Final Cut Pro 6 - Reviewing and Playing Back Your Edits intheTrimEditWindow

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Reviewing and Playing Back Your Edits
in the Trim Edit Window

To play the edit using the transport controls, do one of the following:

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Click the Play In to Out button to play from the beginning of the first clip to the end of
the second clip.

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Click the Play Around Edit Loop button or press the Space bar to loop the playback of
the edit. Extra frames surround your edit point, defined by the pre-roll and post-roll
settings set in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window. (For more information,
see Volume IV, Chapter 23, “Choosing Settings and Preferences.”)

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Click the Stop button to stop playback and position the playhead on the edit.

To view an individual clip in the Trim Edit window, do one of the following:

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Use the playback controls for the outgoing or incoming clip.

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Activate the outgoing or incoming clip by moving your pointer over it. Press L to move
forward, press J to reverse playback, and press K to stop. Press J or L repeatedly to
speed up or slow down playback. Press K and either L or J together to perform
slow-motion playback.

Tip: As you use the J, K, and L keys, the audio shifts pitch smoothly rather than
stuttering, as it does when you scrub. For more information, see the next section,

Listening to Audio While Trimming

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Chapter 20

Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window

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