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— Previous clip: Moves the playhead to the first frame of the previous clip.
— Reverse: Initiates 100% playback in reverse.
— Stop: Stops playback.
— Play: Initiates 100% playback.
— Next clip: Moves the playhead to the first frame of the next clip.
— Loop: Lets you restrict playback to the current clip, looping to the first frame if you’re playing forward to the end of a clip, or looping to the last frame if you’re playing in reverse to the beginning of a clip.
Two other buttons let you control audio playback and clip display in the Viewer:
— Unmix: Turning on Unmix disables all transitions, composited superimpositions, and effects that mix two or more clips together. Unmix allows you to judge the appearance of a clip without distraction whenever you need to make an adjustment based on how the clip looks on its own, or whenever you need to make changes based on frames that would otherwise be hidden
underneath a transition such as a dissolve or fade from black. When you’re ready to see how your grades work in context with transitions and composites again, turn Unmix off.
— Mute: Audio playback can be turned on or off by clicking on the speaker icon, or adjust the level by right-clicking on the speaker icon and dragging the slider.
Navigating Using the Arrow Keys
You can use the Arrow Keys of the keyboard to navigate clips and the Timeline in different ways.
— Up/Down Arrow: Moves the playhead to the first frame of the previous or next clip.
— Left/Right Arrow: Moves the playhead back or forward one frame at a time.
— Shift-Left/Right Arrow: Moves the playhead back or forward one second at a time.
Controlling Playback Using the Spacebar and JKL Keys
You can also use the spacebar to start and stop playback, or the JKL keyboard shortcut convention for controlling playback, where J plays in reverse, K stops playback, and L plays forward. There are many additional uses of these keyboard shortcuts; for more information see “Using JKL to Control Playback” in Chapter 36, “Preparing Clips for Editing and Viewer Playback.”
Fast Review on the Color Page
The Fast Review playback command (Playback > Fast Review) is now available on the Color page. Intended to help you watch through long sequences of clips quickly, clicking this option begins accelerated playback through the Timeline, where the speed of playback is relative to the length of each clip you’re playing through. Long clips play faster, whereas shorter clips play closer to real time.