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CHP. 2 GETTING STARTED
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Scrubbing with the playhead
The playhead ( ) above the timeline can be dragged back and forth to shuttle
forward or backward from the cursor position to locate an edit point.
Tip:
Set in and out points while dragging the playhead by
pressing the and keys.
Note:
The playhead is also available in the Trimmer
window.
Scrubbing with the scrub control slider
The scrub control slider can be dragged back and forth. The farther from
the center that the slider is dragged, the faster the playback, both forward
and in reverse. Below the slider is a small yellow marker that can be used to
set the normal rate playback speed. This is the speed at which the project
plays when you click the
Play button on the transport bar.
Scrubbing on the timeline
The second way that a project can be scrubbed is by positioning the mouse
pointer over the timeline cursor at a location that is not over any events and
pressing
. The cursor changes to a speaker icon. Now, when you left-
click, the cursor icon changes again to a pan/scrub icon. Drag the mouse left
or right to scrub the timeline.
Tip:
You can also choose to enable timeline scrubbing when
the mouse is positioned over events. From the
Options
menu, choose
Preferences, and select Allow Ctrl+drag cursor
style scrub over events on the General tab.
Scrubbing with the keyboard
Three letters (JKL) are used as a keyboard scrub control.
Note:
Choose a setting from the JKL / shuttle speed drop-
down list on the
Editing tab of the Preferences dialog to
control the scrub speed and range.
Press for reverse and for forward playback. Press to pause
playback.
There are several ways to adjust playback speed:
•Adjust the JKL / shuttle speed selection on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.
•Hold while pressing or to emulate a shuttle knob mode. Press to turn the knob to the left
or
to turn the knob to the left. Press again or to return to normal mode.
Drag playhead to scrub
I O
Scrub control slider
Press Ctrl over
timeline cursor
Left-click and
drag to scrub
Ctrl
JKL
Reverse
Pause
Forward
Keyboard scrub letters
J L K
K J L K +J
K +L K
Space