Trimming clips in the viewer – Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual
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Trimming Clips in the Viewer
You can trim clips in your sequence by opening them in the Viewer and adjusting the
clip In and Out points.
To open a clip in your sequence in the Viewer, do one of the following:
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Double-click the clip in the Timeline.
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Select a clip in the Timeline, then press Return.
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Double-click the clip in the Canvas. The clip currently beneath the playhead is opened
in the Viewer.
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If the clip is in a nested sequence, hold down the Option key, then double-click the clip.
Note: If you just double-click the nested sequence, the nested sequence opens as a
sequence tab in the Canvas and Timeline, not as a clip in the Viewer.
When a sequence clip is opened in the Viewer, the scrubber bar shows sprocket holes
to indicate that the clip is part of a larger sequence. Always check the scrubber bar in
the Viewer to make sure you are working with a clip from a sequence instead of a clip
opened from the Browser.
When you open a sequence clip, it opens in the Viewer to the same frame where the
playhead is positioned in the Timeline or Canvas. If the Timeline playhead was beyond
the clip’s In or Out point, the Viewer playhead is placed on the clip’s In or Out point,
whichever was closest to the Timeline playhead.
The title area shows the name
of the sequence clip and
includes the name of the
sequence that contains it.
This is the Out point of the
sequence clip.
The Viewer scrubber bar
has two rows of small
dots when a sequence
clip is open.