Hiding and excluding tracks

You can mark any track as shy, which means it can be hidden in the Timeline. Marking a track as shy does not immediately conceal it in the Timeline, because you must choose the Hide Shy Tracks command to conceal or reveal all shy tracks simultaneously. Shy and hidden tracks are included in the previews and exported program even when they are not visible in the Timeline. You can also exclude a track from a program. An excluded track still appears in the Timeline but is not included either in exported video or when previewing or scrubbing the Timeline.

Hiding and excluding tracks reduces timeline clutter and increases scrolling or previewing performance. Excluding a track also allows comparison between different versions of the program. Shy, excluded, and hidden tracks can still be edited as normal tracks. To make sure that hidden tracks are not edited, lock them before hiding them. See Locking and unlocking tracks.

To hide or reveal tracks in the Timeline:

1 Do one of the following:

2 In the Timeline window menu, choose Hide Shy Tracks or Show Shy Tracks from the Timeline window menu.

To exclude or include a track in the program:

Click to hide or display the eye icon (for video) or speaker icon (for audio) at the left edge of a track.

To simultaneously exclude or include all tracks except Video 1 in the program:

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click to hide or display the eye icon (for video) or speaker icon (for audio) at the left edge of any track. This excludes or includes all superimposed video tracks or audio tracks; you must include or exclude tracks Video 1A/1B separately.

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