Previewing an edit by synchronizing controllers

There may be times when you want the Source and Program views to move together. This is called ganging the monitors, and you use it to preview how a clip fits into the video program without having to actually add the clip to the program. For example, if you want to compare the action in a source clip to the time available for it in the program, you can start scrubbing the program at the proposed In point for the clip, and it will move in the Source view simultaneously with the Program view. You can then use the controllers to preview where the proposed Out points would fall in the source clip and existing program.

To synchronize the Source and Program view controllers:

1 In the Source and Program views, use each controller to go to the frame in each view from which you want to begin the synchronized playback.

2 In the Monitor window menu, choose Gang Source and Program to select it.

3 Use the jog tread, shuttle slider, Previous Frame button (), or Next Frame button () on the controllers to compare frames (using other controls will turn ganging off). As you use one controller, the other controller moves the same amount of time in the same direction. There may be a slight delay as the controllers synchronize.

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