Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 725)

When a sequence clip is opened in the Viewer, the scrubber bar shows sprocket holes to
indicate that the clip is part of a larger sequence. Always check the scrubber bar in the
Viewer to make sure you are working with a clip from a sequence instead of a clip opened
from the Browser.
The title area shows the
name of the sequence
clip and includes the
name of the sequence
that contains it.
This is the Out point of
the sequence clip.
The Viewer scrubber bar
has two rows of small
dots when a sequence
clip is open.
When you open a sequence clip, it opens in the Viewer to the same frame where the
playhead is positioned in the Timeline or Canvas. If the Timeline playhead was beyond
the clip’s In or Out point, the Viewer playhead is placed on the clip’s In or Out point,
whichever was closest to the Timeline playhead.
To trim a clip in the Viewer
1 Open a clip from your sequence in the Viewer.
The scrubber bar shows virtual sprocket holes, which indicate that the clip is from your
sequence (not from the Browser).
2 Do one of the following:
• Use the transport controls or the J, K, and L keys to move the playhead in the Viewer
to a new point in your clip. Then set a new In or Out point using the Mark In and Mark
Out buttons or the I and O keys.
• Drag the In or Out point along the Viewer’s scrubber bar to a new point in your clip.
You can’t set a new edit point or drag a clip’s edit point so that it overwrites an adjacent
clip in the Timeline. If you try to, Final Cut Pro warns you that the clip you are trimming
has collided with another clip in the Timeline, and the trim edit is not performed (see
“Understanding Alert Messages When Trimming” ). If you want to move a clip’s edit point
so that it overwrites an adjacent clip, you should roll the edit point between the two clips
using the Roll tool (see
“Using the Roll Tool to Change Where a Cut Occurs” ).
725 Chapter 45 Learning About Trimming Clips