Getting Started > Content Editing, Composition & Playout

•Tracks host all Clip Containers within your Sequence aiding to structure your arrangement and sort the compositing / redendering hierarchy.

•Move Clip Containers freely between different tracks

•Configuring a track’s default settings applies those properties—such as Clip Targets—to all Clip Containers created on that track.

Add Track

There are 2 ways to add a track:

Add Track Icon into Playback Editor UI

•The first of the two +-buttons adds a new track on the top

•The second + button adds a new track at the bottom below all other tracks

information Unlike layers in other media servers, Tracks impose no restrictions: they simply organize Clip Containers and can hold track-level settings; both Tracks and Clip Containers remain flexible, similar to objects in video editing or compositing software.

Add Tracks via Context Menu

•right-click in the Playback Editor to open the Context Menu

•go to "Add..." and select "Add Track" - a new track is added below all pre-existing tracks

•if you right-click onto a pre-existing Track, the context menu shows the option "Insert Track" which will add a track above the one you've right-clicked

•furthermore, the option "Delete Empty Tracks" will clean up your current Sequence

productivity Scroll and Zoom
Use your mouse wheel to scroll up and down, hold down CTRL-Shift while using the mouse wheel to scroll the timeline horizontally.
To adjust the Playback Editor's zoom level, use + and - keys or hold down CTRL while using the mouse wheel.

Accessing a Track's Settings

Option 1 Playback Editor

•Left-Click with your mouse on a free space of a track - avoid accidentally selecting a Clip Container

Option 2 Project Explorer

•double-click on the project item of your current Sequence

•or expand the Sequences Manager in the Project Explorer's tree view

•select a Track

•your Track is shown in the Inspector

Audio Channel Map	Sets a default routing matrix for audio channels per Track. Source channels are located on Y axis, output channels on X axis.
Auto-Fit	Defines a default Auto-Fit setting, ensuring any content will be fitted to the defined target resolution; adjusting UV Mode and Default Plane Resolution properties accordingly for each clip.
Color	Sets a user specific Track Color as shown in the screenshot above - ideal to stay organized.
Default Clip Target	Sets a new default target for each Clip Container created on that Track. The original default it is set to Canvas1. Alternative targets can be selected from the drop-down menu or by drag & drop from Project Explorer, including: Canvases, Destinations, System Outputs. Note: a Surface is not a valid target and the Clip will not be rendered.
Default Composition	Bundle multiple Destinations into one Composition. Any content item dragged onto a Track with a Default Composition will fill the first slot of the set Composition, instead of creating a Clip Container.
Default Geometry	Sets a default Geometry file for each Clip Container added to this Track.
Default Preset	Sets a default Preset file for each Clip Container added to this Track.
Default Template Clip	If this property has got a Template Clip assigned, each Clip Container added to the Track therafter will use that Template. A Default Template Clip on Track level will override the Sequence's default Template Clip.
Enabled	Enables/ disables the Track.
Label	Label your tracks to stay organized. Labels will appear in the Playback Editor side bar.
Mute Audio	Mutes all audio per Track.
Mute Video	Mutes all video per Track.
Override Clip Channel Map	Enforces the Track's Audio Channel Map onto the channel routing of all Clip Containers on this Track.
Visible	Shows / hides the Track in the Playback Editor.

warning Setting New Defaults:
Pre-existing Clip Containers on a Track will not be affected by changing the Track's defaults (Clip Target, Template Clip, Presets, etc).
Only Clip Containers created thereafter will inherit the track's new default settings.