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</div><div class="twikiRevInfo"><span class="twikiGrayText"><span class="twikiToolbarElem">Cinelerra.UnderstandingTheUI</span><span class="twikiToolbarElem">r1.12 - 25 Apr 2004 - 18:28 - <a class="twikiLink" href="../Main/DaveFisher">DaveFisher</a></span><span class="twikiToolbarElem"><a href="#TopicEnd">topic&nbsp;end</a></span></span></div></div>
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<h2><a name="UnderstandingTheUI_Understanding"> </a><a name="_UnderstandingTheUI_Understandin"> </a> <a class="twikiLink" href="UnderstandingTheUI">Understanding The User Interface</a> </h2>
When working on Cinelerra, you will spend most of your time working with the four main windows windows. Getting familiar with them before starting to edit, will help you quite a bit on your project. 
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<h3><a name="The_Main_Program_Window"> </a> The <a class="twikiLink" href="MainProgram">Main Program</a> Window </h3>
This is Cinelerras main window. From here you access the The <a class="twikiLink" href="TopMenuBar">TopMenuBar</a> where all menu driven operations are located and also the Timeline (<em>A vertical stack of tracks with horizontal representation of time</em>). Using this window you set and define all output of rendering operations and what is stored when you save files. 
<h3><a name="The_Resources_Manager"> </a><a name="The_Resources_Manager_"> </a> The <a class="twikiLink" href="ResourcesManager">Resources Manager</a> </h3>
This window is where all your media resources are stored. Effects, transitions, clips, and assets are all found in it's various folders. Whenever you load a new file or create a clip, here is where it is stored for later use. (<em>By simply dragging them out of their folder into your desired destination!</em>) Familiarize yourself with it's features as it is one of the most used windows in Cinelerra.
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<h3><a name="The_Media_Viewer"> </a><a name="The_Media_Viewer_"> </a> The Media <a class="twikiLink" href="Viewer">Viewer</a> </h3>
In here you'll scrub around source media and clips, selecting regions to paste into the project. Operations done in the viewer affect a temporary EDL or a clip but not the timeline. 
<h3><a name="The_Compositor"> </a><a name="The_Compositor_"> </a> The <a class="twikiLink" href="Compositor">Compositor</a>  </h3>
This window displays the output of the timeline. It's the interface for most compositing operations or operations that affect the appearance of the timeline output. Operations done in the Compositor affect the timeline but don't affect clips. 
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<h3><a name="Other_Notes"> </a><a name="Other_Notes_"> </a> Other Notes: </h3>
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Under the Window menu you'll find options affecting the main windows. default positions repositions all the windows to a 4 screen editing configuration. On dual headed displays, the default positions operation fills only one monitor with windows. 
the levels window can be brought up from the Window menu. The levels window displays the output audio levels after all mixing is done. 
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-- <a class="twikiLink" href="../Main/AlexFerrer">AlexFerrer</a> - 16 Jan 2004
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