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Timeline management, Contextual menu on the timeline name field, Mute button – EVS IPDirector Version 6.0 - November 2012 Part 8 User's Manual User Manual

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Mute Button

The Mute button allows the user to temporarily mute all the mono channels of a track on

the whole timeline. When the track is muted, the button is as follows

6.2.

Timeline Management

6.2.1.

Contextual Menu on the Timeline Name Field

You can manage a timeline via the Timeline contextual menu. To access it, right-click the
Timeline Name field in the Timeline pane. To reach the detailed explanation on this
section, if any, click the command name in the table below.

Menu Command

Description

Create Timeline

Opens the Create a Timeline window to create a new timeline and
makes it directly editable in the Timeline pane.

See section "Creating a New Timeline" on page 68.

Close Timeline

Closes the current timeline loaded in the Timeline pane.

Clear Timeline

Removes all elements of the current timeline loaded in the
Timeline pane. The timeline remains available in the Database
Explorer or Browser as an empty timeline.

Reload from XT

Reloads the timeline from the EVS server.

Merge Blank
Elements

Merges together the blank elements that are contiguous in the
timeline.

Add Blank

Allows you to add a blank of the desired duration from the nowline
on the selected tracks in the active mode (Insert or Overwrite)

Find blank
elements

Lists the blank elements inside the opened timeline, which allows
the user to easily localize and manage them.

From the Find Blank Element window which lists the blanks (track,
TC IN, TC OUT and Duration), you can double-click the row
corresponding to a blank element to position the nowline on the
corresponding TC.

Copy/move
Timeline

Opens the Copy Timeline window that allows you to create a copy
of the timeline and all timeline elements to another server.

Copy clips
locally

Creates a copy of all distant timeline elements onto the local
server.

Publish

Opens the Publish Timeline window to publish the timeline to
selected group of users.

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