A track is an element that contains clips. There are several kinds of tracks, the most common type is the subtitles track that contains subtitles.

 

Kinds of tracks

 

Subtitles track

Subtitles tracks contain subtitles. It may also contain sub-tracks of any kind.

 

Reels track

Reels tracks contain reels, which are basically movies.

 

Markers track

Markers tracks contain markers. They are used to set marks and breaks.

 

Effects track

Effects tracks contain effects. They are used to modify properties in all the tracks beneath.

 

Keyframes track

Keyframes tracks contain keyframes. They are mainly used to store stereoscopic information.

 

Folder

Folders can contain sub-tracks of any kind and sub-folders. Since they are basically tracks, they can be modified and exported.

 

Properties

Tracks have different properties.

 

Name

Each track can have its own name. It is allowed to have tracks with the same name.

 

Flag

Tracks can be flagged. The flag is used just to highlight the track.

 

Master

A track can be marked as master.

 

Width

The width specifies the size of the track in the user interface.

 

Collapsed

Collapsed tracks appear in a compact form in the user interface. Basically just to save space.

 

Using tracks

To be able to work with a track and its clips, the track must be "active".

To make it active, double-click the track's icon, or display its context menu and select "use".

A track also becomes active automatically when one of its clips becomes active.