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# EditDesk Menu

All Smoke features are accessed through the EditDesk menu (broken into four parts as follows).

(a) Source Area Layout box(b) Record Area Layout box

(c) Menu Priority box(d) A/V Tools box(e) Media Management option box(f) Commit Effect box(g) Ripple button and Ripple Direction box(h) Timeline Process box(i) Modify Soft Effect options

(j) Lock button(k) Sync button(l) Link Transition button(m) Clear Offsets box(n) Trim channel box(o) Link Cut button(p) Trim button(q) Focus button

(r) Focus box (s) Snap box

Source Area Layout box
  Select a Player mode and a clip layout mode for working in the Source Area.
Record Area Layout box
  Select a mode for working in the Record Area. Use Storyboard View to insert your first clip in a sequence. See Record Area View Modes.
Menu Priority box
  The menu bar on the top row of the EditDesk menu changes depending on the operation you are performing. To display a menu bar, select the appropriate option from the Menu Priority box and then enable it.

(a) Menu Priority box

The Menu Priority box functions as both a selection box and an enable box. Enabling the selected item locks the menu priority option so the menu bar remains visible even when the Player is displayed.

Select and enable: | To view:
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Source Area | The Source Area Management menu. This menu contains items for managing and searching for clips in the Source Area. See Managing EditDesk Clips.
Edit Sync | The Edit Sync menu. This menu allows you to create edit sync groups. See Maintaining Sync between Elements.
Editing | The Editing quick menu. The quick menu that appears is based on the soft effect or transition applied to the focus clip.
Effects | The Effects menu. This menu contains controls for the effects modules such as Action, Paint, and Colour Corrector. This is the default menu that is displayed when no menu is enabled.
Filter Select | The Filter Select menu. This menu contains controls for searching for items on the timeline. See Searching for Timeline Elements.

A/V Tools box
  Contains options for applying formatting and effects changes to video and audio clips directly on the EditDesk. For example, use the Video option to display tools for resizing a clip, or the FX option to display tools for creating and splitting stereo clips.

The A/V Tools box appears on the EditDesk when:

- Effects is selected and enabled from the Menu Priority box.
- No Menu Priority box option is enabled, and the Source Area (as opposed to the Player) is displayed.

To display tools for the selected option, the option must be enabled.

Effects module buttons
  Provide access to the effects modules. See Accessing the Effects Modules.
Timeline Process box
  Processes effects created on the timeline. See Processing Soft Effects and Batch FX.
Commit Effect box
  Commits soft effects.
Modify Soft Effects options
  Provide options for modifying several soft effects at once. See Editing with Soft Effect Quick Menus.
Ripple button
  Controls whether the edit sequence changes length when editing. See Setting the Ripple Mode.
Ripple Direction box
  Controls the direction in which a sequence ripples when editing with the Ripple button enabled. See Setting the Ripple Mode.
Media Management option box
  Contains options for modifying the state of timeline segments.
Lock button
  When trimming, locks the segment or transition being trimmed to the cursor so that the opposite end of the segment or transition is trimmed. See Locking Clips While Trimming.
Sync button
  Activates a defined edit sync group. See Creating Edit Sync Groups for Multiple Video Tracks.
Trim Channel box
  When trimming elements with animated soft effects, controls how the animation channel is affected by the trim. See Trimming Animated Soft Effects.
Link Transition and Link Cut buttons
  Affect how dissolving transitions behave when trimmed or slid. See Linking Transitions and Cuts.
Clear Offsets box
  Resets trimming offsets to 0. See Viewing Head, Tail, and Offset Information.
Trim button
  Enables Trim mode. See About Trimming.
Focus button
  When trimming, snaps the positioner to the transition and updates the Player. See Viewing Frames While Trimming.
Focus box
  Switches the focus between the Source Area and Record Area. See Focus Clip and Focus Area.
Snap box
  Affects how clips are placed when gesturally moved or copied to the timeline. See Setting Snap Options.
Undo and Redo buttons
  Undo and redo operations on the EditDesk. See Undoing and Redoing Operations.