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197Final Cut Pro User Guide
To move the playhead to a new timeline location in Final Cut Pro, do any of the following:
• Move the playhead to a specific timeline location: Click once in the center of the
timecode display below the viewer (or press Control-P), enter the new timecode value,
and press Return.
For example, to move the playhead to 01:40:31:03, press Control-P, then enter
“1403103” and press Return.
• Move the playhead by a timecode duration: Make sure no clips are selected, then press
the Plus Sign (+) or Minus Sign (–) key, enter the number of frames, seconds, or minutes
you want to move the playhead, and press Return.
For example, if you type “+1612” and press Return, the playhead moves ahead 16
seconds and 12 frames.
The new timecode values appear in the timecode display as you enter them. When you
press Return, the playhead moves to the new timeline location.
Here are some tips for entering timecode values:
• You don’t have to enter the separator characters (colons). Final Cut Pro adds them
automatically after each set of two digits. For example, if you enter “01221419,” the
timecode value is interpreted as 01:22:14:19 (1 hour, 22 minutes, 14 seconds, and 19
frames).
• If the leftmost fields are zeros, you don’t have to enter them. For example, if you enter
“1419,” the timecode value is interpreted as 00:00:14:19. If you enter “253407,” the
timecode value is interpreted as 00:25:34:07.
• If the rightmost fields are zeros, you can use periods instead. For example, to move to
timecode 00:00:03:00, type “3.” (3 and a period). To move to 03:00:00:00, type “3...” (3
and three periods). Instead of a period, you can also use a comma, colon, or semicolon.
• You can copy and paste timecode (for example, to speed up timeline navigation or
numerical entry from text documents, or to add timecode to notes). To copy timecode
from the playhead position, choose Edit > Copy Timecode. To paste timecode into the
timecode display, click once in the center of the timecode display below the viewer (or
press Control-P), then press Control-V. For other ways to copy timecode, see Copy
source or project timecode.
You can change the timecode display to show either timecode, timecode and subframes,
just frames, or just seconds. See
Editing preferences in Final Cut Pro.
Tip: You can view source and project timecode in resizable, floating windows, or set
Final Cut Pro to show clip source timecode (rather than the project timecode) when you
skim clips in the timeline.