Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 767)

434 Part III Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Synchronizing the Canvas/Timeline Playhead
with the Viewer Playhead
When a sequence clip is open in the Viewer, you can keep the Viewer playhead in sync
with the Canvas/Timeline playhead. If you want to work with a sequence clip in the
Viewer instead of the Timeline, you can synchronize the Viewer and Canvas/Timeline
playheads together so you see the same frame in both windows.
Final Cut Pro has several options for synchronizing, or ganging, the Viewer and Canvas/
Timeline playheads together, so that if you move one, the other moves by the same
amount. When the playheads are synchronized, you can control the playheads from the
Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline. Playhead sync only works between the Canvas and
Timeline windows and the Viewer window.
Why Synchronize Playheads?
Reasons for using playhead sync include:
 Automatically opening sequence clips in the Viewer to quickly make filter
adjustments (for example, adjusting each sequence clip’s Color Correction filter).
 Using the Viewer as an alternative to the Trim Edit window, to look at prospective
new In and Out points for a sequence clip. Although the end result is the same, this
method provides a different experience than editing in the Timeline or the two-up
view you see in the Canvas while trimming.
 Temporarily syncing a Browser clip to a sequence, using any sync relationship
you want.
 Enabling real-time multiclip editing. When the Multiclip Playback option is selected,
the Open playhead sync option is automatically selected.
Working with Playhead Sync
The Playhead Sync pop-up menu appears in both the Canvas and the Viewer. You can
choose only one playhead sync option at a time in Final Cut Pro, but you can do so in
either window. The playhead sync option you choose remains active until you close the
Viewer or Canvas. Once either window is closed, playhead sync is set to Sync Off.