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Chapter 2

Creating and Managing Projects

Sorting Layers and Objects in the Media Tab

The Media tab contains 13 columns that provide information about each object in your
project.

You can customize the Media tab to show, hide, or rearrange any of these columns to
suit your needs. You can also resize the thumbnails displayed for each object.

Column

Description

Preview

Displays a thumbnail of the media object.

Name

The filename of the source media on disk that the object is linked
to. If you change the name of corresponding linked objects in the
Layers tab, this name doesn’t change.

Kind

The type of file, whether it’s a still image, QuickTime movie, image
sequence, or audio file

Duration

The total duration of the object, in frames or timecode, depending
on which is displayed in the Timeline

Frame Size

The frame size of the object, in pixels

Compressor

If the item is a QuickTime movie, the codec used. If it’s a still image,
the method of compression that’s applied based on the file type

Depth

The color depth of the image

Vid Rate

The frame rate of the object, in frames per second

Data Rate

The data rate at which a QuickTime movie is compressed

Aud Rate

For audio files and QuickTime movies, the sample rate of the audio

Aud Format

For audio files and QuickTime movies, the bit depth of the audio

File Size

The size of the source media file on disk.

File Created

The file creation date of the source media file on disk

File Modified

The file modification date of the source media file on disk. This is a
useful parameter to use for file management.

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