Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 122)

Note: Clicking the icon to the left of each field highlights the entire field so you can enter
new numbers.
Control-clicking the Timecode Duration and Current Timecode fields displays a shortcut
menu that lets you select the following timecode display options:
• Non-drop frame timecode, drop frame timecode, feet+frames, or frames: The menu item
in boldface indicates the type of timecode currently specified in that sequence’s settings.
Changing the timecode display in the Canvas does not alter that sequence’s settings.
Drop frame timecode is only available for clips with a frame rate of 29.97 fps. PAL clips
do not have drop frame timecode display as an option. The feet+frames option is useful
when you are editing a film project.
For more information on timecode, see “Working with Timecode.” For more information
about editing film, see the documentation that came with Cinema Tools.
Navigating with Timecode in the Viewer and Canvas
You can move the playhead around in a clip or sequence by entering a new timecode
number in the Current Timecode field.
• To move to a particular frame in your clip or sequence, enter a complete (or absolute)
timecode number.
• To move the playhead forward or backward a precise number of hours, minutes, seconds,
and frames from the current position, enter a relative number.
• To move the playhead relative to its current position, type a minus sign (-) or a plus
sign (+) and the timecode value outside the Current Timecode field. (To type a minus
sign, press Hyphen or press the Minus Sign key on the numeric keypad. To type a plus
sign, press Shift-Plus Sign or press the Plus Sign key on the numeric keypad.
To avoid typing zeroes when moving by larger amounts, use one of the following
characters instead: period, comma, plus sign, minus sign, colon, semicolon, and ampersand.
For example:
• To move to timecode 00:00:03:00, type “3.” (3 and a period). The period is automatically
interpreted by Final Cut Pro as 00 in the frames field.
• To move to 00:03:00:00 from the previous position, type “3..” (3 and two periods). These
periods insert 00 into both the frames and seconds fields.
• Type “3...” to move to 03:00:00:00.
You can also enter values in the Timecode Duration field to adjust the duration of a clip.
To move the playhead in a clip or sequence by entering a value in the Current Timecode
field
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click a clip to open it in the Viewer.
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