Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 417)

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As with other types of edits, the Viewer scrubber bar shows edit points in your clip,
while the Canvas scrubber bar shows edit points in your sequence. The light area
between each set of edit points in the Viewer indicates which parts of the audio and
video clip items in your source clip will be cut into your sequence. The light area
between each set of edit points in the Canvas indicates where the audio and video clip
items will appear in your sequence.
Setting Up Split Edit Points in the Viewer
There are several ways you can create a split edit:
 Set separate video and audio edit points for the clip in the Viewer before you edit the
clip into the Timeline.
 Edit your clips into the Timeline with standard In and Out points, and then trim the
video or audio clip items independently by disabling linked selection. The Roll tool is
the most common tool for adjusting an edit point in the Timeline. For more
information, see Chapter 33, “
Learning About Trimming Clips ,” on page 477.
It is more common to edit clips into a sequence and then create split edits in the Timeline,
but there may be times when you want to set split edit points in the Viewer as well.
To set up a split edit in the Viewer:
1 Double-click a clip in the Browser to open it in the Viewer.
2 Move the playhead to the location in your clip where you want to set the video In or
Out point (separate from the audio).
3 To set a video In or Out point, do one of the following:
 Press Control-I to set a video In point, or press Control-O to set a video Out point.
 Control-click in the scrubber bar, choose Mark Split from the shortcut menu, then
choose either Video In or Video Out from the submenu.
 Choose Mark > Mark Split, then choose either Video In or Video Out from the submenu.
4 Now move the playhead to the location in your clip where you want to set your audio
In or Out point.
5 To set an audio In or Out point, do one of the following:
 Press Option-Command-I to set an audio In point, or press Option-Command-O to
set an audio Out point.
 Control-click in the scrubber bar, choose Mark Split from the shortcut menu, then
choose either Audio In or Audio Out from the submenu.
 Choose Mark > Mark Split, then choose either Audio In or Audio Out from the submenu.