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# Accessing the Colourist Timeline Menu

To edit shots in the colourist timeline view, you need the Timeline menu.

To access the colourist timeline menu:

1. In the Main menu, click Colour.
2. Click Timeline.

   The colourist timeline menu appears.

The timeline is made up of the following buttons.

Solo
  Within a multi-layer timeline, Solo mode displays the layer which the Focus point is positioned on. The Storyboard is updated to only display the shots in the soloed layer. When Solo mode is disabled, the top layer, by default, is displayed in the Storyboard and Player.

NoteIf you are using the solo function as a method to create editorial or grade version, please keep in mind that the status is not part of the grade file data structure. Therefore, this state will not be saved upon restarting Lustre.

Cut
  Adds a splice at the positioner location on the focused layer.
Diss
  Adds a dissolve at the positioner location on the focused layer.
New
  Copies the current element to the next available top layer with grade data.

For more information about the multi-layer timeline, see Multi-Layer Timeline.