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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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