Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 464)

464 Part VII Fine-Tuning Your Edit
To do a ripple edit in the Timeline:
1 Select the Ripple tool in the Tool palette (or press the R key twice).
2 Select a clip item’s In or Out point by clicking near the clip item boundary.
The Ripple tool changes direction to indicate which clip item boundary you are about
to select. If linked selection is on, the edit points of linked clip items are also selected.
For more information, see “
Selecting Edits and Clips to Trim ” on page 480.
3 Do one of the following:
 Type + (plus) or – (minus) followed by the number of frames to add or subtract from
the current edit, then press Return.
 Drag the edit point to lengthen or shorten the clip in the sequence. Pay attention to
the clip boundary previewed in the Timeline.
While you adjust the clip with the Ripple tool, the Canvas shows a two-up display with
the Out point of the outgoing clip item on the left and the In point of the incoming
clip item on the right (see also “
About the Two-Up Display in the Canvas ” on page 533).
Use these two frames to decide exactly where to place the edit point.
Edit point being trimmed
The Out point of this clip
is being adjusted.
The In point of this clip
stays the same and is
not adjusted.