Adding and Removing Sequence Tracks
When you create a new Sequence, you get one video track and two audio tracks by default. If your creative vision requires you to have more tracks, you can easily expand your Sequence using the Add Tracks button on the Sequence Timeline. Sequences can include a maximum of four video tracks and eight audio tracks.
When you load the Sequence Timeline for the first time in a user session, the toolbar shows the Add Video Track button by default. If you click the button, a new video track is added to the Sequence. If you use the turn-down arrow to the right of the button to add an audio track, the toolbar displays the Add Audio Track button. Each time you add a new track, the button is toggled to display the previous action. This behavior allows you to easily add multiple tracks of the same type in quick succession.
The following illustration shows the available options after you click the Add Track turn-down. In the following illustration, the toolbar displays the icon for the Add Video Track option.
If your Sequence includes tracks that are no longer required, you can use the Track Selector on the far-left of the Sequence Timeline to delete a track.
If you delete a track, you delete any edits on that track. If you accidentally delete a track you can press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS) to undo the action.
Graphic tracks for Sequences that are associated with Newsroom Management stories cannot be deleted from the Sequence Timeline. To remove graphic tracks, you must remove the graphic itself.
To add an audio or video track to a Sequence:
Click the turn-down arrow to the right of the Add Tracks button and select one of the following options:
- Add Video Track
This adds one new video track to the Sequence. Sequences can include up to four video tracks.
- Add Audio Track
This adds one new audio track to the Sequence. Sequences can include up to eight video tracks.
Click the Add Video Track or the Add Audio Track button in the Sequence Timeline toolbar to add a new track.
The type of track that is added to the sequence depends on the icon displayed in the toolbar.
To delete a track from your Sequence:
Right-click on the track in the Track Selector and select Delete Track: <
track name>.
If you delete a track that is neither the highest-level video track nor the lowest-level audio track, the remaining tracks are renumbered so that they appear sequentially in the Track Selector.
