Setting the Timeline Zoom
The Track tab contains a zoom control you can use to expand or contract the timeline.
When working with large projects, you often need to be able to expand the timeline in
order to set a marker or insert a subtitle. Using the zoom control in conjunction with the
scroller at the bottom of the timeline allows you to configure the timeline so that it
provides enough detail to work with.
Drag the ends of the
scroller to zoom in
or out.
Drag the timeline scroller
to select the part to view.
Drag to the right to zoom
out or to the left
to zoom in.
To use the zoom control
Do one of the following:
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Drag it to the right to zoom out, showing more of the timeline. If the playhead is not
visible, the timeline scroller automatically jumps to a position that does show it.
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Drag it to the left to zoom in, showing less of the timeline but more detail in the part that
shows. If the playhead is not visible, the timeline scroller automatically jumps to a position
that does show it.
Hold down the Shift key while dragging the zoom control to prevent the scroller from
automatically changing its position to show the playhead.
You can also set the timeline zoom using keyboard shortcuts.
To zoom using keyboard shortcuts
Do one of the following:
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Press Command-Hyphen (-) to zoom out on the timeline. If the playhead is not visible,
the timeline scroller automatically jumps to a position that does show it.
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Press Command-Shift-Hyphen (-) to zoom out without moving the scroller to show the
playhead.
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Press Command–Equal Sign (=) to zoom in on the timeline. If the playhead is not visible,
the timeline scroller automatically jumps to a position that does show it.
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Press Command–Shift–Equal Sign (=) to zoom in without moving the scroller to show
the playhead.
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Press Shift-Z to zoom the timeline out to its maximum.
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Press Shift-Option-Z to fit the currently selected clip into the Track tab.
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Chapter 17
Creating and Editing Tracks