CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Controlling playback
Video playback, import, and export
Using the Video Thumbnails pane
At the top of the Track view in SONAR is the Video Thumbnails pane, which displays individual
frames of your video at certain time intervals of your project. The time interval between displayed
frames is determined by the zoom level you choose. If you zoom in far enough, you can view each
individual frame of your video.
Figure 70. The Video Thumbnails pane
A. Show/hide frame numbers button B. Show/hide thumbnails button C. Video track strip D. Splitter
bar E. Frame number
Here are the various commands and functions of the Video Thumbnails pane:
• You can show or hide the pane.
• You can show or hide the video thumbnails.
• You can display absolute frame numbers.
• You can resize the thumbnails while preserving the aspect ratio by dragging the splitter bar.
• The video track strip at the top of the Track pane has display fields for
Video File Name , Start
Time , Trim-In Time , Trim-Out Time , Duration , and Current Frame , as well as a toggle buttons
to show/hide the thumbnails (without hiding the Video Thumbnails pane), and to show/hide frame
numbers on individual frames. You can edit the
Start Time , Trim-in Time , and Trim-Out Time
fields.
• SONAR saves the size and state of the Video Thumbnails pane on a per/project basis.
Note 1: If you’re playing back a highly compressed movie (not many keyframes in the file), it can
take about a minute to redraw video thumbnails when you’re playing the movie or resizing a
window.
Note 2: Some Windows Media videos do not report their frame rate to SONAR. SONAR can
play these files, but cannot create thumbnails from them, so no thumbnails appear in the
Thumbnail pane.
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