Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 148)

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m Select the clip in the Browser or Timeline and choose “Clip in New Window” from the

View menu.

m Drag multiple clips from the Browser to the Viewer. The ﬁrst clip is opened in the Viewer

and the remainder are listed in the recent clips control.

m Select a recently viewed clip from the recent clips control in the Viewer.

m Choose Open from the File menu and select a clip.

Any changes you make to an opened clip, such as marking edit points or creating

markers, are not saved with the clip. To save any changes, you have to insert the clip into

a project or export the clip.

m Drag a clip from the video frame in the Viewer to the project tab in the Browser to insert a

clip from the Viewer into an open project.

Note: You can also open generator effects directly from the Browser’s Effects tab in a Viewer

window, as if they were clips.

Playing Clips and Locating Specific Frames

You use the transport controls in the Viewer to play and scrub clips. You can play clips

forward, backward, between In and Out points, one frame at a time, looped, and, with the

proper video card, on an external NTSC or PAL monitor. You can also move the playhead by

jogging, shuttling, and scrubbing.

To navigate using timecode values:

m To navigate to a speciﬁc frame in a clip, open the clip in the Viewer and enter the

timecode value in the playhead position timecode box at the top-right corner of the

Viewer, then press the Enter key.

The playhead moves to the speciﬁed timecode.

For more information, see “Working With Timecode” on page 87.

Note: You can change the duration between In and Out points of a clip by changing the

timecode in the Duration box in the top left of the Viewer window. This moves the Out point

for the clip.

To play clips in the Viewer:

Do one of the following:

m To begin playing a clip, click the Play button or press the Space bar. To stop playing the

clip, click any play button or press the Space bar.

m To play the clip in reverse, press Shift–Space bar, or Shift-click the Play button.

m To play the clip between the In and Out points, click the “Play In to Out” button or press

Shift–\ (backslash).

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Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual Page 148