Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 95)

Chapter 7 Canvas Basics 95
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Edit Overlay
The Edit Overlay appears only when you drag clips from the Browser or Viewer to the
image area of the Canvas. The Edit Overlay appears translucently over the image
currently in the Canvas.
There are seven sections in the Edit Overlay. If you simply drag your clip to the image
display area to the left of the Edit Overlay, an overwrite edit is performed. To perform
any of the other edits, drag your clip to the overlay area for the edit you wish to
perform.
You’ll know that the clip you’re dragging is over a specific overlay when a colored
outline appears around the border of the overlay.
Transport (or Playback) Controls
Transport controls let you play sequences in the Canvas, as well as move the playhead
in the Timeline. These controls play clips and sequences at 100 percent (or 1x) speed.
There are keyboard shortcuts for each control.
 Play (Space bar): Plays your sequence from the current location of the playhead.
Clicking it again stops playback.
 Play In to Out (Shift-\): Moves the playhead to the current In point of a sequence and
plays forward from that point to the Out point.
Drag a clip to
the image display area
of the Canvas.
The Edit Overlay
appears with its
seven sections.
Go to Next Edit
Play Around
Current Frame Play In to Out
Play
Go to Previous Edit