Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual
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Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface
 Tabs: There are five tabs that can be shown in the Viewer—Video, Audio, Filters,
Motion, and Controls—each providing certain editing functions. For more details,
see “
 Image display area: This is the area of the Viewer where you can see the video from
your sequence play back.
 In Point and Out point: In and Out points allow you to define a specific portion of a
clip to include in a sequence. A clip In point marks the first frame of a clip to be
edited into a sequence. A clip Out point specifies the last frame of the clip to be
used. For more information, see Chapter 23, “
 Playhead: The position of the playhead corresponds to the currently displayed frame.
You can move the playhead to go to different parts of a clip.
 Scrubber bar: The scrubber bar represents the entire duration of a clip. You can click
anywhere in the scrubber bar to automatically move the playhead to that location.
 Transport controls: You use these to play clips and move the playhead within clips
and sequences.
 Jog and shuttle controls: You use the jog and shuttle controls to navigate within your
clip, much like traditional VTR controls.
 Marking controls: You use these to set edit points (In and Out points) and add
markers and keyframes to your clips.
 Zoom pop-up menu: This lets you enlarge or shrink the image that appears in
the Viewer.
 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.
 Generator pop-up menu: You use this to select and open generators in the Viewer for
modifying and editing into your sequence. Generators are special clips that can be
generated by Final Cut Express; for example, they can be used to create color mattes
and text of different types.
 Recent Clips pop-up menu: This allows you to open recently used clips in the Viewer
for modifying and editing into your sequence.
 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 the clip.
 Timecode Duration field: This field shows the current duration between the clip In
and Out points. You can change the duration here, which automatically adjusts the
the clip Out point.