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# Comparing Three Shots in the Triptych Player

The triptych player provides three players, side-by-side, which you can use to simultaneously view the same clip in different contexts. For example, you can set the middle player to play the clip, the left player to show the clip's incoming frame of the current element in the timeline, and the right player to show the clip's outgoing frame.

To compare three shots in the triptych player:

1. Click the Timeline tab.
2. Do one of the following to select the Triptych Player:
   - Click the Layout button and select Triptych Player.
   - If you've enabled swipe in the preferences, swipe the right swipe bar, then select Triptych Player.
3. Select a clip from the Media Library.

   The clip appears in the triptych player in all three viewers.

The default positions for the positioner is the start of the clip for the first viewer, the middle of the clip for the middle viewer, and the end of the clip for the last viewer. You can scrub each of the viewers independently of each other.