Split-screen previews

Click the Split-Screen View button in the Video Preview window to turn split-screen previews on or off.

Split-screen previews allow you to split the Video Preview window so you can see your affected and unaffected video or your video and the contents of the clipboard at the same time. Use split-screen previews to fine-tune video effects or to match colors for color correction.

TIP You can use split-screen previews to help match colors between clips. When the split-screen preview mode is set to Clipboard, the Video Preview and Video Scopes windows will display the frame you copied to the clipboard and the current frame. For more information, see Monitoring video with scopes

NOTE The Video Preview window temporarily enters split-screen preview mode when you perform one of the following edits: event slip, event slip-trim, event slide, or crossfade/transition slide. This temporary split-screen mode allows you to see the event's first and last frame as you trim. You can toggle this preview mode by selecting or deselecting the Video Event Edge Frames command on the View menu. For more information, see Adjusting an event's length and Slipping and sliding events

Showing affected and unprocessed video

1. Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose FX Bypassed from the menu.

2. Select the Split-Screen View button . The cursor is displayed as a .

3. Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the unprocessed video. In the following example, the Add Noise plug-in was applied to the event, and the selection displays the original video.

   

TIP Double-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

Showing the video at the cursor position and the contents of the clipboard

1. Position the cursor on the timeline and click the Copy Snapshot button in the Video Preview window to copy a frame to the clipboard.

2. Position the cursor at another point on the timeline.

3. Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose Clipboard from the menu.

4. Select the Split-Screen View button .

5. Choose a preset selection or drag in the Video Preview section to create a selection. This selection will display the contents of the clipboard. In the following example, the snowscape is the current cursor position, and the kayak paddler was copied to the clipboard.

   

TIP Double-click in the Video Preview window to select the full window, or drag again to replace the existing selection.

Changing the selection for displaying split-screen previews

Click the down arrow next to the Split-Screen View button and choose Select Right Half, Select Left Half, or Select All to indicate which portion of the Video Preview Window you want to use to display unprocessed video or the contents of the clipboard.

When the Split-Screen View button is selected, the cursor is displayed as a . Drag a rectangle in the Video Preview window to create a custom selection.

Retaining the split-screen preview settings