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Playhead controls, Playhead and scrubber bar, P. 80) – Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual

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Part II

Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface

 Play Around Current Frame (\): Plays the selected clip “around” the current playhead

position. When you click this button, the playback begins before the playhead
position based on the value in the Preview Pre-roll field in the Editing tab of the User
Preferences window. Playback continues through the original position of the
playhead, and then continues for the amount of time in the Preview Post-roll field in
User Preferences. When you stop playback, the playhead jumps back to its original
position. For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 23, “Choosing Settings and
Preferences.”

 Go to Previous Edit (Up Arrow) and Go to Next Edit (Down Arrow): When you have a

Browser clip open in the Viewer, these controls navigate between the In, Out, and
Media Start and End points of the clip. When you have a sequence open, these
buttons let you navigate between sequence edit points; sequence In and Out points
are skipped over.

Playhead Controls

The playhead lets you navigate through and locate different parts of a clip quickly
and easily.

Playhead and Scrubber Bar

The playhead shows the location of the currently displayed frame within the current
clip. The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of the Viewer, below the video
image. To scrub through a clip, drag the playhead across the scrubber bar. You can also
hold down the Command key to drag the playhead at a slower speed, so you can more
easily locate specific frames. You can click anywhere in the scrubber bar to instantly
move the playhead to that location.

The playhead’s movement in the scrubber bar is affected by whether “snapping” is
turned on. When snapping is on, the playhead “snaps,” or moves directly, to any
markers, In points, or Out points in the scrubber bar when it gets close to them. (To
turn snapping on or off, choose View > Snapping, or press the N key.)

Jog control

Inactive video

Shuttle control

Scrubber bar

Playhead