Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 569)

For more information about editing numerically using timecode, see “Performing Slip,
Slide, Ripple, and Roll Edits” and “Trimming Clips Using the Trim Edit Window.”
Using the Command Key to Drag More Slowly
When you’re dragging clips, edit points, or keyframes, usually the default one-to-one
correspondence between the motion of your mouse and the motion of the item you’re
dragging works just fine. However, you can drag even more precisely by pressing the
Command key to slow, or “gear down,” the dragging speed after you’ve started dragging.
For example, holding down the Command key after you’ve started dragging a clip causes
the motion of that clip in the Timeline to be much slower and more precise. This can be
helpful if the Timeline is zoomed out so that individual clips look small. It’s also useful if
you want to make very small changes to an edit point, a keyframe parameter, a volume
level, or anything else.
You can use the Command key to modify nearly any dragging operation in Final Cut Pro.
Performing Shuffle Edits
A shuffle edit (sometimes referred to as a swap edit) allows you to move a clip item to a
different position in a track without leaving a gap. When you perform a shuffle edit, you
insert a clip item from one position in your sequence to another, and all clip items before
or after the clip insertion point are rippled so that the gap left by the moved clip is filled.
Shuffle edits do not affect the length of the clips or the overall duration of your sequence,
and clips on other tracks are not affected.
A B C D
A B C D
Before edit
After edit
Shuffle edits may only be performed with one clip item at a time, and they can’t be
performed on clip items with transitions applied.
Tip: You may want to turn snapping on to make it easier to align the clips you are moving
(see
“Snapping to Points in the Timeline” ).
569 Chapter 38 Arranging Clips in the Timeline