Aim Assist line

Aim Assist is a vertical white line that shows the mouse pointer’s horizontal position in the Clips pane and Piano Roll. The mouse pointer’s time position is also shown in the Time Ruler.

Aim Assist is a helpful guide when editing in the Clips pane and Piano Roll, making it easy to align the mouse pointer with events on different tracks or markers in the Time Ruler.

Figure 155. The Aim Assist line is a helpful guide when editing in the Clips pane.

A. Vertical Aim Assist line B. Time position

When Snap to Grid is enabled, the Aim Assist line follows the current Snap to Grid settings rather than the mouse pointer position.

The following rules apply when selecting and moving a clip with the Smart tool, Edit tool, Select tool or Move tool:

Click the front/left portion of a clip. The Aim Assist line snaps to the start of the clip boundary and travels with the clip as it is dragged.

Click the rear/right portion of a clip. The Aim Assist line snaps to the end of the clip boundary and snap operates on the clip’s end. The Aim Assist line travels with the clip as it is dragged.

While dragging clips and automation, slip-editing clips, applying clip fades, moving AudioSnap transient markers, or making a time selection, the Aim Assist time position also shows the delta value (difference between the original position and current position) in parenthesis.

A. Original position (5:01:000) B. Current position (9:3:000) C. Delta value (+4:2:000) (difference between original and current position) D. Aim Assist line 

To enable/disable Aim Assist

Do one of the following:

Click the Edit menu and choose Aim Assist > Aim Assist.

Right-click in the Time Ruler and choose Aim Assist > Aim Assist.

Press X.

The vertical Aim Assist line is shown or hidden.

Tip: You can also toggle Aim Assist on/off with a key binding. For information about assigning key bindings, see Key bindings.

To customize the Aim Assist color

1.	Go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Colors.

2.	In the Color Category list, select Track View.

3.	In the Screen Element list, select Aim Assist line.

4.	Specify the desired color and click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

To show/hide Aim Assist text in the Time Ruler

To show/hide the Aim Assist text in the time ruler, do one of the following:

Go to Edit > Aim Assist and select Show Aim Assist Time.

Right-click in the time ruler and select Aim Assist > Show Aim Assist Time.

Press ALT+X (can be reassigned to any other shortcut in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts).

 

See:

Splitting and combining clips

Working with partial clips

Working with linked clips