Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 728)

2 Move the playhead by doing one of the following:
• Enter a timecode number for the frame where you want to place the new In or Out
point of the clip, then press Return.
For example, to move the In point from 02:40:30:10 to 02:40:30:27, enter “2403027”
and then press Return.
• Press Shift-I or Shift-O to move the playhead to the current In or Out point. Then enter
a relative timecode value to move the playhead.
For example, to establish a new Out point 2 seconds prior to the current Out point,
press Shift-O, then enter “–2:00” and press Return.
3 Select an edit tool in the Tool palette for the trimming operation you want to perform.
4 Do one of the following:
• Click the Mark In or Mark Out button.
• Press I to set an In point, or press O to set an Out point.
The scrubber bar in the Viewer shows the new position of the In or Out point, and the
Canvas/Timeline playhead moves to the adjusted edit point.
Understanding Alert Messages When Trimming
If you try to perform an edit that isn’t possible, Final Cut Pro displays an alert message.
Insufficient Content for Edit
This message appears when you try to perform a three-point edit (for example, when
dragging from the Browser or Viewer to the Canvas), and the source clip’s media file
doesn’t have enough frames to achieve the requested edit. Click OK to close this dialog.
For example, suppose you set sequence In and Out points to create an edit that is
10 seconds long. Next, you drag a 5-second source clip from the Browser to the Overwrite
section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas. The “Insufficient content for edit” message
appears because the source clip does not have enough media to fill the 10-second duration
marked in the sequence.
728 Chapter 45 Learning About Trimming Clips