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Working with clips in the canvas – Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 2

Getting to Know Your Editing Environment

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Working With Clips in the Canvas

The Canvas is the Final Cut Express HD record monitor, showing what your edited
sequence will look like when it’s played. There are many controls and displays in the
Canvas.

Before working with the Canvas, make sure it’s the currently selected window.
Otherwise, your keyboard shortcuts might trigger the wrong actions.

To select the Canvas window:

m

Click in the Canvas (or press Command-2).

Tip: Press Q to switch between the Viewer and the Canvas.

Scrubber bar

Name of the currently selected
sequence and the project it’s in

Timecode Duration field

View pop-up menu

Zoom pop-up menu

Shuttle control

Sequence
marking controls

Transport
controls

Jog control

Playhead

Current Timecode field

Image display area