Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 66)

66 Chapter 4 Basic Editing
Assigning Destination Tracks
Many operations in Final Cut Express HD require you to use the Source controls to
assign destination tracks to determine where edited, duplicated, or moved clips appear
in the Timeline. Source and Destination controls are located in the Timeline patch
panel, at the left of the Timeline window.
When you open a clip or sequence into the Viewer, a number of Source controls appear
in the Timeline patch panel and correspond to the number of video and audio items
that make up that clip, or the number of tracks that appear in that sequence. For
example, if you open a clip into the Viewer that contains one video and four audio
items, one video and four audio Source controls appear in the Timeline patch panel.
Whenever you open a new clip or sequence into the Viewer, the number of Source
controls in the Timeline patch panel updates to reflect the number of video and audio
items in the new clip or sequence.
Changing Destination Track Assignments
You can change destination track assignments five ways in the Timeline.
To change destination track assignments, do one of the following:
m Click a Destination control. The nearest Source control moves to that track.
m Option-click a Destination control. The first Source control appearing underneath that
track moves to that track.
m Drag one Source control on top of another.
For example, if audio track A1 is selected as the channel a1 destination track, and track
A2 is selected as the channel a2 destination track, then dragging the a2 Source control
onto the a1 Source control makes A1 the channel a2 destination track, and A2 the
channel a1 target.
m Command-click a Source control in the Timeline, then choose a track from the
shortcut menu.
m Command-click a Destination control, then choose a Source control from the
shortcut menu.
Destination control
Source control