Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 85)

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 Play Around Current Frame (\): Plays the selected clip “around” the current playhead
position. When you click this button, the playback begins before the playhead position
based on the value in the Preview Pre-roll field in the Editing tab of the User
Preferences window. Playback continues through the original position of the playhead,
and then continues for the amount of time in the Preview Post-roll field in User
Preferences. When you stop playback, the playhead jumps back to its original position.
For more information, see “
Choosing Settings and Preferences ” on page 945.
 Go to Previous Edit (Up Arrow) and Go to Next Edit (Down Arrow): When you have a
Browser clip open in the Viewer, these controls navigate between the In, Out, and
Media Start and End points of the clip. When you have a sequence open, these
buttons let you navigate between sequence edit points; sequence In and Out points
are skipped over.
Playhead Controls
The playhead lets you navigate through and locate different parts of a clip quickly
and easily.
Playhead and Scrubber Bar
The playhead shows the location of the currently displayed frame within the current
clip. The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of the Viewer, below the video
image. To scrub through a clip, drag the playhead across the scrubber bar. You can also
hold down the Command key to drag the playhead at a slower speed, so you can more
easily locate specific frames. You can click anywhere in the scrubber bar to instantly
move the playhead to that location.
The playhead’s movement in the scrubber bar is affected by whether “snapping” is
turned on. When snapping is on, the playhead “snaps,” or moves directly, to any
markers, In points, or Out points in the scrubber bar when it gets close to them. (To
turn snapping on or off, choose View > Snapping, or press the N key.)
Jog control
Inactive video
Shuttle control
Scrubber bar
Playhead