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Drag the knob to move quickly backward or forward in the clip.
Audio is normally muted during scrubbing; hold down CTRL to un-
mute it. Also note that holding SHIFT while dragging the scrub bar
knob increases precision.

FIGURE 144

It’s useful to note that (Quicktime only) clips that are still being
captured continue to ‘grow’ even after addition to a DDR playlist

(see Section 11.1.8). These growing clips, featuring the red

‘recording’ overlay (

Figure 144) can be freely extended beyond

the

bounds of the ‘in’ and ‘out’ points they were given when

initially

added.

It can be very useful to recall that you can easily split clips using

either the corresponding context menu item, or the “/” key.

A

LPHA

C

HANNEL

S

UPPORT

For files with transparency such as 32bit image files, use non-premultiplied

(or ‘straight’)

alpha channels in

Media Players

(premultiplied files will not give correct results when overlaid on other imagery).

Hint: Monitors can optionally show a checkerboard pattern behind transparent content.

11.1.8

Media Browser

The custom

Media Browser

provides easy

navigation and selection of content on your
NewTek live production system or on the local
network.

The

Media Browser

appears anywhere in the

Live Desktop

that you might wish to select

content, transitions or effects for use in your
project (such as the

Media Players

,

LiveSet

and

Transitions

sections).

Its layout is principally comprised of two panes
at left and right that

we’ll refer to as the

Location List

and

File Pane

.

Time-Shifting

By the way, it’s possible to use

growing clips

to ‘time shift’ your

program:

Initiate

Recording.

Add the captured clip to a DDR

Press “g” on the keyboard to clear

its

Out Point.

Trim the

In Point

to taste.

Assign the

DDR

to an o

utput

.

Wait some length of time and
then begin playing the clip.

(Of course, all of this could easily
be performed by a macro, too.)

FIGURE 145