Understanding the Color Coding
Effect Palette
Timeline
Description
Real-time effect (green dot)
Non-real-time effect (noádot or blue dot)
Effect icons in the Effect Palette and in the Timeline display color-coded dots to help you determine whether an effect is real-time or non-real-time. After opening the Effect Palette, you will notice that:
  Real-time effects are preceded by a green dot. Real-time effects might not be playable in real time due to their position in a sequence or the options available with your Avid editing application.
  Non-real-time effects have no dot in the Effect Palette. In the Timeline, the effect icon contains a blue dot until you render the effect.
  When you edit a non-real-time effect into a sequence, the effect icon appears with a blue dot in the Timeline, which indicates that you must render the effect to play it in real time. After you render the effect, the effect icon appears in the Timeline without a dot.
All color-coded dots disappear in the Timeline when you render effects.
A real-time effect might not be playable in real time for a variety of reasons involving the complexity of the sequence and the real-time effects capabilities of your Avid editing application. For more information, see Understanding Effect Playback Capabilities.
See Also
Submaster Editing
Main Topics: Using the Timeline

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