Opening and Closing Sequences
You can only edit clips into a sequence when it is open in the Timeline or Canvas. When
you open a sequence, the Timeline and the Canvas open together, if they’re not open
already. If the Timeline and Canvas are already open, a newly opened sequence
appears in its own tab in front of any other sequence tabs.
To open a sequence, do one of the following:
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Double-click a sequence in the Browser.
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Select the sequence in the Browser, then press Return.
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Control-click the sequence, then choose Open Timeline from the shortcut menu.
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Select the sequence, then choose View > Sequence in Editor.
The sequence is displayed in the Timeline and Canvas windows.
You can also treat sequences like clips and open them in the Viewer. You can mark
them with In and Out points and edit them into other sequences, or output them to
tape. For information on editing sequences into other sequences, see Chapter 23,
“
Sequence-to-Sequence Editing
,” on page 411.
To open a sequence in the Viewer:
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Select the sequence in the Browser.
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Do one of the following:
 Choose View > Sequence.
 Drag the sequence icon from the Browser to the Viewer.
To open a sequence in a new Viewer window:
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Select the sequence in the Browser.
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Choose View > Sequence in New Window.
To close a sequence in the Timeline and Canvas, do one of the following:
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With the sequence tab active in the Timeline or the Canvas, choose File > Close Tab.
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Control-click a tab in the Timeline or Canvas, then choose Close Tab from the
shortcut menu.
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Press Control-W.
When you close the tab of a sequence in the Timeline, its tab in the Canvas
automatically closes, and vice versa.
Note: If you close the Canvas by pressing Command-W, the Timeline also closes.
However, if you close the Timeline by pressing Command-W, the Canvas stays open.
This allows you to edit using only the Viewer and the Canvas, since some editors prefer
to edit with the Timeline closed.
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