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# Accessing Timelines

You can access the timeline of any source or record clip. If your Source or Record Area contains more than one clip, you must make a clip the current clip before you can display its timeline.

Only EditDesk record clip timelines can be edited. You can view the soft edits of a source clip’s timeline but you cannot modify the clip until it becomes the record clip.

All clips brought into a Batch setup have an associated timeline. To access the timeline of a BFX clip, see Creating Batch FX.

To access the timeline of a record clip:

1. If you have more than one record clip, select Storyboard view from the Record Area Layout box (or press F1). Otherwise, go to step 3.

   (a) Current clip(b) Scroll buttons

2. Make a record clip the current clip by dragging it over the Scroll buttons.
3. Select Record Timeline from the Record Area Layout box (or press F5).

   The timeline of the current record clip is displayed.

To access the timeline of a source clip:

1. Select a clip in the Source Area.
2. Select Source Timeline from the Record Area Layout box (or press F6).

   The timeline of the current source clip is displayed.