Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 588)

The video and audio tabs that appear in the Viewer depend on whether the clip item
you open from the Timeline is linked to other clip items, and whether linked selection is
turned on.
• If a clip item is linked to other clip items and linked selection is turned on: All items
associated with the one you’ve opened in the Viewer are also opened. Video and audio
clip items open in their own Viewer tabs.
• If linked selection is off, or items in the Timeline aren’t linked: Only the item you selected
will be opened in a tab in the Viewer.
When a sequence clip opens in the Viewer, the tab that appears in front depends on what
you clicked in the Timeline.
• If you double-clicked a video clip item: The video tab will be in front in the Viewer.
• If you double-clicked an audio clip item: The audio tab will be in front in the Viewer.
• If you double-clicked either the filter bar or the motion bar in the keyframes area of an item
in the Timeline: The corresponding Filters or Motion tab will be in front in the Viewer.
For more information, see
“Creating Motion Effects in the Viewer.” You can also refer
to “Different Ways to Use Filters.”
• If you had a sequence clip already open in the Viewer with the Filters tab in front: Another
sequence clip opened in the Viewer appears with its Filters tab in front as well.
Changes made to a sequence clip apply only to that clip, and do not affect the master
clip in the Browser. You can verify that a clip opened in the Viewer is a sequence clip
instead of a Browser clip by checking that the scrubber bar displays sprocket holes, and
that the name of the clip in the Viewer has “from Sequence Name” appended to it (where
“Sequence Name” is the name of the sequence where the clip is located).
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