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# About the EditDesk

The EditDesk provides the primary working space for performing edits and applying effects. When you first enter Smoke, the EditDesk appears. The EditDesk is divided into four regions: the EditDesk list, the Source Area, the EditDesk menu, and the Record Area.

(a) EditDesk list(b) Source Area(c) EditDesk menu(d) Record Area

EditDesk list
  Where you organize material into multiple folders, Source Areas, and Record Areas.
Source Area
  Holds the clips that you use in an editing session.
EditDesk menu
  Contains menu buttons and commands pertaining to the effects and image-processing modules as well as other tools useful to the editing process.
Record Area
  Where you edit clips.

NoteIf you try to access a project on a remote framestore that is already in use, you will not be able to access that project's EditDesk; instead, you will go directly to the project's clip library.

#### Topics in this section

- EditDesk List
- Source Area
- EditDesk Menu
- Record Area
- Focus Clip and Focus Area