Using the toolbar

The toolbar provides easy access to many editing commands. You can change your project view, zoom in and out on the Timeline, and launch different tools that can help you edit efficiently. You can customize the toolbar by showing or hiding tools.

	Part	Description
	Storyboard View	Displays your media thumbnails in chronological order
	Timeline View	Lets you perform frame-accurate editing of your clips on separate tracks, add and position other elements such as titles, overlays, voice-over and music
	Replace Mode	Lets you drag and drop clips from the Library to replace clips on the Timeline. When not enabled, you must press and hold the CTRL key to replace timeline clips with Library clips.
	Customize Toolbar	Lets you hide or show individual toolbar tools
	Undo	Undoes the last action
	Redo	Repeats the last action that was undone
	Slip tool	Lets you drag a trimmed clip in the Timeline to change which frames show. Clip duration in the Timeline does not change.
	Stretch tool	Lets you change the speed of the clip by interactively stretching or compressing the clip in the Timeline
	Roll tool	Lets you drag the out point/in point between two trimmed clips in the Timeline, therefore adjusting the duration of the two clips
	Slide tool	Lets you adjust the end points for a trimmed clip in the Timeline without affecting the duration of the adjacent clips
	Record/Capture Option	Shows the Record/Capture Option panel, where you can capture videos, import files, record voice-overs and take snapshots
	Sound Mixer	Launches the Sound Mixer and the multitrack Audio Timeline, which lets you customize your audio settings
	Auto Music	Launches the Auto Music Options Panel for adding background music to your project in a variety of styles and moods. You can set the music to match the duration of your project.
	Track Motion	Launches the Track Motion dialog box, which lets you create tracking paths of particular elements in selected video clips
	Subtitle Editor	Launches the Subtitle Editor dialog box, which lets you detect and organize segments to easily add titles in selected video clips
	Multi-Camera Editor	Launches the Multi-Camera Editor and imports any of the selected media
	Time Remapping	Launches the Time Remapping dialog box, which lets you use speed controls to slow down, speed up, reverse, or freeze frames in a video clip
	Mask Creator	Launches the Mask Creator dialog box, which lets you create video and still masks.
	Pan and Zoom	Launches the Pan & Zoom dialog box, which lets you apply pan and zoom effects using keyframes
	3D Title Editor	Launches the 3D Title Editor dialog box, which lets you create and save three-dimensional titles
	Split Screen Template Creator	Launches the Template Editor where you can create or edit split screen templates that let you play multiple videos in a creative layout
	Painting Creator	Launches Painting Creator where you can record painting, drawing, or writing strokes as an animation or still image that can be applied to your project as an overlay effect
	Speech to Text	Lets you create subtitles by automatically converting detected speech to text
	GIF Creator	Lets you convert a video clip to an animated GIF
	Zoom in and Zoom out	Lets you adjust your view of the Timeline by using the zoom slider and buttons
	Fit Project in Timeline Window	Adjusts your project view to fit the entire span of your Timeline
	Project Duration	Shows the total duration of the project

To hide or show tools on the Timeline toolbar

1 In the Timeline, click the Customize Toolbar button .