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Old 20th August 2009   #15
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Grid mode

For normal dialogue edits (within a scene), the grid mode is not of a great deal of use, and it may even lead you to trust visuals over trusting your ears as to what makes a good edit. But I highly recommend using this mode for scene transitions, as it creates more uniformity and control in scene-to-scene transitions (since you know how long the crossfade is) and it helps you to make the same kind of scene segues as the background editor is doing, thus creating more solid scene changes.
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