Playhead and Scrubber Bar
The playhead shows the location of the currently displayed frame within the current
sequence. The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of the Canvas, below the video
image. To scrub through a sequence, 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.)
To move the playhead to the beginning of your sequence:
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Press Home on your keyboard.
To move the playhead to the end of your sequence:
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Press End on your keyboard.
To move the playhead to the next edit point, do one of the following:
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Choose Mark > Next > Edit.
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Click the Go to Next Edit button.
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Press the Down Arrow key.
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Press Shift-E.
Final Cut Pro looks for the next edit, In point, or Out point. If overlays are enabled in the
View menu, an L-shaped icon appears in the Canvas, indicating whether you are on an
In or Out point.
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To move the playhead to the previous edit point, do one of the following:
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Choose Mark > Previous > Edit.
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Click the Go to Previous Edit button.
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Press the Up Arrow key.
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Press Option-E.
Final Cut Pro looks for the previous edit, In point, or Out point. If overlays are enabled in
the View menu, an L-shaped icon appears in the Canvas, indicating whether you are on
an In or Out point.
To move the playhead to sequence markers, do one of the following:
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Control-click in the Current Timecode field in either the Timeline or the Canvas, then
choose a marker from the shortcut menu that appears.
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Press Shift–Down Arrow to move to the next marker to the right of the playhead.
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Press Shift–Up Arrow to move to the next marker to the left of the playhead.
The playhead moves to that marker. If overlays are enabled in the View menu, the
marker is displayed in the Canvas. For more information on setting markers in the
Timeline, see Volume II, Chapter 4, “Using Markers.”