Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 533)

The clip overwrites other items on the destination tracks for the duration of the edit, and
uses the default transition.
Before an overwrite with transition edit
New clip with transition
overwrites existing clips
After an overwrite with transition edit
Performing a Replace Edit
A replace edit is a specialized form of overwrite edit. A replace edit places the frame at
the current Viewer playhead position at the Canvas/Timeline playhead location in your
sequence. You can use a replace edit to:
• Edit a clip into your sequence so that the current frame in the Viewer is placed at the
current playhead location in your sequence
• Quickly replace an entire shot that’s already in your edited sequence
• Resynchronize a video or audio clip item with an unlinked clip item in an adjacent track
For example, if you have two clips, each of which shows a different camera angle of the
same action, you may decide you want to replace the shot currently used in the Timeline
with the other angle. You can place both the Viewer and Timeline playheads on frames
where the action matches in each shot, and then replace the sequence clip with the clip
from the Viewer.
Replace edits follow a few special rules:
• Replace edits use the current playhead positions in the Timeline and the Viewer to
place the source clip in the Timeline.
• Replace edits never use clip In and Out points specified in the Viewer. If these points
have been set, they will be ignored.
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