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82 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface
 Tabs: There are five tabs that can be shown in the Viewer—Video, Audio, Filters,
Motion, and Controls—each providing certain editing functions. For more details,
see “Tabs in the Viewer” on page 83.
 Image display area: This is the area of the Viewer where you can see the video from
your sequence play back.
 In Point and Out point: In and Out points allow you to define a specific portion of a
clip to include in a sequence. A clip In point marks the first frame of a clip to be
edited into a sequence. A clip Out point specifies the last frame of the clip to be
used. For more information, see Chapter 23, “Setting Edit Points
for Clips and Sequences,” on page 313.
 Playhead: The position of the playhead corresponds to the currently displayed frame.
You can move the playhead to go to different parts of a clip.
 Scrubber bar: The scrubber bar represents the entire duration of a clip. You can click
anywhere in the scrubber bar to automatically move the playhead to that location.
 Transport controls: You use these to play clips and move the playhead within clips
and sequences.
 Jog and shuttle controls: You use the jog and shuttle controls to navigate within your
clip, much like traditional VTR controls.
 Marking controls: You use these to set edit points (In and Out points) and add
markers and keyframes to your clips.
 Zoom pop-up menu: This lets you enlarge or shrink the image that appears in
the Viewer.
 View pop-up menu: This allows you to control display options such as timecode and
marker overlays, as well as the background color for transparent pixels.
 Generator pop-up menu: You use this to select and open generators in the Viewer for
modifying and editing into your sequence. Generators are special clips that can be
generated by Final Cut Express; for example, they can be used to create color mattes
and text of different types.
 Recent Clips pop-up menu: This allows you to open recently used clips in the Viewer
for modifying and editing into your sequence.
 Current Timecode field: This field displays the timecode of the frame at the current
position of the playhead. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to a new
position in the clip.
 Timecode Duration field: This field shows the current duration between the clip In
and Out points. You can change the duration here, which automatically adjusts the
the clip Out point.