Timeline View and Navigation

The timeline panel offers a range of tools and options for organizing your media and managing playback. These include the following:

1. Current Time Display: Displays the current playhead’s time position on the timeline.
2. Guide Position Display: Displays the time position of the guide on the timeline.
3. Top Toolbar: Contains tools for adding timeline tracks, inserting various types of markers, and managing the zoom level of the timeline view.
4. Side Toolbar: Contains the selectors for the Razor and Move tools, the Playhead Snapping toggle , the Snap On/Off switch for controlling the snapping of media items, and the timeline Preferences .
5. Tracks: Serve to organize and layer media items on the timeline.
6. Time Ruler: Provides a time scale for precise media alignment.
7. Playhead: Indicates the present playback position on the timeline.
8. Guide: Serves as a reference for a specific time position on the timeline.
9. Media Items: Individual media items positioned within the timeline tracks.
10. Playback Controls Bar: Contains the Play Selected Item , Play , Pause , and Stop buttons for managing playback. Additionally, it includes the Lock/Unlock Playback Controls toggle and the Reveal Active Item button .
11. Media Player’s Volume Control: Adjusts the output volume of the media player (see Volume Control).
12. Media Player’s Color Correction: Adjusts the color parameters of the media player’s video output (see Color Correction).

Positioning the playhead on a timeline

To position the playhead on a timeline, do any of the following:

• Click on the time ruler where you wish to position the playhead.
• Drag the playhead in the time ruler. If you want the playhead to snap to media item edges and markers, enable the Playhead Snapping toggle in the side toolbar.
• Use the arrow keys. Press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow to move the playhead to the next or previous frame. Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to move it to the next or previous media item edge or marker.
• Press the K or J keys to move the playhead to the next or previous keyframe.
• Press the Home or End keys to move the playhead to the beginning or end of a timeline.

Zooming in or out of a timeline

To zoom in or out of a timeline, do one of the following:

• With the mouse cursor over a timeline, use the mouse’s scroll wheel to zoom in or out based on the mouse cursor’s position.
• Press the plus + key to zoom in and the minus – key to zoom out based on the playhead position.
• Click the or buttons in the top toolbar to zoom in or out based on the playhead position.
• Click the button in the top toolbar or press the \ (backslash) key to zoom out and reveal the entire timeline.
• Click the button in the top toolbar or press the Shift + \ (backslash) keys to zoom in to the frame level.

Scrolling a timeline horizontally

When parts of a timeline are out of view, you can scroll it horizontally by dragging the scroll bar at the bottom of the timeline window.