Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 91)

90 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface

Â View pop-up menu: This allows you to control display options such as timecode and

marker overlays, as well as the background color for transparent pixels.

Â Zoom pop-up menu: This lets you enlarge or shrink the image that appears in the Canvas.

Â Playhead Sync pop-up menu: This gives you options for locking the movement of the

playheads in the Viewer and the Canvas together in different ways while scrubbing

through clips. For more information, see Volume II, Chapter 24, “Matching Frames and

Playhead Synchronization.”

Â Current Timecode field: This field displays the timecode of the frame at the current

position of the playhead. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to a new

position in your sequence.

Â Timecode Duration field: This field shows the current duration between the sequence

In and Out points. You can change the duration here, which automatically adjusts the

the sequence Out point.

Editing Controls in the Canvas

The Canvas can perform five basic types of edits to place a clip in the Viewer into the

current sequence. The clip is placed in the Timeline according to the In and Out points

set in the clip and the sequence, following the rules of three-point editing. The basic

edit types are:

Â Overwrite: Replaces the clip items in the destination sequence track with the clip in

the Viewer.

Â Insert: Pushes clip items in the sequence forward to accommodate the clip from

the Viewer.

Â Replace: Replaces the clip item beneath the Canvas/Timeline playhead with the clip in

the Viewer, using the playhead position in both windows as a synchronization point.

Â Fit to Fill: Speeds up or slows down the clip in the Viewer to fit between the In and

Out points set in the Canvas and Timeline.

Â Superimpose: Edits the clip in the Viewer into a track above the sequence clip that

intersects the playhead.

Variations of overwrite and insert, called overwrite with transition and insert with

transition, add the default transition when you perform the edit. This allows you to

perform transitions such as dissolves in a single move. These edits are covered in much

more detail in Volume II, Chapter 10, “Three-Point Editing.”

You can use the Canvas editing controls to perform edits. Once you’ve marked a clip in the

Viewer with In and Out points defining how much of that clip you want to use, you can

use the Edit Overlay or the edit buttons at the bottom of the Canvas to perform the edit.

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