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Viewing Overlays

Overlays are visual cues that indicate signiﬁcant points, such as In and Out points, in a clip or

sequence. Overlays are displayed on top of the video when the playhead is parked on the

signiﬁcant frame. Overlays only display in the Viewer and Canvas and are not rendered to

output. They are displayed by default. Final Cut Pro displays the following overlays:

m In and Out points: Show when the playhead is positioned on the In or Out point frame

m Start and End of media: A ﬁlmstrip symbol along the left or right side of the video frame

indicates the start or end of the video media.

m Start and End of edits: An L shape at the lower left indicates the start of an edit, and a

backward L shape at the lower right indicates the end of an edit. This only appears in the

Canvas.

m Marker: Marker overlays appear as translucent boxes containing the marker’s name and

comment text.

m Title Safe: The title safe boundaries are rectangular boxes around the edges of the video.

To view or hide overlays, choose Overlays from the View Control pop-up menu at the top of

the Viewer or Canvas.

Viewing With Different Backgrounds

You can choose different backgrounds against which a clip with an alpha channel is viewed to

make it easier to edit. Translucent clips or generated text may be more visible if you choose a

background that emphasizes them. For example, generated black text is more visible against

a white background. When a clip is rendered, the background is always set to black.

To choose a background for viewing a clip:

m Choose the desired background from the View Control pop-up menu at the top of the

Viewer or Canvas.

m Open the View menu and choose the desired background from the Background

submenu.

Working With Audio

You use the Viewer’s Audio tab to edit the audio for a clip. Because audio is captured in

subframes as a continuous waveform, you can edit it in a different timebase from that of

video. Video is captured as frames, audio is captured as samples. Audio In points can be set

to an accuracy of 1/100 of a frame.

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