Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 487)

Chapter 33 Learning About Trimming Clips 487
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To trim a clip in the Viewer:
1 Open a clip from your sequence in the Viewer.
The scrubber bar shows virtual “sprocket holes,” which indicate that the clip is from
your sequence (not from the Browser).
2 Do one of the following:
 Use the transport controls or the J, K, and L keys to move the playhead in the Viewer
to a new point in your clip. Then set a new In or Out point using the Mark In and
Mark Out buttons or the I and O keys.
 Drag the In or Out point along the Viewer’s scrubber bar to a new point in your clip.
You can’t set a new edit point or drag a clip’s edit point so that it overwrites an
adjacent clip in the Timeline. If you do, Final Cut Express HD warns you that the clip you
are trimming has collided with another clip in the Timeline, and the trim edit is not
performed. (See “
Understanding Alert Messages When Trimming ” on page 491.) If you
want to move a clip’s edit point so that it overwrites an adjacent clip, you should roll
the edit point between the two clips using the Roll tool. See “
Using the Roll Tool to
Change Where a Cut Occurs ” on page 470 for information about using the Roll tool.
Precision Editing Using Timecode
Most of the editing and trimming tools in the Timeline can be used numerically instead
of manually. You can select one or more clip items or edit points and then enter a
positive or negative number of frames, seconds, or even minutes or hours to adjust the
position of the clip items or edit points. This allows you to make precise adjustments, or
to quickly move clip items and edit points by specific values.
Note: In Final Cut Express HD, each clip’s timecode starts at 00:00:00:00.
Determining What Kind of Edit Occurs When Entering Timecode Numbers
When you type a number in the Timeline, the current selections determine what kind
of edit occurs. For example, if both sides of an edit point are selected, typing +15 rolls
both sides of the edit 15 frames forward (to the right). In this case, it doesn’t matter
whether the Roll tool or Selection tool is currently selected in the Tool palette. If an
entire clip is selected and the Slide tool is selected in the Tool palette, typing +15 slides
the selected clip forward by 15 frames. If the Slip tool was selected instead, typing +15
would slip the selected clip by 15 frames.