Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 153)

Chapter 5 Working in the Timeline 153
Spotting Clips to the Timeline
Soundtrack Pro allows you to easily spot clips to the Timeline. You can spot clips to the
playhead location or you can spot clips to the Timeline based on timecode information
inherent in the clip or that you enter in the Spot to Timecode dialog.
To spot a clip to the playhead:
1 Position the playhead where you would like to spot the clip.
2 Select the track on which you would like to spot the clip.
3 Do one of the following:
 Select the clip in one of the Soundtrack Pro media tabs (such as the Bin, Browser,
Favorites, or Search tab), then choose Clip > Spot to Playhead (or press Command-\).
 Control-click the clip in one of the Soundtrack Pro media tabs (such as the Bin, Browser,
Favorites, or Search tab), then choose Spot to Playhead from the shortcut menu.
The clip is added to the Timeline at the specified playhead location.
To spot a clip to the Timeline using timecode:
1 Select the track on which you would like to spot the clip.
2 Do one of the following:
 Select the clip in one of the Soundtrack Pro media tabs (such as the Bin, Browser,
Favorites, or Search tab), then choose Clip > Spot to Timeline (or press
Command-Shift-\).
 Control-click the clip in one of the Soundtrack Pro media tabs (such as the Bin, Browser,
Favorites, or Search tab), then choose Spot to Timeline from the shortcut menu.
3 Do one of the following:
 Select Use Embedded Timecode if the clip contains timecode intended to place it in
the proper location in the Timeline.
 Enter the target Timeline timecode location.
4 Click Spot.
The clip is added to the Timeline at the specified timecode location.
The Spot to Timeline
dialog appears.