Transport and Buttons Bar

This is a short description of what is contained on the Transport and Buttons Bar as seen in figure 2.4. Each of the symbols has an associated tooltip as an easy reminder of its function. The usage of several is described in a little more detail in other areas of this manual.

First set of 3 symbols	Move in the reverse direction on the timeline
4th symbol	Stop play
Third set of 3 symbols	Move in the forward direction on the timeline
Next 2 symbols	Set editing mode
Generate keyframes while tweaking	Explained in 8.8
Allow keyframe spanning	Explained in 8.11
Lock labels from moving with edits	Toggle to lock or not lock labels from moving
Next 2 are In and Out pointers	Set or unset In and Out to define an area
To Clip	Create a clip of the designated area
Split / Cut	Split/Cut at insertion or selected area
Next 2 symbols	Usual Copy and Paste functions
Next 3 symbols	Label manipulation functions
Next 2 symbols	Used to move to other edits
Next 2 symbols	Fitting video to the display
Next 2 symbols	Undo and Redo last operation
Manual Go To	Explanation after this table
Set Timecode	Explained in 6.8.2
Gang Modes	Explained in 5.2.1

The Manual Go To menu is quite versatile as you can see in figure 2.3. The options of = represents goto the position indicated in the textbox; + indicates to goto forward the additional number in the textbox; and - means to go in the reverse direction the number in the textbox. If you use Enter in the textbox, the menu will stay up so that you can use it without having to continuously pop it up. If you use the OK check instead, the menu will be taken down. The pulldown arrow to the right of the textbox sets the Time Format for the units to be used for position changing. This lets you change the units without having to modify your Preference.

Figure 2.3: Goto position menu

Time Format options are:

h:mm:ss.sss	hours minutes seconds milliseconds
h:mm:ss:ff	hours minutes seconds frames
timecode
video frames
audio samples
audio samples (hex)
ssss.sss	milliseconds.xx
video frames (feet)