Final Cut Pro 6 - Controls in the Trim Edit Window

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 Scrubber bar: The scrubber bar runs along the entire width of each of the two viewer

areas in the Trim Edit window, below the video image. To scrub, or move, through a
clip or sequence, drag the playhead across the scrubber bar. You can also click
anywhere in the scrubber bar to instantly move the playhead to that location.

 Jog control: The jog control allows you to move the playhead as if you were actually

moving it with your hand, with a one-to-one correspondence between the motion of
your mouse and the playhead’s motion. For more information, see Volume I,
Chapter 6, “Viewer Basics.” You can also refer to Volume I, Chapter 7, “Canvas Basics.”

 Shuttle control: This control lets you quickly play through clips and sequences at

different speeds, in fast and slow motion. Drag the slider to the right to fast-forward
and to the left to rewind. Playback speed varies depending on the distance of the
slider from the center of the control. For more information, see Volume I, Chapter 6,
“Viewer Basics.” You can also refer to Volume I, Chapter 7, “Canvas Basics.”

Transport Controls
The Go to Previous Edit and Go to Next Edit buttons allow you to change which edit
point in your sequence is shown in the Trim Edit window. Other controls allow you to
play back only the edit you’re trimming to see how it works.

 Go to Previous Edit: Click to move the previous edit point in your sequence into the

active area of the Trim Edit window.

 Play In to Out: Click to play from the beginning of the first clip to the end of the

second clip.

 Play Around Edit Loop: Click to play from a point before the current playhead position

to a point following. The time intervals before and after the playhead position are
determined by the preview pre-roll and post-roll settings in the Editing tab of the
User Preferences window. (For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 23,
“Choosing Settings and Preferences.”)

 Stop: Click to stop playback and position the playhead on the edit point.
 Go to Next Edit: Click to move the next edit point in your sequence into the active

area of the Trim Edit window.

Go to Previous Edit

Go to Next Edit

Play Around Edit Loop

Play In to Out

Stop

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Playback Controls for Individual Clips
These controls allow you to move the playhead on either side of the edit point without
modifying the edit point itself. The outgoing and incoming clips have separate
playback controls, which can also be controlled by the J, K, and L keys. The playback
controls are for viewing only; they don’t change the position of an edit point.

 Previous Frame and Next Frame: Use these controls to jog the clip backward or

forward, one frame at a time.

 Play: Use this control to play the clip at normal speed.

Important:

The Space bar plays around the selected edit point in the Timeline; it does

not control playback in either side of the Trim Edit window. For more information, see
“

Playing Incoming and Outgoing Clips in the Trim Edit Window

” on page 365.

Trim Buttons

 Trim Forward and Trim Backward: Click these buttons to add or subtract frames from

the duration between the In and Out points.

You can set the –5 and +5 buttons to trim a different number of frames by changing
the Multi-Frame Trim Size setting in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window.
The number of frames to trim can be set from 1 to 99. For more information, see
Volume IV, Chapter 23, “Choosing Settings and Preferences.”

 Dynamic Trimming: Select this checkbox to toggle dynamic trimming on and off,

without having to go to the User Preferences window. For more information, see
“

Dynamic Trimming

” on page 365.

Next Frame

Previous Frame

Play

Dynamic Trimming
checkbox

Trim Backward buttons

Trim Forward buttons

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Outgoing Clip Area

 Outgoing clip duration: Displays the total time between the current In and Out points

for the outgoing clip. This value changes to reflect any trim edits.

 Current timecode for the outgoing clip: Displays the clip’s source timecode for the

current position of the playhead.

 Out Shift: Indicates the number of frames the Out point has been adjusted.
 Mark Out button: Click this to set a new Out point for the outgoing clip at the current

playhead position. This will perform a trim edit using the current mode (ripple
or roll).

 Out point: Displays the current Out point for the outgoing clip.
 Playhead: The playhead for the outgoing clip lets you locate and jump to different

parts of the clip quickly.

Outgoing clip
name

Outgoing clip duration

Current timecode
for the outgoing clip

Out Shift

Mark Out button

Out point

Playhead