User Manual

Controlling Playback
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Blue position indicator in the monitor position bar (top) and in the Timeline (bottom), with the Timeline ruler above
the Timeline.
To move the position indicator in the Timeline, do one of the following:
• Disable the segment tools (Lift/Overwrite and Extract/Splice-in) and click an area of the
segment outside of the active trim region.
• Use the Timeline ruler.
By default, if you drag the position indicator (or scrub) through the Timeline, the media in the
monitor updates quickly and smoothly. However, you do not see markers such as the start-of-clip
and end-of-clip marks, sawtooth marks for In and Out points, and markers. To find a particular
point of interest without viewing markers, use one of the approaches listed in the following
procedure. For example, to snap to an In point in the Timeline, hold down the Ctrl key and drag
the position indicator toward the In point until it stops. The position indicator will be aligned
with the In point in the Timeline and the monitor displays the frame marked by the In point.
To access frames in or move through loaded footage, do one of the following:
1. If you want to use the position indicator in the Timeline to view footage, do one of the
following:
t Deselect the segment tools on the Timeline palette, or click the Smart tool toggle bar to
deselect all edit tools on the Timeline palette.
t Position the mouse pointer over the Timeline ruler or the Timecode (TC1) track to move
through the sequence.
2. Depending on which frames in your sequence you want to access, do the following: