Moving Segments in the Timeline
After you add assets to a sequence, you can rearrange them in the timeline. When you move a segment, the behavior of the action might change based on your sequence type. The following list details the behavior of each:
• Shotlists
As shotlists contain only one video track and one audio track, you can move a segment horizontally along the timeline only. When you perform the move, you are essentially performing an insert edit where the surrounding segments shift position.
The following illustration shows a move where the “Castle” and “Orange” segments swap position in the timeline. During the move operation, the selected segment is dimmed to provide you with additional visual feedback.
• Sequences
Sequences can contain multiple video and audio tracks which provides you with more flexibility when moving a segment. You can complete the following when working with a Sequence:
- Click and drag: This action selects all segments that are linked to your selection. When you drag the selection to a new position, you perform an overwrite edit by default.
When dragging, you can move along the x axis, y axis, or a combination of both. If you move vertically along the y axis, you can move the segment to an alternate video or audio track.
- Shift+click, and drag: When you hold the Shift key, you perform an insert edit and the drag operation acts similar to a move operation in a shotlist.
- Ctrl+click, and drag: This allows you to select specific segments. For example if you only wanted to move the segment on the video track, you can Ctrl+click the video segment to move that element only.
- Shift+click, or Ctrl+click multiple segments and drag: After you click on the first segment, you can Shift+click or Ctrl+click other segments and move them as a group.
Alternatively if you click or Shift+click or Ctrl+click individual segments, you can use the same action to deselect the item.
When moving a segment in a Sequence, you must pay special attention to the enabled tracks in the Track Selector. If you do not, your move operation might not behave as you expect.
• News sequences
After you add a segment to a news sequence, you cannot move it to a different track. For example, if you drag and drop a clip into the timeline as a SOT, you cannot then select that segment and drag it to a different audio track. If the clip has audio on a channel that is not mapped to the audio track in which you insert it, you will not hear the audio when the sequence is played.
To move a segment in a sequence:
1. Select the segment that you want to move.
2. (optional for Sequences) Shift+click, Ctrl+click multiple segments to add them to the move operation.
3. Drag and drop your selection to a new location in the timeline.
In a long sequence, moving a segment to the viewable edge of the sequence scrolls the sequence in that direction.
If you want to change the track into which audio was inserted, you can use the procedures described in Adding and Removing Audio Segments in News Sequences.