Specifications

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Useful Editing Tools and Techniques
Seeking Frames
After loading a clip or sequence into a monitor, you can go to a specific
frame by typing its video timecode. You can also move forward or back
from your current position by entering a frame offset.
To find a specific frame in your source clip or sequence:
1. Load a clip or sequence into a monitor.
2. Make sure the monitor is active. (An active monitor has the brighter
position bar.)
3. If you want to seek video timecode of the source clip, make sure the
source video (V1) timecode is displayed in the timecode display. (If
you’re displaying two lines of timecode, you want the timecode that
you’re about to reference placed in the top line.)
4. Using the numeric keypad, type the SMPTE timecode in hours, min-
utes, seconds, and frames, omitting leading zeros. For example, type
1230200 to enter 01:23:02:00.
Or, if you find a timecode that starts at the same hour as the current
timecode, you could just type the last digits. For example, if the current
timecode is 1:05:12:13 and you type 423, the system finds the frame
at 1:05:04:23.
5. As you start typing, an entry field appears in the middle of the monitor,
showing the numbers as you type. (The system automatically inserts
the colons.)
6. Press Enter on the numeric keypad.
The position indicator locates the specified frame.
Frame Typing an Offset
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ward (or backward) from its current frame by a specified number of frames.
To type a frame offset with a clip or sequence loaded in a monitor:
1. Make sure the monitor with the clip or sequence is active.
2. Using the numeric keypad, first type a plus (+) sign to move forward,
or type a minus (–) sign to move backward from the current position.
(When working on a laptop or keyboard with no numeric keypad, first
press the Ctrl key twice and then type + or -.)
NOTE When working on
a laptop or a keyboard
with no numeric key-
pad, press the Ctrl key
twice, and then type the
timecode.
NOTE The system
beeps if it can’t find the
typed timecode in the
clip or sequence. If this
happens, make sure the
appropriate timecode is
shown in the top row of
the timecode display.
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