Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 24
Matching Frames and Playhead Synchronization
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To check if a sequence clip is independent:
1
Select a clip in the Timeline, or move the playhead over a clip in the Canvas or Timeline.
2
Choose View > Reveal Master Clip.
If the Reveal Master Clip menu item is dimmed, the selected sequence clip does not
have a master clip, and it is therefore independent.
Matching Frames Between a Sequence Clip
and Its Master Clip
Sometimes you’ll want to view the master clip that a sequence clip came from. Here
are several reasons why:
 You want to open the original master clip without any of the motion, filter, or audio
parameters from the sequence clip. This is useful when you want to add a “fresh”
copy of the clip to your sequence.
 You want to open the master clip with all of its video and audio items, instead of the
sequence clip, which may only be a single clip item.
For example, your sequence clip may be a video clip item that no longer has its
corresponding audio. You can get those audio clip items back by opening the video
clip item’s master clip in the Viewer. The master clip in the Viewer contains all the
video and audio items, so you can edit the audio items from the master clip back
into the sequence using a replace or overwrite edit. For details about replace edits,
see “
To match a sequence clip’s current frame to its master clip in the Viewer:
1
In the Timeline or Canvas, move the playhead to the frame you want to open in the Viewer.
2
Choose View > Match Frame > Master Clip.
The master clip for the sequence clip opens in the Viewer. The playhead in the Viewer
is set to the same frame as seen in the Canvas (thus, the frames match in the Canvas
and Viewer).