Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 98)

98 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface
 Play Around Current Frame (\): Plays the selected sequence “around” the current
playhead position. When you click this button, 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 specified in the Preview Post-roll field.
When you stop playback, the playhead jumps back to its original position. For more
information, see Chapter 62, “
Choosing Settings and Preferences ,” on page 969.
 Go to Previous (Up Arrow) and Go to Next Edit (Down Arrow): These controls are
primarily used for quickly navigating from one edit point to the next in the Canvas.
The Go to Previous and Go to Next Edit buttons move the playhead to the previous
and next edit points in the sequence, relative to the current playhead position. If you
have In and Out points set in your sequence, the Go to Previous and Go to Next Edit
buttons navigate to these points as well.
Playhead Controls
The playhead lets you navigate through and locate different parts of a sequence
quickly and easily.
Playhead and Scrubber Bar
The playhead shows the location of the currently displayed frame within the current
sequence. The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of the Canvas, below the video
image. To scrub through a sequence, 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.)
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Playhead
Shuttle control Scrubber bar
Jog control
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