The Record Area contains all the views you need for editing clips. For example, use reel mode views such as Storyboard for performing basic editing tasks; timeline views for performing core editing operations; and list views for viewing detailed information about timelines.

When you start Smoke for the first time, only the View Modes box and the scroll buttons appear in the Record Area. To load a clip to the Record Area, see Adding Clips to an Empty Record Area.

View Modes boxChanges the current view mode. See Record Area View Modes and Editing to the Timeline.

Scroll buttonsScroll the clips in reel mode views such as Storyboard and Collapsed view, as detailed in the following table.

Click:	To scroll:
	To the previous clip.
	Backward. Press and hold for continuous scrolling.
	To the previous transition.
	To the next transition.
	Forward. Press and hold for continuous scrolling.
	To the next clip.