Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 79)

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Viewer Basics
The Viewer is used for viewing a clip’s media and preparing
clips before editing them into a sequence.
This chapter covers the following:
 How You Can Use the Viewer (p. 79)
 Opening a Clip in the Viewer (p. 80)
 Learning About the Viewer (p. 82)
 Tabs in the Viewer (p. 83)
 Transport (or Playback) Controls (p. 84)
 Playhead Controls (p. 85)
 Marking Controls (p. 87)
 Zoom and View Pop-Up Menus (p. 88)
 Recent Clips and Generator Pop-Up Menus (p. 90)
How You Can Use the Viewer
The Viewer is extremely versatile. You can use the Viewer to:
 Define In and Out edit points for clips before editing them into a sequence
 Adjust audio levels and panning in the Audio tab
 Open clips within sequences to adjust durations, In and Out points, and filter
parameters
Note: Changes you make to a clip opened from a sequence are applied to the clip
only in that sequence. If you make changes to a clip opened from the Browser, the
changes appear only in the clip in the Browser.
 Add filters to clips and adjust filters applied to clips
 Adjust the motion parameters of clips to modify or animate such parameters as scale,
rotation, cropping, and opacity