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Monitoring with an External Video Display
While working in the Edit page, the image that’s displayed on an external video display
(if one is connected) is determined either by the current selection in the Media Pool, or by which part of the Edit page interface has focus. For example, if you select a clip in the Media Pool so it’s displayed within the Filmstrip, that clip is output to video. If you then open it into the Source Viewer, then the contents of the Source Viewer are output to video. If you switch to the Timeline Viewer, then your timeline is output to video.
Monitoring with an External Video Display
While working in the Edit page, the image that’s displayed on an external video display
(if one is connected) is determined either by the current selection in the Media Pool, or by which part of the Edit page interface has focus. For example, if you select a clip in the Media Pool so it’s displayed within the Filmstrip, that clip is output to video. If you then open it into the Source Viewer, then the contents of the Source Viewer are output to video. If you switch to the Timeline Viewer, then your timeline is output to video.
Monitoring with an External Video Display
While working in the Edit page, the image that’s displayed on an external video display
(if one is connected) is determined either by the current selection in the Media Pool, or by which part of the Edit page interface has focus. For example, if you select a clip in the Media Pool so it’s displayed within the Filmstrip, that clip is output to video. If you then open it into the Source Viewer, then the contents of the Source Viewer are output to video. If you switch to the Timeline Viewer, then your timeline is output to video.
— Drag and drop any timeline into the Source Viewer in preparation for either ganging it to the existing Timeline, or editing it, in whole or in part using In and Out points, into the currently open Timeline.
Viewer Transport Controls
The Edit page has two Viewers. The left Viewer, when you’re editing, should be set to show either source video or source audio, so it shows the source clip in any edit you’re setting up. At right is the Timeline Viewer, that shows the frame at the current position of the playhead in the Timeline. Using the Source and Timeline Viewers, you can set up a wide variety of edits.
There are identical transport controls underneath each of the Viewers.
The transport controls at the bottom of the Source Viewer
A jog bar appears directly underneath the transport controls, letting you drag the playhead directly with the pointer. The full width of the Source Viewer’s jog bar represents the full duration of a clip, while the full width of the Timeline Viewer’s jog bar represents the full duration of the current timeline. The current position of each playhead is shown in the timecode field at the upper right-hand corner of each viewer.
A separate jog control, to the left of the other transport controls, provides a way to jog more slowly through long clips or a long timeline. Click and drag to the left and right to move through a clip or the Timeline a frame at a time.
Transport controls appear above the jog bar. In the Source Viewer, these controls let you Jump to the First Frame, Play Reverse, Stop, Fast Forward, and Jump to the Last Frame. In the Timeline Viewer, these controls move to the Previous Edit, Play Reverse, Stop, Play Forward, and move to the Next Edit. A loop control governs the looping behavior during playback.