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# Source Area

The Source Area acts as a holding bin for clips that you use in Smoke. When you start Smoke for the first time, the Source Area does not contain any source clips. To add clips to this area, you load them from the clip library.

(a) Swipe bar(b) Clip holding area(c) Swipe bar

The Source Area has a swipe bar on its left and right border. Swipe either bar by touching it with the cursor to toggle the display of the Player, a full-featured image window containing controls for playing clips. For information on the Player, see About the Player.

In the Editdesk menu, use the Source Area Layout box to change the display of the clip holding area thumbnails (the default), clip history, or an expanded EditDesk list.