Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 278)

Chapter 11 Advanced editing 278
Example: Make a backtimed three-point edit
You can make a three-point edit by defining source selection start and end points in the Event
Browser and a destination end point (instead of a destination start point) in the Timeline. This is
called backtiming a clip. You can use this method when you want to make sure a particular clip
ends at a specific point in a project, on a musical beat. In the resulting edit, the end point of the
media in the Event Browser selection is aligned with the end point you set in the Timeline, and
the rest of the source selection appears to the left.
1 Set start and end points for the source selection in the Event Browser.
Start point End point
2 In the Timeline, position the skimmer (or the playhead, if the skimmer is not present) at the
location in your project where you want the clip to end.
Position the skimmer at
the location where you
want the clip to end.
3 Do either of the following:
•
To backtime the selection using a connect edit: Press Shift-Q.
•
To backtime the selection using an overwrite edit: Press Shift-D.
Your source selection is edited into the project so that the end point of the media in your source
selection lines up with the end point you specified in the Timeline.
The new clip ends where the
skimmer was positioned.
The rest of your clip has overwritten any material to the left of the end point for the duration
defined by the source selection start and end points set in the Event Browser.