minor tweaks from Andrea/Phyllis

[goodguy/cin-manual-latex.git] / parts / Editing.tex

diff --git a/parts/Editing.tex b/parts/Editing.tex
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--- a/parts/Editing.tex
+++ b/parts/Editing.tex
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ other tracks. Or you can:
   attribute in the adjacent track.
 \end{enumerate}
 
-The \textit{attributes} are described here next.
+The 5 \textit{attributes} are described here next followed by the other available feature icons and their description.
 
 \begin{description}
 \item[Play Track] determines whether the track is rendered or
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ The \textit{attributes} are described here next.
   completely rendered. This happens whether or not \textit{Play track}
   is on.  For example if you mute all the video tracks, the rendered
   media file will have a blank video track.  Mute track is represented
-  on the timeline with a line that has the default color of
-  pink/orange.  Use the pulldown \texttt{View $\rightarrow$ Mute} to
+  on the timeline with a line that has the default color of a
+  pinkish-orange.  Use the pulldown \texttt{View $\rightarrow$ Mute} to
   have the line displayed.  It is a keyframable attribute, but Mute
   track keyframing is a toggle and it has only the two values of on or
   off. If a track is part of a shared track effect, the output of the
@@ -158,8 +158,12 @@ The \textit{attributes} are described here next.
   Mute track is used to keep the track with the shared track effect
   from overlapping the output of the source track (the shared track)
   where the shared track effect is not present.
+\item[Track Data Height] this up/down toggle symbol to the immediate right
+of the 5 attributes, is used to individually resize each track.  This makes
+it very easy to temporarily expand or contract the size of that track either
+by clickin with the left mouse button or using the middle wheel up/down.
 \item[Fader slider] fade values are represented on the timeline
-  with a pink curve that is keyframable.  All tracks have a fader, but
+  with a pink (default color) curve that is keyframable.  All tracks have a fader, but
   the units of each fader depend on whether it is audio or video.
   Audio fade values are in dB. They represent relative levels, where 0
   is the unaltered original sound level, -40 is silence, -80 the
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ The \textit{attributes} are described here next.
   with the arm option enabled, the other faders should follow.  Hold
   down the Shift key and drag a fader to center it on the original
   source value (0 for audio, 100 for video).
-\item[mixer] in the expanded patchbay for that track designate
+\item[Mixer] in the expanded patchbay for that track designates
   the multi-camera mixer mode.
 \item[Overlay mode] in the expanded patchbay is used for
   porter-duff operations and is full explained in
@@ -819,7 +823,8 @@ than what is available at that location it will not allowed.
 Attaching transitions to multiple selected edits via the Video or
 Audio pulldowns is also available.  The new transitions are attached
 at the start of the edits, and will replace any existing attached
-transitions.
+transitions.  As a side note, when in drag and drop mode the end
+transition does not drag.
 
 \subsection{Grouping edits}%
 \label{sub:grouping_edits}