Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 479)

144 Part II Rough Editing
To drag a clip from the Video tab in the Viewer, click anywhere in the video picture in
the Viewer and drag. To drag a clip from the Audio tab in the Viewer, click the drag
hand and then drag.
Note: To drag a multiclip from the Viewer to the Canvas or Timeline, you need to hold
down the Option key while you drag in the Viewer.
As you drag your clip into the Timeline, a two-up display appears in the Canvas to show
you the sequence In and Out points for the edit you’re performing. What appears in
this display depends on the kind of edit.
 If you’re performing an overwrite edit, the two-up display shows the frame before the
clip being edited in (on the left) and the frame immediately after it (on the right).
Clip names appear at the top of the display, and each frame’s source timecode
number appears at the bottom.
 If you’re performing an insert edit, the two-up display shows two adjacent frames,
because the source clip you are inserting splits the underlying clip at the point where
you insert it.
 If you’re editing a clip into an empty area of the Timeline, both of the frames in the two-
up display are black, no matter what kind of edit you’re performing.
Note: If the Caps Lock key is engaged, the two-up display is disabled.
Drag hand
The last sequence
frame before your
incoming clip
The first sequence
frame after your
incoming clip