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Creating and Deleting Strata Segments
Segmenting strata is the primary task when editing Asset Management assets in the Storyboard tab. The Storyboard toolbar shows the following Create Segments buttons that you can use to create segments in a stratum.
 
Button
Shortcut
Name
Function
Ctrl+1 (Windows)
Cmd+1 (macOS)
Mark In
Creates a new segment and sets the In point to the current timecode.
• If no segment is selected in the segment list or a segment is selected that has an Out point set, Mark In creates a new segment and sets the In point for the new segment.
• If a segment is selected in the segment list that has no Out point set, Mark In sets the Out point for the segment to one frame before the current timecode and creates a new segment with the In point set to the current timecode.
If you set the In point before the In point of the currently opened segment, the segment is closed as a marker (In point and Out point are set to the same timecode) and a new segment is opened with the In point set to the current timecode.
Ctrl+3 (Windows)
Cmd+3 (macOS)
Create Marker
Creates a new segment with one frame duration.
• If no segment is selected in the segment list or a segment is selected that has an Out point set, Create Marker creates a new segment and sets the In point and Out point to the current timecode.
• If a segment is selected in the segment list that has no Out point set, Create Marker sets the Out point for the segment to one frame before the current timecode and creates a new segment with the In point and Out point set to the current timecode.
If you click Create Marker before the In point of the currently opened segment, the segment is closed as a marker (In point and Out point are set to the same timecode) and a new segment with one frame duration (In point and Out point set to the current timecode) is created.
Ctrl+2 (Windows)
Cmd+2 (macOS)
Mark Out
Closes the open segment and sets the Out point to the current timecode.
If you click Mark Out when there is no open segment, a “You cannot set a segment here” message is shown.
When you create a segment by using either of these options, the segment list scrolls to the newly created segment and the segment is selected.
*In this release, you can create segments only in strata that allow overlapping segments. A stratum that allows overlapping segments automatically lets you create segments with the Gaps Allowed option.
*Creating and deleting segments is possible both in List view and Card view. In Card view, the frame for the set In or Out point is extracted and can be displayed on the segment. To see the newly extracted frame, make sure that a time-based filter is selected in the Card view thumbnail filter options. For more information, see Thumbnail Options in Card View Layout.
If Start of Content and End of Content are set for an Asset Management video, segments before SOC and after EOC are trimmed.
Depending on how you use the Create Segments controls you have the following options:
• You can create segments where the Out mark of the preceding segment and In mark of the following segment do not have to be adjacent frames and show a “gap” in-between.
• You can create segments where the Out mark of the preceding segment and In mark of the following segment are adjacent frames.
• You can create new segments starting or ending within another segment, or completely within already existing segments.
The following topics provide information on how to create and delete segments:
• Creating Segments with Gaps
• Creating Adjacent Segments
• Creating Overlapping Segments
• Deleting Segments