Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 811)

Matching a Frame in the Viewer to a Clip in the Canvas or Timeline
Just as you can match a sequence clip’s frame to the same frame in its master clip, (see
“Matching a Frame in the Canvas to Its Master Clip Frame” ), you can also find frames in
a sequence that match a clip open in the Viewer. This is a very powerful feature because
you can instantly check to see if footage open in the Viewer is used anywhere in the
current sequence.
To match a master clip (or any Browser clip) frame to a sequence clip in the current
sequence
1 Open a sequence in the Timeline.
2 Open a Browser clip in the Viewer and navigate to the frame you want to match in the
current sequence.
3 Choose View > Match Frame > Master Clip (or press F).
If the frame shown in the Viewer exists in an affiliate clip in the sequence, the
Canvas/Timeline playhead moves to that frame. If there are several occurrences of the
affiliate clip frame in the sequence, Final Cut Pro moves the Timeline playhead to the
nearest frame after the current playhead location.
Synchronizing the Canvas/Timeline Playhead and the Viewer
Playhead
When a sequence clip is open in the Viewer, you can keep the Viewer playhead in sync
with the Canvas/Timeline playhead. If you want to work with a sequence clip in the Viewer
instead of the Timeline, you can synchronize the Viewer and Canvas/Timeline playheads
together so you see the same frame in both windows.
Final Cut Pro has several options for synchronizing, or ganging, the Viewer and
Canvas/Timeline playheads together, so that if you move one, the other moves by the
same amount. When the playheads are synchronized, you can control the playheads from
the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline. Playhead sync only works between the Canvas and
Timeline windows and the Viewer window.
Why Synchronize Playheads?
Reasons for using playhead sync include:
• Automatically opening sequence clips in the Viewer to quickly make filter adjustments
(for example, adjusting each sequence clip’s Color Correction filter).
• Using the Viewer as an alternative to the Trim Edit window, to look at prospective new
In and Out points for a sequence clip. Although the end result is the same, this method
provides a different experience than editing in the Timeline or the two-up view you
see in the Canvas while trimming.
• Temporarily syncing a Browser clip to a sequence, using any sync relationship you want.
811 Chapter 50 Matching Frames and Playhead Synchronization