User Manual

70 | CHAPTER 2
Scrubbing with the playhead
The playhead ( ) above the timeline can be dragged back and forth to shuttle forward or backward from the cursor position to
locate an edit point.
Scrubbing with the scrub control slider
The scrub control slider can be dragged back and forth. The farther from the center that the slider is dragged, the faster the
playback, both forward and in reverse. Below the slider is a small yellow marker that can be used to set the normal rate playback
speed. This is the speed at which the project plays when you click the Play button on the transport bar.
Scrubbing on the timeline
A project can be scrubbed by positioning the mouse pointer over the timeline cursor at a location that is not over any events and
pressing Ctrl. The cursor changes to a speaker icon. Now, when you left-click, the cursor icon changes again to a pan/scrub icon.
Drag the mouse left or right to scrub the timeline.
Scrubbing with the keyboard
Three letters (JKL) are used as a keyboard scrub control.
Press J for reverse and L for forward playback. Press K to pause playback.
Tips:
• Set in and out points while dragging the playhead by pressing the I and O keys.
• The playhead is also available in the Trimmer window.
Tip: You can also choose to enable timeline scrubbing when the mouse is positioned over events. From the Options menu, choose
Preferences, and select Allow Ctrl+drag cursor style scrub over events on the General tab.
Note: Choose a setting from the JKL / shuttle speed drop-down list on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to control the
scrub speed and range.
Drag playhead to scrub
Press Ctrl over
timeline cursor
Left-click and
drag to scrub
JKL
Keyboard scrub letters
Reverse Pause Forward