Chapter 18: Editing Basics 367
Selector Tool Use the Selector to make selections
on tracks.
Grabber Tools Use the Grabber tools to select,
separate, or move regions on tracks.
Smart Tool Use the Smart tool to Trim, Select, or
Grab regions in tracks.
Scrubber Tool Use the Scrubber tool to scrub
through track material.
Pencil Tool Use the Pencil tool to draw automa-
tion and MIDI data.
Using the Zoomer Tools
Zooming options in Pro Tools include Zoom
buttons, the Zoomer tool, the Zoom Preset but-
tons, and the Zoom Toggle command.
Zoom Buttons
Pro Tools include different Zoom buttons for
zooming on track data.
Horizontal Zoom In and Out Buttons
The Horizontal Zoom In and Out buttons let
you zoom in and out horizontally on track data.
To zoom in horizontally for all tracks, do one of the
following:
â– Click the Horizontal Zoom In button.
â– Press Control+] (Windows) or Command+]
(Mac).
â– Click and drag on the Horizontal Zoom In
button to zoom in continuously.
To zoom out horizontally for all tracks, do one of
the following:
â– Click the Horizontal Zoom Out button.
â– Press Control+[ (Windows) or Command+[
(Mac).
â– Click and drag on the Horizontal Zoom Out
button to zoom out continuously.
Audio and MIDI Zoom In and Out Buttons
The Audio and MIDI Zoom buttons let you
zoom in and out vertically on audio and MIDI
data respectively.
To zoom in vertically for all audio tracks, do one of
the following:
â– Click the Audio Zoom In button.
â– Press Control+Alt+] (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option+] (Mac).
â– Click and drag on the Audio Zoom In button
to zoom continuously.
To zoom out vertically for all audio tracks, do one
of the following:
â– Click the Audio Zoom Out button.
â– Press Control+Alt+[ (Windows) or press Com-
mand+Option+[ (Mac).
â– Click and drag on the Audio Zoom Out but-
ton to zoom continuously.
Horizontal Zoom In button
Horizontal
Zoom Out
button
Horizontal Zoom
In button
(selected)
Audio and MIDI Vertical Zoom buttons
Audio Vertical
Zoom buttons
MIDI Vertical
Zoom buttons