Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 423)

Chapter 30 Split Edits 423
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4 Drag the clip in the Viewer to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas.
The resulting edit looks like this:
Example: Simple Edit in the Viewer and a Split Edit in the Canvas
If you set simple edit points in the Viewer and a split edit in the Canvas or Timeline,
Final Cut Express HD lines up the In point of the clip in the Viewer with the
corresponding split audio or split video In point that you set in the Canvas or Timeline.
This method can be used to backtime a split edit, as well.
1 Set an In point in your clip in the Viewer.
2 Set an Out point in your clip in the Viewer.
3 Set up a split edit in the Canvas or Timeline at the place where you want your source
clip to appear.
Audio precedes the video.
Video begins at the
In point you set.
Split edit with audio
preceding video