Views
The main window displays a list of clips. These can be displayed in one of three main ways:
- List view - a spreadsheet-like table, one row per clip, with a choice of which columns are displayed. You can resize or change the order of the columns.
- Film strip view - where each movie clip is shown on one line as a sequence of thumbnails.
- Grid view - a two-dimensional grid of clips, each shown with its poster thumbnail.
Main window
When using the main window you can:
- Click on the List, Film Strip or Grid toolbar buttons to select the next view of that type, or select a particular pre-defined view from the drop down list.
- Apply filtering or grouping to limit the display to particular clips of interest.
- Have more than one window open on the same catalog with the New view command.
- Select one or more clips with the mouse then right click (control-click on the Macintosh) to display a popup menu of operations applicable to the selected clip(s).
- Display the clip details or media for a given clip using the relevant toolbar button or menu command or by double clicking on the clip. (To change the double click action either hold down the control key as you double click or choose a different double click action in Preferences.)
- Open the media file by launching it in its default application.
- Edit values directly in a list view by checking the Allow cell editing Preferences option.
See also: Tree navigator, Customising views, Quick start guide, Summary mode
Sorting clips
Clips have both a 'natural' order within the catalog (usually the order they were imported in) and a 'display' order within the current window.
- Click on a column header (when in a list view) or use the Order By menu to change the order that clips are displayed in.
- Use Random shuffle to randomize the display order (eg. for a slide show).
- Use Reverse to reverse the display order of clips.
- Use Make clip order permanent to rearrange clips in the catalog according to their current display order.
- Drag and drop selected clips within the window to manually rearrange their order in the catalog.