Defining the Grid Value

In addition to affecting the placement of clips, the Grid value also constrains Timeline and Edit selections, and determines how the Clip > Quantize to Grid command works.

To set the Grid value:

1 Do one of the following:

From the View > Main Counter menu, select the Time Scale for the Grid value.

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To keep the Main Time Scale and use a different time format for the Grid, deselect Follow Main Timebase in the Grid value pop-up menu.

2 Do one of the following:

From the Grid value pop-up menu, select the time value for the Grid boundaries.

 

Grid value pop-up menu showing Bars|Beats

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To define a Grid based on the session’s Markers, selections, and clip boundaries, select Clips/Markers from the Grid value pop-up menu.