline can be resized, either individually or collectively. For more

information, see

“Resizing Timeline Tracks.”

• Clip items on video tracks can be displayed with name only, name and thumbnail frame,

or filmstrip. All video tracks in the sequence share the same display settings. If you
display the Timeline in Reduced track size view, you can’t see thumbnails. For more
information, see

“Timeline Basics.”

• Audio tracks can be displayed in the Timeline with or without waveforms, and audio

tracks can be labeled as pairs (A1a & A1b, A2a & A2b) or as individually numbered tracks
(A1, A2, A3).

• You can show or hide the keyframe graph area of each track, adding additional space

below each video and audio track in which to view and edit effect parameters that are
applied to your clips. For more information on using the keyframe graph area in the
Timeline, see

“Adjusting Parameters for Keyframed Effects.”

For more information about customizing Timeline display options, see

“Timeline Basics.”

Resizing Timeline Tracks

You can change the size of tracks in the Timeline, either by dragging a track’s boundary
in the Timeline patch panel, or by using the Track Height control.

Resizing Tracks by Dragging

You can resize individual tracks directly in the Timeline.

To resize a single video track in the Timeline

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Drag the upper boundary of the track in the Timeline patch panel.

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Working with Tracks in the Timeline

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