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Context Menu

Right-click on any asset or item in the Project Bin to get a context menu with several and different options depending on the asset or item you used it on. The menu is also available via Menu ‣ Clip.

Extract Audio:

Extracts the audio stream of the clip and adds a .wav file with a sample rate of 48kHz to the project bin. Is only available if the clip is of type audio or a video file with an audio stream. For further details see the chapter Extract Audio.

Media Jobs:

Opens a flyout with additional options

  • My Custom Job runs the clip job My Custom Job

  • Automatic Scene Split runs a clip job that detects scene changes and creates individual clips for each detected scene. For further details see the chapter Automatic Scene Split.

  • Stabilize runs a stabilizer. See also the chapter Stabilize.

  • Duplicate Clip with Speed Change creates a copy of the selected clip and applies a speed change you can specify in a dialog window. For further details see the chapter Duplicate Clip with Speed Change.

  • configureConfigure Clip Jobs opens a window to manage clip jobs. See also the chapter Configure Clip Jobs

go-jumpClip in Timeline:

Opens a flyout with a list of all the instances of the selected clip in the timeline. For example V2: 00:00:22:15 indicates that this clip is in video track V2 at position (timecode) 00:00:22:15 (format is hh:mm:ss:ff)

find-locationLocate Clip:

Opens the folder in your file system where the selected clip is located in your OS default file manager. See also the chapter Locate Clip.

view-refreshReload Clip:

Reloads the selected clip from the file system. See also the chapter Reload Clip.

edit-find-replaceReplace Clip:

Opens your OS file manager. Select the file you want to replace the selected clip with. See also the chapter Replace Clip.

edit-find-replaceReplace Clip in Timeline:

You need to select two clips in the bin for this action. The clip you right-clicked on will be replace by the other. See also the chapter Replace Clip.

edit-copyDuplicate Clip:

Creates a copy of the selected clip. See also the chapter Duplicate Clip.

edit-copyTranscode to Edit Friendly Format:

Opens a window with the selected clips where you can select the format to transcode the clips to. See also the chapter Transcode to Edit Friendly Format.

Proxy Clip:

If checked indicates that the selected clip is a proxy clip* Proxy Clip. If the option is greyed out, proxy clips are not enabled for the project. Go to the Proxy Settings tab in the Project Settings (Menu ‣ File ‣ Project Settings) and enable proxy clips.

document-editClip Properties:

Opens the widget for the Clip Properties. For more details refer to the chapter Clip Properties.

document-openEdit Clip:

Opens the application associated with the type of the selected clip. See also the chapter Edit Clip.

document-editRename (default keyboard shortcut F2):

Opens the clip name field in the bin for editing. This does not change the filename in the file system.

edit-deleteDelete Clip:

Deletes the selected clips. If the clips are being used in the timeline or in sequences, a warning windows is opened where you need to confirm that the clips’ instances in the timeline will also be deleted. See also the chapter Delete Clip. *[RGB]: Red, Green, Blue *[VFX]: Visual Effects *[feathering]: Smoothing or blurring the edges of a feature *[LFO]: Low-Frequency Oscillation *[dB]: decibel *[LUFS]: Loudness Units Full Scale *[AI]: Artificial Intelligence *[LLM]: Large Language Model *[HSV]: Hue, Saturation, Value *[SOP/Sat]: S(lope), O(ffset), P(ower) / SATuration *[CDL]: Color Decision List *[HSL]: Hue, Saturation, Lightness - Using HSL color space is useful for subtle color changes *[px]: pixel *[hh:mm:ss:ff]: hours:minutes:seconds:frames *[Hz]: Hertz *[CIE]: Commission internationale de l'éclairage, French for International Commission on Illumination *[DCI]: Digital Cinema Initiative *[nadir]: direction pointing directly below a particular location *[OS]: Operating System *[decibel]: Unit of measurement (dB) for sound levels *[clipping]: A form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold *[Spectrogram]: Visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies of a signal as it varies with time *[prevent clipping]: Dynamic range compression (DRC)is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range. *[SNR]: Signal-to-Noise Ratio *[dbFS]: Decibels relative to full scale *[QHD]: Quad-HD *[UHD]: Ultra High Definition *[XML]: Extensible Markup Language *[fps]: frames per second