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Source Tape: Using this option, every single clip in the currently open bin, and any
subfolders in that bin, of the Media Pool is shown in the Viewer as a “stringout” in the
scroll area at the bottom of the Viewer. In the scroll area, each clip appears one after
the other in a long strip, with the order determined by the Sort order. This makes it easy
to scrub through a whole collection of clips while you’re figuring out what you want
to use. As you play through, whichever clip the playhead intersects is selected in the
Media Pool, so you know which clip you’re looking at.
The scroll area in the Source Tape, with each clip separated by a thin line
Timeline: This option shows the current frame at the position of the playhead in the
Timeline. Whenever you click, drag, or adjust a clip in the timeline area, the Viewer
switches to the Timeline. In this option there is no scroll area; you must use the timeline
area to scrub through your program. However, in the space where the scroll area would
otherwise be, icons appear to indicate when the playhead is positioned at the first or
last frame of a clip in the Timeline.
The scroll area in the Timeline option shows icons to indicate the beginning and end of clips
Playing Clips and Navigating the Timeline in the Viewer
Eight controls sit at the bottom of the Viewer. These let you play through and otherwise
navigate clips and the Timeline in different ways. These controls are described from left to right.
The toolbar at the bottom of the Viewer
Fast Review button: Intended to help you watch through a large collection of media
quickly, clicking this button begins accelerated playback through the Source Tape or
through the Timeline, where the speed of playback is relative to the length of each clip
you’re playing through. Long clips play faster, whereas shorter clips play closer to real
time. In this way, you can watch a lot of material really quickly.
Effects button: The Effects button reveals a variety of controls for transform, crop,
audio, speed effects, camera stabilization and lens correction, dynamic zoom, and
compositing, covered in more detail later in this chapter.
Jog control: Clicking and dragging within the jog control lets you scrub very precisely
through the content of the Viewer.
Transport controls: A set of buttons provide clickable controls to control playback of
source clips and the Timeline, whichever the Viewer is set to display; each button has a
matching keyboard shortcut. These include Previous Edit (Up Arrow), Stop (Spacebar),
Play (Spacebar), Next Edit (Down Arrow), and Loop Playback (Command /).
Playhead timecode: A number field shows you the timecode value at the playhead of a
clip or of the Timeline, to give you a numeric reference for where you are.
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