About the Desktop
 
 
 

On the desktop, you work with the clips from which you create processed results for your project. You can play, name, move, copy, and delete clips, as well as use global tools for enabling processes, picking colours, searching for clips, and browsing the filesystem.

After selecting a project and user on start-up, the desktop appears. The desktop is your in-session work area. You capture clips to the desktop, organize them in clip libraries, and then maintain a desktop selection of clips that you need for the composites and effects you are working on at each step.

From the desktop, you can:

NoteDescriptions and procedures in this chapter assume default desktop settings. The desktop can be customized and the settings can be saved with user preferences. See Setting Preferences.