User Manual

Sifting Clips and Sequences
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Custom Sift dialog box. Left to right: Criterion menu, Text to Find text box, and Column or Range to Search
menu
2. Click the Criterion menu, and select one of the sifting options.
3. Click the first Text to Find text box, and type the text that you want to use as a sift criterion.
When sifting by color, type the exact name of the color (using uppercase and lowercase
letters) in the text box.
4. Click the Column or Range to Search menu, and select a column heading to which you want
to apply the criterion.
5. Type additional sift criteria, and make additional column selections as necessary.
6. Click OK.
Only the clips or sequences that meet your criteria remain in the bin, with the word “sifted”
added to the bin name. After you have sifted the clips in a bin, you can display the bin in a
sifted or an unsifted state.
To view the entire bin:
t Select Bin > Show Unsifted.
To view the sifted bin:
t Select Bin > Show Sifted.
The word “sifted” appears in parentheses after the bin name when you view the bin in its
sifted state.