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80Final Cut Pro User Guide
Play media in the Final Cut Pro event viewer
Sometimes, you may need two viewers so that you can play back and skim event clips
separately from timeline clips. The event viewer is a separate video display that appears
next to the main viewer. With the event viewer and the viewer open, you can display two
clips at the same time: one from the browser and one from the timeline.
You use the event viewer to play clips in the browser only. As you do with the main viewer,
you can show video scopes, color channels, title and action safe zones, and multicam
angles (with the event viewer set to show angles). Playback and adjustment controls are
identical in the viewer and the event viewer. Other viewer-related operations (including
onscreen controls and built-in effects) are done with the main viewer.
Open or close the event viewer
• In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > Show in Workspace > Event Viewer (or press
Control-Command-3).
Note: If you’re using video scopes with the event viewer, you may find it convenient to
display the scopes below the video image rather than on the left side (the default). To
display scopes below the video image, click the View pop-up menu at the top of the video
scopes display and choose Vertical Layout. See
Display video scopes in Final Cut Pro.
Compare two video frames in Final Cut Pro
In Final Cut Pro, you can show the comparison viewer next to the main viewer to compare
any two frames of video side by side. For example, you can compare frames to look for
differences or similarities in color correction, cropping, titles, video effects such as blurs or
masks, and so on.