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Action: Media

Modifying Media

 

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Viewing Media

As you work with media, you can set properties for either the front, matte, or back clip. To view a clip exclusively, you can select it from the View box. View attributes are set per media.

Media Rendering boxSets the rendering for each media. Select Interlaced, Progressive, or As Input (to render using the mode that corresponds to the source clip).

Matte Output boxDetermines if a matte will be output for a selected media or for the entire scene. See Processing a Matte.

To enable a clip, select On from the applicable Clip box. To disable a clip, select Off. You may want to disable a clip in the following situations:

• Disable the back clip to use a solid black background in the animation.
• Disable the matte clip to work with the full-front image. To work with a cutout of the front image, make sure that the matte clip is enabled.

To edit a front clip's visibility:

1. Select media from the Media list.
2. From the Front Clip box, select one of the following options.

   Select:	To:
   Front On	Display the front clip for the selected media.
   Front Off	Hide the front clip for the selected media.
   Front Lock	Lock the selected front clip at the current frame in the timebar. See Locking the Front or Back Clip.

To edit a back clip's visibility:

1. From the Back Clip box, select one of the following options.

   Select:	To:
   Back On	Display the back clip.
   Back Off	Hide the back clip.
   Back Lock	Lock the back clip at the current frame in the timebar. See Locking the Front or Back Clip.

To edit a matte clip's visibility:

1. Select media from the Media list.
2. From a Matte Clip box, select one of the following options.

   Select:	To:
   Matte On	Display the matte clip for the selected media.
   Matte Off	Hide the matte clip for the selected media.
   Matte Invert	Invert a matte. Black areas will be made white, and white areas will become black. TipTo invert multiple matte clips, Ctrl-click the matte media and select Invert in the Matte Clip box.

To display a clip in the image window:

1. Select the corresponding view from the View box.

   
   

   (a) View box  

   Select:	To display:
   Media Front	The front clip.
   Media Matte	The matte clip.
   Media Back	The back clip.
   Result	The overall effect.

   NoteThe selected clip is also displayed as an Image node in the Node bin. You can also display media clips by selecting Medialist from the View box, or by touching the swipe bar on the left of the Media menu.