When you make selections in the Script editor and Canvas, the selections will also be displayed in the Timeline. If you do not have anything actively selected, you will see a scene in the Timeline based on your playhead’s current position.

Script editor selections

• Selecting a scene thumbnail or scene boundary will highlight the scene's duration in the Timeline.

• A selected audio layer will display in the layer lane of the Timeline.

• Selecting a range of script will highlight the range in the wordbar and script track below.

Canvas selections

• A selected visual layer will be displayed in the layer lane.

• If selected script media has visuals it will be highlighted in the wordbar and script track.

Selecting clips

If you would like to select an individual clip in a media layer or your script track:

• For media layers, select the media layer in the Canvas or Script editor, then double-click on the clip in your Timeline.
• For clips in your script, simply click on the clip in the Timeline’s script track.