Using Thumbnails in Browser in Final Cut Pro

You can save a lot of time in Final Cut Pro by scrubbing through the thumbnails in your Browser window to see what a particular clip contains, without having to load it into the Viewer.  First of all, in order to see your thumbnails, right-click in between the columns at the top of the Browser window titled, Name, Duration, In, Out, etc and you will see a whole list of options.  Choose Show Thumbnail. 

Now you have a new column of Thumbnails, which shows a picture icon that represents the first frame of media that was captured.  You can change the thumbnail icons to represent a different frame if you want.  Now you can scrub through the thumbnails by clicking on one, holding the mouse button down, and dragging your mouse left and right to scrub through the clip without having to load it into the viewer.

It is important to note that when you have the Thumbnails column in your browser, you cannot double-click on the thumbnail to load it into the Viewer.  The thumbnails are just there for preview purposes, but using them for scrubbing can be a huge timesaver and a great organizer.