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Playhead and skimmer management

Playhead and skimmer management - Final Cut Pro Tutorial

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Playhead and skimmer management

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- [Nick] Hi, I'm Nick - [Jeff] and I'm Jeff and this is Final Cut Pro X Weekly and this week - [Nick] we're going to a look at the Playhead and the Skimmer and how to manage them in multiple situations within Final Cut Pro X. - [Jeff] Yeah, that skimmer is something that's totally unique to Final Cut and while you may be using it or you may be fighting with it a little, we want to show you just some ways to work a little bit smarter with it. - [Nick] Exactly and this was a point of frustration with me just when I first came to Final Cut, 'cause I was just used to the playhead from Final Cut Pro seven at the time and this skimmer in many ways allows us to access clips quicker and we just need to know how to use them better together. So key concepts for this week include using that skimmer and playhead together, - [Jeff] Turning off skimming, video or audio, I'm just not a fan of audio scrubbing in a lot of situations, I like it off. - [Nick] And we're also going to take a look at how…

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