Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 15
Previewing Effects and Comparing Frames
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You can customize the contents of the Frame Viewer tab using the following controls:
 Frame Viewer pop-up menus: Two pop-up menus near the bottom control which two
frames are displayed in the Frame Viewer.
 None: This option is only available for the Frame Viewer pop-up menu on the right.
If you don’t want to use the split-screen feature in the Frame Viewer, select this
setting. When this setting is selected, only the frame corresponding to the green
square indicators is displayed.
 2nd Edit Back: Displays the frame of the Out point two edits back.
 Previous Edit: Displays the frame of the Out point one edit back.
 Current Frame: Displays the frame corresponding to the position of the playhead in
the Timeline.
 Current w/o Filters: Same as Current Frame, without filters applied to the clip.
Note: If you have several layers composited together, the composite mode between
layers is still calculated. However, all filters are disabled on all clips.
 Next Edit: Displays the frame of the In point one edit forward.
 2nd Edit Forward: Displays the frame of the In point two edits forward.
 In Point: Displays the frame corresponding to the currently defined In point of
the Timeline.
 Out Point: Displays the frame corresponding to the currently defined Out point of
the Timeline.
 Frame boundary indicators: Next to the pop-up menu is a green or blue square
indicator. These squares are also located above the Frame Viewer window and
indicate the timecode of the frames displayed from the sequence. There are also four
blue and four green square indicators at the corners of the split-screen window that
correspond to the frames selected in the Frame View pop-up menus. The edges of
the split screen can be manipulated by selecting one of the square indicators and
dragging it to a new position.
 Split screen buttons: These buttons allow you to quickly alternate between vertically
split and horizontally split screens.
 V-Split: Splits the screen vertically. (Click twice to switch sides.)
 Swap: Alternates the position of the split. Click Swap when the screen is not split
vertically or horizontally.
 H-Split: Splits the screen horizontally. (Click twice to switch sides.)