Quickstart Guide : Editing
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Once a
Region
is marked on a
Clip
, simply clicking on the
Region
makes an edit. (same effect as the
Edit > Split
menu command.) This will split the
Clip
or
Clips
at the region boundaries. If a
Region
is across several
Tracks
,
Edits will be made on all
Tracks
within the
Region
.
Holding down the
C
key changes the mouse pointer to a cutter. Edits (cuts) are made wherever the user clicks. To
make an edit with the cutter on a range of clips at the same position, just select them before cutting.
Duplicate Selection
Holding down the
D
key while clicking on the selection then dragging to a new location duplicates the selected
material and moves it.
Holding down the
F
key while clicking on the selection then dragging to another track (or tracks if the selection
covers more than one track) duplicates the selected material and moves it locked in time.
Fades
The timing of a
Fade In
at the beginning of a Clip and a
Fade Out
at the end can easily be adjusted using the top
Control
Point
on a
Clip’s
Trim
Handles
. However,
Pyramix
offers much more precise and flexible means for
adjusting
Fades
.
1.
Click on a
Clip
to select it.
2.
Right-click on the
Clip
.
Choose
Fade In
>
Edit...
from the main
Edit
or context pop-up menu (or
Fade Out
>
Edit...
as appropriate). Or
choose the
Fade Editor Tab
in the
Project Management Panel.
The
Fade Editor
window will open. Please see
The Pyramix User Manual
for a full description of the
Fade Editor
.
Edit Command highlights:
Further
Edit
ing commands are to be found on the main
Edit
menu.
Undo
Pyramix keeps track of all edit decisions and operations so they can be undone if neces-
sary. This menu item shows the name of the last operation. To undo this operation, simply
click on the Undo (operation) menu item and the listed operation will be undone. When-
ever an item is undone, it immediately shows up as the most recent item in the Redo list.
Undo History
Pyramix keeps track of the most recent edit decisions and operations and shows them
here in a sub-menu. These are listed from the most recent at the top, to the oldest at the
bottom of the list. To undo a whole block of operations, click on the name of the oldest
operation and everything since that time (from that point in the list to the top of the list)
will be undone. The name of the next operation in the list will be shown as the next Undo
item, and all the items that have been undone are immediately added to the
Redo His-
tory
list. The size of the undo history is set to 32 steps by default, but it can be adjusted in
the
Settings > General Settings : General
page.
Redo
If an operation has been undone using the
Undo
commands in this menu, the most
recently undone operation will be shown here. To
Redo
the operation, simply click on
Edit >
Redo
and the operation will be Redone. Whenever an item is Redone, it immedi-
ately shows up as the most recent item in the
Undo
list in this menu. The next edit opera-
tion carried out in Pyramix will then purge this item since the operation could cause a
conflict with previous operations and therefore renders the
Redo
invalid.
Redo History
Pyramix keeps track of the most recent operations that have been undone, and shows
them here in the
Redo History
sub-menu. To
Redo
a whole block of operations, click on
the name of the oldest operation and everything since that time (from that point in the
list to the top of the list) will be Redone. The name of the next operation in the list will be
shown as the next
Redo
menu item, and all the items that have been Redone are immedi-
ately added to the
Undo History
list. The next edit operation carried out in Pyramix will
then purge this list since the operation could cause a conflict with previous operations
and therefore renders the
Redo
list invalid.
Delete
This command deletes the selected clip or region. When a selection is deleted, other
material on the track behaves according to the current
Remove
mode setting.
