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Part XI

Project Management and Settings

 Preview Pre-roll: This value is used by the Play Around Current control and the Trim

Edit window to determine how much time before the playhead should be played.

 Preview Post-roll: This value is used by the Play Around Current control and the Trim

Edit window to determine how much time after the playhead should be played.

For more information, see Chapter 6, “

Viewer Basics

,” on page 79. The setting is also

applicable in the Trim Edit window; see Chapter 35, “

Trimming Clips

Using the Trim Edit Window

,” on page 523.

Trim Edit Window Options
 Dynamic Trimming: Select Dynamic Trimming to allow edit points in the Trim Edit

window to automatically follow the position of the playhead. For more information,
see Chapter 9, “

Timeline Basics

,” on page 113. The setting is also applicable for

trimming; see Chapter 34, “

Learning About Trimming Clips

,” on page 507.

 Trim with Sequence Audio: When this option is selected, you hear all sequence audio

tracks while using the JKL keys on either side of the Trim Edit window.

 Trim with Edit Selection Audio (Mute Others): When this option is selected, all audio

tracks except the ones currently selected in the Timeline are muted when you use
the JKL keys to play either side of the Trim Edit window.

 Multi-Frame Trim Size: This value determines how many frames are trimmed when

using the Trim Back and Trim Forward buttons in the Trim Edit window or the
equivalent shortcut keys in the Timeline. The maximum number of frames allowed is
99. For more information, see Chapter 35, “

Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit

Window

,” on page 523.

When handle

threshold is greater

than 10, the duplicate

frames are not indicated.