Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 456)

456 Part VII Fine-Tuning Your Edit
Performing Precise Slide Edits Numerically
If you need to slide a clip just two or three frames, using the mouse may be difficult.
For precision edits, it is much less cumbersome to slide a clip numerically.
To slide a clip in the Timeline using timecode:
1 Select the Slide tool in the Tool palette (or press the S key twice).
2 Select a clip in the Timeline, or hold down the Shift key to select multiple clips. You can
also select noncontiguous clips using the Command key.
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Tip: You can slide multiple clips at once. However, if one of the clips cannot be slid,
then none of them is moved.
3 Do one of the following:
 Type + (plus) or – (minus) and the number of frames to slide, then press Return.
 Press [ (left bracket) or < (left angle bracket) to slide the clip one frame to the left.
 Press ] (right bracket) or > (right angle bracket) to slide the clip one frame to the
right.
 Press Shift-[ or Shift-< to slide the clip a default number of frames to the left.
 Press Shift-] or Shift-> to slide the clip a default number of frames to the right.
Note: You can specify the default number of frames to trim by changing the Multi-
Frame Trim Size setting in the General tab of the User Preferences window. (For more
information, see “
Choosing Settings and Preferences ” on page 945.)
The timecode entry field
shows the duration of
the slide.