Grass Valley Zodiak v.6.0 Mar 15 2006 - Manual (Page 241)

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Timeline Menus
Clipboard Operations
The Cut , Copy , and Paste buttons in the Timeline menus and on the Main
panel use a clipboard register to temporarily store effect data. The clip-
board information can then be pasted back into the same or a different
effect. When new information is saved to the clipboard, any existing infor-
mation in the clipboard is overwritten.
Cut – When the cursor is on any delegated timeline keyframe, pressing the
Cut button cuts the keyframe(s) at the current cursor location and removes
the duration to the next master timeline keyframe of that effect. It also cuts
the same duration from any other delegated timelines, including those that
have the cursor on the path. This maintains the relative alignment of all the
delegated timelines. The cut keyframe information is saved to the clip-
board, overwriting any existing information.
Cut is inactive when the
cursor in on the path on all delegated timelines (not on any keyframe).
Copy – Places a copy of the effect keyframe data located at the cursor loca-
tion into the clipboard, along with the duration to the next master timeline
keyframe. Like
Cut , all delegated timelines are involved, but the informa-
tion is only copied, not removed. The original effect is not changed by a
Copy operation.
Paste – Inserts the data currently in the clipboard into the effect at the cursor
location. The data remains in the clipboard for reuse. Keyframes on all del-
egated timelines in the effect move later in time to accommodate the dura-
tion in the clipboard. However, the contents of the clipboard must be
consistent with the delegated timelines of the effect for paste to operate.
For example, if the clipboard contains a portion of the Misc 3 timeline and
only M/E 2 is currently delegated, a paste cannot occur because the param-
eter sets are completely different. If the clipboard contains a portion of the
M/E 1 timeline, however, it can be pasted into the M/E 2 timeline because the
parameters are compatible. If the clipboard contains data from multiple
timelines, the paste operation will only be permitted if the same timelines
are currently delegated in the effect.
Modify, Insert Buttons
Note See Basic Effect Editing on page 381 for effect editing procedures.
Modify Buttons
Modify All Abs (absolute) applies the actual values of changed Work Buffer
values to all the keyframes in all delegated levels of the effect. Only those
parameters that have changed from the original values at the current
cursor location are involved (by pressing a button, turning a knob, or
entering a value with the keypad).
Modify All Abs applies absolute values, not
relative values as is done with the Modify All Rel . For example, if a hue was