User Manual
E
DITING
February
16,
2010
Xynergi Media Production Centre
Page 140
Mouse-Based Editing
The mouse can be used to select clips, make ranges and move clips in time and across tracks. This can
be done irrespective of which editing or mixing mode is selected.
Selecting Clips
As explained previously, the mouse can be used to select and deselect individual clips within the range,
by Ctrl-clicking on them. If no range is present this can still be done. When you Ctrl-click a clip when no
range is present, a range will be created which includes all the previously selected clips, plus the one
just added. If the track containing the clip was not selected, it becomes selected automatically.
Mouse-Based Ranges
The mouse can be used at any time to create a range. Simply click an empty space (one where there is
no clip) and drag an area on the Track display, and a range will be created.
At the same time, any clips or parts of clips
on already selected tracks
, that are inside the area you
dragged, will be selected. All other clips will be deselected.
Selecting clips when creating a range with the mouse does not select tracks, but selecting clips by
directly Ctrl-clicking them does select tracks.
To remove the current range, click (but don’t drag) anywhere with the mouse.
Moving Clips
Clips can be dragged horizontally and vertically with the mouse. This changes the clip timecode and
track respectively.
When there is no range, simply click and drag any single clip to another time or track.
When there is a range, click on any selected (red) clip and drag it – all other red clips will also be
dragged along with the one you clicked.
Summary of Mouse Editing Actions
Action Result
Click on unused trackspace
Removes range
Ctrl-Click on a clip
If unselected, adds it to the selection (makes it
red). Also selects its track, if not already selected.
If already selected, removes it from the selection
(makes it blue)
With no range, click on a clip and drag it
The clip moves to any track and time where you
drag it
With a range, click on a selected clip and
drag it
All selected clips move across tracks and time as
you drag them.
Display Layering
When clips are placed “on top” of each other, only the uppermost is heard, or at most a crossfade
between the top and second layers. The software allows you to see all the layers by selecting Display
Layering from the View menu or by double-pressing the
takes
button in the
Editor Megamode
.
