Automaticlly grabbing screen shots in Final Cut Pro 7

I am trying to find a faster way to grab screen shots on Final Cut Pro 7. Is there anyway to set it to do this automatically in the main viewer? Can I set the time?
Thanks!

Final Cut Pro does not make screenshots of itself.
On a Mac, pressing Shift, command and 3 will take a picture of the screen in any application.
There is screen capture software that will make a video clip which can be edited. [iShowU|http://www.shinywhitebox.com/ishowuhd/main.html] is one example.
It would help if you were to describe exactly what it is that you want to achieve.

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kushyton wrote:
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