- Change the Size of Text in the Browser and Timeline
- Zooming the Timeline
- Zooming Faster
- The Two Fastest Ways to Zoom
- Vertical Movement
- Image Quality in the Viewer vs. the Canvas
- Monitor Your Video Full Screen
- Remove Scroll Bars for Better Playback
- Back to Square One
- iChat Theater
- Green Is Not Just for Stoplights
- Visibility Lights and the Arrow Keys
- More Visibility Shortcuts
- The Secrets of the Right-Pointing Arrow
- Displaying Audio or Video Clip Names
- Display a Filmstrip of Images in the Timeline
- Displaying Source or Auxiliary Timecode
- Display Field Interlacing
- Duplicating Browser Clips
- Sorting Browser Columns
- Sorting Out Multiple Issues
- A Faster Way to Move Columns
- Customize Browser Columns
- Searching Browser Columns
- Searching Effects
- Viewing Thumbnails in the Browser
- Display Images Instead of Names in the Browser
- Fancy Light Table Tricks
- More Browser Fun
- Browser Keyboard Shortcuts
- Hidden Tricks with Tabs
- Jumping Between Tabs
- Riddle Me a Riddle
- Selecting Multiple Clips
- Selecting an Edit Point
- Using Range Selection
- Get Moving with Timecode
- Locking Tracks
- Toggling Display Modes
- Scrolling the Timeline
- Scrubbing the Playhead
- Find the Missing Playhead
- Scrubbing Timeline Thumbnails
- Discover Project Properties
- Markers Got Spiffed Up
- Markers Can Be Moved!
- A Better Way to Move Between Markers
- Reading Clip Markers
- Using Markers to Log Footage
- Deleting Multiple Clip Markers
- Markers Have Default Colors
- Using Markers in Multiclips
- Option Means Opposite
- Other Option Key Tricks
- The Fastest Way to Find a Keyboard Shortcut
- I Feel the Need—for Speed!
- Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut
- “A”—An Amazing Authority
- Wonderful, Wacky, W
- How to Remove a Button
- Creating a Custom Button
- Reset/Remove All Buttons in a Button Bar
- Additional Thoughts
Sorting Out Multiple Issues
You can sort on more than one column in the Browser—here’s how.
The Browser is a database. This means we can search for stuff, examine stuff, and sort on stuff. (Stuff is, as you know, a technical term that means a “collection of somewhat related material that never contains exactly what you are looking for.”)
Maybe you want to group all your media by Reel ID, then sort it alphabetically by clip name. Or group all the good takes by day shot.
You can. As you just learned, to sort on a column you click the header of the column. But to sort on two columns, you need to know the secret handshake: the Shift key.
Click the first column you want to sort. It sorts alphabetically, with a small arrow on the right in the header indicating the direction of the sort. Then, hold the Shift key and click the second column header. Now you’re sorting by two columns. Both columns now have arrows indicating the direction of the sort.
To change the sort in either column from ascending to descending, click the appropriate column header again. To cancel the sort, click any column header except one of the two columns you are sorting.
Here, for instance, I’m sorting first on Reel ID (it’s highlighted with a down-pointing arrow), then by File Name (it also has an arrow).