Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 812)

• Enabling real-time multiclip editing. When the Multiclip Playback option is selected,
the Open playhead sync option is automatically selected.
About Working with Playhead Sync
The Playhead Sync pop-up menu appears in both the Canvas and the Viewer. You can
choose only one playhead sync option at a time in Final Cut Pro, but you can do so in
either window. The playhead sync option you choose remains active until you close the
Viewer or Canvas. Once either window is closed, playhead sync is set to Sync Off.
To synchronize (or gang) the Viewer and Canvas/Timeline playheads
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In the Viewer or Canvas, choose an option from the Playhead Sync pop-up menu—Sync
Off, Open, or Gang.
Playhead Sync pop-up
menu in the Viewer
The playhead sync options are:
• Sync Off: Disables playhead sync. This is the default behavior.
• Open: Automatically opens the sequence clip beneath the Canvas/Timeline playhead
in the Viewer. The Viewer playhead is set to the same frame as the Canvas/Timeline
playhead. For more information, see
“Using the Open Playhead Sync Option.”
• Gang: You can sync the clip in the Viewer with the sequence in the Canvas and Timeline
arbitrarily, regardless of what clips or sequences are open. You set a new sync
relationship between the Canvas/Timeline and Viewer playheads each time you choose
the Gang option from the Playhead Sync pop-up menu. For more information, see
“Using the Gang Playhead Sync Option.”
Using the Open Playhead Sync Option
The Open playhead sync option opens the sequence clip at the current location of the
Canvas/Timeline playhead in the Viewer. Navigating from one clip to the next in the
Canvas or Timeline causes the corresponding sequence clips to open in the Viewer. The
tab currently selected in the Viewer remains the selected tab, even though a new clip
has been opened in the Viewer.
812 Chapter 50 Matching Frames and Playhead Synchronization