Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 137)

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Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
Rename a track
1 Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the track's name and choose Rename.
2 Type a new name for the track, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
Specify the tracks to change with Sync Lock
You can determine which tracks will be affected when your perform an insert, ripple delete, or ripple trim operation
by enabling Sync Lock on those tracks. Tracks which have a clip that is part of the operation will always shift regardless
of their sync-lock state, but the other tracks will shift their clip content only if their sync lock is enabled. With an insert
edit, for example, if you want all the clips to the right of the edit on Video 1 and Audio 1 to shift to the right while
leaving all the clips on Audio 2 in place, enable Sync Lock on Video 1 and Audio 1.
❖ Do one of the following:
• To enable Sync Lock for selected tracks, click the Toggle Sync Lock box at the head of each video and audio track
you want to be affected by the edit.
• To enable Sync Lock for all tracks of a particular type, video or audio, Shift-click the Toggle Sync Lock box at the
head of any track of that type.
The Sync Lock icon will appear in the box, and Sync Lock will be enabled for those tracks.
Note: To disable Sync Lock on one or more tracks, click, or Shift-click for all tracks of a type, the Toggle Sync Lock box
again so that it contains no Sync Lock icon.
Prevent changes with Track Lock
Locking an entire track is useful for preventing changes to any clips on that track while you work on other parts of the
sequence. In a Timeline panel, a pattern of slashes appears over a locked track. Although clips in a locked track cannot
be modified in any way, they are included when you preview or export the sequence. If you want to lock both a video
track and a track with corresponding audio, lock each track separately. When you lock a target track, it is no longer
the target; source clips cannot be added to the track until you unlock it and target it again.
You can lock a track to prevent it from shifting when you perform insert edits.
❖ Click in the Toggle Track Lock box to display the Lock icon next to the track name.
An unlocked track (top) and locked track (bottom)
Exclude tracks in a sequence
You can exclude video or audio clips in any track from previews and export. Clips in excluded video tracks appear as
black video in the Program Monitor and in output files. Clips in excluded audio tracks are not output to the Audio
Mixer, to the speakers, or to output files.
❖ Click to hide the Eye icon (for video) or the Speaker icon (for audio) at the left edge of the track. (Each icon
is a toggle switch. Click its box again to display the icon and include the track.)