Anatomy of the Tool PaletteThe Tool palette contains tools for selecting and manipulating items in the Timeline, Canvas, and Viewer. As you work in the Timeline with an assembly of clips in a rough sequence, you use the tools in the palette to do the following:
Figure 10.19. The Tool palette as a compact floating toolbar.
Figure 10.20 shows the Tool palette with all its pop-up selectors fully extended. When you actually use the Tool palette to select a tool, you will see only one of these selectors at a time, but they are assembled in this illustration to show the location of every available tool. Figure 10.20. The Tool palette with every pop-up selector displayed. You'll see only one of these bars at a time when you select a tool.
Here's a complete rundown of the tools you'll find in the Tool palette. Selection toolsSelection: Selects individual items. Edit Selection: Selects just the edit points inside your selection. Group Selection: Selects whole clips or groups of whole clips. Range Selection: Selects the area inside the selection marquee you draw. Select partial clips with this tool. Select Track Forward: Selects all the contents of the track after the selection point. Select Track Backward: Selects all the contents of the track before the selection point. Track Selection: Selects the entire contents of a single track. Select All Tracks Forward: Selects the contents of all tracks after the selection point. Select All Tracks Backward: Selects the contents of all tracks before the selection point. Edit toolsRoll: Rolls edit points. Ripple: Ripples edit points. Slip: Slips a clip's In and Out points. Slide: Slides a clip in a sequence. Razor Blade: Cuts a single clip into two sections. Razor Blade All: Cuts clips on all tracks at the selection point into two sections. Learn more about performing these edits in Chapter 11, "Fine Cut: Trimming Edits." View toolsImage modifiersKeyframe toolsYou can use the Pen tools in keyframe graphs on the Viewer effects tabs, in keyframe overlays in the Timeline, and on a motion path in the Canvas or the Viewer. |