Understanding the Timeline Track Labels in Final Cut Pro
It's really important to know what each of the Track Labels do or represent in the Timeline in Final Cut Pro. For instance, if you want to lock a certain track while editing so it doesn't get changed in the process, you can click on the Track Lock icon. Let's take a look at some of these track labels that are important in Timeline editing.
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- Visibility icon: (circled in red) tells you whether the contents of a track are displayed or not. If the track is disabled, it appears darkened in the Timeline
- Track Lock icon: (circled in orange) let's you lockdown a track so that nothing can get changed or moved
- Source & Destination controls: (circled in blue) used in 3-point editing to determine where source clips are placed from the Viewer. For example, I have the audio track "detached" in the picture below, so that when you Overwrite or Insert video from the source, it only brings in the video and not the audio.
- Auto select icon: (circled in yellow) limits which tracks are affected by functions like copying and pasting
- Track Height controls: (circled in green) let's you choose between four different display sizes
- Clip Overlays icon: (in purple square) toggles on & off; indicates video transparency or audio levels
- Clip Keyframes control: (in pink square) displays keyframe graph area within space below video or audio track containing keyframes
- Audio controls: (in light blue square) displays mute and solo buttons on left of the audio track that are usually hidden
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