Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 481)

Reviewing Your Edit Points
When you’ve set the In and Out points you think you want to use, check your edit points
to make sure that you’ve included all the frames you need for the clip you’re editing.
To view your clip from its In point to its Out point
Do one of the following:
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Choose Mark > Play > In to Out, or press Shift-Backslash (\).
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Click the Play In to Out button.
To view your clip from the position of the playhead to the clip’s Out point
1 Position the playhead where you want to start viewing your clip.
2 Choose Mark > Play > To Out (or press Shift-P).
To get a quick sense of what material is around a specific point in your clip, you can use
the Play Around Current Frame option. This plays a section of your clip from before the
current frame (based on a pre-roll setting) through the amount of time specified by the
post-roll setting. (The preview pre-roll and post-roll settings are in the General tab of the
User Preferences window. To change these settings, see
“Choosing Settings and
Preferences.” )
To view your clip around the position of the playhead
1 Position the playhead where you want to view your clip.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Mark > Play > Around, or press Backslash (\).
• Click the Play Around Current Frame button.
Setting Sequence In and Out Points in the Canvas or Timeline
Once you’ve set In and Out points for a clip in the Viewer, you need to specify an In or
Out point in your sequence before you can complete a three-point edit. (As mentioned
earlier, for faster editing, you can simply drag a clip to the Timeline without setting any
In or Out points.)
Setting In and Out points for a sequence in the Timeline is similar to setting In and Out
points for a clip in the Viewer. You can set In and Out points while the sequence is playing
or when it’s stopped. Sometimes it’s easier to set In and Out points while your program
is playing, so you can set an edit point immediately when you hear or see the frame you
want.
481 Chapter 33 Setting Edit Points for Clips and Sequences