Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 510)

Creating a Static Region in the Timeline
If you are working with more tracks than you can see on the screen at once, and you
spend a lot of time scrolling through multiple tracks in the Timeline, you may find it useful
to create a static region in the middle of the Timeline for tracks that you always want to
see. This region can contain video tracks, audio tracks, or both. Creating a static region
results in three total regions in the Timeline: a top, scrollable region for your excess video
tracks, a middle static region, and a bottom, scrollable region for your excess audio tracks.
You can’t scroll up or down in the static region, but it can be resized to accommodate
more or fewer tracks.
For example, if you’re working on the audio of a project with sync sound dialogue in
audio tracks 1 and 2, and multiple tracks of music, sound effects, and audio ambience in
the tracks below that, you can define a static region containing just tracks 1 and 2, leaving
the rest of your audio tracks in a lower, scrollable region. This way, your dialogue tracks
will always be visible. You can scroll up and down through your other audio tracks, editing
and making various adjustments while using the audio tracks in the static region as a
reference point.
To create a static region for video and audio tracks
1 Drag the upper thumb tab in the vertical scroll bar up to create a static area for as many
video tracks as you want to keep in the middle.
2 Drag the lower thumb tab in the vertical scroll bar down to create a static area for as
many audio tracks as you want to keep in the middle.
Static area
Slider
Drag the lower thumb
tab down to include
audio tracks in the
static area.
Drag the upper thumb
tab up to include video
tracks in the static area.
When you have a static region in the Timeline, there are two dividers: one between the
top scrollable region and the static region, and one between the static region and the
bottom scrollable region. Each divider has its own thumb tab.
510 Chapter 34 Working with Tracks in the Timeline