Views

Clips are listed in a main window, which can be displayed in one of two main ways:

• List view - a spreadsheet-like table, one row per clip, with a choice of which columns are displayed. You can resize or change the order of the columns.
• Grid view - a two-dimensional grid of clips, shown with their poster thumbnails, where you can arrange the order of clips, storyboard style.

When using the main window you can

• Click on the List or Grid toolbar buttons to select the next view of that type, or select a particular view from the drop down list.
• Apply filtering or grouping to limit the display to particular clips of interest.
• Have more than one window open on the same catalog with the New view command.
• Select one or more clips with the mouse and apply various menu commands to those clips.
• Display the clip details or media for a given clip using the relevant toolbar button or menu command or by double clicking on the clip. (To change the double click action either hold down the control key as you double click or choose a different double click action in Preferences.)

See also: Customising views, Quick start guide

Sorting clips

Clips have both a 'natural' order within the catalog (usually the order they were imported in) and a display order within each view:

• Click on a column header (when in a list view) or use the Order by menu to change the order that clips are displayed in.
• Use the Randomize clip order button to shuffle the display order (eg. for a slide show).
• Use Reverse to reverse the display order of clips.
• Use Make clip order permanent to rearrange clips in the catalog according to their current display order.
• Drag and drop selected clips within the window to rearrange their order in the catalog manually.