Zooming and Magnification

From the View menu, choose Zoom, and choose a command from the submenu (or use the controls in the lower-left corner of the timeline) to change the magnification level of your Acid project.

TIP Double-clicking the Zoom button in the corner of the timeline adjusts the horizontal and vertical magnification so that as much of the project is displayed as possible.

Zoom in or out quicklyClosed

From the View menu, choose Zoom and choose a command from the submenu to change the magnification of the timeline.

Item

Description

Normal (F9)

Restores the project’s magnification to the default settings. This feature is useful for quickly zooming to a reasonable level when you are zoomed in or out to the magnification extents.

Edit (Shift+F9)

Restores the track height zoom to a level where all track list edit controls are visible. This feature is useful when you want to edit using the track list but do not want to change your time-zoom magnification.

Overview (Ctrl+F9)

Reduces the magnification of the timeline so that the entire length of the project and as many tracks as possible are displayed.

Zoom in to track height Closed

  • Click to increase the track height zoom level to show more event detail.

  • Click to decrease the track height zoom level to show more tracks.

  • Click and drag the area between the and buttons to increase or decrease track height zoom level.

Zoom in to an event Closed

  • Click to increase the horizontal zoom level to show more event detail.

  • Click decrease the horizontal zoom level to show more of the timeline.

  • Click and drag the area between the and buttons to zoom in or out on the timeline.

Zoom in to a selectionClosed

Click the Zoom button in the corner of the timeline to temporarily change the cursor into the Zoom tool. Select an area of the timeline that you want to magnify, and the cursor will revert to the previously active tool.