Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 6

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 an edit point by clicking near the edge of the clip.

If linked selection is on, the edit points of linked clips are also selected.

3

Do one of the following:

•

Type + or – 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.

•

Markers: If you drag a clip’s In point, you see two markers. One is a boundary
showing the new duration of the clip you’re trimming. The other shows the
position of the current frame you’ve trimmed to.

•

Boundary: If you drag a clip’s Out point, you see a boundary showing the new
duration of the clip you’re trimming.

Ripple edits are done

using the Ripple tool.

Out point being trimmed
in to the first clip

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