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To do so, highlight a scene that’s marked by a
black dot (meaning one that has already been in-
serted in the storyboard), and press the two keys
and f. This causes the scene to be moved into the
storyboard’s frame regardless of which position
the storyboard was previously in.
If you inserted the scene into the storyboard
numerous times, the next occurrence of the scene
will be searched for. If you press the key combi-
nation again, the next one will be searched for,
etc. Once it reaches the end, it will start searching
from the beginning again.
Applying the length of one scene to the next
scene
Not only is it possible to use the keyboard to trim
each scene, you can also use it to automatically
apply the trimmed length to the next scene.
Choose a scene with a length you would like to
use (e.g. 10 seconds) and highlight it in the Edit
screen’s scene bin.
Now press the key combination of Ctrl t. This
causes the subsequent scene to be trimmed to the
same length and then highlighted. The longer you
keep this key combination pressed the more sce-
nes are trimmed. The end of the scene is always
trimmed back - this means that the thumbnail
picture, which helps you to recognize the scene,
always remains the same.
If a scene is shorter than the selected one, it can-
not of course be lengthened but instead retains
its original length.
Caution: This shorter length will then be applied
to the subsequent scenes, since Ctrl t always ap-
plies the length of the current scene to the next.
Highlighting the next scene is also useful if you
want to use the repeat function (please refer to
the „Repeat function“ section below).
Searching in the scene bin by name
Another new feature that can be used in the Edit
screen is the search function. You already know
how to use the option which allows you to move a
scene into the storyboard’s frame and then search
for that scene in the scene bin. However, using the
keyboard, you can now search for a scene directly
using its name without first having to position it
in the frame.
To do so, open the on-screen keyboard using the
key code Ctrl f (the same as on a PC) and enter the
name of the scene you require. Please make sure
that you spell the name correctly (though upper
and lower case letters are irrelevant in this case).
Furthermore, the scene that you are searching for
does not have to have been previously inserted in
the storyboard.
If the scene is found, it’s highlighted in blue within
the scene bin.
Searching in the storyboard by name
This search method can also be used for the sto-
ryboard. Open the on-screen keyboard by using
the key code
Ctrl f, and enter the name of the scene that you
want to search for. Again, please make sure that
you spell the name correctly (though, as before,
upper and lower case letters are irrelevant). If the
system finds the scene, the storyboard moves
so that the scene you are searching for appears
within the frame.
This search method does not require the searched
scene to still be present in the scene bin.
Stopping the storyboard
This function allows you to stop the storyboard in
all screens. If you press the h key during playback,
playback is halted. If you are currently in the Edit
screen (i.e. the storyboard moved forwards as
normal), this function sets the storyboard to the
current position.