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Panning and zooming the timeline

You can use the pan and zoom tools to examine information more closely and to help you add control points or cues at very specific times. You can zoom in and out, and pan left and right. The timeline in Music Segment Editor contains these tools along both the X and Y axis.

All the pan and zoom controls have associated keyboard shortcuts.

To

Use this shortcut

Zoom in

Z + marquee selection

Zoom in vertically – Centered at current mouse position

Ctrl + mouse wheel up

Zoom out vertically – Centered at current mouse position

Ctrl + mouse wheel down

Zoom in horizontally – Centered at current mouse position

Ctrl + Shift + mouse wheel up

Zoom out horizontally – Centered at current mouse position

Ctrl + Shift + mouse wheel down

Reset zoom (when zoomed in)

Z + click

Pan view left (when zoomed in)

Shift + mouse wheel up

Pan view right (when zoomed in)

Shift + mouse wheel down

Pan view up (when zoomed in)

Mouse wheel up

Pan view down (when zoomed in)

Mouse wheel down

Pan free hand

X + drag

For a complete list of shortcuts, refer to Using keyboard shortcuts.

To zoom in the timeline:

  1. From the timeline toolbar, click the Zoom In icon.

    The timeline zooms in towards the center of the timeline.

To zoom out the timeline:

  1. From the timeline toolbar, click the Zoom Out icon.

    The timeline zooms out from the center of the timeline.

To reset the pan and zoom in the timeline:

  1. From the timeline toolbar, click the Reset icon.

    The timeline is reset to show all control points.

To pan the timeline:

  1. Zoom in the timeline.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To pan up, move the mouse wheel up.

    • To pan down, move the mouse wheel down.

    • To pan right, hold shift and move the mouse wheel down.

    • To pan left, hold shift and move the mouse wheel up.

    • To pan freehand, press x and drag the mouse in the timeline.

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