User Manual

Working with Slates in the Script Window
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• Show only one take for each nonactive slate to minimize screen clutter.
• Adjust the position of slates to make room for more slates, to avoid blocking words, or to
display takes over specific lines.
• Delete slates, for example, if you find that you no longer need the takes in the slate.
To select slates, do one of the following:
t Click a slate to select it.
t Shift+click additional slates to select all the active takes.
t Drag a lasso through a region of the script containing slates.
All slates and takes within the lasso are selected.
To enlarge or reduce the slates:
t Select Edit > Enlarge Frame or Edit > Reduce Frame.
To hold slates on screen, do one of the following:
t Select Hold Slates Onscreen in the Script Settings dialog box before you open the Script
window.
For more information, see “Script Settings” on page 629.
t Select Script > Hold Slates Onscreen.
To hide or show the slate frames, do one of the following:
t Select or deselect Show Frames in the Script Settings dialog box before you open the Script
window.
For more information, see “Script Settings” on page 629.
t Select or deselect Script > Show Frames.
When Show Frames is enabled, a check mark appears to the left of the Show Frames
command.
When Show Frames is deselected, the Script window shows only the clip names for the
takes.