Playing Clips in the Player

Load clips from the Desktop into the Player. The Player provides the controls you need to play clips of any resolution, navigate clips, change the pan and zoom settings, and monitor up to two tracks of audio.

There are a few ways to load clips from the Desktop into the Player.

NoteA clip may require more time to load if one or more soft Axis effects are applied to it. This only occurs when the clip is loaded for the first time into the Player module or played back on the Desktop. It loads normally upon subsequent use.

To load a clip into the Player from the Desktop:

With the clip that you want to load into the Player on a Desktop reel, move the clip over the reel controls.

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Click Play or, with the cursor over the clip, press Esc.
The Player appears with the selected clip. The Clip & Setup tab displays clip information, including the clip name, resolution, number of frames per second.

(a) Clip & Setup tab

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Use the playback controls to play the clip. See Controlling Playback in the Player.
Use the Clip Attributes area to set in and out points and cue marks on specific frames of a clip. See Marking Frames of Interest and Setting In Points and Out Points.

Use the tabs to access the Player's Clip & Setup, Timeline, and AudioDesk menus.
- To work with the timeline, see Navigating the Timeline.
- To work with the AudioDesk, see Audio.
TipYou can use the colour pot next to the Exit Play button to sample colours from the clip. It does not set the colour of anything in the Player.

To load an entire reel into the Player from the Desktop:

With the clip or clips that you want to load into the Player on a Desktop reel, hold the cursor over a clip on the reel.
Press Ctrl+Esc.
The Player appears with the first of the clips on the reel displayed. The clip's name appears in the Clip Name field and the clip's resolution appears in the Clip Resolution field (this field cannot be edited).
Use the playback controls to play through the play list:
- To jump to the next clip and continue playing at the first frame, go to the last frame of the current clip and then click .
- To jump to the previous clip and continue playing backward at the last frame, go to the first frame of the current clip and then click .
- To jump to the first frame of the next clip without playing, go to the last frame of the current clip and click .
- To jump to the last frame of the previous clip without playing, go to the first frame of the current clip and then click .

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