Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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 •To display clips with audio waveforms and video filmstrips of equal size:  Click the third Clip 
Appearance button from the left (or press Control-Option-3).
 •To display clips with small audio waveforms and large filmstrips: Click the third Clip Appearance 
button from the right (or press Control-Option-4).
 •To display clips with large filmstrips only:  Click the second Clip Appearance button from the right 
(or press Control-Option-5).
 •To display clip labels...

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Enable or disable snapping
While snapping is extremely useful, it can also be a hindrance if you’re trying to move a clip only 
a few frames among a series of markers and clip boundaries, and you don’t want it to snap to 
any of these points. Fortunately, you can turn snapping on or off at any time, even while you’re 
dragging a clip.
Do one of the following:
 mChoose View > Snapping (or press N).
A checkmark indicates that snapping is on. You can press N to turn...

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Navigate by subframe
You can navigate clips by subframe. A subframe has 1/80 the duration of a video frame and is a 
more precise unit of reference when viewing or editing audio waveforms that are zoomed in to 
the sample level.
Note:  You can’t make edits to video at the subframe level.
 1 In the Timeline or the Browser, move your pointer  over a clip and click.
 2 Do any of the following:
 •To move backward in one-subframe increments: Press Command-Left Arrow.
 •To...

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Navigate by entering timecode
To move the playhead to a new Timeline location, do any of the following:
 mTo move the playhead to a specific Timeline location: Click once in the center of the Dashboard (or 
press Control-P), enter the new timecode value, and press Return. 
For example, to move the playhead to 01:40:31:03, press Control-P, and then enter “1403103” and 
press Return.
 mTo move the playhead by a timecode duration: Make sure no clips are selected, and...

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Use the Timeline Index to view, navigate, and search your project
The Timeline Index provides a text-based view of the clips and tags (various kinds of markers and 
keywords) used in your project in the Timeline. You can easily filter the Timeline Index to show 
only the items you want to see.
Clips are listed in their 
order of appearance 
in the Timeline.
You can also use the Timeline Index to navigate in the Timeline. The Timeline Index playhead 
appears in the...

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View a list of items in the Timeline Index
 1 If the Timeline Index is not already open, click the Timeline Index button in the lower-left corner 
of the Final Cut Pro main window (or press Shift-Command-2).
 2 Do any of the following: 
 •To view a list of the clips used in the Timeline, ordered chronologically:  Click the Clips button at 
the top.
You can do any of the following:
 •Rename clips.
 •See a list of clips by timecode in the Position column.
 •View,...

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 •To view a list of all the tags on the clips in the Timeline, ordered chronologically:  Click the Tags 
button at the top.
Incomplete to-do item
Keyword
Completed to-do item
Chapter marker
Standard marker
All of the tags are shown by default. You can specify which items are displayed by clicking 
a button at the bottom of the Timeline Index. You can show markers, keywords, analysis 
keywords, incomplete to-do items, completed to-do items, and chapter markers. 
Note:...

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Change a To Do marker
In the Timeline Index, you can quickly change a To Do marker’s state from incomplete to completed.
 1 If the Timeline Index is not already open, click the Timeline Index button in the lower-left corner 
of the Final Cut Pro main window (or press Shift-Command-2).
 2 Click the checkbox for the To Do marker.
 •If the marker was red (an incomplete to-do item), it turns green (completed).
 •If the marker was green (a completed to-do item), it turns...

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Add and remove markers
It’s easy to add and remove markers. If you add markers to clips in the Browser, the markers are 
visible in both filmstrip view and list view. When you add clips with markers to the Timeline, the 
markers are visible in both the Timeline and the Timeline Index.
Add a marker to a clip in the Browser or the Timeline 
 1 To specify where you want to add a marker, do one of the following:
 •Skim to the location.
 •Play the clip, and when the...

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Remove a marker
Do one of the following:
 mNavigate to a marker and choose Mark > Markers > Delete Marker (or press Control-M).
 mSelect one or more clips, and choose Mark > Markers > Delete Markers in Selection.
 mDouble-click a marker to open the Marker window, and click the Delete button.
 mControl-click the marker you want to remove, and choose Delete Marker from the shortcut menu.
Edit, move, and navigate to markers
You can view and edit marker information, and...