Final Cut Pro 6 - How Split Edits Look in the Viewer and Canvas

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How Split Edits Look in the Viewer and Canvas

The scrubber bar in both the Viewer and the Canvas is divided in half by a light gray
line. The upper half of the scrubber bar contains the video In and Out points, and the
lower half contains the audio In and Out points.

When you set simple In and Out points, each pair of audio and video In and Out points
joins to form small, inward-pointing triangles.

When you set video edit points that are different from the audio edit points, as you do
for a split edit, the upper half of each triangle marks a video In or Out point, and the
lower half marks the separate audio edit point, like this:

Audio edit point

Video edit point

Video track

Audio tracks

In point

Out point

Video In
point

Audio Out
point

Audio In

point

Video Out
point

Area of audio
included in edit

Area of video
included in edit

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As with other types of edits, the Viewer scrubber bar shows edit points in your clip,
while the Canvas scrubber bar shows edit points in your sequence. The light area
between each set of edit points in the Viewer indicates which parts of the audio and
video clip items in your source clip will be cut into your sequence. The light area
between each set of edit points in the Canvas indicates where the audio and video clip
items will appear in your sequence.