By default, the Timelines
Only button in the Browser is enabled, which allows Wiretap content
to be presented in a timeline form. You can also choose to display
the one-sequence representation of the Wiretap timeline by disabling
the Timelines Only button, in which case both the one-sequence and
timeline versions are displayed at the same time.
The difference between
the two is as follows:
- One-sequence: a sequence of files is
presented to Lustre with clip metadata as opposed to timeline
metadata and you can still see transitions as 'read-only'. This
is useful, for example, when manually comparing the contents of
the timeline against a digital cut captured directly from an offline
video tape. See
Performing a Confidence Check.
- Timeline: a sequence of shots that contains
source clip metadata (for example, shot name, source timecode),
dissolve, and cut transitions. This allows you to recreate the timeline
that you had in your Visual Effects and Finishing application (in
a single-layer format) when you import the Wiretap timeline. You
can then grade each shot and render back either a single-sequence
clip or render with the timeline structure intact.
Additionally, you can
choose to display the clip thumbnails with or without details about
the clips by enabling Details for a detailed view or Proxies for
thumbnail-only view. For more information about the Browser, see
Accessing the File Browser.