Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 473)

138 Part II Rough Editing
To create a static region for video and audio tracks:
1 Drag the upper thumb tab in the vertical scroll bar up to create a static area for as
many video tracks as you want to keep in the middle.
2 Drag the lower thumb tab in the vertical scroll bar down to create a static area for as
many audio tracks as you want to keep in the middle.
When you have a static region in the Timeline, there are two dividers: one between the
top scrollable region and the static region, and one between the static region and the
bottom scrollable region. Each divider has its own thumb tab.
To resize a static region in the Timeline:
m Drag the dividers or thumb tabs to include tracks in (or exclude tracks from) the static
region. As the static region gets larger or smaller, the size of the other regions is
adjusted accordingly.
To move the static region up or down in the Timeline:
m Drag the center slider in the static region’s scroll bar to move the entire region,
automatically resizing the scrollable regions above and below the static region.
Static area Slider
Drag the lower thumb
tab down to include
audio tracks in the
static area.
Drag the upper thumb
tab up to include video
tracks in the static area.
Drag the center slider
to move the static region.